Ready for a change

arrghhh my brain!

Thursday, December 7, 2006 22:00:21

For a change, I’ve actually been doing a bit of work! Had a sick day yesterday – killer migraine.

Turns out I actually did lose a little bit of weight this week – 200grams. Hahah so minimal, but I didn’t really work hard.

I went to a spin class on Saturday – I love it. I hadn’t been to one in months, and it was great fun. I really like the type of training where they yell at you and push you… so I enjoyed it. You sweat like an absolute pig, and feel like you’re going to die…. But you burn like 500 calories in one class!

I'm going to go to another one tonight, and hte boy's coming with me too.... so no excuses for me!

Am planning on going to visit my parents this weekend. They live like 300kms away from me, so dont see them enough. This'll mean my whole weigh in will be off schedule. So i guess i'll just not weigh myself this week and weight till the next week.

I'll try and be good when i'm at my mum and dads, but it'll be SO hard... all that yummy home cooking!

Need to go to the gym lots during the week to make up for my no exercise weekend.

My plan for the rest of the week:

Tuesday (today): Spin class

Wednesday: 30 minutes at gym or bodypump, undecided

Thursday: 30 minutes at gym or combat, undecided!

Friday: going to see john butler trio... woohoo! Kind of a splurge day - eating Indian for dinner

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Well pooey

Thursday, December 7, 2006 23:06:21

My plan for the week has gone completely out the window.

I dont think i stuck to it except for the one body pump class on Wednesday.

Yesterday i caught up with a friend and we went shopping, but tonight i'm going to try and get to the gym just to do 30 minutes or so cardio on my own.

Am not expecting any loss on the scales this week.

Yesterday lunch i gorged like i havent gorged in a long time. it was SUCH good food. Amazingly though, the day ended up being about 150 calories BELOW my reccomended calorie level. I ate salmon for lunch (healthier option at a pub - could have had fried fish and chips... one tick to me!) and i ate some fried calamari after. I did have a full fat hot chocolate though because i forgot to ask for skinny, so that was a big let down. I even squeezed a glass of wine in there. The whole meal was about 660 calories.

and.....NO CHIPS!

So i only ate a really small dinner last night - couple of pieces of toast which came out around 320 calories.

I'm going out for a work lunch again today, and i've decided to treat myself to lamb rogan josh. Probably not a great idea considering i'm going to be pigging out/binging on alcohol saturday night. I've estimated my lunch will be around 650 calories, so i'll try and have a small dinner again to compensate. After breakfast and lunch, i still have around 700 calories to play with.

Saturday night i have my boys gridiron presentation night. Fun fun! But realistically, i'll probably have steak and chips, and drink a LOT. I wonder what diet coke and scotch tastes like? argh. I'm really trying to think of a low cal alcohol option. I dont like tonic or soda water.

I'm rescheduled for my personal training session tomorrow.... providing the guy doesnt cancel! Bit excited/nervous. Realistically, i probably wont go to the gym sunday either.

Basically this week has been a right off, so not going to be too upset if i dont see any downward movement on the scales. Maybe if i keep telling myself that... i'll believe it! ;)

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I NEED A KICK UP THE BUTT!

Thursday, December 7, 2006 23:04:18

Have been really, really slack this week. Havent been to the gym since Saturday (played netball Sunday, but that doesnt count). Have also eaten crap - fish and chips Sunday, chocolate Monday (although within calorie limit), party pies, baked potato and pasta salad last night.

ARGH! THERE'S GOING TO BE NO DOWNWARD MOVEMENT ON THE SCALES THIS WEEK AND I'VE REALLY BEEN CRAP.

I need to not get comfortable with my loss so far, and keep working towards my goal.

GRRRRR!

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Commitment for the week.

Thursday, December 7, 2006 23:02:23

Tuesday - cycle class

Wednesday - 30 minutes at gym

Thursday - bodyjam class

Friday - 30 minutes at gym

Saturday - 30 minutes at gym

Sunday - hung over ;)

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Hey hey hey!

Thursday, December 7, 2006 23:02:23

So another loss this week, which i'm stoked about. Brings me to exactly a 5kg loss so far (11lbs).

Having said that though, had a shocker of a weekend.

Personal trainer cancelled my appointment on Friday night. Yes, an hour before it was meant to happen! Not v.happy. How am i meant to be motivated when he's not?!

Then, i went to an engagement BBQ on saturday night. Had two sausages in white bread, two glasses of wine, red bull, chocolate mudcake ... ickikk. Terrible. I'm determined not to deprive myself too much though. Have a treat every now and then. and i certainly wasnt going to pass on the mud cake!

But, splurged again on sunday.

Ate fish and chips for lunch/dinner. Although technically my calories were way under what they were meant to be, i dont think it's reccomended to 43 grams of fat in one sitting! Having said that, i didnt gorge myself like i normally would... so maybe that's a tiny victory.

Back on the band wagon again this week. Really must not slack off now i've started on a bit of a roll. I did reject hedgehog slice and scones today - yes, SCONES, one of my fav. foods.

The boy has committed to coming to the gym with me this week to do a class, so hopefully that'll motivate me a bit. It's so easy just to slump on the couch when i get home and he'll be home all night. I need to make time for ME.

Congratulations Kel on the loss - am so proud of you!

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Hey hey

Friday, December 8, 2006 00:09:21

Sorry i've been so lazy and away lately. I guess since i got back from holidays i've been a lot more motivated to actually do my work rather than sit on EP all day!

This week has been kind of topsy turvy. Saturday i noticed i'd lost weihgt (yay!) and my tax man also told me i was getting back a LOT more than i expected (double yay!)

Monday night i had to work late so didnt see the boy much. Was pretty happy happy day though.

Tuesday i was v.tired, but went to the gym anyway. Am getting a bit bored of my combat class, i really need to have the guts to go to a cycle class or something. With the boy finishing gridiron now (woohoo!) it means he'll have more time to come to the gym WITH me - he's keen on hte pump and spin classes too.... sooooo hopefully he'll drag my lazy butt with him.

Wednesday was a fairly crap day. The boy was really, really tired and when he's tired he's grumpy. V.grumpy. And, well, he kind of took it out on me a bit and snapped at me. So i got shitty at him, and although he apologised and i explained to him how it made me feel (just as i'd learnt in my dealing with difficult people course!), we still went to bed grumpy.

So i woke up in the foulest most depressed mood Thursday morning. I just wanted to cry - i almost felt premenstrual, but it cant be happening again, surely. The day progressively got better and somehow my mood improved. I was actually even laughing in the afternoon! Went to the gym for about 30 minutes - 20 minutes on the epilipetical machine, 5 minute walk and 5 minutes of weights.

Tonight... get ready for this... i have....

A PERSONAL TRAINING SESSION!

I'm a bit scared/intimidated actually. I hope i like it. actually, i'm VERY scared. I'm going to do boxing and stuff, and hope i'm SORE tomorrow.

Wanna go to the gym for a bit tomorrow morning too - like 20 minutes or something. It's important that i weigh in, so i have to go despite my expected soreness.

Fingers crossed i'll have another loss! I've been more or less sticking to my calorie king calorie advice. All except for one day when i indulged in some beautiful chocolate cake for a colleagues birthday.

Saturday night i have an engagement party to go to (maybe it'll drop some hints for the boy! ;) ), so that'll be a test of my eating prowess.

Do you know what surprised me about CK? Since i've lost weight, i have to actually eat MORE calories. I dont really know why, but it's odd. Maybe it makes your first few weeks fairly low calories so you kick start the weight loss.

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WOOHOOOOO!

Friday, December 8, 2006 00:05:21

Just a quick one to let you guys know that I lost 1kg (2.2lbs) exactly last week - probably a combination of water weight (girly stuffs, remember?) and eating a fairly strict 1500 calorie diet.

WOOHOO!

Will blog more later

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Thursday.....

Friday, December 8, 2006 00:01:20

Hrmm today is Thursday... and i've not much to say!

Didnt go to the gym last night - had to work late, and then went to a friends after dinner.

I had a beer too... which put me jusssst over my calorie/carb limit. I couldnt exactly me rude though and not have a beer... could i?!

Plan for the rest of the week is to gym tonight, probably a bodyjam class. I really want to go to the cycle one - i need to get up the courage.

Tomorrow i want to get there after work too for a bit - only 30 minutes or so.

Saturday morning i have to get my tax done (finally getting around), do the groceries then go see a friend in the arvo. Hopefully i can squeeze in a workout (and weigh in!) between tax and groceries. Phew!

Hope you're all well,

SpArKles

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Hey guys

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 21:00:22

Sorry i havent been round much the last few days. Have been kind of vague. Sorry I haven’t posted on your blogs – I’ll do it soon, I promise.

Havent really been in a great mind space. Really felt like this weight thing was just too much on Friday, but then i realised in Sunday that i must've been pre menstrual.

Yes, that's right, my little friend had come to visit AGAIN. TWICE in 3 months. I know this might sound fabulous to most of you, but i have implanon. I had it for the full three years previously and I’ve just had a new one put in about a year ago. The first one I had a fabulous experience – no bleeding, anything. But lately not so good. Mood swings, sore belly, unpredictable period.

I think Implanon is a fantastic thing – I think there must be a time period that your body can handle before it goes ‘nup, wanna’ go back to normal for a bit’.

So I’ve made an appointment with the women’s clinic in a month (their next available, terrible!) to discuss my options. I know of a couple of people on depo, so I’ll ask them about their experiences… or, I’ll have to go back on the pill and work really hard at taking it properly.

I would love any advice you guys have to offer.

I weighed in on Saturday at 97.1 (214lbs). I guess this isn’t so bad considering I ate like a pig on my holidays. It makes me wonder how much I actually put on whilst on holidays though, if i’ve only got 400grams (.8 lbs) more to lose to be at my pre-holiday weight. Do you put on weight before you have your TOM? Maybe I was a little over because of that. Who knows!

I worked fairly hard last week, although I do splurge with eating sometimes. Doesn’t help when Marty goes to visit his dad and step mum (lovely, LOVELY sweet people) and they send him home with a tray of lemon slice, an orange cake and some muffins.

Tuesday I did body combat (45 mins), Thursday I did Bodyjam (45 mins), Friday morning I did 30 minutes of weights, Saturday morning I ran for 10 mins and spent 15 mins on epileptical machine, Sunday I ran/walked for 15 minutes and then spent 15 minutes on epileptical and the I played netball for about 20 minutes. Phew! I should be losing more weight than I am.

It actually didn’t seem like too much work – I know what you mean Kelly by feeling almost addicted. I think I need to lengthen my sessions if I can. But, I almost would rather do 2 30 minute sessions and fit them in around my lifestyle than try to cram in an hour one somewhere.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALY!

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elaboration.

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 22:07:02

I went to the gym yesterday too - did a body jam class. It was good, i felt like i worked the hardest that i had in a class for a while.

I went again this morning but just did weights basically. Did about 30 minutes of weights and ran for 5 minutes on the treadmill.

I wanna try and squeeze in a 30 minute cardio workout tomorrow morning before i have to leave for the city, and then hopefully a good solid workout sunday (the boy's game has been cancelled)

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