A New Journey - Part VI

I'm a bit late with this post, lets take a look at the scales

Well, its a loss, so that's okay.  For Mother's Day, I received a Heart Rate Monitor so now I'm able to track my calories - I love it.  I've worked out a few times with it already and it's great.

I managed to rope a few school mums into working out with me after school yesterday.  Little did I realise that Karate for young kids is also on a Monday at the Hall adjacent to the oval.  Tahlia saw all her friends going in to learn Karate, she followed and I couldn't get her out of there!  The Sensei is also my Tae Bo instructor so that was okay - first lesson free then $45 for the term.  Needless to say, Tahlia is now doing Karate!

Anyway, some Karate mums also joined in, so there was 5 of us and we did a great job.  I managed to burn 399 calories (500 is my aim) I had plenty left in the tank but everyone else was done, so we finished.

I'm working out every day, so next week should be a good weight loss.  Then the Michelle Bridges 12WBT starts in a couple of weeks, I can't wait!  I'm really enjoying exercising and getting others to join me.  I intend to be trim, taut and terrific in time for my birthday in September. 

I got a bonus on Mother's Day, I left my brother's house in the late afternoon and really felt like a drink.  I knew I didn't have anything at home (only that bottle of Chardy which will only be drunk if I'm really desperate)  so I called in to Liquorland and bought a couple of bottles of wine.  When I got home, these were also in the bag!

Bonus!

I don't know if its necessary to make wine 'lighter in alcohol' but I don't mind - they were free!  And they're perfect for when I need want a drink, if I feel compelled to finish the bottle, it won't matter because they're only 187ml!

Talk soon

Doodah 

A New Journey - Part V

Oops!  That's not good.

Exercise, Schmexercise

Why is it that on the day that you have a thumping headache – that’s the day the kids decide to be loud and annoying and fight ALL DAY LONG?

How many times does one have to tell them to shut the fuck up before they do just that?  I haven’t actually said that to them today, but the day’s not over yet!

It’s my fault, whenever I start on a new weight loss program, I always get a headache in the first few days, nothing major, that a couple of Panadol won’t fix but I know its gonna happen, nothing I can do about it.

What’s really weird is that I haven’t started a new plan – I have signed up for Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation so maybe this headache is an apprehension headache, lol.  Shit-scared of her making me do and eat things I don’t want to!

Yesterday I changed my exercise routine.  Normally, I’d drop Tahlia off at school and then come home and do some form of exercise but yesterday, I went as soon as I’d given the kids their brekkie.

Also, instead of doing Tae Bo or something else inside, I decided to go for a run – ahem, jog/walk.  I have a paddock which is about 150m around the perimeter so I figured I’d give it a go, never been one for running but what the hay! 

Five laps later, I came inside, had a shower then breakfast and by lunchtime I was exhausted and needed a nap.  Two hours later I emerged!  Same thing today, 6 laps – woo hoo.  But come 10:30, I couldn’t keep my eyes open and had to go back to bed and have felt like shit all day.  The kids being in the mood they’re in hasn’t  helped, that’s where being a single parent isn’t much fun although the Wanker wouldn’t have been any help anyway.

I had to go to bed, otherwise, I’d be really irritable and snap at the kids all day which isn’t fair to them.  They took care of themselves and didn’t destroy anything, thank God.  It usually hits me in the afternoon (three-thirtyitis) but since I’ve started exercising regularly, the need for a nanna nap has pretty much ceased.

So, I’m just not sure what the problem is – is it the running or the timing?  Tell you what, I could really go for a wine right about now, but I have a dry house at the moment.  I have some bubbly in the pantry and a bottle of Chardonay – ewww!  It will be a pretty desparate day when I open that sucker.

I already know that I’m going to cave and open something, in fact as I type this, I know I’m about to get up and put a bottle of bubbly in the fridge, problem with bubbly is – you’ve got to finish the bottle!  Well I do, anyway.

I’m going to do my first boot-camp tomorrow, can’t wait!  My legs and bum are killing me from running for 10 minutes today but it’s a good hurt.

Wish me luck

Talk soon

Doodah

A New Journey - Part V

There will be no post today on the subject of weight loss...mainly because I'm pretty sure I've put on at least a kilo and well, you know - it's Easter people!

I've also just had my daughter's 5th birthday so that requires the consumption of party pies and sausage rolls, etc, etc - oh, and someone has to eat the leftovers!

I was going to ask my facebook friends it they'd be interested in running with me at the local oval and then realised I have a paddock - der!  I can do it whenever I like and the kids shouldn't get in the way.  Only problem is - I hate running.   I am a dickhead!  However, I feel the need to spice-up my exercise routine so I'll see if running agrees with me.

I'm going to join Michelle Bridges's (The Biggest Loser) 12 Week Body Transformation, pre-season starts in a few days.  I figure she's gonna make me do lots of exercise so I may as well start now.

Anyone want to join me in the 12WBT?  

Talk soon

Doodah

A New Journey - Part IV

Once again, I haven't really tried too hard this week.  I know what I need to do to lose weight and when I put my mind to it - it works.  

I've lost 2.3kg in three weeks,so that's not too bad.  Tahlia's birthday is on Thursday and I vaguely remember stating that I wanted to get down to 63kg for that, pretty sure I can do it.  This week there's been a couple of hot cross buns - bugger!  There may have been some wine in there as well - oops!

This is actually yesterday's weight.  Today I had to be up at the crack of dawn to be at a swap meet and knew I wouldn't have time to weigh in beforehand.  Today was a very, very bad food day.  This morning, I had my usual fruit smoothie.  (I'm not a fan of fruit, so every day I have a smoothie so I know I'm actually eating the stuff - yes, even those expensive bananas!).

So, I'd had breakfast but as I finished setting up my stall, everyone was eating bacon and egg burgers and even though I wasn't hungry, I went and got one.  The Primary School had a bake sale and since I didn't provide anything for it, I figured I should buy from it - something for the kids.  So I got a pack of 4 cupcakes.

That finished at 12 and I had to go and pick up the kids from the Wanker.  On the way back, we got Hungry Jacks, then we had a cupcake when we got home.  It's nearly 6pm and I'm, not hungry (don't know why, lol!) so I won't have any dinner.  

If you're gonna be naughty you may as well get it over and done with in the one day, I reckon.

A New Journey - Part III

Hmmm - not such a great week, but a loss is a loss, considering I haven't really tried too hard.  

I've been on the piss a couple of nights and haven't done a whole lot of exercise.  My Konga instructor is pregnant and all the jumping around is hurting her back so all classes have been cancelled until later in the year.  

There is a Boot Camp that started up recently, so I'll try that this week and my Tae Bo dvd's should be here in the next couple of days.

I promise (myself) to do better this week!

Talk Soon

Doodah

A New Journey - Part II

I usually weigh myself everyday - yes, I know how wrong that is.  This past week, I've stayed away from them, it wasn't easy.  So, here's what the scales today:

That's a loss of 1.7kg from last week - gotta be happy with that.

I've done a lot of exercise and have stayed off the goon.  I have had a low carb beer most afternoons though.  You know what it's like after school! lol.  The exercise seems to be suppressing my appetite.  I don't feel a need to eat between meals, I also used to have dinner, ice-cream and then a couple of hours later scoff half a (large) bag of chips.  I've still had the ice-cream (Nestle Light and Creamy, yummmmm) but I haven't had the need to eat the crap late at night.

I've been doing my exercise every day after dropping Miss T off at school in the morning, I'm not a morning person, so there's no way I could get up early and do it before they get up.

I've also found that on the days that I exercise, I don't need my afternoon nanna nap which is interesting.  I've just bought a Tae Bo box set of DVDs off ebay - having to watch them on Youtube was eating up all my downloads.  So hopefully I'll have them by the end of the week.  In the meantime, I can dance around the lounge-room for half an hour or so every day.

So, let's see what this week brings, I have a busy week with something on just about every day, so not too sure when I'll be able to get the exercise in, I'll have to concentrate on my diet more this week - just in case.

Talk soon

Doodah

Tae Bo or Not Tae Bo - That is the Question

I need to lose some weight, its not too bad, just 5kgs or so (10 would be nice).  I don’t mind exercising (if I’m in the mood) bit like the housework really!

I live in a small town and on a Monday and Friday night go to the local Recreation Centre and do Konga, if you’re not familiar with it, take a look here:  http://thejunglebody.com.au/classes/konga

Loving Konga, just wish we could do it three times a week, we generally burn about 700 calories in an hour and it’s not too hard.  All different age groups come and everyone manages to keep up.

So, a Tae Bo class has started at the Rec Centre on a Friday morning, I went along and loved that too!  Once again all different age groups were there and its great, love all the boxing moves.  I just picture the Wanker’s face when I’m doing it, lol.

Because the Tae Bo is only one day a week, I thought I’d have a look and download some so I could do it at home.  Found a Billy Blanks Advanced Tae Bo, so I downloaded it (took three days and half my download allowance for the month but that’s okay. 

Can you see the mistake I made though?  Yes, Advanced Tae Bo.  What was I thinking?  Take what we do on a Friday morning, increase the pace by four, increase the reps by six and you’re a walking (just) ball of sweat.

I couldn’t finish it, it was insane.  So today I looked on Youtube (wish I’d done that in the first place) and here’s a snippet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbqNiysMcqY&feature=BF&list=PL94688E91797FED5B&index=2

I think I’ll do this one for now on, not Advanced. 

Now if only I could replace my wine intake with water, I may actually lose some weight. 

And stop making these 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hmmm…

A New Journey

After weighing myself this morning, I'm thinking this will become a blog about my weight loss journey!

Ahhhh!

However, when I weighed myself on the carpet, I got this result!

I prefer this one

Maybe I'll just move the scales to the carpet from now on!

Seriously, I'm only 5'2" (157cm) tall and really shouldn't be this weight.  It's all belly and hips, and the thing is - I know how to lose weight, I know about eating properly and exercising.  I've just been lazy.

Yesterday, we went to a kids party (a bestie's kid) so there was adult partying too.  Anyhoo, I drank a bottle of wine (not unusual for me, I'm afraid!) ate some party food, not that much, but came home, made myself a bacon and egg burger and ate it while watching an episode of The Biggest Loser (that I'd recorded).  I knew how wrong that was while I was doing it and to be honest, I wasn't even hungry.   Just felt like eating.

I usually hover between 60 - 63kgs and that's comfortable for me, I would like to be around 57kg though which is a healthy BMI and all that crap.

Tae Bo is for me, started a few weeks ago at a class in town and love it, have found it on Youtube so I can do it whenever I want now in the comfort of my own home.

I also have a 'dry' house at the moment, well I do have some bubbly in the pantry but it's not going near the fridge!  I drink a lot, compared to most of the population, it's not uncommon for me to drink two bottles of wine over three nights (most nights).  At the same time, when I'm trying to lose weight, I don't drink - nothing to worry about - I don't have an alcohol problem.

There's beer in the fridge because I do like a beer in the afternoon after a hot day (which we're still having here).  I'm sucking on one right now - it is low carb though! lol.

So, my new journey begins, I'll try to post about it every Sunday, with photographic evidence.  It's my daughter's 5th birthday on the 21st April, so I'd like to be back to 63kg by then, hopefully even lighter.

Wish me luck!

Talk soon

Doodah