Week 12

Current Weight: 83.7kg
Last week:      83.4kg
Week's loss:        +0.3kg 
So far:         -13.3kg  




What a crappy week, weight wise!  My diet was bordering on squeaky clean, even after Saturday night dinner out as well as Tuesday lunch.

 Not 1 day this week exceeded 1200 calories, and not 1 day did I not exercise away a minimum of 500 calories.  Mathematically, I should have lost another kilo this week, and the most frustrating part was that I was well on my way, dropping down to 82.8 on Friday.

I've been analysing my week, running through it all over and over in my mind;
  Friday (82.8kg) was my 1.25km swimming day.  I also added a decent walk to that.
  Saturday (82.8kg) we walked +8km at pace. I then threw in 3 tracks of MB's Circuit DVD.
  Sunday (83.1kg)  I went to a group PT session and worked my rear end off.
  Monday (83.3kg) It was hot, hot, hot, but I still managed a PB on my Albert Park Lake walk.
  Tuesday (83.4kg) Wii Fit sesh & an interval walk/jog - my lightest exercise day all week.
  Wednesday (83.7kg) I was in THE CRANKIEST MOOD & thought that exercise could just piss off!!! I dragged my sorry ass around Albert Park Lake, again shaving time off, again increasing the jogging intervals, and I was rewarded a little by;
  Thursday (83.1kg)

Really, I just felt like crap since last weekend.  Sluggish, heavy, unmotivated, bloated, angry.

The positive - I stuck with it.  The temptation to throw it all in and cuddle a block of chocolate was so, so strong.  But. I. Didn't.

This has been the hardest of my 12 week journey so far and I got through it.  Perhaps lasting change is setting in??

With the fishes

Since this whole, what would you call it, lifestyle change, I've done some things that I never thought I'd be able to do.

Today I swam 1.25km.

To most people that's probably not all that remarkable, but, I never learnt to swim as a littley, and I've certainly never been one to swim laps. But in the last few weeks I've discovered that it's a bit of fun.

My first time, 3 weeks ago, I was so nervous about, well, everything. Did I look fat in my bathers? Would I swallow water and start to drown? Would the people in the gym overlooking the pool be secretly laughing at my weird attempts? In the end, I just did it - 400m in about 40 minutes. It was tough, but it was a start.

Last time I didn't have all of the other stupid thoughts in my head, and focused on out-doing myself. 600m in 35 minutes. Mission successful.

So to more than double my previous best today was, to me at least, a significant achievement.

I'm sure my stroke is messy & my occasional banging into the wall makes people point and laugh, but I dont care, coz I'm doing it! And burning 373 calories in the process.

Week 11

Current Weight: 83.4kg
Last week:      84.4kg
Week's loss:         -1.0kg 
So far:         -13.6kg  




Completely shocked by this week's weigh in!  I've been carrying a sore hip which has made "just do it" harder than it needs to be.  I've still managed 45 minutes of exercise as a minimum each day, but haven't pushed myself as hard as in other weeks in the hope that this hip thing will settle down.

I guess it proves it really is 80% nutrition and 20% exercise.

Back to work

Well, my rehab phase is over and I've gone back to work.  I REALLY like what I do.  I REALY REALLY like the people that I do it with.  But I REALLY REALLY REALLY dont like being out of the house for 12 hours each day. And I REALLYx4 dont like sitting at a desk for hours on end.

So the big question is... What am I going to do?  I'm fortunate to be in the process of relocating the office which will kick in around April.  This will help with the 3 hour daily commute. But it's not going to help the whole desk, sitting thing.

Other than delivering pamphlets, what kind of work could I possibly do where I'm paid to be active? Or how could I incorporate more activity into my desk job?

Anyway, these are today's ponderings.  If anyone in cyberspace has a brilliant idea for a career change, PLEASE let me know :)

Bock-eekkkkkk... I'm a chicken

So much of the interaction on this program seems to happen on facebook.  For all kinds of reasons I've avoided good old FB...until now. I've joined two groups, 1 local and 1 state, and have posted a few comments amongst the local girls.  State scares me - too big! (Bock-eekkkk #1)

Wednesday night WAS supposed to be the local group walk - but was cancelled due to rain - thank God, coz I was seriously Bock-eekkkk #2 about going.

Two girls from the local group are members of my gym the same gym I have a card for but only attend spasmodically (as in I've swum 3 times & had my program consult - in almost a month).  On FB they encouraged me to come along to some of the classes they do. In a moment of completely false bravery, I said sure, I've got no idea what Sha'bam is, but I'll be there Friday.

So today is Friday -  and  Iplayed a whole game of will I won't I with myself for about half an hour.  Then...I just did it.  Drove to the gym. Swiped my card.  Got to the class doorway. Realised I was supposed to get some ticket thingy that everyone else had from reception before I went up there, and then Bock-eekkkk #3 happened.  I CHICKENED OUT!!!!!

The morning wasn't a total waste.  I ploughed my way through my gym program for the first time instead.  56 minutes.  327 calories.  Don't know if I'll ever be a gym junkie though.

Note to self:  Ditch the Bock-eekkk & learn to crow FFS.

A ferocious 500

One of the basic "rules" of 12wbt is to burn 500 cals each week day through some form of movement or a combination of several different activities.  I've had some great days where a morning and night session (and sometimes a sneaky mid day one too) have had my burn at around or slightly over the magic 500 mark, but I've never managed to do it in one sitting before.  Well, walking, not sitting!

I walked for 1:46:12 this morning.  Google maps has it at about 10.6km. Pedometer reading was 11,476. Calorie burn was 507.

At about the 7km mark (which was my previous PB) my legs & hips started to cramp, and ache, and I was considering hailing a taxi, or having a little lie down, or even better, having a lie down on the path so someone might have called an ambulance so I'd effectively get a free taxi.  But after a few choice words to myself, I pushed through it, kind of limping the last 500m home.

Note to self: *face palm* Don't push yourself so hard...loser!

A break from serial cereal

It was freeeeezing cold this morning, and my usual muesli, bran, fruit and yoghurt just didn't float my boat.  There wasn't much in the cupboards, but I managed to scrape together a pretty tasty 280 cal taste sensation; bacon, tomato & wilted greens on ricotta toast.

Multigrain bread x 2         162
Coles shortcut bacon x 2      94
tomato                         5
spinach                        7
extra light ricotta 25g       12
                             280