MaddyRich

I've just had a look at the course for Challenge Cape Town - are they serious!?!? 3.8km in ICE cold, shark infested water; 180km around CT over SMITS, CHAPPIES and SUIKEBOSSIE! Thats over 1.5 Argus' with no drafting and 42.2km route over KLOOFNEK! I mean Ironman P.E., the water is warmish and the terrain is flat, and its insane. This thing is just ridiculous! CANT WAIT!! http://www.challengecapetown.com/

I followed this for about 3 months religiously, dropped 26kg's after 2 knee ops and a year without exercise (got up to 104kgs!!!). Its too much effort and too expensive to follow permanently, but whenever I need to loose big, its what I go too. I do try and base my normal eating regime on it though.

Dont know what Im doing wrong then! Im 1.84m and weigh 83-84kgs, cant seem to loose the last 8ish kgs. Breakfast: 1 cup Muesli and low fat milk with a banana. Mid Morning: Sometimes a green apple Lunch: Salad (2 cups) with either a tin of tuna (in brine) or a skinless chicken breast or corn thins with avo or tuna mayo. Mid Afternoon: Either 2 rice cakes or pieces of rye with cheese, cream cheese, tuna or avo. (Probably my downfall) GYM: ranges from 3 to 5 sessions a week for average of 1h30 to 2h00 of cardio Dinner: 2 cups - Strir frys, salads, lean meats etc. Hardly ever have rice/potatoes/pasta or oily stuff (nothing ever fried)- never have seconds or desert. Probably have 3-4 cups of coffee (1 sugar)and 1l of water a day, 2l on gym days If I stop exercising I can pick up like 2kgs a week!!

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