Back from London

I have returned from my 4 week business trip that I dreaded for its impact on my weight loss.

I am tipping the scales at 208 again, so it was a disaster diet-wise.

The first week in Houston was bad because I was with my boss and we drove back and forth to work.

Once he left, I swapped hotels to one closer to work and walked the 1+ mile back and forth to work.

The last two weeks were spent in London.  I checked my weight in London at my hotel to find that I had gained five pounds.  I told Mike, my boss, that he was my weight gain partner.  That did not make him particularly happy.

I stayed in County Hall (across the Thames from Big Ben) and walked the 5+ miles back and forth to Canary Wharf to work.  The photo above was taken with my cell phone one morning during my walk.  Th group of tall buildings at the center of the photo is Canary Wharf.

On the final week of my stay, I issued a one stone (14 pounds) challenge to Mike.  We will be meeting up in Napa Valley at the end of March, by which time we must have lost the required weight.  There is a bottle of Opus One riding on this challenge.

My progress to date, +3 pounds!!

Day 4 Results

203 pounds - no weight loss today.

I am not surprised, that is the end of the easy weight.

The only exercise I got yesterday was a round trip walk to the mailbox (2k).

My travel plans are worse than I thought,  I am traveling a total of four weeks; two in Houston followed by two in London.

I guess I will have to hit the hotel work out rooms.  I am not much of a gym rat, I don't like working out per se.  I prefer to be going somewhere, having fun in the outdoors, or accomplishing something for my workouts.  For instance, walking to work, skiing, or chopping and splitting wood.

In London I have the option of walking to work.  I can stay at County Hall and walk to work along the Thames to Canary Wharf. 

In Houston, there is not such an option.  The city is a mass of expressways, but few walkways.  The weather is also a factor as it is usually either pouring rain or sweltering hot and always humid.

Today is the final bowl game between Alabama and Texas.  I plan on watching that.  Saturday I am being dropped off in Anchorage to watch football with my friends and then catch a 2:30 am flight to Houston.  It will be a long day.

I had planned on going back to the Lake this weekend and get in another long ski.  Perhaps I could bring my skis into Anchorage and spend some time on their nicely groomed trails.  How I would get my skis back to wasilla is another concern.