Weight project status - Done!

I did it!

As targeted I got my weight below 100 kilos again. Since it is not yet sustainable, we agreed with the young man I made the bet with about a compromize in "penalty": he starts our holiday with 1,5 days without Coca Cola etc soft drinks and I will buy us the huge portions in an ice cream bar.

The diets always start tomorrow and you can not trust a skinny cook...

Weight project status - 8 days to go!

This week has been again a tricky one with some sports and moments with a desire to do some more without a chance or a genuine energy/moment for it. Morning weight has been between +1.8 kg and +0,8 kg from target.

In principle all good and I will hit the target. Let's see what will I think after the big, fat brunch today...

Weight project status - 16 days to go!

3 days ago morning weight was +2,8 kilos vs target.

2 days ago morning +1,7 kilos.

Yesterday morning +1,0 kilos.

Today morning weight +1,8 kilos.

...ups and downs, while seems to be going into right direction. Sports and eating naturally influences the kilos so this is in theory a no-brainer exercise. If I only had more time to do sports...

Let's see what the weekend does again, 16 days to go!

 Bon appetit, have a great weekend you all!!!

Weight project status - 23 days to go!

Looking good - too good!

In few days I seem to have been able to squeeze liquids out from my body by doing sports and having my diet around protein and low fat diary products. This combined with avoiding carbohydrates and sugar does it.

Today's status after mild sports and snack, before dinner is 1,8 kilos. 

...let's see if I need to go towards a stretch target - or if the weekend with some salty chorizo and cheddar, pizza, beer etc compensates the fast start...

Weight project - Stats today

Current weight status after dinner, before basketball is +2,6 kg vs. target noting that my weight can go up or down quite a bit during a day.

Yes, I will target to go under the target leaving no room for speculation...

25 days to go, let's play ball! ...and burn some calories...

Weigh project: Lose 3,5 kilos in 26 days!

I like challenges and I just set myself one: I must lose 3,5 kilos from my body weight in 26 days.

I'M GONNA DO IT!

I'll try to keep you somewhat posted with the progress as it keeps the pressure on. Unfortunately I don't have as much time to do sports as I'd like, so I must keep the focus both on getting the exercise - the output - as well as keep focus on the eating, what and how much and when - the input. 

So today's number is +3,5 kilos from target!

Donuts or not for supper...

Silence is golden...

...speaking is diamonds! Sorry for the silence, no excuses.

Today is the day when basketball world will have a chance to make a revolution. In theory. It will not happen as USA will win the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 in the final game against Serbia.

Why wouldn't Serbia win?
For the same reason that the sky is blue: It just is so and you can't help it.

Team Finland tried and failed - badly. If you look at the numbers behind the teams it becomes quite obvious why. Double-click the pic to enlarge it...

Source Helsingin Samomat 30.8.2014

In US is 29,3 million basketball players, that is 29.300.000, and in Finland 21.000.

US has got 14 Olympic gold medals and 4 World Cup wins. Finland's best rank in Olympics is positions 9-16.

In FIBA ranking US is #1, Finland #39.

Average player height US 201cm, Finland 199cm vs average weight US 100,5kg vs Finland 95,5kg. Interesting particularly if we think of average age US 24 years with Finland's 29 years...

Most national team games Finland's Tuukka Kotti with 170 games vs US Rudy Gay's and Derrick Rose's 19 games.

Yes, the US players are simply better, more skilled etc, hence no wonder their best paid player gets 14,7 million Euros per year vs Finland's best paid player - and best player - Petteri Koponen with his 0,9 million Euros per year.

Congratulations to team USA for winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014!

Game Me - Pelaa Minua!

Most of us have seen the bad examples of so called Google translations. One would think that if you make a visible item with many languages on it to Heathrow airport terminal that you would bother to check with native speaker that all are proper language.

Great initiative, a piano on a hallway by the gates with a "Play me" recommendation on it. But why baby why didn't you check the other languages...? The Finnish one is a fantastically horrible example of the Google style translator; It says - converting it back to English - "Game me". And yes, I "gamed" it...

Eli lyhyesti;
Tollot ovat hyödyntäneet Google -tyyppistä käännöskonetta tarkastamatta tekstiä natiivilla ja lopputuloksena Lontoon Heathrown lentokentällä matkustajien soitettavissa olevaan pianoon on kirjoitettu "Pelaa Minua". Ja pelasinhan minä...

Ice Cream & Shopping @ Espoo!

I just had a great milkshake at Vohveli ice cream bar at Espoo. They have also wafers, or waffles or what ever you call them. On top of the delicious ice cream you can do some shopping. I found a broom for the patio deck and part of a 2 year birthday present for one special little Lady.

Go and check it out, it is worth the drive even from down town Helsinki.
www.vohveli.fi

Scheisse mit Mein Kampf!!!

Apologies for the mistakes in German on this post - or on the other hand not...!

In High school I studied German for 2 years and that is all the academic study with that beautiful-ugly-sounding-language I have for now. On top I have numerous hours and days of on-site visits with the-way-I-like-to-study-languages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

While writing this the World Cup game between hosting Brazil and Colombia is on with 1-0 for B-team. As I have stated earlier, my favorite is Spain. Yes, it still is!!!

My second favorite is actually Belgium, my former home country, while I still not today trust the team. Sorry my Belge friends! I claimed they would be kicked out in the first qualifying round but luckily I was wrong - and team Belgium was lucky: they played against team USA and - despite of the stunning game by The Goal Keeper of the Year Tim Howard - they managed to go for quarter finals, that is in best 8. Go Belgium!!!

Germany...
Scheisse.
Wunderbar.
Warum?

OK, let's get to business;
"Entschuldigung, das ich zu spät kommen!" was the fist sentence I said in my German lession in the high school.

And the second one...?
"Das weiss Ich leider nicht!"

Sorry for the 99% of the American readers, JFG!!!

...anyway, to the point that I started writing this;
With 1 minute thinking I came up with 2 teams that I do NOT support if the French the team is playing them.

Yep, all of you know the ranking 1 is Russia, but for whatever reason the 2nd team is ...Germany from all the countries in the world. Why??? I can't really say! Likes and dislikes. Blonds vs brunettes. Meat vs veggies. Coffee vs Tea.

Let's remind the basics;
Finland is going to play in the next World Cup - in Basketball in Spain this August!!! Let's keep our eye on that my friends - and trust Brazil will take what's for them to take!

Have a fabulastic weekend you all!!!

PS Mein Kampf is the battle with not having my home country Finland in the games, my 3rd home country Spain out, my somewhat-dislike-Germany-continuing, my 2nd home country Belgium out at next round, while my childhood favorite Brazil just got away with a goal against them and now all of a sudden it is 2-0. Brazil continues!!!

Let the games continue!!!