11/06/2011 09:45
world´s worst blogger???
Could that be me? World´s worst blogger?? Seems I just can´t keep myself at it. But actions are more important to me and I have been doing WELL on the exercise front and right now I am just KILLING IT on the food front, too!!
Soooooo - I am going to try and get around here more. Now I have to run though, am scorer at a very exciting, cool event today!! I´m an official!! Yeah!
11/06/2011 09:45
world´s worst blogger???
Could that be me? World´s worst blogger?? Seems I just can´t keep myself at it. But actions are more important to me and I have been doing WELL on the exercise front and right now I am just KILLING IT on the food front, too!!
Soooooo - I am going to try and get around here more. Now I have to run though, am scorer at a very exciting, cool event today!! I´m an official!! Yeah!
08/02/2011 20:43
Uhm....... yeah......
Does anybody still remember me?? I have been awfully quiet. Far too quiet. But I needed it, funny as it may seem. I needed a new start and a new approach to everything. And I found that.
I have started a new program, one I started in March. See post below. I am still thrilled with that course. And I love it. And my scales have hardly changed at all. And I don´t care. Well, not too much, anyways. Far too happy with the muscles building up all over my body right now. They are awesome. I feel a lot better and I have gone down more than one size in clothes. And I can deadlift 220 lbs. Hah! Yeah, I am strong. And I decided to stop fighting that.
In view of my health issues, I chose to start by working on my energy and workouts and pretty much leave food and calories out of the equation. A decision seconded heartily by my doctors and my trainer. Thus probably the lack of weight lost. But I have altered approximately 22 lbs of fat to muscles. And those burn fat. So I am fine.
It hasn´t all been rosy, though. April was a bit of a rough month with a work trip to Brussels and a subsequent bout of flu..... Getting back on track after that was kinda rough. May was a terrific month and then June stunk again, as I got a really bad case of streps in my throat and the meds I got at first didn´t work right. So that took 3 weeks away. After?? I WANTED back. I needed to get back. And I worked a lot in July!! Still haven´t gotten my measurement results but those should be interesting.
And now, after 5 months of training, I feel ready to start tweaking my food. And sharing what I do with the outside world. So expect to hear more from me now :)
04/21/2011 11:08
Bad blogger
I have not been doing very well on the blogging front. But that is mainly because I have been doing well on other things and have concentrated on them :)
After being sick for a long time, see earlier posts, I started a group training thing at the beginning of March. It´s fantastic. The group is never bigger than 7 and we do stuff like dead lifts, burpies etc. And we do jumps on the craziest things. And I can actually do them. A big victory came on monday when we were to jump on something really high. My head thought no - but by round 4 I managed to beat that doubt and nail it. So empowering!! And I keep having moments like that.
A few things are different when training like that. On the scale, I have hardly lost anything. But I have transformed more than 6 kg´s of fat into muscle (that was in March), I am SO much stronger and the centimeters are just flying off!! So I am happy. I have shifted my focus from the scale to just getting strong and happy. I had a bit of a set back in April, as I had to go to Brussels for a couple of days for work, which was nice but strenuous, and I caught a nasty cold-flu, so I lost almost 2 weeks of exercise. My health is still not quite what it should, so I have to be really careful. But it´s all getting better.
Also mind boggling are the amounts of food I am to eat. On exercise days, I am supposed to eat 2600 calories!! 2000 on non exercise ones!! Having always been told you should eat less to lose weight this is something to wrap my head around. And I actually think that once I start really eating according to plan, I will see even more progress. Because what I stated before - all exercise. I have basically been eating what I want. More healthy, yes, but still not according to plan. My trainer wanted me to first get up some strength and then start working on my diet :)
In any case, I am back. And I am not quitting. I was really scared during the week I was sick, that it was all going downhill again (have endured so many setbacks over the past few years which have thrown me completely off track) but now I am working on it again :) Got thrown straight into heavy week - which is rough when one has missed 2 weeks pretty much - but I got through it!! :)
02/02/2011 15:46
I´m back!!
Guess who!! :)
Well, I had meant to take the new year by a storm. But my body apparently had other plans. On January 3rd, the day after my last post here, I got ill. Shingles. On the optical nerve and the ear nerve (sorry can´t remember the fancy name). So basically, I was in excruciating pain, had funny looking rashes in my nose and around my eye (attacked the left side) and slept for two weeks. Thanks be for good painkillers. I spent the whole month of January away from work and have just returned to 50% this week. There were some complications - when we took my medication down, the infection went up again, so this has been hard. The whole thing being a viral infection in the nerves, there are some psychological problems as well (to say nothing of what staying cooped up at home for 4 weeks will do to you).
So - right now? I am a little scared. This has been hard - and since it´s basically stress related, I am just sick with fright........ that it might start over again. But I am working on using my time well. I go to work in the morning and work till noon, eat at work (we have a good cantine, healthy food) and then have the afternoon off. This has burnt away what I did have of strength, so I am currently in the phase of rebuilding. I aim at a walk every day, no matter how short, and am slowly building up to longer walks.
This is forcing me to be a tortoise instead of a hare....... But it is also forcing me to make good decisions. I make myself veggie juices in the mornings and drink them. I am to stay away from sugar, which is good. I had a relapse in that matter in the past couple of days, but I am up again now.
So: who´s a fighter and keeps on going - get´s up again and keeps on fighting??
ME!! That´s who!
I am proud - I went for the longest walk yet at noon and even if I am beat, I am very proud and happy. Nothing will stop me. I may stumble, but I´ll be darned if I stay down!!
Real thankful to get some extra time to work on my ways, though - the hours between work and untill the kids come home are precious!!
Will try to catch up with everyone soon!!
01/02/2011 20:59
Happy new year!
Happy new year, everyone!!
We had a wonderful, wonderful time away - it was cold but it was really nice. Enjoyed some quiet time as a family and it was much needed.
Now my washer and dryer are working overtime getting everything done again. Amazing how quickly that piles up.......
In any case, I am home and I am well. More tomorrow.
12/30/2010 09:34
TTFN :)
True to my motto, I bid you adieu with Tiggers timeless TTFN ;) I am headed away for a couple of days with my men, we will be back on Sunday.
Take care and get into the new year safely!!
12/29/2010 10:57
Walt Disney
I have always been a big fan of Walt Disney. All the wonderful hours provided watching his beautiful films... :)
And I just saw a quote or two that reminded me just how terrific he was:
"The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing"
My absolutely favorite one. Can you get it any clearer than that. So that´s what I will do. Right here and right now. Quit talking and start doing!!
"When we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right."
Ok, so I am working on that, but I have a good feeling as I have a new approach and a new way of doing this.
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it and work at it until it´s done, and done right."
Yeah, rock on!! This is amazing!
Thank you Walt Disney, for yet again giving me wonderful inspiration!
339 days - I most certainly can!
12/28/2010 21:47
Begin!
“Take the first step, & your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin.” Robert Collier
Ok, I have realized that. And I am on my way!! Just tired out today after a long day at work, after which I went for a "torch walk" with my mom and my boys. It was amazing! Walking through the woods in the dark, only with the lights of the torches....... It is rather warm so it was really nice. When we got to the top of the hill, we sang some christmas and new years songs and Santa came for a visit! Now everyone is tired out (it took 1 1/2 hour) and ready to sleep. So I will tell you more tomorrow!
12/27/2010 16:53
Changes!!
“Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards.” Tony Robbins
Ain't that the truth! So - I am raising my standards. I am changing things. And I am actually planning things out. I have put up my longterm goal, and I have broken that up in 5 blocks. And for now, I am just going to concentrate on the first block. Everything else will follow.
My first block includes:
1) Losing 5% of my body weight.
2) Getting my BMI below 31
3) Getting below 100 kg's/ 220 lbs.
4) Establish a workout routine.
5) Work towards 10K in August
6) Blog at least 5 times a week - accountability
7) keep a food journal
I have set a rather stiff time limit on this one, as I know things always happen quickly at first and also, I desperately need to see some success. Really, I do. So, even if this is a life style change and it has come to stay, the first weeks will be heavy. So many new things to get used to. I have set a limit of 7.5 weeks to reach the mini goals within this block, which means the last goal should be reached on February 16th. I once heard someone say "I can do anything for 2 minutes". Well, I can do anything. Period! I AM going to make true again what a colleague just said to me. I have some really nice cards to lift you up and motivate you and remind you of your good qualities. The last one I got was "determination". It said that I set my goals and put all my power into fulfilling them. And my colleague/friend actually said that was true. So I started looking at myself and it is true. I am very driven and determined. I have just been putting all that determination in other things for far too long.
So the most important thing right now is to put myself first. By doing so, I will finally feel like myself again.
I have so much to say but have run out of time.....
