Dieting is an evil word

I did it!!!! In your face lard!!!

2012-01-30T19:35:00.002+13:00

So motivation Monday is usually an image to inspire, but instead..... I FLIPPEN DID IT! I walked 101.02 km in January. I am so proud of myself right now, you have no idea. I can't stop smiling! I actually took a goal and smashed it! It is possible!!!!!

Chef Sunday (Brown rice salad with feta)

2012-01-29T15:07:00.001+13:00

So I know I said I would add recipes to my blog and I have been incredibly slack and haven't - but look here's the first one! With a photo! And its super fast, easy and YUM. Plus you can tweak ingredients to suit. I've made this tonight for a bbq I'm going to - it feeds about 4-6 as part of a main meal - I've guestimated 8 serves out of the giant bowl I made it in so around 136 calories - but

Weekend!

2012-01-29T10:23:00.001+13:00

So Saturday I met up with an awesome group of people doing round one of 12wbt. We had a training session down at a local park. We played games, chucked some tires around, ran round the park, did pressups, it was great. Today I got up and added another 5.8km to my January total., only 6km to go with two days left in the month. I haven't been writing as much this week - with doing a few walks

YES!

2012-01-25T06:47:00.001+13:00

There is nothing more disheartening then seeing your weight go up then down then up from week to week. But this morning I think I've cracked it. With a 1.6 kilos lost, that puts me under my last weigh in from the end of round three - and tracking at 12.5 kilos all up. YES! Now I feel amped for the rest of the week, as opposed to stabby (like last week). I am going to kick ass.

Motivational Monday

2012-01-23T07:15:00.003+13:00

I fully agree with this statement. This might be one of the ones I need to print out and add to a motivational board. Day 2 of Shred completed this morning and a walk planned for after work. I have nearly 29km to churn out by next Tuesday. eek.

2012-01-22T15:48:00.001+13:00

I've just set myself up with a meal plan for the week. I've contacted a personal trainer to see if he would be interested in helping myself and some of the team doing the 12wbt. Waiting to hear back from him, but in the meantime I've grabbed my diary and planned some exercise sessions. I've taken on another challenge that starts tomorrow - 30 days of shred. My February challenge is ready to

Get Real (Task 2)

2012-01-22T12:54:00.001+13:00

So task two of preseason is to combat excuses. My biggest one is that I feel embarrassed about exercising in large groups. I keep getting invited to Zumba classes - which nearly everyone at work go to; and I just can't do it. I love dancing, but I'd prefer to do it in the comfort of my own home thanks. Although is saying that - my zumba dvd's have only ever been played about 4 times. For some

Here we go again...

2012-01-19T22:05:00.001+13:00

I've signed up for round one of the 12 week body transformation 2012. I have been dicking around about making a decision - mainly because with going to America it would be nice to have as much money as possible. But, I'm only in the US for three weeks, which means I still get 9 weeks of proper 12wbt; (plus preseason tasks) and three of me making the best of going to a place where food may be

Motivation Monday

2012-01-16T07:20:00.001+13:00

It burns...

2012-01-15T10:07:00.000+13:00

I hate being woken up suddenly. And when a 5.0 quake hits its definitely a bit of a shock to the system. Lying in bed hearing all your glasses rattle and hearing things fall - having a 26 kilo boxer leap on the bed to get between me and Andrew because she's scared, while a 32 kilo boxer is trying to get out so she can bark at old Ma Nature - it doesn't make for the best nights sleep. It took ages

JFDI - J(ust) F(riggen, or ucken) D(o) I(t)

2012-01-10T20:24:00.001+13:00

I had a serious case of the tireds this morning. Not sure if its because I couldn't get to sleep last night, had crazy dreams, a 4.2 earthquake, a cat trying to sleep on my pillow and just one of those BLAH nights. Usually after a night like that I'd try and stay in bed an extra hour, and then by the time I trot off to work would of helped myself to a red bull (along with some chocolate) to try

Monday....

2012-01-09T07:24:00.000+13:00

This made me giggle. Cake is a liar. Even if it is tasty. 3.41km added this morning - 74.79km to go (eeeeek).

Motivation

2012-01-08T09:11:00.001+13:00

is a funny thing. So is self sabotage (which I am quite good at). This morning I got halfway through what I thought would be my walk feeling really over it and not in the mood and debating about cutting out a few streets earlier than usual - but then a song came on my ipod that made me step up the pace and the next thing I knew I'd walked 6.62km and burnt over 500 calories. One song motivated me

Wednesday Weigh In

2012-01-04T07:21:00.000+13:00

Its going down! The 2 kilos I put on after the challenge finished/xmas/earthquakes is 300 grams away from being GONE FOR EVER. Seriously, losing this weight twice is flippen annoying, and the worse part is that this is probably the third or forth time I've lost that same kilo. But no more. So technically, my current weight loss is at 11.9 kilos. Pretty happy with that right now. The 100km

So now that I have to be accountable...

2012-01-02T19:25:00.001+13:00

I just went on a wee run/walk and took 2.56km off that 100km total. boom!

January Challenge

2012-01-02T16:41:00.004+13:00

So, one of the awesome ladies in the NZ group of 12wbt set herself a goal of covering 100k in January. I'm going to join in too. Yes I know it only equates to 3k a day, but there will be some days where I don't get up and run (aka today - mutiple overnight aftershocks make for a very restless sleep and no energy - although I am going to attempt to go later tonight) so its still an achievable and

I'm back!

2011-12-27T07:49:00.004+13:00

Here's the scoop - I have managed to pretty much maintain my weight since the end of 12wbt. I am planning on signing up for Round One 2012 and will do that on payday - and in the meantime, while I had fallen off a bit - today is a new day. I've already walked/run 6.5 k, completing day one, week one of the C25K. I burnt 235 calories and now I'm about to shower and then get to the supermarket to

Its the end...

2011-12-03T07:57:00.001+13:00

of the 12 week challenge, and overall I am pretty happy with my results. My final weigh in is tomorrow, and I will do my measurements again. I fell off a little in the last two weeks; with exercise and eating (and writing), but know that I did and have made a plan to combat it. I am hoping to reach 15 kilo loss by Christmas; its not that far off, I just need to get really focused. I still need

12.2 kilos!!

2011-11-16T07:26:00.001+13:00

I can't believe it. I could actually get to 15 kilos in the next three weeks if I work hard. woohoo!

A little motivation.

2011-11-14T10:31:00.001+13:00

I am supposed to burn 1000 calories every Saturday. I find it incredibly hard. Today I got closer than I ever have before.

Cracked it!

2011-11-09T07:20:00.001+13:00

Last week I was pretty quiet on the blogging front. Weigh in was not great - it wasn't a gain, but it was the same weight as the week before. I had a bit of a toy throwing moment and decided to eat whatever the hell I wanted on Thursday - but the weirdest thing - I didn't want that much - and I can't eat that much anymore. My friend and I went for dinner - I ordered a chicken burger - ate the

Monday - Week Eight

2011-10-31T18:39:00.003+13:00

It seems crazy that the time is just flying by on this programme. I think people finally get it when I say 'It's not a diet, it is how normal people eat'. I (mostly) keep to my 1200 calorie limit, and I (try to) exercise 6 days a week. I track everything that goes into my mouth, including the sneaky bit of cake I ate today when I was feeling stressed. So my habits aren't perfect - and I don't

Something I need to remember

2011-10-27T22:50:00.001+13:00

So close!

2011-10-26T07:21:00.000+13:00

This week I lost exactly one kilo, which puts me 300 grams away from 10 kilos. 300 grams. ARGH. However this means that next week I should SMASH IT - and then the next goal is 10% of my old body weight. I have been a bit lax on the exercise lately - I've not been feeling very well and yesterday came home from work (after going in for about 10 minutes) and fell asleep for six hours. Then I

An add on...

2011-10-19T19:27:00.002+13:00

The heart rate monitor - I thought yeah, yeah, gimmick, gimmick. And then I thought, okay maybe I should get one, and now, after a first proper workout wearing it; hearing it beep when my heart rate gets to high so I can go back into the fat burning zone, and then seeing the magic 409 calories burnt at the end of a workout (which admittedly was a workout that turned into vaccuming because I was