Satori's back!

[satori]

Hi folks,

Just checking in - have not been here for a while - but as some of you know, I have been on a skiing vacation.

Had a fantastic 2 weeks in Colorado with my family and some friends.

Alcohol was consumed in very small quantities (it was EASY not to drink too much, as the dehydration effects of being at 10,000 to 13,000 feet make it a VERY BAD idea to drink very much anyway! Been there in the past - done that - didn't like it one little bit!).

I am now back at sea level and feeling very fit.
I am one of those who takes my skiing very seriously - on the first lift in the morning and one of the last off the hill in the evening. So 16 days of skiing HARD (it is the only way I know!!! ) at altitude gets me fairly fit real quick. Lost another few pounds in weight on the trip and am now about where I want to be in terms of weight.
(I have lost about 14 pounds since I started here 3 months ago - there are a lot of calories in beer, and not a lot of calories used in sitting around, trashed, watching TV!)

I am now preparing for a backpacking / camping trip into the mountains on the West coast of Scotland in early May with a couple of friends.
We will be carrying all our gear all the time (ie no base camp to leave tents pitched for several days etc.) so no room for alcohol in the pack - another week of abs will be racked up without any effort!

Tonight is a Gym night - and a couple of "satoris" afterwards of course!!

Hope you are all well, and hope you are all achieving your goals.

Talk to you soon - it's good to be back!

Satori

xxx

Welcome back, you world travelor!

[satori]

Hi Luvu

LOL - I actually do not travel all that much - I just seem to have had to travel a lot since I started here!

I probably have to visit Nigeria on busines later in the year - and that is it!

You Americans probably travel more than I do in a year just going to the supermarket!

I remember being in Dallas on business many years ago and being asked if I wanted to go to a restaurant that was "just down the road".
Turned out that just down the road was 35miles away.
For a Scotsman, that is half way across the country!!!
For us - "just down the road" means less than a half mile!


You have heard the old saying.

"Americans think 100 years is a long time and Brits think 100 miles is a long way!"

Seeya

Satori
xxx

[Lotus]

Hey Satori

Nice to hear from you. Good on you to lose 14lbs. I've managed 2 but then I have been drinking...not as much but as they say one too many.

Chat to you soon.
Take care. Mandy x

[AAthlete]

Satori, glad to have my workout buddy back - I'm betting the legs & core are in killer shape right now!

Awesome job on keeping the drinking under control. I was up in the Denver area for a college basketball tourney one year and remember feeling the same way about having a beer (back then it was 3.2 and that was more than enough)!!

Mandy, hang in there - you're doing great. You been drinking a little but not as much as usually, so you're making progress. Keep setting goals and reaching for them and you'll get there.

[betty boop]

Hi Satori,

Lovely to have you back xx

[satori]

Thanks Guys - it is good to be back.

AAthlete - yep legs and core in pretty good shape - weather in Scotland is creeping towards spring - so time to get my road bike out!

I fitted an aero carbon fibre seatpost to it (it is a "compact road frame design" so has a long seatpost) after I laid it up for winter last year, so I need to see if it makes a difference - the things I will do to avoid shaving my legs!!!!

Must say I have some reservations about that seatpost - it is a VERY slim aero profile - and looks like it would cause a LOT of damage if it snapped (Would bring tears to the eyes, I can tell you!!)

Hope carbon is as strong as it is reported to be!

See ya

Take care

Satori

[satori]

Originally Posted by MANDY1981

Hey Satori

Nice to hear from you. Good on you to lose 14lbs. I've managed 2 but then I have been drinking...not as much but as they say one too many.

Chat to you soon.
Take care. Mandy x

Hi Mandy,

You are doing great! Losing 2 pounds is still progress in the right direction - I am afraid I am replacing my alcohol addiction with the other addiction in my life - exercise!

Cutting out the drinking has reduced my calorie intake by probably around 1200 to 1600 (or MORE! - scary when you actually try to work it out!) calories a day!
I didn't eat a lot back then!
It is relatively hard to replace that by eating food - well - the kind of food I eat anyway!

I always ate relatively healthily, low fat, lots of fruit and veg - no sweet tooth - so never did eat sweets or desserts etc!

Add the calorie loss by drastically upping my exercise levels and it is not a great surprise that I have lost weight over the last three months or so!
Just had 14 days of hard skiing for 7 hours per day - that works out at around 4200 calories burned per day!

I am surprised I didn't lose more weight actually!
I don't think I have much more fat I want lose to be honest - I am pretty lean now!

Take care - talk to you soon, - off to the gym

Satori
xxx

[AAthlete]

Satori, you'll like it - the carbon eats up those road imperfections!

I've been riding my Giant TCR Elite (compact frame) for the last two years with an aero carbon post and have had no issues. If my 190lb butt can't break it I'm guessing you'll be fine.

Many happy rides.

[lushy]

Welcome Back Satori! You sound like you are in a great place and have this moderation thing all figured out. Your travels have me jealous......