Tis The Season For Loosing

Another calender page has turned and has brought with it not only the end of daylight savings for the rest of Australia, along with the cooler change in the weather the excuse has now gone to dress up under the guise of " getting aero" as a tightly wrapped sperm. The time has come to go back to wearing a more conventional type of head protection to stay safe though the long rides on cool mornings, remove any sign of aerobats as its no longet about speed and endurance. Its officially the end of "tri season", well for us anyway.

It has been a big year and not only have i undergone some dramatic changes in my training, but the physical changes has seen me buy my third lot of clothes in six months. As you can see in the picture i have lost a few sizes, but this has seen jess become irritated, well probably more honestly frustrated as I have hardly had more than one or two outfits that have fitted properly at one time. I think the only period of steady staye was during the 4 weeks leading into the wedding as i knew any changes would leave me lookong scrappy in my special day outfit, and at risk of her turning arpund as she walked down the isle and leaving. Thats an exageration of how unimpressed she would have been, but she would have been close.

Through these changes I have taken control of my choleysterol, and increased my self confidence ten fold. This is where it gets a bit tough and awkward as I progressed towards a more suitable and normal bmi under the careful guidence of my coach, the subject of weight loss is one that is a very sensotive issue on two fronts. Initiallay it is the fact that we all know about Cystic Fibrosis? Well i know that is a lie because unfortuneatley there is not the public knowledge like other diseases.

People with CF (well the majority) stuggle to gain weight, which to the normal person is ideal, where as in the case of Jeasica she struggles from time to time having to consume upto three times the recvomended amount of calories to meet her energy needs. On the other hand i gain weight thinking about it, i think i may have gained a kg by the end of this post.

The second reason that training and being so concious about my food was that some one close to us had been suffering from a nasty, evil thing that was seeing them end up being very ill for a prolonged period of time. This weighed heavily on how I approached the season and trying to meet the required targets set to me by my coach as It was at the front of my thoughts and i didnt want to do anything that qould influnce them to regress qith their eating disorder.

These two factors made the challaenge to change so hard, as they were both so close to me and left me second guessing my actions over and over again. Out of the season i had some great results, but to me this change in life style has been far the best result for me.

I commend all those that are out there on their own personal Biggest Looser Challenge, as until having to do it my self I did not appreciate the level of difficulty and dedication for the task ahead. To you all. Keep up the good work towards a healthier and happier life :)

i'd like to think i donated my kg's to Jess and all the CF'ers that struggle to maintain a healthy weight, and that cant work their lungs and muscles as hard as i did to loose the weight, as they dont have the chance that you and I do to run down pb's pn strava.

All my love to wonderful wife

-Cam