Time for a Change. =) (Update your links!)

I've had a good long think about goals and needs and changing my outlook on things, so I've made a new EP account to help me work through these changes.

http://alyndabear.extrapounds.com

Please re-add me as a friend, and update your links. I've already transferred my weight log across, and will be making a few posts of note, but this Incomplete blog will always be around for future reference. I'd love it if you could come join me there. xo

(I'm still debating whether I should go "Gold" or not, but money wise I don't think I'll be able to.)

Talk soon! (GO! Update your friends! I miss you already!)

Holy Crap!

I just completed Week 5 of Couch 2 5K! Why is that so exciting?

Because the last session of Week 5 wanted me to run 20 minutes straight.

AND I DID IT JUST NOW !!!!!

(Albeit with a 20 second pause to retie a shoelace, but then I got back up and kept going!)

20 minutes.. my shins are killing me, but wow. I am so proud, and about ready to pass out, haha. Woohoo! I threw my jacket on the treadmill clock, turned my Ipod volume to MAX and just kept going. My shins hurt after roughly 5 minutes of jogging, they turned to lead weights at 10 minutes, and I just kept going. After as long as I could stand, I threw off the jacket and saw that I had been running for 17 minutes - surely I could go another 3? And I did!

Jase is bringing a bottle of wine and some Subway for dinner so we can celebrate. I love that boy so much, he's bloody wonderful. I'm going to miss him SO much when he leaves. =(

Food:/
2 x toast w/ low fat marg and jam
2 x bread w/ banana
1 cup boiled rice
Chicken & Capsicum Stirfry
Chicken Teriyaki Subway dinner.

Exercise:/
5 minute walk (warm up)
20 minute jog (not including a 20 second pause!)
5 minute walk (cool down)

Friday, Friday, Friday *chants*

One more day til the weekend, thank goodness! Thanks for the kind words about my pics.. I am such a big dork! :) But it's fun to post them, I do enjoy it!

I'll keep it short and sweet today.....

Exercise: //
3km in 30 minute walk

Food: //
2 x toast w/ low fat marg & vegemite
1/2 ski d'lite yoghurt
1 just juice popper
1 green apple
1 banana sandwich ( 2 x bread )
1 packet of kids chips **naughty**
1 funsize skittles pack **naughty**
Pizza (homemade, of course!)

Looking UP?

Today I tried on one of my dad's belts with my jeans (they aren't TOO big or anything, just feeling a little saggier which is nice!) and for the first time in YEARS - it actually fit. I can never wear belts. This is awesome! I also had a parent tell me I was looking great at the school's birthday celebration today.. and I didn't even have to pay her or anything, hehe.

I'm going to add a really TERRIBLE face pulling picture onto my gallery today (so go check it out NOW!) but I think I'm losing a little weight around my stomach... ignore the face, I was just being a dork and showing off my new t-shirt: which is still a tight XL by the way.. boo! What do you think? I wish I had taken full body pics before and now, but I was too scared to look.. so we'll have to make do with the sitting down shot.

OH OH I also ran today for C25K without DYING. I am so proud of this achievement. It's a shame I ate terrible today - we had a multicultural shared lunch, and sadly I snacked all day long. And ate cake. Crud. I *DID* restrain myself from ordering McDonalds for dinner though... I was so tempted, but I held back. Here's todays info:

Food:/
2.5 Weetbix with sweetener
1 green apple
3 mini (MINI, about 5cm long) Vietnamese spring rolls
1/2 a pastry from Chile (about 5cm long & wide)
1 lamington
1 piece of vanilla sponge cake w/ choc icing
Aldi low-fat meal - tortellini w/ mushroom (only 1200 kjs, so not bad!)

Exercise:/ Couch to 5k - Week 5 - Session 2
5 minute walk: warm up
8 minute jog
5 minute walk
8 minute jog
4 minute walk: cool down

Still Blah!

What is going on? Where did my motivation go? I swear, over the past couple of days, I've lost it... I'm not interested, I'm tired and grouchy, I'm not WANTING to exercise (gah!) and just overall blah. I wish I knew what happened.. maybe it's just an "almost end of teaching term" thing, maybe it's just laziness, dunno. But I hate this feeling and want it gone.

Nothing special to report today, other than an aching back. I walked on the treadmill (3k in 30 minutes) while watching "Celebrity Hook-Ups" on E! TV.. thrilling television right there.. or not. Blah. At least I'm doing it nightly again, yay for routines.

Food:/
2.5 Weetbix w/ sweetener
4 Vitawheats with veg
1 Green Apple
1 Banana Sandwich (2 x bread)
1 Scotch Finger Biscuit
Homemade pizza (again!) for dinner.

Getting There... with sore shins!

BLAH today was horrible and BLAH there is still a whole four days to go before the weekend and BLAH I just want to hide in my bed and snuggle with Jason until next week! That would be just wonderful... what are the chances?

Food:
2 x toast w/ low fat marg and vegemite
1 x Green Apple
1 x Vanilla light Fruche yoghurt
1 x Banana sandwich (on 2 x bread)
1 x Lean Cuisine Lasagne
1 x Diet Passionfruit Crush (2cals!)

Exercise: Couch to 5k WEEK 5 (!)
I modified it a little bit today because of some leg problems, but still lasted the full 30 minutes with intervals.

5 minute warm up walk
5 minute jog
3 minute walk
5 minute jog
3 minute walk
90 second jog
90 second walk
3 minute jog
3 minute cool down walk

(OH MAN, my shins hurt today for the first time in a while - I actually had to stop and take a breather because I was in a lot of pain. Hopefully they'll sort themselves out soon.)

Monday Weigh-In

Well, the scales jumped all around this morning, but I'm starting this week off with a loss of 800g, almost a kg which is good enough for me. =)

Last Week - 84.8kgs
This Week - 84.0kgs

Blah - MONDAYS. Horrible, horrible day of the week.

Another weekend gone? :(

I know I make a habit of grumbling, but I WISH WISH WISH the weekends didn't fly by so quickly. Nothing spectacular to report here.. I haven't eaten anything too naughty, I've done at least some form of walking/exercising every day and I'm hoping for a small loss tomorrow morning if all goes well!

Breakfasts have been the usual toast w/ margerine and a green tea, lunches have been banana sandwiches - today I had grilled ham and cheese which was a nice change. Dinners have been home cooked: I made apricot chicken, basmati rice & veggies on Friday night, lean chicken mince & herb meatballs with pasta last night. Tonight I am taking my grandma out to dinner (we're keeping her company, since my parents are overseas for the next month or so) and I'm pretty sure I'm going to stick to a roast meat/veggies type of meal. We'll see when we get there.

I finally (FINALLY!) finished Week 4 of Couch to 5k - meaning tomorow I start Week 5. I'm a bit terrified, because the third session this week says I should be jogging for 20 minutes straight. MAN. Terrified wouldn't half describe it. We'll get to that as it happens..... but I have a couple of days to warm up to it first. Hope your weekend is going well - not looking forward to this week work-wise because I have SO much crap going on. Bleh.

xo Talk tomorrow, with weigh-in! (Fingers crossed for a loss!)

Pizza Pizza Pizza!

I treated my bleh feelings with a homemade pizza dinner.. not so bad compared to the other naughty things that are lying around.. although I did go a little heavy on the cheese.

Not to worry - I walked anyway for my 3k in 30 minutes, which is good. As long as I'm still moving.

I don't have much to say tonight other than the fact that I'm still bleh. I hope that tomorrow (FRIDAY!) will fix those feelings up.

Food:
2 x toast w/ low fat marg & veg (habit!)
low fat mango & peach yoghurt
green apple
2 x bread w/ low fat marg
banana
homemade pizza w/ lite cheese, lite ham and pineapple.

Exercise:
3km walk in 30 minutes.

Bleh

The happy joy feeling has been replaced with a sort of belated moody blues feeling. Bloody PMS coming back, I thought I'd had an easy week. I feel like a huge pig, and I haven't even done anything bad food-wise. Just not feeling GOOD for some reason. Don't ask me where it came from!

Food:
2 x toast w/ low fat marg & vegemite
Light strawberry fruche
Green Apple
Stirfry Chicken & Capsicum
Cup of Boiled Rice
Piece of Quiche Lorraine

I didn't want to do it, but I did my Couch 2 5k.. I sort of had to force myself today. I then had a bath because my back and shins are aching .. not feeling good! I also have aches in my stomach muscles, I used Jason's old ab roller thingy yesterday for the first time and I think it's finally hit me - I don't know that I'll do that every day, maybe every second day or something. I'm desperate to try to get this flab off my upper and lower belly, it's horrible. :(

5 minute walk (warmup)
5 minute jog
5 minute walk
5 minute jog
3 minute walk
3 minute jog
4 minute walk (cooldown)

I want the positive to come back. COME BACK!