Well, I did it.  I’ve hit my target weight, 80kgs, for a total loss of 25kgs.  Since November (I wasn’t using Strava in September/October, unfortunately), I’ve ran 161.3km and rode 1,493km.  Of course, even though I’ve hit my goal weight, this doesn’t mean I’m “done”, not by a long shot.  The objective was to get healthy and fit, and part of that was to reach an acceptable goal weight.  I still have body fat to drop while maintaining weight - from 20.6% now to 16% ideally.  I still also have goals to meet - my midrange goal now is to run the City to Bay run in September.  And I still have the goal of staying fit.

Since I’m doing a lot more running and cycling now than ever before, and I’m a bit sick of killing my phone’s battery running Strava, I decided I wanted to get an all-in-one device that can do running, cycling, and swimming metrics.  If I could wear it as a day-to-day watch with activity tracking, all the better.

At the beginning of September, 2014, I hit a crossroads.  I was 105kg, unfit as hell, and worsening.  I decided that I wasn’t going to keep going down that route.  I had to improve my fitness and drop the weight - for myself and for my family.  A lifestyle change and a bunch of remedial work was required to fix up decades of sloth.

After having played Elite: Dangerous for a while now, I’ve finally moved up to a Lakon Type-7.  The ships I moved through were;

I’m going to assume that you’ve done the basic tutorials and can actually fly your ship a bit.  Some tips are helpful to land / take off more effectively and not smash into things.

A couple of days ago, Elite: Dangerous was finally released.  I’m an original Kickstarter backer and Premium Beta player of ED, and have been playing it off an on during its entire development period.