Well, missed one week of blogging ... such a busy, busy week last week and this week is no different, so I thought I'd just hop in and give an update.
Current weight loss in total is 7.6kg, 3.6kg since start of this round and 0.9kg this week alone (and considering I'd fallen off the wagon for two days last week this was a nice result).
We're going interstate for a few days tomorrow and so have got things as planned as I can for this time. We will be eating out each meal but I'm taking enough healthy snacks with me or I will go without snacks if I can't eat the right food. I will endeavour to eat clean while away as we only get back just before next week's weigh in, so will really need to be careful with my choices.
Have to run .. will update when I get back.
28 September 2011
18 September 2011
Week 1, Round 3 continued - No to the Mars Bar!
Well, it's the day before the start of Week 2, but hey it's been good overall.
Well had a week of basically not exercising due to ill health. I don't count 10 mins day of easy walking to be exercising but that was all I could manage most days.
Friday I downloaded and started the C25K program ... and managed to complete it, was completed out of puff at the end and not many calories burnt but hey, I did it.
Found out that I probably need to put my strap for my HRM through the wash as the amount of cals burnt is not as much as I reckon it should be, but going with what it said for now. Hopefully this will sort any issues out. It's going in the wash NOW, lol.
Did not do SSS yesterday as was up at 4am to leave at 5:30am to go to a function in the city. As my OH was working a few km's away I went with him to his work and then WALKED the rest of the way. That was from behind WCH down King William Road, into King William Street, along the mall, had a cuppa then walked back through the mall, along KWS to North Terrace, down to the railway station, went and got my ticket for home journey, along to the convention centre (where the function was being held) and was there by 7:15am, phew! was a tad warm but had my water with me :o).
Had a ball at the function, lunch was not edible for me (way too many cals) but just in case I'd taken an egg and a slice of burgen bread for lunch (or a snack) so had that for lunch and had another coffee but inside the lunch bag was a MARS BAR!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh My Goodness was THAT tempting!!! But I was strong, I put it in my handbag and took it home and gave it to my OH!!!! I was so proud of myself for resisting that temptation for MORE than 5 HOURS!!! Just goes to show how strong we can be doesn't it, lol.
When I got home I heated up some left over lasagne (yummm) for dinner for us both. Then set to work making birthday cards for the 2 little boys next door (they have birthdays 2 days apart ... one is now 5 the other is 3) so they have similar but different cards based on the circus, lol.
Hmmm, wonder if I can post a photo of one or both here, will try:
This is the 3 year old's card
This is the 5 year olds card.
Well had a week of basically not exercising due to ill health. I don't count 10 mins day of easy walking to be exercising but that was all I could manage most days.
Friday I downloaded and started the C25K program ... and managed to complete it, was completed out of puff at the end and not many calories burnt but hey, I did it.
Found out that I probably need to put my strap for my HRM through the wash as the amount of cals burnt is not as much as I reckon it should be, but going with what it said for now. Hopefully this will sort any issues out. It's going in the wash NOW, lol.
Did not do SSS yesterday as was up at 4am to leave at 5:30am to go to a function in the city. As my OH was working a few km's away I went with him to his work and then WALKED the rest of the way. That was from behind WCH down King William Road, into King William Street, along the mall, had a cuppa then walked back through the mall, along KWS to North Terrace, down to the railway station, went and got my ticket for home journey, along to the convention centre (where the function was being held) and was there by 7:15am, phew! was a tad warm but had my water with me :o).
Had a ball at the function, lunch was not edible for me (way too many cals) but just in case I'd taken an egg and a slice of burgen bread for lunch (or a snack) so had that for lunch and had another coffee but inside the lunch bag was a MARS BAR!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh My Goodness was THAT tempting!!! But I was strong, I put it in my handbag and took it home and gave it to my OH!!!! I was so proud of myself for resisting that temptation for MORE than 5 HOURS!!! Just goes to show how strong we can be doesn't it, lol.
When I got home I heated up some left over lasagne (yummm) for dinner for us both. Then set to work making birthday cards for the 2 little boys next door (they have birthdays 2 days apart ... one is now 5 the other is 3) so they have similar but different cards based on the circus, lol.
Hmmm, wonder if I can post a photo of one or both here, will try:
This is the 3 year old's card
This is the 5 year olds card.So that took me a little while last night and so by the time I got to bed I was exhausted but had a great sleep until 5am ON A SUNDAY!!!!! Oh well, got up (as couldn't stay in bed any longer) and did a couple of things then went back to bed and slept until 8am which for me is a great long sleep in :D and feeling fantastic!!
Time to get moving ... more later.
15 September 2011
Week 1, Round 3
Well, what a week since last I wrote. I still have laryngitis but it's finally on the mend!! So, Week 1 is here. There have been some great times this week and some not so great.
Great things this week ... I lost 1.6kg from previous week, total so far of 5.7kg gone-ski YAY, WOO HOO!!
I've enjoyed the majority of the recipes this week, there are a couple I'll leave some bits out of in future (eg the salad dressing ... don't like the taste or texture, I don't usually have any dressing on my salad so that's okay, I'll just leave it off). I've made the lasagne tonight (Jen's) and have been given Nat's to try next time ... maybe even tomorrow I'll make it. It sounds yummy scrumptious too, in fact I think I will like BOTH. As usual I've had to leave out the orange veggies (ie carrot, sweet potato etc) otherwise I'll throw up trying to eat it, nasty side effect of these - had this from birth and still can't digest these.
Fantastic live hook up the other night, lots of great information from Mish and some interesting questions from the 12wbt'ers online at the time. I've listened to the podcast a few times now and still get more out of it each time I listen to it.
Week 2 has opened with shopping list, menu's, recipes and exercises today. All printed off (except exercise) so I'm ready for shopping tomorrow.
Not so good this week. The fact I'm still sick. Have been lucky and working from home a lot, went in to work yesterday (first time since last Thursday) left a little early, got home (screaming headache by this time), tried to ease it but couldn't. Took panadene forte and went to bed around 6pm thinking I'd only be an hour or two, got up at 6am!!!!! So, the benefit of that? I was UNDER with calories for the day as I'd only had 2 meals and one snack. I also was a bit dehydrated when I woke up so drank (slowly) 750ml water. Also not so good this week was exercise as other than the Fitness Test I did no exercise until yesterday, when I did 45 mins of Mish's DVD. Today no exercise again. Will do tomorrow though as need to "get moving" more. I think I'll go back to Wii Active as that really gets me huffin' and puffin' when it's cardio or groaning when it's strength/toning.
Had a great laugh tonight reading a post in the forums, my ribs are hurting I laughed so much. Also, just picture this, there's me with laryngitis laughing so hard there are tears streaming down my face, my OH, who had gone to bed, came rushing out because the noises I was making (I couldn't help this) he thought I was being very ill or in deep trouble and needing help. I tried to tell him I was laughing but couldn't get the words out, he thought I was crying and in distress, it took several seconds for him to understand what I was trying to say. His response of 'humph' and the puzzled look on his face set me laughing again lol :D.
Enough for today, more another time.
Great things this week ... I lost 1.6kg from previous week, total so far of 5.7kg gone-ski YAY, WOO HOO!!
I've enjoyed the majority of the recipes this week, there are a couple I'll leave some bits out of in future (eg the salad dressing ... don't like the taste or texture, I don't usually have any dressing on my salad so that's okay, I'll just leave it off). I've made the lasagne tonight (Jen's) and have been given Nat's to try next time ... maybe even tomorrow I'll make it. It sounds yummy scrumptious too, in fact I think I will like BOTH. As usual I've had to leave out the orange veggies (ie carrot, sweet potato etc) otherwise I'll throw up trying to eat it, nasty side effect of these - had this from birth and still can't digest these.
Fantastic live hook up the other night, lots of great information from Mish and some interesting questions from the 12wbt'ers online at the time. I've listened to the podcast a few times now and still get more out of it each time I listen to it.
Week 2 has opened with shopping list, menu's, recipes and exercises today. All printed off (except exercise) so I'm ready for shopping tomorrow.
Not so good this week. The fact I'm still sick. Have been lucky and working from home a lot, went in to work yesterday (first time since last Thursday) left a little early, got home (screaming headache by this time), tried to ease it but couldn't. Took panadene forte and went to bed around 6pm thinking I'd only be an hour or two, got up at 6am!!!!! So, the benefit of that? I was UNDER with calories for the day as I'd only had 2 meals and one snack. I also was a bit dehydrated when I woke up so drank (slowly) 750ml water. Also not so good this week was exercise as other than the Fitness Test I did no exercise until yesterday, when I did 45 mins of Mish's DVD. Today no exercise again. Will do tomorrow though as need to "get moving" more. I think I'll go back to Wii Active as that really gets me huffin' and puffin' when it's cardio or groaning when it's strength/toning.
Had a great laugh tonight reading a post in the forums, my ribs are hurting I laughed so much. Also, just picture this, there's me with laryngitis laughing so hard there are tears streaming down my face, my OH, who had gone to bed, came rushing out because the noises I was making (I couldn't help this) he thought I was being very ill or in deep trouble and needing help. I tried to tell him I was laughing but couldn't get the words out, he thought I was crying and in distress, it took several seconds for him to understand what I was trying to say. His response of 'humph' and the puzzled look on his face set me laughing again lol :D.
Enough for today, more another time.
09 September 2011
Almost Week 1 now
Woo hoo. Week 1 is open and the shopping list, meal plans and recipes are all there as well as exercise plans.
Shopping was completed last night after work. I'll be starting to make some of the meals tonight and freezing/refrigerating them for during the week. I'll also be making a heap of soup for quick/easy meals.
Have not been well this week. Tuesday had migraine which kept going throughout Wednesday. Kept losing my voice at work Thursday and today no voice, feeling dizzy and totally unwell so home today again! Exercise on hold as too dizzy to walk let alone exercise so I'm very disappointed with this. Still it's better to let myself get well again and then I'll kick my behind into gear again. Hopefully I'll be able to exercise again tomorrow!!!
Am so excited to be starting my journey in earnest now. It was PAINFUL waiting for Week 1 to open yesterday ... it took soooo long but eventually it was opened and was just in time for me to go shopping after work (yay). So glad that I was able to get just about everything (except egg whites???) still I can always remove a yoke from an egg if needed urgently until I find what these are and where to get them.
I have decided to try each recipe and only substitute or leave out ingredients if they are ones that I have reactions to or really cannot abide the taste/texture of. I will also only substitute a meal if the above is the majority of the ingredients as it will be quicker/easier this way.
I'll be doing my testing on Sunday as part of my exercise pattern this week as I've not exercised today.
Enough for now, will post more when I've got my @ss into gear with all this.
Shopping was completed last night after work. I'll be starting to make some of the meals tonight and freezing/refrigerating them for during the week. I'll also be making a heap of soup for quick/easy meals.
Have not been well this week. Tuesday had migraine which kept going throughout Wednesday. Kept losing my voice at work Thursday and today no voice, feeling dizzy and totally unwell so home today again! Exercise on hold as too dizzy to walk let alone exercise so I'm very disappointed with this. Still it's better to let myself get well again and then I'll kick my behind into gear again. Hopefully I'll be able to exercise again tomorrow!!!
Am so excited to be starting my journey in earnest now. It was PAINFUL waiting for Week 1 to open yesterday ... it took soooo long but eventually it was opened and was just in time for me to go shopping after work (yay). So glad that I was able to get just about everything (except egg whites???) still I can always remove a yoke from an egg if needed urgently until I find what these are and where to get them.
I have decided to try each recipe and only substitute or leave out ingredients if they are ones that I have reactions to or really cannot abide the taste/texture of. I will also only substitute a meal if the above is the majority of the ingredients as it will be quicker/easier this way.
I'll be doing my testing on Sunday as part of my exercise pattern this week as I've not exercised today.
Enough for now, will post more when I've got my @ss into gear with all this.
05 September 2011
Pre-Season - Week 4, Monday
Well we're into the final week of pre-season. I've had a mixed up weekend. I've been as careful as possible with my choices of food, however the selection to choose from was not that good for two nights during a special period with friends watching the major show of the year from Germany. I did, however, eat as minimally as I could both nights while there (by having a small snack of around 100 calories before going each night) and was careful with liquids too ... total of 3 naughty drinks over 2 days/nights.
I smashed 500 calories yesterday morning with Wii Active 2, boy what a great workout that was. I felt really pumped all day. Today is my rest day this week to allow my body to recuperate after yesterday's session. But back into that workout tomorrow for sure!!! I must admit I did have a VERY red face at the end of the session but went for my shower (a cooler one than usual I must admit, lol) and cooled that face down quite quickly after that.
So, now that's 2 days in a row burning over 500 calories but yesterdays was in ONE session. I was hoping to have a bike ride yesterday too but as it was father's day and we had people in and out of the house all afternoon that wasn't possible. Even though it's my "rest" day today I may go for a ride tonight when I get home if it's not too dark by then.
Time to go get ready for work. Bye for now :D
I smashed 500 calories yesterday morning with Wii Active 2, boy what a great workout that was. I felt really pumped all day. Today is my rest day this week to allow my body to recuperate after yesterday's session. But back into that workout tomorrow for sure!!! I must admit I did have a VERY red face at the end of the session but went for my shower (a cooler one than usual I must admit, lol) and cooled that face down quite quickly after that.
So, now that's 2 days in a row burning over 500 calories but yesterdays was in ONE session. I was hoping to have a bike ride yesterday too but as it was father's day and we had people in and out of the house all afternoon that wasn't possible. Even though it's my "rest" day today I may go for a ride tonight when I get home if it's not too dark by then.
Time to go get ready for work. Bye for now :D
31 August 2011
Pre-Season - Week 3, Wednesday
Was out for dinner last night ... Tandoori Indian Restaurant. Lovely meal. I chose the Madras (hot) chicken dish with steamed rice. I left 90% of the sauce to try to minimise the damage. I had one naan bread (garlic) and two lemon, lime & bitter drinks. Followed by one cup of hot chocolate.
I had kept my intake to a minimum all day and also went for 5.55km bike ride yesterday too.
This morning I weighed myself ... I'd put on 200g. Now this could have been because I ate later than usual last night, not sure, so will just check on the scales in the morning. I won't take that as official because it's not my weigh day. But it will enable me to see if I'm keeping on track (I think it will anyway). I was disappointed to see a gain considering the hard work I'd put in to get a loss, but those are the breaks, and as long as I keep plugging away the weight WILL come off!!!
I gave myself a day off exercise today as I'd been exercising everyday for a week and a lot of it was quite intense. Back into the full exercise regime tomorrow, starting with Wii Fit and Wii Zumba in the morning as I have hairdresser after work and so won't be able to get out on my bike tomorrow night, so it will be one of Mish's DVD workouts once I get home.
Saturday afternoon I have booked a facial and in the morning I'll be getting another manicure and colour & nail art change.
I'll also be shopping for ingredients for some recipes in the Crunch Time Cookbook and will make some of them for next week.
Well enough rambling from me for today :o)
Thursday morning BUGGA! those 200g are STILL THERE, well, back to the drawing board and see where I'm going wrong!
I had kept my intake to a minimum all day and also went for 5.55km bike ride yesterday too.
This morning I weighed myself ... I'd put on 200g. Now this could have been because I ate later than usual last night, not sure, so will just check on the scales in the morning. I won't take that as official because it's not my weigh day. But it will enable me to see if I'm keeping on track (I think it will anyway). I was disappointed to see a gain considering the hard work I'd put in to get a loss, but those are the breaks, and as long as I keep plugging away the weight WILL come off!!!
I gave myself a day off exercise today as I'd been exercising everyday for a week and a lot of it was quite intense. Back into the full exercise regime tomorrow, starting with Wii Fit and Wii Zumba in the morning as I have hairdresser after work and so won't be able to get out on my bike tomorrow night, so it will be one of Mish's DVD workouts once I get home.
Saturday afternoon I have booked a facial and in the morning I'll be getting another manicure and colour & nail art change.
I'll also be shopping for ingredients for some recipes in the Crunch Time Cookbook and will make some of them for next week.
Well enough rambling from me for today :o)
Thursday morning BUGGA! those 200g are STILL THERE, well, back to the drawing board and see where I'm going wrong!
28 August 2011
Pre-Season - Week 3, Sunday (day one)
Wow, another message from Mish. Today has brought tears. I thought I was okay with some of the things, but then I read a very moving post by one of the 30+ girls which hit home. I am still carrying excess baggage around with me. I got very emotional, felt sick/empty in my stomach at the end so maybe, just maybe, this is one of the things I needed to get out of me. I've put other things in here but there was just something I had to put there.
Yes, I admit it. I LOVE MY MUM, but I at times hate her too. Is this normal? Maybe! The incident I recalled when responding to the post which had me bawling my eyes out was when I was around 3 or 4 years old, my older sisters and I had obviously been naughty. My mother got hold of a suitcase and went to the door saying she was leaving and wouldn't be coming back until we all behaved better. I still remember this clearly so obviously it was festering. I remember I was crying and saying I'd be good. Another more recent memory was in 1990, we had my husband's sister and OH visiting us from overseas. My parents were also living with us at that time so we had a lot of socialising between all of us. I am not, and never have been, a heavy drinker. Each night everyone else would get "merry" and I would enjoy my time with them too but without drinking alcohol. At this time I was around 80kg (still heavy by about 20kg but meh I could live with that). One night they had all been having a ball, drinking and carrying on, I'd been making sure the kids were asleep and cleaning tidying up from the meal earlier, then I went to join in with them. Out of the blue my mother said to me (and denied it ever since by the way, but my OH heard and remembers too), oh yes Gail, I never wanted you, I tried to get rid of you and I still don't want you. My dad tried to stop her but she went on. My OH's sister and OH didn't fully understand what was said as English is their 2nd language her OH understood more and tried to make light of things and get things smooth again as they could feel something wasn't right. I said I'll leave you all to it, goodnight, and went to bed crying my eyes out and my OH came through to comfort me, knowing just how hard the kick in the guts had been for me. I'd opened my heart and house to my family and got that in return. Makes one wonder just how worthy one is.
I have forgiven her, many years ago, for both of these, but obviously they were still festering. Hopefully now I've lanced them so they can now drain the poison away and heal cleanly.
I no longer thought I was worth doing/being/having the nice things ... my own children don't remember even a card or phone call for my birthday and they're adults now.
I think this is why I've piled on the extra 30+ kgs even when I've tried to lose (was up to 95kg 11 years ago and lost 15 to 18kg but couldn't maintain as didn't learn how to eat right for life) and now I had (at the start of this) 52kg to lose, now only 48.1kg to get rid of.
However, now with the 12wbt I am finding that I truly AM worth being well looked after. I am going to arrange for a facial for some time this week as I do deserve it. I am not going to look at the $$'s but am just going to do it!!!!!
Okay, enough blubbering away for now. Time to go get myself moving for the day. Oh, Yes, today I have my 2nd road cycling class and am looking forward to it. I have my bike, I got a bike rack as that was easier than putting my bike in the back of my car all the time, I have my helmet and water bottle. I also have the right 3/4 length pants and a nice airy top but also a vest to keep the chill off the tummy and also to hold things like my keys and a coin purse, lol :D . Will catch up later.
Sorry if this doesn't read smoothly but just putting it all down is helping I think.
Okay, doing better this afternoon/evening. Went for my road cycling course (last session) and we did 8.3km and I used 418 kcal (hopefully this means just calories, lol). Time to finish things off here for the weekend. Talk more later :D ciao
Yes, I admit it. I LOVE MY MUM, but I at times hate her too. Is this normal? Maybe! The incident I recalled when responding to the post which had me bawling my eyes out was when I was around 3 or 4 years old, my older sisters and I had obviously been naughty. My mother got hold of a suitcase and went to the door saying she was leaving and wouldn't be coming back until we all behaved better. I still remember this clearly so obviously it was festering. I remember I was crying and saying I'd be good. Another more recent memory was in 1990, we had my husband's sister and OH visiting us from overseas. My parents were also living with us at that time so we had a lot of socialising between all of us. I am not, and never have been, a heavy drinker. Each night everyone else would get "merry" and I would enjoy my time with them too but without drinking alcohol. At this time I was around 80kg (still heavy by about 20kg but meh I could live with that). One night they had all been having a ball, drinking and carrying on, I'd been making sure the kids were asleep and cleaning tidying up from the meal earlier, then I went to join in with them. Out of the blue my mother said to me (and denied it ever since by the way, but my OH heard and remembers too), oh yes Gail, I never wanted you, I tried to get rid of you and I still don't want you. My dad tried to stop her but she went on. My OH's sister and OH didn't fully understand what was said as English is their 2nd language her OH understood more and tried to make light of things and get things smooth again as they could feel something wasn't right. I said I'll leave you all to it, goodnight, and went to bed crying my eyes out and my OH came through to comfort me, knowing just how hard the kick in the guts had been for me. I'd opened my heart and house to my family and got that in return. Makes one wonder just how worthy one is.
I have forgiven her, many years ago, for both of these, but obviously they were still festering. Hopefully now I've lanced them so they can now drain the poison away and heal cleanly.
I no longer thought I was worth doing/being/having the nice things ... my own children don't remember even a card or phone call for my birthday and they're adults now.
I think this is why I've piled on the extra 30+ kgs even when I've tried to lose (was up to 95kg 11 years ago and lost 15 to 18kg but couldn't maintain as didn't learn how to eat right for life) and now I had (at the start of this) 52kg to lose, now only 48.1kg to get rid of.
However, now with the 12wbt I am finding that I truly AM worth being well looked after. I am going to arrange for a facial for some time this week as I do deserve it. I am not going to look at the $$'s but am just going to do it!!!!!
Okay, enough blubbering away for now. Time to go get myself moving for the day. Oh, Yes, today I have my 2nd road cycling class and am looking forward to it. I have my bike, I got a bike rack as that was easier than putting my bike in the back of my car all the time, I have my helmet and water bottle. I also have the right 3/4 length pants and a nice airy top but also a vest to keep the chill off the tummy and also to hold things like my keys and a coin purse, lol :D . Will catch up later.
Sorry if this doesn't read smoothly but just putting it all down is helping I think.
Okay, doing better this afternoon/evening. Went for my road cycling course (last session) and we did 8.3km and I used 418 kcal (hopefully this means just calories, lol). Time to finish things off here for the weekend. Talk more later :D ciao
25 August 2011
Pre-Season - Week 2 Thursday
Another first for me today ... I went to the Gym and participated in a Zumba Class ... yes, I lasted the whole hour, but had some mini breaks, sort of, in between, kept moving but not doing the full actions.
I can already feel that I'll be sore in the morning but will push through the pain as I'm sure it will be there.
I've been trying to stay with my 1200 calories going in and have mostly kept to that, only one or two times a little over one meal's allowance, so happy with my efforts there so far.
Most days I've managed around 200 calorie expenditure in half hour of exercise. Today, however, in the class I burnt 467 calories in one hour (think it would have been over 500 if I'd been able to do the whole class without slowing down at all).
So, what does that say to me? It says I need to up the ante (so to speak) and do at least ONE hour of exercise each day, no excuses. So, in the morning it's Wii Fit for 30 mins and after I get home from work it's cycling for 30 mins (or a combination of cycling and Wii Fit) but tomorrow I'll be burning 500 calories per day! That's it, no more pussy footing around. I now MUST burn 500 cal's/day for 6 days each week. I hear that this will get changed later but for now that's enough for me.
I'll also slow down on blogging, lol, but will blog at least twice per week at least until the round starts in earnest. I'll also not spend so much time on FB and the forums (spending wa-ay too much time on those) but will still go there each day but will limit my time to half hour for each dealing with 12wbt (still have other contacts I'll need to keep up over & above this in FB but will limit my daily times).
This way I'll have more time for exercising :D .
I can already feel that I'll be sore in the morning but will push through the pain as I'm sure it will be there.
I've been trying to stay with my 1200 calories going in and have mostly kept to that, only one or two times a little over one meal's allowance, so happy with my efforts there so far.
Most days I've managed around 200 calorie expenditure in half hour of exercise. Today, however, in the class I burnt 467 calories in one hour (think it would have been over 500 if I'd been able to do the whole class without slowing down at all).
So, what does that say to me? It says I need to up the ante (so to speak) and do at least ONE hour of exercise each day, no excuses. So, in the morning it's Wii Fit for 30 mins and after I get home from work it's cycling for 30 mins (or a combination of cycling and Wii Fit) but tomorrow I'll be burning 500 calories per day! That's it, no more pussy footing around. I now MUST burn 500 cal's/day for 6 days each week. I hear that this will get changed later but for now that's enough for me.
I'll also slow down on blogging, lol, but will blog at least twice per week at least until the round starts in earnest. I'll also not spend so much time on FB and the forums (spending wa-ay too much time on those) but will still go there each day but will limit my time to half hour for each dealing with 12wbt (still have other contacts I'll need to keep up over & above this in FB but will limit my daily times).
This way I'll have more time for exercising :D .
24 August 2011
Day 10 Pre-Season
YAY had a loss this week ... 800g GONE!!! Now that may not seem like much but I'm very happy with this. Remembering that I'm not fully following the program. I am trying to remain within the 1200 calories per day and working towards 500 cal exercise per day (not anywhere near that yet but WILL get there!), so far since starting to monitor my weight I've lost 3.9kg which is almost to my first mini goal of 5kg. Will get there for next week I reckon :D.
Okay, so what could I have done differently/better to achieve a larger loss? I could have ensured I stayed with 1200 cal/day ... went WAY over yesterday with dinner last night even though I had a lot less than I would have before - this is the potato side. I have cut right back on the amount I have but need to cut down even more or not have at all from now on.
The other thing was EXERCISE, yes I know I'm still getting into the "habit" of exercising but I'm not 100% there yet. I am to commit myself more to exercise. Once I've finished doing all my stat's this morning I am to do half an hour MINIMUM exercise with Wii Fit or Zumba or My Shape. Tonight I must ride a minimum 4km on the bike ... but aim for 1/2 hour ride rather than distance I think ... that would be somewhere around the 6km mark. Although I must also slow down my cycling to burn more fat rather than the aerobic fitness. Last night was only 2 min fat burn and 8 aerobic for the 2km ride. I was looking to do more last night but even though I pushed myself to do more I just couldn't, the legs just would not work any more, they were like jelly and my BUTT, woo was that STILL sore!!! Much less sore than the day before but still very painful but that I could push through, just the legs stopped me. But at least I got out there and did SOMETHING. Something is better than nothing but now I need to push myself further and do more.
Okay, off to update my ticker and get on with my morning exercise (it's not 5:30am yet)
Okay, so what could I have done differently/better to achieve a larger loss? I could have ensured I stayed with 1200 cal/day ... went WAY over yesterday with dinner last night even though I had a lot less than I would have before - this is the potato side. I have cut right back on the amount I have but need to cut down even more or not have at all from now on.
The other thing was EXERCISE, yes I know I'm still getting into the "habit" of exercising but I'm not 100% there yet. I am to commit myself more to exercise. Once I've finished doing all my stat's this morning I am to do half an hour MINIMUM exercise with Wii Fit or Zumba or My Shape. Tonight I must ride a minimum 4km on the bike ... but aim for 1/2 hour ride rather than distance I think ... that would be somewhere around the 6km mark. Although I must also slow down my cycling to burn more fat rather than the aerobic fitness. Last night was only 2 min fat burn and 8 aerobic for the 2km ride. I was looking to do more last night but even though I pushed myself to do more I just couldn't, the legs just would not work any more, they were like jelly and my BUTT, woo was that STILL sore!!! Much less sore than the day before but still very painful but that I could push through, just the legs stopped me. But at least I got out there and did SOMETHING. Something is better than nothing but now I need to push myself further and do more.
Okay, off to update my ticker and get on with my morning exercise (it's not 5:30am yet)
21 August 2011
Day 7 Pre-Season part two
Well as promised, here is the next (and last) instalment for today.
To start, I'm aiming to lose 20kg by Christmas (2 dress sizes) ... there, I've said it! To help me get there I've bought a bike, and am re-learning how to ride (tick, done today) and get more confident out on the road (started today). I had decided to have bike riding as one of my major exercise tools during this journey and had been researching a bike, had gone to look at it during my lunch break and came back to find an email about a free bike riding course and so I booked in to that.
It's a two day/afternoon course and day one was today. It goes from 1pm to 4pm. There is theory as well as practical.
Overall, today, we did 33 mins of bike riding out of the 3 hours, 20 mins of that out on the road. Next week we'll be going further afield and there will be more hills/rises involved, also we'll be dealing with roundabouts of which there are HUNDREDS around where the course was held.
Well I got home and guess what OH and I went for another bike ride, we did nearly 4km in just over 15 mins, so really happy with this. OH is going with me until I get more confident riding on the roads around here - country roads, trucks, semi's and fast moving traffic although thankfully not busy like in town.
To start, I'm aiming to lose 20kg by Christmas (2 dress sizes) ... there, I've said it! To help me get there I've bought a bike, and am re-learning how to ride (tick, done today) and get more confident out on the road (started today). I had decided to have bike riding as one of my major exercise tools during this journey and had been researching a bike, had gone to look at it during my lunch break and came back to find an email about a free bike riding course and so I booked in to that.
It's a two day/afternoon course and day one was today. It goes from 1pm to 4pm. There is theory as well as practical.
Overall, today, we did 33 mins of bike riding out of the 3 hours, 20 mins of that out on the road. Next week we'll be going further afield and there will be more hills/rises involved, also we'll be dealing with roundabouts of which there are HUNDREDS around where the course was held.
Well I got home and guess what OH and I went for another bike ride, we did nearly 4km in just over 15 mins, so really happy with this. OH is going with me until I get more confident riding on the roads around here - country roads, trucks, semi's and fast moving traffic although thankfully not busy like in town.
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