Boxing, boobies & new cravings

Day 3 of restricted calories and I feel like I am doing great! Another loss this morning, 700 grams today but considering how much I have lost over all this week already I am still very happy with that! I went to boxing last night and still punched it out. It was only a 45min class yesterday so a little less running than I am used to and I handled it perfectly. I was worried that eating so few calories would result in a loss of energy and I wouldn’t be able to handle such a full on work out. I punched just as hard as I normally would and although the run was shorter I was just as fast as normal. I have noticed the difference in my tummy and the tops of my legs. They seem to be the areas that I am losing from first for a change which is GREAT!!!!!! My boobs however don’t seem to have lost anything so I am beginning to look rather out of proportion again which I hate. I think once I am down to my goal weight of 69kgs I am going to seriously look into a breast reduction and lift. The girls are being taken by the effects of gravity and I am afraid that they have seen better days. I think a reduction and lift would be a great present to myself. It would be like the final piece of the body confidence puzzle!

I am appreciating the taste of naked food more and more. We had lean lamb fillets for dinner last night. I cooked them on baking paper in the pan with all visible fat removed and no additional oil or non stick spray. They still got a lovely seared surface and with just salt and pepper you could really appreciate the flavour of the meat. I have been bordering on vegetarian for around 3-4 months now so the appreciation of the flavour should not be taken lightly! Vegetables appear so sweet to me now. Carrots are like little lollies that you get to eat with your dinner. Leigh and I were talking about what meal we are looking forward to once we come off plan. Leigh’s answer was that he couldn’t think about it otherwise he would struggle to get through the next 2 and a half weeks. I already know what my first off plan meal is going to be. Roasted potato, pumpkin, sweet potato and peas with gravy! All veggies that are banned during the first 3 weeks. I used to crave fatty sugary foods so it is a strange revelation to me that the thing that I crave most at the moment is roast vegies!

Survival of a weekend away

I had a semi controlled weekend away, I made good choices most of the time… except for maybe that vegetarian nachos for Ozy Mex in Byron Bay. But hey everyone knows that it is the best and yummiest Mexican outside of Mexico. How could I go there and not have it? Actually now that I am thinking about it, actually it was a GREAT idea because it inspired me to make a yummy low calorie burrito that we can make at home and did have at home Monday night. It had chicken breast tossed in burrito seasoning, extra light sour cream, avocado, iceberg lettuce, cabbage and coriander salad, a sprinkling of cheese and hot chilli sauce. It was so delicious and fresh tasting. I managed to get it down to 397 calories per burrito not bad considering restaurant burritos can get up around 800 calories per burrito! If you were not fussed with the sour cream and cheese you could omit these and save yourself around 80 calories, but there are just some things I am not willing to give up and cheese and sour cream on my Mexican are a couple of them!

I know I am going to have to really pull in my calories and up my exercise to regain control after the weekend. There were other deliciously naughty food and some alcohol consumed over the 2 nights so I know that the scales will be up a little. I know a week or 2 of strict calorie intake and some exercise each day will make all of the difference. I have signed up for the Ashy Bines tips to be emailed out to me every day. Her first tip for me is to go for a fat blasting walk every morning. So that is what I did. I set my alarm for 6am and got up bright and early to go for my fat blasting walk. I plan to do these daily on top of my boxing. These are just for me. No hubby, no dogs, no kids, just me and nature.

Yesterday was a great come back day. I stuck well within my calories and went to boxercise on top of it. Today is going to be another great well planned day. Today’s menu is 1220 calories.

B- Porridge made on low fat milk with ½ a banana and 1 tsp of brown sugar

L- Left over stir-fry from last night’s dinner

D- BBQ at the in-laws. 1 x chicken kebab, 1 x cup of veggie bake, 1 x cup of green salad, 1 x mini bread roll

S- 5 x almonds, apple, yoghurt

E- Fat blasting walk

Dear neglected blog

I am sorry that I have been neglecting you a little. I have excuses! I've been busy! Busy working full time, busy going to the gym trying to work this butt off, busy being a mummy, busy writing plans of a night to earn extra money, busy planning a wedding, busy cheating on you with my other blog, busy even doing house work!!! Busy Busy Busy!!!!

The wedding stuff is seriously taking over my brain, so much so that I have started another blog to try & get it all out. It is all taking shape now & is SO exciting- for me anyway, that is why I started another blog- I didn't want to bore you weight watchers with wedding crap! If by chance you are interested in all the wedding crap you are welcome to follow that blog too although if you are like me other peoples weddings bore the crap out of me... ANYWHO

What have I been doing? Training hard for one. I have started to see big results & it is propelling my motivation at the moment. I have been doing 5 classes per week & loving every single second of it. I can't believe I waited so long to try them- I really & truly love them! It has been a long time coming & it took perseverance in the all those weeks when I only lost 100g or worse nothing. I am so glad that I stuck with it. Last time when that happened I gave up & put everything I had lost back on. Not this time baby- I learnt my lesson that is for sure!

I think I have my eating under control a bit better now. Before I wasn't eating any of my exercise points & barely any of my weekly points either. The past few weekends we have had special occasions on (not just Friday's lol) so I have used around half of my weeklies each week & guess what? I have had a decent loss both weeks. I am beginning to think that I need to eat some of my weekly allowance each week. I have on average been earning 70 or more exercise points each week so I guess that maybe I need the extra fuel? I find it difficult to get past the guilt of having something I think is 'naughty' Like caramel sundaes & chips & chocolates. I try not to have too many of them even with my extra points I prefer to have a yummy pasta or toasted sandwich. Or to go to a BBQ or party & know that I don't really have to worry to much about what I can eat with in my daily PP. I still count what I know I will be having as part of my daily PP however if there is something extra I would like I know I can have it guilt free! We went to DF parents house for a BBQ on Sunday night & one of the neighbours had bought over prawn & corn chowder. It is to die for! I have no idea how many PP are in a bowl but with my weekly points up my sleeve, I didn't need to worry. I could have some completely guilt free! I have rediscovered my love for avocado. I know it looks like a high point food but when you are only having 1 tablespoon it is actually only 1pp! yummy!

I am loving life at the moment. I feel happy & positive & ready to tackle anything! Bring on summer- I will be ready!!!

Freezing Friday moved to Thursday!

DF is getting his ear operated on today my poor boy. Not wanting to miss out on my personal training session I organised to move this weeks session to today. I woke up to a chilly 6 degrees & made my way to our meeting spot. I had the heater cranking in the car trying to get warm. I have gone from a size 16 last winter down to a size 12 this winter so NONE of my winter work out gear fits at all. I am still training in short tights, a singlet & a thin cotton jacket. I arrived at Point Cartwright to the breaking dawn. It was so surreal to see the sun just starting to peak over the horizon while there was still stars in the dark blue sky. We begin by walking a nice brisk walk up the hill. When we get to the steepest part Brock gets me to jog through to the top. The cold air is burning my lungs & it is taking me a while to get my breath back even though we have only gone 500m. We walk to the bottom of the other side where Brock informs me that we are going to do some hill sprints back up to the lighthouse. I look at that hill in front of me with dread. This is going to hurt! Wanting to get it over & done with I take off. Pumping my arms & legs as fast as I can, willing them to get me to the top I start off fast. I even surprise myself. I get past one tree still at a good speed, get to the second tree, I can feel my speed drop off now, I am approaching the third tree & the steepest part of the hill & although I am pumping my arms & legs I don't seem to be making much ground! Finally we get to the top & I gasp trying to suck air back into my lungs. They are burning & I am having trouble catching my breath. We walk back down the hill as recovery time & turn around to do it all again. This time I can feel my speed start to drop off earlier. I struggle to the top, the blood pounding in my head. We walk back down for a third time. I give it all I've got. Arms & Legs pumping I make it to 10m from the top & my legs feel like jelly, I feel like I am about to fall over & my run becomes a walk. We start our walk back down the other side & Brock admits to me that even he is having trouble recovering after that. The cold air has made a massive difference to our recovery times. We get back to the cars & Brock grabs the kick boxing pads & we do a full arm & leg combos. 6 grueling runs he makes me do. Finally we work on arms alone. The relief is short lived as I realise that my arms are just as fatigued as my legs! Finally our session is finished. 7 hours later & I can still feel it. It serves as a great reminder to not give into temptation as I am working to damn hard for this body now!!!

Come back motivation!

28/04/11

Come back motivation! Don't leave me now!!! I've been doing so well. My exercise has been through the roof... until this week. It seems a long weekend away can have a negative effect on my motivation. Once I am out of the familuar routine I find it very hard to get back into it. Yesterday I did well, pump class in the morning & then a run/walk over our big hill. I resisted the ice cream- very good of me I think! But this morning I woke up so tired. Before I knew it, it was 6am & I had missed my body combat class. I think I am going to have a gain this week. I felt heavier yesterday. I jiggled more when I was running. I don't like it. Hopefully a good PT session with Brock tomorrow will drag me back into line!

The good the bad the ugly

27/04/11

Good Friday started off so well. I did a heavy PT session with Brock then went home & cooked myself some scrambled eggs (no toast). Mid morning DF & I went for a nice long walk with our puppies to get them out of the yard. Lunch was beautiful fresh seafood straight from the trawler. About mid afternoon is when it all started to go downhill. We decided to have a few quite drinks at home. We got an invitation to go up the road to DF’s little sisters house as they were having a party. Well that was the end of me. We were so drunk that we didn’t even have any dinner. I was sick at least once, something that I haven’t done for a very long time however I am blaming the lack of food on that one! Needless to say I didn’t wake up feeling the best on Saturday morning! Every time I moved I felt like I needed to be sick. DF made me his ‘heart starter’ breakfast which is basically a bacon sandwich with BBQ sauce. The grease was just what I wanted however I don’t know if I needed it. Somehow I pulled myself together for the 2 hour drive to my parents unit on the Gold Coast. By 6pm I was feeling much better & decided that I was feeling well enough to go out. We went to our favourite place Vapiano’s. We shared some very yummy things like pizza & ravioli, I skipped the drinks (hmm wonder why!) but Mum & I did share one of the yummy panna cotta’s. Sunday morning we packed the esky full of chicken & salad rolls, fruit, yogurt & bottles of water & headed off to Wet & Wild for the day. The kids had an absolute ball & DF & I spent the day wandering around watching them go on all the slides & lazing around by the pools. When we got back to mum’s she sent DF & I off on our own to have a romantic dinner together without the kidlets. On her recommendation we headed off for the best steak in Surfers. It was about a 10min fast pace walk to get to the restaurant. We finally got there & it was closed! Still wanting a steak we thought we would go to the Titans bar (which was a 20min walk in the opposite direction down near the river) as we had heard that the meals were quite nice there as well. When we got there they had a special party night on & were charging $15 entry each! We decided to head back into the mall, another 15min walk as there is a Hogs Breath in there. 45min wait for a table we are told. AGH!!!! We walk back into the mall & run into my parents with the kidlets & tell them of our adventure just to try & have dinner they recommend a Chinese restaurant & if we mention them we should get a table. The name dropping works & we are shown to our seats by the OWNER! It is a proper Chinese restaurant. The kind where Chinese people go to eat and you get served by the waitress at the table. The food was AMAZING! We ordered 1 rice to share & 2 mains. It seems that neither of us can eat the amount that we used to & we ended up with 2 containers of left over’s to take home for mum & dads lunch the following day. Monday we woke up to the sound of a gun blast & quickly got the kids & ourselves ready & raced down the street to the dawn service. It was the smallest ones first service & a very educational experience for her. DF’s brother is actually in the army so we found it quite emotional when they listed the soldiers that had been lost this year in Afghanistan. Monday was spent lounging around until 1pm and then shopping and taking the kids to time zone & Ripley’s believe it or not. I cooked everyone a yummy BBQ dinner before we all headed off to bed a decent hour! We had such a great time while we were away. Yes I did eat some very yummy & decadent things but I have learnt that if you share than you also share the PP! No alcohol helped me stick to my daily PP allowance on most days. I had a couple of little eggs but didn’t overdo it & the best news of the whole week end was that I bought my first ever size 12 !

Fitness Fanatic!

19/04/11

Wow talk about fitness fanatic! Saturday is the start of my WW week. I decided that this week was going to be different. I am motivated like never before. I want to get uber fit & be looking HOT! This is my exercise so far this week;
Saturday- Body Step
Sunday- 3 walks (1 of which was mostly uphill however I just counted it as level ground)
Monday- Body Pump
Tuesday- Body Step in the morning & then I backed it up tonight with Body Jam

Body Jam is seriously the most fun I have ever had in my life while exercising! This little experiment that I am doing has been the best thing I have ever thought of doing- I never would have gone to that class if I hadn’t set that challenge for myself & as it turns out I’m not quite as unco as I thought I was!

So for the rest of the week I have planned;
Wednesday- Vibrogym & cross trainer
Thursday- Body Combat
Friday- Personal training with Brock

A whole week of exercise all planned out I have already earnt a whopping 53 exercise points this week & it is only Tuesday! I am hoping that the hard work that I have put in this week equals a good loss come Saturday but we all know that the scales can be fickle ESPECIALLY when it comes to me!

1st class done & dusted!

16/04/11


Well this morning on the back of my STS I decided to take myself off to a step class as the 1st on my way through the menu. Well what an experience! There was a mix of different types of people from the toned & perfect bodies at the front of the class, 1 awesome guy who although just as unco as me was up the front of the class giving it all he had. Through to us larger girls up the back. I didn't realise it at the time but I actually set my step up on the 2nd highest setting & until the instructor asked us to lower the step height I did the majority of the class on that! I stepped & squatted my way through the 60 minute class. A couple of the girls couldn't make it through the class & left with only 2 songs to go. I am pretty happy that as a newbie I made it all the way through. Yes I was completly unco but I managed to get most of the steps right eventually. I did the whole ab section (which by the way, my abs are KILLING me this afternoon!) All in all it was a great experience & I will definitaly go back for more of that one. Talk about high impact- 12 exercise points earnt in one session! I like that! Body Balance tomorrow. I know that it is going to hurt. My thighs are especially sore after yesterdays session with Brock & then backing it up with step this morning but I am going to give it a go anyway!

STS

So this week I have had a STS. I'm okay with it I totally deserved it. I totally lost my exercise mojo for a few days there! We had Chinese through the week. I had bread & rice yesterday. A big no no for me especially the day before WI! I know that I will show a bigger loss next week to compensate it. The other reason that I am okay with it is because I have taken my measurements. The actual fat on my body is melting away & being replaced by muscle. I love looking at the definition in my arms & legs now. In 10 short weeks I have lost;


•7kgs
•2cm off my arms
•10cm off my hips
•3.5cm off my bust
•17cm off my waist
•4cm off my thighs
•2 dress sizes
I am so proud of how far I have come already. I am so much healthier & fitter. I can run. I am not embarressed to try new things. I have not given up the things I love. And most of all I am loving my life! Imagine where I will be in the next 10 weeks!

P.S. For you guys that don't take measurement I really recommend you start. I don't think I would be feeling so fired up today to keep going if I had not been able to see the difference in my actual size.

P.P.S. For the ones that are exercising always remember that muscle weighs more than fat & fat is actually 3 times the size of muscle!!! I know that I would rather weigh more but be skinnier than weigh less & be fatter! ;)

I love Friday's!

15/04/11


I LOVE Friday’s. My morning starts at around 4.30am. I wave DF off to work & then I can get ready for my day in silence. My job can get quite stressful at times so I treasure these moments. At 5.45 I meet Brock down at Point Cartwright to start our PT session. Walking along the path with the sun just rising is such a special moment. You really don’t appreciate just how magnificent it really is. This morning there was a little bit of cloud cover right in the suns path as it rose up above the ocean. As the rays started peaking from around that cloud I could feel them warming me. It is getting quite cool out in the morning air now so I could really feel the difference when it hit me. We cut across the path to a new area this morning. There is a new set of stairs that have been constructed up through the rainforest. They start off as uniform timber stairs but then turn into compacted soil & rock stairs of varying lengths and heights. They go from the bottom of the path right up to the top of the point so they are one decent set of stairs! I had to run cross country style up those stairs & then back down 4 times. By the top my legs were like jelly. They acted as if they had forgotten how to walk by the end of that section. We walked back down to the bottom to do our boxing. We did quite a long session today with lots of arm & leg combo’s. By the end of the boxing I could hardly lift my gloves to punch one last time. Finally with great relief Brock told me that we were finished with the boxing. He took the gloves off me & placed the 2 pads on the ground. He then asked me to do a plank for as long as I could hold it. I only lasted 32 seconds today. Normally I can go for a lot longer than that! I was so fatigued from the rest of my training session that it was all I had left in me. Just to finish off my session he showed me a new exercise. It involved the picnic table & chairs but instead of climbing it with my legs he had me climb it with my arms! It involved forming a plank while leaning on the table top & then walking your hands down one by one on to the seat & then dropping down onto your forearms one by one then you reverse it & do it back up again. I had to do this 7 times before he would let me finish for the day. To be honest with you I don’t even know how I am typing right now! Lol So I pay Brock & get into my car, I crank the music up loud, I am ready for my day now! When I got home I logged straight onto WW to enter my exercise & plan my day’s food. I have planned ahead for tonight knowing that Friday nights are usually my undoing. We have invited DF’s little sister & her fiancé over for dinner tonight. This should stop us wanting to head out to the pub! I am doing my green curry prawns with a few extra prawns thrown in for the boys. My serving will only be 6pp with steamed rice! Not sure if I will drink or not yet. I am usually not a big drinker at home. I have enough pp still in the day’s kitty that I can have some if I want or maybe some of the yummy mango sorbet mmmmm. Will play tonight by ear in that respect but I know that if I want it I can definitely have it!

Happy Friday everyone!

Crazy & Good vs Lazy

14/04/11

Take one fat girl aka me, one gym & a multitude of group fitness classes & what do you get? Hopefully a skinnier, not be so bored with the gym version of me!

So here’s a crazy idea for you. Over the course of the next month I have decided that I am going to pull a little experiment Morgan Spurlock style only I am not going to gorge myself on McDonalds, I am going to try every group fitness class on the menu at my gym! Rules are similar to his rules. I can do whatever I want but I have to do every class at least once! There are plenty that I know I will do okay in like Body Jam, Body Attack & even Step. The ones that I am more scared of are Pole Mania... I’ll give you one guess what kind of class that one is! Zumba & Boxing now don’t get me wrong I LOVE boxing... when it is me & Brock in the park. Not when it is the Olympic ranked instructor that takes our class!!! I am nervous to say the least. I really wish I had a friend that could come with me to laugh with when I make a fool out of myself (ESPECIALLY in the Pole Dancing Class!!!). I have recommitted myself to the gym by signing up for another 12 months before I could weasel my way out of it. I am beginning to think that it was my mind trying to sabotage me. Trying to make it alright for me to not go to the gym the last few weeks of my 12 month contract, alright for me to quit at the beginning of June. Well guess what weak mind- you will not win- I WILL- yes I know that I seem a little crazy right now but I feel like I am at a cross road with 2 versions of myself.

Good Aimee exercises every day. Eats the correct amount of PP worth of food every day. Still enjoys her life without giving up the pleasures.
Evil Aimee on the other hand stays at home every morning watching feel good TV curled up on the couch like a fat lazy old cat. Feasts on chips & other fatty snacks and makes comments about being unable to lose weight so I might as well do nothing or it doesn’t matter what she does her body is comfortable at this size.

Well Evil Aimee has to go. Out the door with that lazy lump of lard. I am kicking her fat **** to the curb! No room for that kind of attitude here anymore!

P.S. For those that haven't seen the Morgan Spurlock film/doco 'Super Size Me' I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy to watch. It is an eye opener that is for sure!!!

P.P.S. Stay tuned for exciting & I am sure hilarous (for everyone but me) blogs of my upcoming classes. This could get interesting!!!

Lazy Bones!

13/04/11


The past few mornings on the Sunshine Coast have been coolish & dark. The sun is not rising until around 6am now. By the time it gets up this little lazy bones is already on the couch curled up watching morning programs. My favourite at the moment is Extreme Makeover- Home Edition. It is so heart warming to watch programs like that. But it warming my heart is not really going to get me fit & healthy is it!? I have not been going to the gym. I have been walking but not with my usual enthusiasm. It has been more of a chore. More of a- I HAVE to go- type walk. DF has been no help. He has been going for so many surfs that he hasn’t been interested in doing our big walk/run at all. I don’t know why I go through these little lulls of laziness. I guess I get tired. I get bored. I am so bored with the gym that it is not even funny. Maybe I need to bite the bullet & do some of the classes. I have been avoiding them because I am one of the most uncoordinated people you have ever met. You know there is always the one person going the opposite way to everyone else. Well that person is me! I don’t have any friends that I can go with that can stand up the back of the class & have a giggle with me so it becomes embarrassing instead of funny. Well I think the time has come for me to suck it up. If I want a change of scenery & pace then I am going to have to do something about it! So tomorrow I am going to go to the gym. I am going to get a new timetable. My goal for next week is going to be to try 2 new classes. Anyone have any suggestions? I am sick of RPM & pump is out due to a shoulder injury which flares up when I lift weight above my shoulder height.

What classes do you other gym junkies love?

Proud & some exciting news!

06/04/11

I am so proud of DF & I tonight. After a yummy dinner of chicken breast marinated in peri peri sauce & vegetables. I made the kids some apple pie with home made custard. I served them up & left them to do the dishes while DF & I took our selves off for a walk/ run over the hill. On our way there it started pouring with rain, I don't mean kinda sprinkling rain I mean pouring cats & dogs kinda rain. So we continued to our normal parking spot & after a couple of minutes it started to subside a bit. We decided to go for it! So we started our jog up the hill & slowly but surely the rain started to come back a bit. We got to the top of the hill (well almost for me I had to walk the last 100m) & decided that it was getting just a little bit to heavy for our liking. We turned around & started our walk back down the hill. When I got to the bit that I started walking at on the way up. I decided that I was going to run all the way back to our starting point. On the way down the rain really started to come down again. I just kept in my rhythm determined that I was going to get back to our starting point. Finally with lungs burning we made it. With in seconds of starting the walk back to the car the rain started to bucket down again & with out even thinking I started running as fast as I could back to the car. My lungs were burning by the time we got back to the car & I was absolutly saturated. We laughed as we got in the car. Look at the crazy people that we have become- running in the rain!!! We had so much fun. DF offered if I wanted a caramel sundae on the way home & I said- NO WAY! I am not undoing all that good we just did in one go! In fact what we did didn't even cover it- All the exercise I did today combined didn't cover it! Yes I have my weekly points but I just didn't want to do it. It just didn't feel right.

So I guess you've read this far to find out what the exciting news is hey...


We've picked a wedding date! Hooray! Can't say to much just yet as we have PLANS! But I will say that it will be TOTALLY us which I love love love!!!

I wasn't joking!

31/03/11

Well when I say I’m back, I’m not joking! After a yummy dinner of homemade chicken burgers (made with chicken breast) down at the beach, DF & I decided to do our big walk. Once we got going we decided to go for a little run. We actually ran to the top of Alexandra Headland hill! My lungs & thighs were burning by the time I got to the top. It was my 2nd run for the day after all! We walked down the other side to the point where we turn around. When we got back to the hill section to go back over we decided to run again. So over the hill we ran further & further, my lungs were screaming at me to stop but I just pushed through until I got over the top of the rise. I hit the pole on the way past as a little marker and finally allowed my tired legs to rest by dropping back to a brisk walk. DF actually kept running down the hill & after a couple of minutes break I decided that I couldn’t let him beat me! So then I ran again to catch up to him. He stopped at the bottom & waited for me catch up & we walked back to the car. We were both so proud of each other. I can’t wait until we are fit enough to run the whole walk. I watched the other couples out enjoying the beautiful evening together by going for run. That is the kind of couple that I aspire for us to be, the kind that can go for a run together & still talk & laugh at the same time. At the moment it is more of a red faced, struggling for breath, pavement pounding kinda look but we’ll get there!

I'm back baby!

I went to the gym this morning. I did extra in my arms & abs sessions. One thing I noticed though is how fast you lose your fitness! I have not run since last Friday with Brock up the dreaded Point Cartwright Hill (sheer cliff face more like it!) This morning I really sucked at running! Last week I was doing 3.5min sections & today I could only manage 2.5min sections. It was very disappointing! Brock told me some time ago that you lose your fitness twice as fast as you gain it. Today really proved that to me. I must be the slowest person to ever do the C25K. Instead of the normal 9 week program I think it will take me 18 weeks lol. I don’t care how long it takes me though I am still going to do it. I have a secret goal to run in a fun run. Not sure which one I am aiming for yet but I want to run the whole thing. I can’t wait until I can do that. I can just imagine my little family waiting at the end for me to finish, cheering me on.
Tomorrow is the 1st of April. Day 1 of the 5kg in April challenge. I’ll start my day with a training session with Brock. I think I am really going to try & give myself a good kick start for April by going to the gym over the week end as well. Normally I try to just do light exercise over the week end to give myself a little break but I want to see a big difference in April so I plan on putting in some big effort!

MoJo

30/03/11

I have been so slack this week. It seems a weekend of pure indulgence has ruined my whole week so far! I have been so unmotivated to do anything. I have been tired & lethargic. I am meant to be doing week 4 of C25K (couch to 5km running program) I have not even done 1 day! I haven’t even blogged! I LOVE blogging! If it wasn’t for DF encouraging me to do our big walk last night I would have officially done NO proper exercise all week so far! PP wise I have been very good. I have not used any of those weekly points as I wrote them off after all the drinks I had on the week end. I don’t know if that is enough to save me on the scales this week though. I have 2 full days before WI & PT on one of those days. If I can somehow find my exercise mojo for tomorrow I might just scrape through with a loss!

P.S. If anyone finds my mojo can you please return it?

Week 4 of my March personal commitment

4 weeks is a long time. So have I succeeded with what I had set out for myself?

Exercise- I have exercised most days I think I have only missed 3 days for the whole month so far. I am even taking my workout gear away with me this week end. I get up pretty early so I am thinking that I will be able to go for a nice morning walk along the beach front. (As long as I don’t drink too much! Lol)

Tracking- I have tracked pretty much everything. I did cheat a little back in week 2 by not tracking condiments & by using low fat milk instead of skim milk & not adjusting my recipe in my tracker with the attitude of it is only 1or 2 points no big deal. But all of those 1 & 2 points add up over a week! I only had a very small loss that week so the old saying- what you eat in private shows in public is true! I learnt my lesson & everything that I have eaten since then has gone into the tracker. When I have been somewhere else for dinner & unable to measure how much I have been having of something I have been trying to overestimate instead of under estimate.

Fruit- Hmmm wellllll....... I have been eating at least 1 piece of fruit every weekday. It is part of my routine now. I always have a piece of fruit sitting on my desk so that if I get peckish I can have that. I had the most amazing apple yesterday it was actually delicious! If you could guarantee me that they would all be like that one I would eat fruit every day! Weekends however are a different story... I struggle to eat it on the weekends as we don’t have a set routine. We just do whatever we feel like on the day. This means that we can be anywhere at any time & just eat meals when we get home. We don’t really snack over the weekends either as we are so busy out doing stuff.

Weight loss- So far this month has been practically nonexistent. A grand total of 300grams. With only 1 weigh in to go I am obviously not going to meet my 5kg loss that I was hoping for! I am okay with it though. After some supportive words from my friends I know that this is not going to happen overnight and if it did I would probably put it all back on again anyway as I would not have learnt the lessons that I need to along the way to keep it off long term. I am ready for the ride however long it takes.

I am definitely going to set myself a new commitment list in April. By doing it this month I have changed a few things & learnt a few things. It has given me something to work towards & focus on other than just weight loss alone.

Another small loss

12/03/11

It's 5am & all through the house not a creature was stirring... except 2 staffies chasing a gecko & crashing into their kennel & metal food bowls! Silly puppies! Of course I seem to be the only one that hears this kind of thing! I thought I might as well get up. I was also thinking that I might as well go for a walk but that was only until I actually went to get out of the bed. Once I moved my butt I realised how sore it was along with my legs- Oh my I can hardly walk today! I know that actually walking will be the best thing for it. I'll wait until the sun comes up (if it comes up!) And take my sore little booty out to walk it off.

I've done my weekly WI this morning. I've only lost another 200grams this week. I know, I know a loss is a loss. I can't help but be a little upset though. I have been working pretty hard. When I look back at my week I know that I did have a few little treats along the way. What could I do better next week to get a better loss? Well I know I ate a lot of bread last week. Normally I am not a big bread eater. Normal I will take a salad for my lunch at work. However this week with the wet weather I have felt like something warm & a little heavier for my lunch so 3 times I actually had a toasted cheese & tomato sandwich. Now although I am sure you are thinking that's no big deal over the course of the week those 3 sandwiches actually cost me 21pp! I think I will make a nice big pot of vegie soup that I can take to work with me so that I can have that instead of a sandwich on the days I don't feel like salad.
We had stupid KFC for dinner on Wednesday night. It cost me 15pp & I didn't even enjoy it! The chicken kababs that we took down for a BBQ dinner at the beach were much more enjoyable. We got out of the house. The kids got to ride their scooters & play on the playground. And best of all it only cost 6pp. I know what I will be choosing to do next week!
The icing on the cake (so to speak) was the league season opener party that we went to last night. They ordered pizza I had 3 slices of thin crust vegie thinking that it would be the best choice. I can't even find a thin crust domino's in the tracker so had to enter it as classic crust. I also had 2 cruiser vodka drinks.
Technically with my all my weekly points up my sleave I know I was 'safe' but the fact that I have only lost 200grams this week tells me that to many treats in a week is no good. Next week I need to be more sensible about it. No bread for lunch, no vodka and pizza and definatly NO KFC!!!!

Friday's tourture session

11/03/11

So I wasn’t going to bore you all with the details of my personal training session
this morning but then I thought about it & this blog is for me as well so I have decided to record it. I want to be able to look back on this in the months to come for my own inspiration. I am under no illusion, I know that there will be days and weeks ahead that I will want to give up, that it will be all too hard. I hope that in those moments that I can look back at posts like this & realise just how far I have come.

5.30am I meet Brock at our spot & walk the 2kms to the top of the hill, very thankful that we walk straight past the stairs this week! We jog back down the hill almost to the 1km mark. This is the furthest that I have ever run! Next week we will make it to the 1km mark for sure. We walked the 1km back down to the little playground area near our cars & then we followed a little kid’s bike track around while doing squats & then back doing sumo squats. For anyone who does squats I am sure you can appriciate how hard this was. At least 20 of each! As you can imagine my legs are absolutely burning by now. We head over to the wooden picnic table & chairs the same ones that most parks have and Brock has me climb the chair & table 10 times on each leg. AGH! My thighs are on fire! You don't realise how high those chairs are off the ground until you have to climb them after doing sqauts! To give my legs a rest we head over to the basketball half court & Brock pulls out some boxing gear. We do some combo’s using mostly arms but with a few knee and leg kicks thrown in for good measure. I love boxing- I like to picture people that I have issues with when I punch him, I feel it gives me more power! By this stage I am physically exhausted. We walk over to our cars & Brock springs it on me again that we are actually not finished. I think that it is lucky that he doesn’t tell me earlier into my session because I would be so mentally broken I don’t think I would get through it. We take our shoes & socks off & head down onto the beach. He draws a line in the sand. At first I think that we are going to run towards the ocean. (I am blonde!)Okay I think to myself that’s not so bad I can do that.Then Brock turns around to face the dunes. He has picked out the steepest one. Hooray! NOT! Right O he says we are going to sprint up the dune & back down to the line one at a time. You only get to rest as long as it takes for the other person to cross the line. I go first, I get to the top of the first run. Oh my- everything is burning, my head feels like it is going to explode, somehow I get through 4 runs. I tell Brock that he is going to have to carry me back to my car because there is no way that I can climb that dune once more to get there. He laughs (as if I am telling a joke!) and starts walking back. I can’t very well just stay on the beach so I have no choice but to climb that dune once more to get back to my car.

When I look at all this stuff that Brock pushes me to do I know in my heart of hearts that I would NEVER push myself that hard. I would have given myself a pat on the back after the 1km run if it was up to me alone! lol. That is why it is worth every cent for me to pay him week after week for this torture!

Boobies & other excuses

07/03/11

I have had several women over the past week or so tell me that they can't run because of the size of their bobbies. In all cases bar 1, I was actually a bigger cup size then all of them. (I'm a 12E!) This got me thinking. I know I used to say the same thing. But in all honesty until I lashed out & got a good sports bra it hurt me too. Now even though I have only lost 2cm of my boobies they don't hurt when I run anymore (or maybe it's just that my legs hurt so much it takes the focus off them!) I was the queen of excuses Oow looks like rain- better not go out, I jiggle too much to run- don't want a black eye! (always the comidian), I'm too tired, I can't afford it, I don't have time, I have to look after the kids etc etc etc.
I guess what I have discovered is that there is always going to be an excuse to not exercise. I didn't just wake one day & say wow all of these problems/excuses don't exist anymore now I have all the time in the world. I get up at 4.30am so that I can organize the lunches & put washing on & get to the gym before the kids wake up of a morning. I don't have time- I make it! I am lucky that I have a 14 year old son that can watch the girls if they do happen to wake up before I get home & DF's parents 2 doors up in case anything happens. But if I didn't have that then I would make time of a night & let DF look after them- he is capable, he is a father! For the 1st time in my life I actually trained IN THE RAIN last week. I didn't melt, yes I got wet but it was fun (in a painful kind of way!)

There is a great sign up at my gym that says;

Those that don't make time for exercise will sooner or later have to make time for illness

It is so true! That is why I will not be the queen of excuses anymore. My health is going to come first!