Ok so first the good news. I had a lovely run last night, did about 8.5k and pretty good pace so quite chuffed.
But then had a bit of a disagreement with my boyfriend over dinner. I was planning to make risotto with some veg that needed using up and some pork mince. Since boyf never ever seems to be able to think about what he wants for dinner until 15 minutes before we are about to eat it I don't bother consulting him about what we are having.
So last night after my run he announced he wanted bolognaise and offered to do it (note that means getting frozen sauce and pasta from freezer and putting it into the microwave). I said I had planned risotto and he made a bit of a face. Not wanting to cause a row I agreed to this, even though I had gone to effort to make him fajitas the night before as he likes that. So of course I still have this veg to use up and I hate seeing food go to waste.
This then progressed into a long discussion about who does all the cooking and buying/preparation of the food and to my boyf saying that he would rather cook 'easy things' and that he doesn't always need to eat healthy things all the time and what is wrong with fishfingers and chips or easy things that don't take up a lot of cooking. If you ask me he makes cooking longer and harder work as he chops vegetables like a snail!!!! I am so annoyed by this and don't know what to do!
Also it the escalated into a barney about who does the clearing up after dinner. Usually one cooks (that is normally me) and the other cleans up. But I am sorry I don't class taking a meal that I had cooked the week before out of the freezer and into the microwave as cooking! So then he claimed he is usually clearing up all my mess.
The most upsetting thing is I do most of this cooking for him, so that we can enjoy nice dinners together and he just doesn't want me to bother....
Only ran 5k. Just really couldn't find the energy and was really slow. Arghhhhhhh. Maybe something to do with not getting a good nights sleep the last three nights :-(
Well today is another day. I had a good sleep last night and off to the gym for weights and rowing after work.
Also due to my period starting probably not as good as I should have been on the food front. Ba ba ba please tell me today will be better...
Oh no the weekend is over and forgive me as I have probably sinned! Actually no maybe not that bad although maybe a bit too much wine and beer.... I just cannot help myself sometimes.
However I don't feel to guilty as I ran 10k on Friday, went to the gym Saturday morning and did a little bike ride yesterday. So exercise plan is not too out of the window. Mind you I am pretty scared about the duathlon on November 1st as I am still not very good on the bike :-( Training plan for this week is:
Monday = Run, let's say 10k and then maybe straight afterwards if I am feeling angelic a brief burst on the bike! Tuesday = Gym for weights and rowing Wednesday = 15k cycle then 5k run brick training. Thursday = Probably a cycle and then swim. Unless I decide to go to the gym Friday = Run guess about 8k Saturday = Gym in the morning. Maybe going to do a tour of the duathlon trail on bike in the afternoon. Sunday = Frankfurt marathon. 12k relay leg. Aim to do it in 1hour 10 minutes.
Of course all subject to change. But my intentions really are good. Oh I had meant to start going to a pilates class as well but this might be out the window until after marathon/duathlon.....also I have no real as to what pilates actually is!!
As for food, hmmm need to plan what we are eating for dinner this week. I had foolishly tempted Luke with fajitas the other day....
OK so time for a quick update. Oh dear I am very bad at posting aren't I? I will try more now, I really will.
The summer has seen me marathon training and getting to pretty much where I wanted to be weightwise. Sadly holidays, weddings and weekends away over the last few weeks have seen my healthy eating go a bit erratic. But I am back onto it full swing since the start of this week. Can't decide whether or not to go to WW meeting tonight, my leader might have forgotten who I am LOL.
Not been weighing myself much think I am about 54kg at the moment and would love to be 51kg again by Christmas to keep myself on the straight and narrow before I start training for the Lisbon half marathon officially!
Success at last! I weighed myself on Friday to discover I am now down to 53 something I am very pleased. I have also managed to continue staying in control. I did go a little over the top at my Ann Summers party on Saturday and went out for a meal last night but hopefully have stuck to it and not done any damage. I also exercised every day of the weekend and am now back into running big time. I even bought myself a new pair of running shoes on Saturday so nothing is going to stop me now.
I am a little concerned about the ski trip we have planned for this weekend. Even though I do loads of exercise I somehow always manage to eat or drink the hard work away. This time could well be no exception if I am not strict on myself. But I am going to do my absolute best and save a few points every day this week to make up for it. No idea how many points is in cheese fondue but I imagine a lot. I cannot deny myself though I am going to Switzerland
.... well I really really hope must come down! I know it has been a long time since my last post. Well we went off snowboarding to Austria for a week and well maybe I did eat a bit more than I should have done.
However since coming back I have been as good as gold and this is the first complete week where I have not gone over my points on any day. So I feel 100% in control. I have also not had any wine which is a miracle!
The scales are not rewarding me just yet though :-( I guess it is because my period is due. But I certainly feel a lot thinner.
Also I have been to the gym most days - well I never need motivation to do that anyway as I love it so much :-p I decided not to go today however as I am still fighting a twisted ankle I got snowboarding. Back into it tomorrow before girls brunch :-)
Ok well not a happy girl today. I decided to skip my step class tonight as I am really behind on my studies. Well before I had even got stuck into work my mother called for a long chat so at 7pm I had achieved as much as I would have done if I had gone to the gym but without the benefits of actually going to the gym. So I feel bloody down.
Also the fact that my boyfriend described a cinema outing to see PS I love you as 'a million sodding emails from my friends about the book I have just read' not helping my feelings at the moment. I thought he'd realise how much I wanted to see that film and that he should probably take me. Ah well fat chance of that I'll be waiting for the DVD to watch on a Friday night when he is out at poker with a box of chocolates and bucket of wine. No doubt this will happen on Valentines night as there'll be some space emergency!
Other than that diet going well and since this is my first exercise rest day in five days I probably shouldn't feel to bad about it. Thing is I'll miss exercise tomorrow to due to book club. Well I can't do everything.
Fingers crossed it all works out well this week and I don't go over the top......
Well the day has come to stand on those dreaded scales and I am happy to say that I am 1kg down (not sure why the tracker recorded my original weight as 55kg and not 55.3kg) which I am pleased about.
I wasn't very impressed with my step class at gym last night there was a different instructor and she didn't really do it for me. Hopefully I will have a better session later on this morning.
In a last attempt to cheer myself up I am getting my hair and eyebrows done after my gym session and then I'll probably buy a nice bunch of flowers or something on the way home. I am starting to realise that I have to change things for myself if I want them to improve. We cannot spend our time waiting for other people to make us happy.
I have extremely good intentions this weekend. In fact I have done well so far and actually managed to resist opening a bottle of wine last night. Something must be having an effect somewhere.
Ok off to make my breakfast - going to steal some of Luke's Ready Brek. Then after the gym and hair appointment I might pop into town to buy a meat slicer. How exciting my life is!
Well the title pretty much says it all with a double meaning. I definitely feel like I have lost a bit of weight this week and have stuck to the plan rigidly. Since Tuesday I have been an angel and can already feel that my waist is a bit thinner. I am hoping for a good result on the scales tomorrow morning.
So you'd think that with this good news I'd be feeling good. But now for the other 'down' feeling. Even though I feel great because I have been exercising lots and eating properly this week I still feel like I could burst into tears at any moment. I really don't know what it is. Perhaps a combination of the January blues, Valentines day looming and just me expecting too much of things. For example last night it was Luke's turn to make the sandwiches - sardine and tomato paste. He went and put butter on mine. Now this is probably not a big deal to most people but to a weight watcher who is only really allowed to eat 16 points a day it is a big deal. I got upset, he said I was obsessed and we both ended up sulking for a while. In reality though I don't think it was the butter that bothered me but the way he reacted about it. Why is it that people think you are crazy and obessed with food because you want to lose a bit of weight?
I just feel like I could burst into tears at any minute and cannot for the life of me explain why.
Anyway it is Friday and time to look ahead. Thanks to Heddwen's party on Saturday there are no meals out to contend with this weekend. So I am going to spend it relaxing, tidying, studying and cooking. Oh I need to get my hair cut too. Oh and shop for a baby shower present. Ah well that has probably eradicated the relaxing part!
Also I had my first swimming lesson last night. Good news is I am top of the class - but that is only because I was the only person to show up! Hopefully I will be able to swim properly soon
Well my intentions were good in Ischgl and I really did try hard. But I have to admit we did succumb to pizza on one night and cheese fondue the next night. Not exactly the most weight watching friendly food I know. So the scales were not giving the result I could have wished for this morning. But that is all going to change as no more big dinners out planned for a while. As I have always said it is all ok in moderation.
On the plus side though we had four days excellent snowboarding and exercise. The snow was fantastic. So good in fact that even Luke agreed to get up at 7am on Sunday morning so we could be the first to leave our tracks in the fresh powder. That was my first ever day of proper snowboarding off piste and it was fantastic. I probably actually burnt off more calories having to hoist myself out of a pile of snow every so often when I fell over!
So looking forward to not having to eat cheese for a while.....
I am very pleased. I have also managed to continue staying in control. I did go a little over the top at my Ann Summers party on Saturday and went out for a meal last night but hopefully have stuck to it and not done any damage. I also exercised every day of the weekend and am now back into running big time. I even bought myself a new pair of running shoes on Saturday so nothing is going to stop me now.
