Last minute preparations. I’ve got way more than I thought I’d have.

Need to print off the map for day 6 and then I’m done.
So… night of sleep and then off on the most difficult thing I’ve done to date: ride a bike 600 miles from Blackpool to Paris.

More tomorrow…email It’s 11.45 and I’m nearly ready to go. Last minute preparations. I’ve got way more than I thought I’d have. Need to print off the map for day 6 and then I’m done. So… night of sleep and then off on the most difficult thing I’ve done to date: ride a bike 600 miles from Blackpool to Paris. More t … ]]> http://www.emmarush.com/2010/08/27/nearly-ready-to-go/feed/ 2 http://www.emmarush.com/2010/08/23/great-article-the-top-idea-in-your-mind/ http://www.emmarush.com/2010/08/23/great-article-the-top-idea-in-your-mind/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:01:45 +0000 EJ http://www.emmarush.com/?p=584 This article is great: The Top Idea in Your Mind

“I’d say it’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower”

Love it. Have a read if you’re interested in web design.

Whoops. Went out for a small spin of about 13 miles on the sustrans5. At one point near Conwy I stopped to take a photo of a sign saying “cyclists dismount”. Except unclipping didn’t happen. So I fell. Strangely, I fell onto my left side and as you can see brake is bent on the right. Shame there was no one to laugh. Was a good comedy fall. I’m fine. Bit more practise required. Returned up the sychnant pass. Bit steep but not bad. I overtook a bloke on a mtb. To be fair he had stopped. Still, I’ll have that, thanks. Now to figure out what’s up with my brake thingy.

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email Whoops. Went out for a small spin of about 13 miles on the sustrans5. At one point near Conwy I stopped to take a photo of a sign saying “cyclists dismount”. Except unclipping didn’t happen. So I fell. Strangely, I fell onto my left side and as you can see brake is bent on the right. Shame there was …

I’m in north Wales relaxing before commencing a 600 mile cycle ride to Paris from blackpool. Just testing out all my social media outlets before the big day.email I’m in north Wales relaxing before commencing a 600 mile cycle ride to Paris from blackpool. Just testing out all my social media outlets before the big day. …

If your answer is yes, then read on. I have exciting news for you.

For a long time I was like you, trying to lose weight while all the time wanting to eat a biscuit or twenty.

For the past month I’ve been measuring my calorific intake and my weight. I’ve been told I should use about 2200 cals per day, so I’ve been consuming about 1500. And I carefully note down what I eat. It’s a scientific approach and it worked briefly. However, I’ve been gaining weight. So I was in the process of reducing calories and increasing activity to counter these things. It’s fiddly and a bit of a chore to write it all down.

But I have found the answer! A system that allows you to eat any of the high fat high calories you like or even high calorie healthy food, and you will still lose weight.

So you want to know eh? You want to know my secret. Well all you need to do is sign up for a newsletter and buy a full course of videos for 100$ per month. And the secret will be revealed. In part eight of the video series.

Oh what am I saying, I’ll just tell you. Because I like you so much and everything. And we’re best friends and I think you deserve to know. But keep it to yourself ok?

So what I’m about to tell you will probably quite literally blow your mind, so wear a full motorcycle helmet while you read the following to prevent mess. You don’t want to have to wipe a lot of mind off your screen/hand held internet enabled phone device.

Ok are you ready. So this is what I ate yesterday:

• One calorific laden smoothie with oats, milk, raspberries, yogurt and honey (It was the best smoothie to date) (about 450 cals worth)
• Espresso with large spoonful of sugar
• 1/2 a cliff bar
• 1 cadburys biscuit boost (a biscuit boost! Who the hell eats them?)
• 1 Cheese and Tomato toastie on brown (Cheese! Full fat cheese! Toasted!)
• Several pints of sugary drinks (sugary enough to make you gag slightly as you drink it in)
• 1 Large chicken kebab with mango chutney and chilli sauce (On a soft, pillow like naan bread the size of an actual pillow). From Sarjan’s in Fallowfield. The best kebab in the world
• 1 cadbury flake
• 6 chunks cadbury chocolate

I haven’t added up the calories for this, but it is I *think* more than 1500.

And I lost… yes that’s lost ladies and gentlemen… I lost 3 whole pounds (in weight I hasten to add, not in coinage).

And you want to know my secret don’t you?

OK. I rode 80 miles from Manchester to Ashby-de-la-Zouche. Over the Staffordshire moorlands and endless relentless hills.

So there’s the secret ladies and gentlemen. Simply exercise in an almost non-stop way for about 7-8 hours and you too can eat all of the foods you like. And still lose weight.

If you have any further information you would like on my weight loss plan, please add your weight loss questions in the comment areas below.

Some details about the event are on the le tower 2 tower blog.

If you are in Manchester today, do come down and laugh at us say hello. I may be slightly breathless, but I’ll try to respond.

If you don’t know what the Tower to Tower ride is about, it’s six of us riding from Blackpool to Paris from the 28th August. We plan to get there in less than a week. It’s all to raise money for the NSPCC and Fanconi Trust. Please, if you can donate to these worthy causes at http://www.justgiving.com/letower2tower2010. Thanks!

Well, it does Kate. Running up this hill hurts. Although I’d say that running up any hill hurts.

Here is where I ran in Ellmau. Up the hill to Riesen. There’s a great view from the top. And on the way up too. You run along a road that takes you through piney forests and then through meadows. To the left the mighty Wilder Kaiser mountains, to the right on the other side of the valley mountains and more mountains.

This is the ultimate mood enhancer. I combine it with A Perfect Circle. Adrenaline levels rocket and here I am in the middle of the most incredible scenery. Just magnificent.

The Wilder Kaiser