53rd bit from me

Well its official, I really do suck at this :( I work so hard and just cant seem to find a pattern of heading constantly downwards :( I weighed in at 83.8 today so a gain of 1.5.

Now enough of feeling sorry for myself and lets tackle a new attitude and a new plan of action!!

Firstly to muddle you more a quick update since my last post, have eaten well stuck to points each day, actually under yesterday to save points so I can have a couple of wines as I had a feeling I'd be feelign sorry for myself today! Excercise went to the gym yesterday, had my program review, went well they were really happy with how I am pushing myself and motivating myself along, no changes to the program as I adjust the weights up and push myself cardio wise as I see fit. Then did a workout, cardio and weights.
Running - 5 minutes at 8.5, then 4 minutes at 8.5
x-trainer - 1 km in 6 minutes 50 seconds on level 5.
Rowing machine - 500m level 5 in 2 mins 14 seconds (best time is 2 miutes 8 seconds)
I also went for a wlak wiht my neighbour for 50 miutes in the evening.

Today i just did 45 minutes cardio before my meeting, went on the bike first, then treadmill where I ran 8 minutes at 8.5 then ran 4 minutes, 2 at 8.5, then 1 and a bit at 10 then the last bit at 11. I want to try challenge myself now and then to run a bit harder for a bit longer. Hopefully this will all help me get towards running 5 kms without stopping at a good pace. I then used the x-trainer and did 1km in 6 minutes 15 seconds on level 5.

Food today:
coffee (.5) apple (1) pita pizza and salad (7.5) (photo below also :))

Dinner I am not sure yet, have to do some shopping and sit and do a menu plan.

So to reassess my wedding goal:
21 weeks: 86.8
20 weeks: 84.5
19 weeks: 84
18 weeks: 84.8
17 weeks: 83.2
16 weeks: 83.9
15 weeks: 83.9
14 weeks: 83.8
13 weeks: 82.3
12 weeks: 83.8

so 730 grams a week to goal for the wedding! Its still definatly do-able!

I am also starting a new countdown to CHRISTMAS! there are only 22! yes 22 weeks til Christmas day! OH MY! So I would really like to get to 72 kilos by Christmas.
So a loss of 530 grams a week to do that and that will put me in a healthy weight for my height and almost to my dream goal, actually 72 will probably be my ww final goal weight.

NEW GOAL TIME:
- improve my running, want to run for 20 miutes witout stopping wiht a treadmill pace of 8.5
- improve my spurts of fast running and get to running for 2-3 minutes at 10-11 on the treadmill
- Excercise at least 6 out of 7 days every week. Even if its just a half hour walk.
- Aim to do a fun run this summer
- get my waist measurement below 80 cms! and hips below 105cms!

MINI GOAL:
BREAK UNDER 80 KILOS!
Dont give up!

July excercise total = 1385 minutes

OH I forgot to post this too!
This is form the roll of film i developed not long ago and it has me at the start weigh of my 'rejoin/restart' of ww from the start of this journal :)

52nd bit from me

Well I think i am not going to weigh in this week, I will still go to my meeting but will most likely use my dreaded no weigh pass! If i can find it that is!

I have my period, I always weigh heavier when i do, always n matter how good my week has been and well my week this week hasnt been perfect! Its hasnt been too bad, I have been under points each day since saturday but my sugar points are around about 40 for the week!

I went to the gym yesterday ad did a great workout, was 1 hour ad 40 miutes and felt great, did 10 minutes running, 10-15 of walking, 20 minutes on the bike and my weights circuit, felt good! Today no excercise apart form a bit of gardening, a walk to the park wiht the kids and chaisng them around playing oh and have been doing washing and sorting of the kids toys so i guess some points earned there. Oh went for a wlak last ngiht with the neighbour too, about 35 minutes.

Tomorrow I am off to the gym for my reasessment of my program so will get a workout, then Friday morning I am doing a RPM class again then will do soem treadmill before headinginto my ww meeting, that is again if i go into it!

I just cant bear the thought to being so close to my first 5 kilo los to be actually told because of my period and the weekend just passed that I have gained a kilo or possibly even more when if I wait a week it will give me a loss !

The emotional side of losing weight sucks!

51st bit from me

Had a laugh reading some of the earlier entries in my blog, like this one on May 18th

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Joey suggested a gym membership instead of WW and using the WW money for that but I really dont want to go to a gym, I have done it before and whilst I enjoy swimming and doing the body balance classes the rest is just so boring and I can't stand being around half the pretentious people you tend to get in a lot of gyms. plus add the cost of child care on top of a gym membership and I'd rather spend the extra cash buying yummy healthy food and getting good walking, running gear and well a nice massage now and then!
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LOL well now I LOVE the gym! I would probably go every day if I had the time, I am so enjoying feeling fitter, challenging myself by trying to run further each time i go and lift heavier weights or more repetitions, doing classes with a friend, having some time to just listen to the ipod while I workout and not have to respond to a childrens cries or whinging for 1-2 hours :)

another entry may 18th
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I want to be able to run 5 kms non stop.
I want to run in the August womens fun run with Kylie.
I want to comfortably fit into a size 12.
I want to weigh less than 70 kilos.
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I can now run 2 kms easily so am sure 5 wont be that far away, the August fun run we wont make but we'll choose another one to do. Someone else about the great Train race which is a good one to set for a goal for when it is on next year Will be back wiht more info on that!
I now wear a 14-16 instead of a 16-18 and am fitting more and more comfortably into the 14's each week!
Still a while to go to getting under 70 but i will get there, thats the long term goal, breaking 80 needs to happen first!

Today:
Breakfast was a bacon and egg toasted sandwhich(5.5) coffee(.5) lunch is diet coke (0) ww beef burgundy(2) garden salad(0) Dinner is a malaysian curry wiht rice (5) snacks so far half a banana (1)

Am off to the gym once Liam goes down for his sleep today is weights and cardio sow ill be about 1.5 hours worth. oooh better go plug the ipod back in to charge! I cant run wihtout my ipod!

50th bit from me!

woohoo who would have though I would ever make 50 posts ina journal!!!

Yay me :)

Today:
been great, had nutri grain (3) then coffee (.5) pita pizza(7) nibblies(1.5) strawberries (.5) salad(0) home made thai chilli chicken and small amount of rice (4)
is 16.5 points, then had 3 glasses red wine (3) plus my workout this morning and a 45 minute walk tonight wiht my nieghbour. so plenty left over :) Hoping this helps me to at least not gain after my weekends efforts!

Did my first ever RPM class today! I got to the gym this morning and asked for a pass to body balance, they said nope instructor sick its been cancelled... hmmmm so i asked what else was on and insane me chose rpm LOL!

So what is RPM? It is a cycling class that goes for 45-50 minutes, you dont stop at all! Spend a lot of time cycling against resistance and racing yourself etc and is a very very good cardio workout! My poors legs and especially my poor buttocks will be paying for it tomorrow i am sure!
I intend going to the gym tomorrow mornign to do my wieghts and running so will be interesting to see how I feel when I wake up!

July excercise total = 1075 minutes.

49th bit from me

well not such a great weekend :(

May as well be honest and just lay it all out here .

Friday night had one of Joeys mates over for tea, cooked fried rice and honey soy chicken, thats ok they are syms recipes so low in fat and realy yummy. I only had a small plate so that was ok too. So was at 17 points for the day, then had a bottle of wine (7) and a beer (1.5) and then a couple of ports (2) and some red rock chips (3) so all up 30.5 points for the day. Now really this should be ok as I am really allowed 26 as i am breastfeeding plus i did a good workout inthe morning so really only 2-3 points over.

but then theres Saturday:
Breakfast small bowl fried rice (3.5) small bowl nutri grain (3.5)
Lunch toast x 2 ham cheese and tomato (5.5)
snacking at party
2 mini party pies (4)
small piece brie ( 3)
6 pieces shaved salami (2)
sun dried tomato and one or two olives (1)
then out to dinner garlic mussels (2) and steak (was small thankfully!) (5) and vegies (2) and another bottle of wine (7) and a 3 glasses champagne (3)
so total for yesterday = 41.5 points! I did a 45 minute walk also but really thats ridiculous!
Must say I did have a really really lovely day and i could have eaten worse by ordering a much higher point dinner and eating more snacks at the party!

Today: toast (1) 2 eggs(3) bacon (1) tomato and mushroom (0)
lunch ww vegie lasagna (3.5)
dinner thai beef salad home made (4)
snack 3 rice cakes with a tin of tuna (2)
no excercise as ran out of time
oh coffee (.5)
so 15 points toal, will go make a hot choc too now so will be a total of 16 points today.

Back to 222 points tomorrow and will make sure i do excercise every day between now and friday! Hopefully saturday doesn't give me a gain this week :(

July excercise total: 985 minutes

48th bit from me

WEIGH IN DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Woohhoo I lost 1.5 kilos! I am now 82.3 kilos! This is the least I have weighed in a long time and I feel its a turning point for me. I have been woring so hard at the gym and excercising this last month or two and havent seen much results on the scales, I think thats going to change now and I will hopefully see a consistent loss each week now, I dont care how small or big but I think its going to head downwards now :)

I redid my measurements too
The first amount in brackets is cms lost in the last 4 weeks the second amount in brackets is total cms lost since starting ww in January.

Measurements:

Neck: 36cms (same) - (-2cms)
Upper Arm: 32cms (-.5cms) - (-1.5cms
Waist: 88.5cms (-5.5cms) - (-12.5cms)
Hips: 110cms (-1cm) - (-6.5cms)
Upper leg: 64.5cms (-.5) - (-4.5cms)
Calf: 37cms (-1cm) - (-2.5cms)

So in the last 4 weeks I have lost 8.5 cms which is great, especially the loss off my waist, I can really feel that with my clothing and it is deinatly the area where I was carrying the most excess weight so it was the area I expected to see the most significant change in. My total cm loss so far is 29.5 cms, woohoo great stuff! Feeling very proud :)

I AM GOING TO DO THIS!

Now onto my goal for the wedding
21 weeks: 86.8
20 weeks: 84.5
19 weeks: 84
18 weeks: 84.8
17 weeks: 83.2
16 weeks: 83.9
15 weeks: 83.9
14 weeks: 83.8
13 weeks: 82.3

so to reach under 75 kilos I need to now lose 560 grams a week. Still very doable!

Today foodwise, have had fruit for breakfast and a coffee (2) pita pizza and diet coke for lunch (7.5) dinner is fried rice and honey soy chicken (7.5) and I'll pick snacks as i go along, I have fruit there and rice crakers etc so should be fine.

I went to the gym this moring before ww and will do so each week as it owrks out well wiht the kids as i can leave them in the creche and attend my meeting in peace :) So did 40 minutes cardio this morning including a 7 minute run then a 2 and a half minute run. I think if i can keep improving the maount i run the wight loss should be good for a bit. i want to get to at least 20 minutes running without stopping then aim for 30 minutes wihtout stopping and doing that 3 times a week.

July excercise total = 940 minutes

47th bit from me

Yesterday: Went for a walk to the video store in the afternoon and then went to the gym and worked out for 1 and a half hours! Ate as planned so all good :)

NEWS! I RAN for 12 minutes and 15 seconds without stopping! Woohoo! It wont be long before I can run for half an hour without stopping! Am aiming for 20 minutes first but would love to be able to go for half an hour!

Today: I wasnt sore at all this time form my run and also I noticed my heart rate was much more stable last ngith whilst running so this must be asign I am getting FITTER!
Ate well today had stew for breakfast as I really didnt feel like cereal! (4) plus 2 pieces of bread (3) 3 squares choc (2) toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwich (6) fish and vegies for dinner, didnt really like the fish so ate mostly vegies (4) so thats 20 points which is good as I am about to go have a crumpet :)

Only excercise today was wlaking to school this morning so 20 minutes, was busy the rest of the day and had an appointment this evening. Am going ot the gym in the morning before ww so not sure how that will effect my weigh in, I usually walk to ww anyway so I usually get some excercise each week before weighing in.

Tomorrow is measurement time too, looking forward to hopefully being smaller :)

July excercise toal = 900 minutes

46th bit form me

Oops its been a feww days since I updated! Been rather busy which is good :)

Lets see, since saturdays post I have been going great!

Saturday night I ate an off milo yoghurt at the end of the day that made rather il for two days so for those two I barely ate so didnt even get to my points each day, I didnt excercise Sunday as was way too ill but Monday I did my Body balance class and about 5 minutes on the bike. Then a 45 minute walk in the evening. Tuesday felt better so ate about 22-24 points for the day. My legs were so sore form the BB class though so I only walked yesterday, did 3 trips to and from school so about 50 minutes all up then went for a 40 minute walk with the neighbour in the evening.

Today so far have had a bowl of nutrigrain (3.5) coffee (.5) pita pizza (7.5) diet coke (0) Banana (1.5) 3 squares chocolate (2) Dinner will be silverside (4) and vegies (1) so thats 20 points for the day planned. I will have some sort of snack later, probably an orange and some rice cakes with vegemite (2) and will go to the gym tonight and do a workout.

July excercise total = 780 minutes

45th bit from me

Ok back wiht food update as promised :)

This mornign was a coffee and two pieces of toast with ham, tomato, cheese and chilli. (5) lunch was 2 steamed dim sims (3) blast Joey for bringing fish and chips home for lunch! and about 3 chips (.5) so was good will power for me. Hot chips are my absolute downfall I would eat them most days if I could! Then I had a ww beef burgundy meal (2) and a couple of fruities (.5) and 4 anchovy fillets (1) yes I adore anchovies, just eaten righ form the jar they are so delicious and I have to stop myself from eating the entire jar in one sitting! Its not just the fat content that stops me but the fact they are so salty they could induce a heart attack! lol
Dinner tonight will be a marinated chicken fillet and steamed vegies (4) I meant to grab a can of diet coke but forgot, might pop and get one later.
so thats atotal of 12 points so far so leaves me 10 points to play with. Oh oops also had coffee so minus (.5) and will go cut an orange now and eat it so (.5) so 9 pointsleft. Thats good as I bought some fetta and sun driued tomatoes so will do a little plate to have wiht my movie tonight.

Now my BIG NEWS!!!!! I went to the gym today and i ran for 10 MINUTES straight! Do you know how fantastic that is! I am seriously very excited and proud! I can run! Being able to run/jog for 10 plus minutes will help my fitness and my weight so its exciting :) plus I thought it would take me ages ot get to 10 minutes. Before i left for the gym joey said to me, when you run just run through the hard part and once through it you can keep going. So at around 2 and a half minutes when I usually start to struggle I just thought OK susan you CAN make it to 5, c'mon legs keep going, so once at 5 mnutes I was ina good rhythm and my legs no longer ached so i just kept going! I was dripping with sweat at the end but I felt great!
I actually had a very good workout at the gym today really pushed myself, figured I can work as my own personal trainer :) Once I had done the 10 minute run I felt inspired to work harder!

So thats me for another day :)

July excercise total = 570 minutes

44th bit from me

Well weigh in yesterday was OK. I lost 100 grams. It is definatly better than a gain and the scales are heading in the right direction all be it rather slowly :(

I blew right out yesterday at lunch too and had a yummy steak and vegies (this part was OK) but then had a death by chocolate for dessert! Granted the only other thing I ate all day was toast and tuna and cheese for dinner and osme ww nibblies late last ngiht but heck still nto real good.

Hope the excercise I did will help balance itout as I wlaked to and form ww so 1 hour and 20 minutes tehn also walked ot the video stroe and back last night so another 25 minutes.

Recap of the 'plan'
21 weeks: 86.8
20 weeks: 84.5
19 weeks: 84
18 weeks: 84.8
17 weeks: 83.2
16 weeks: 83.9
15 weeks: 83.9
14 weeks: 83.8

loss needed to get to goal by date = 620grams a week, still very doable, especially if i have one or two weeks where I can budge a kilo.

As you can see definatly need to do somethign different this week. I know it needs to be no wine or beer at all, not even a relaxcing one glass :( I can do that and hopefully coupled with the excercise it will make a difference next week!

Next friday is 8 weeks so time to redo measurmeents again. I know I am thinner as my clothes are loser so looking forward to what that shows.

One thing I have gotten back into is weekly menu planning. This weeks plan is
home made fried rice and honey soy chicken
Silverside and vegies
Roast (not sure what yet will decide on prices when I do shopping)
marinated chicken and vegies
stew (either lamb or beef)
fish and vegies
stir fry (either tofu or chicken no noodles)

July excercise total = 480 minutes

will try getting to the gym later and will try get back here with todays eating.

43rd bit from me

another good day :)

quick today as I am off to play sims :)

Breakfast was toast and ham cheese tomato and chilli, lunch was a ww beef burgundy meal, had fruit again, then went to gym and did treadmill and bike and rowing machine for 45 minutes then hoem for tea, had a tiny taste of the pasta I made for the others then had a thai beef salad, sititng here iwht a beer now :)

Weigh in tomorrow, feeling confident for at least some sort of loss!

July excercise total = 355 minutes

42nd bit from me

Yesterday:
Was a good day. Ate well, had bacon and egg toasted sandwich for breakfast, gosh cant remmeber what lunch was??? ummm.... oh yes a ww meal the chickpea curry one, dinner was risotto very delicious :)
Went for a big walk at lunchtime for 1 hour.

Today: been good again :) Breakfast was a shake and a coffee, thenlunch was ham and salad roll and side salad, had soem rice crackers and salasa, a coupel of piece sof furit over the day, and for dinner was a really noodle and vegie stir fry!

Went to the gym tonight worked out for 1 hour and 40 minutes, felt good and I can say I am feelign stronger! I coped much easier than 2 weeks ago when I started with my sit ups I can now do two lots of 20 sit ups reasonably well.
I ran for 3 minutes and 15 seconds straight on the treadmill, will aim to better that each time. I then walk til i have my breath back and run again for as long as I can and try to so that 3-4 times, today though I was tired and only managed 2 lots of running and the rest wlaking.

I really hope I have aloss this week will be dissapointing to have gained :( I am almost sure I have lost though, I know all of my clothes are loser, in another week or two i will get some of the smaller clothes out and see how much closer to fitting they are!

July excercise total = 310 minutes

41st bit from me

well starting to feel much better finally! Still have a stuffy head but have some energy now!

Yesterday had my neighbours son's 1st bday party, was fine a bbq and I ate just a small plate for lunch so didnt go overboard, didnt pig out on anythign bad wit the snacks either so was pleased.
Lamb shanks for tea last night that were really really yummy.

Today has been good, went to a body balance class this morning,and did about 20 minutes all up on the bike too. Foodwise had some left over lamb chanks, toast wiht tomato ham and cheese and chow mein for dinner, even had enough points left for applie pie and cream for dessert! Had soem fruit today, an apple and an orange, have noticed being winter I dont eat as much fresh fruit, I eat heaps of vegies but need to keep the fruit going too.
Oh went for a wlak wiht my neighbour after dinner too for 40 minutes.

So feeling very back on track now, have my focus again :)

July excercise total = 150 minutes

40th bit form me

wohoo 40 posts in one journal such a record for me, thoguht I would have given up ages ago...

anyway still sick still have the flu so back to bed for me.

hopefully tomorrow I am well and can get back on track.

39th bit from me

still not much to add, still sick. No weigh in this week as ws sleepig this mornign at weigh in time and plus couldnt go as am definatly contagious. Allowed myself a souvlaki last night as I certainly wasnt cooking and dh was workign late so take away it was. Sending dh out today to do some shopping so that he has some easy stuff ot make for the kids over the next day or two.

Have done no excercise at all for the last 2 days and am misisng it even though i am sick! I might get out later get osme fresh air and go for a short walk.

Oh I had chocolate too last ngiht, not an overload but was craving it due to feelign crap and allowed myself to have it guilt free...