tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57670302026-07-05T18:07:28.296+12:00A blog about weightloss, exercising, living in a broken city and whatever else I feel like...Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-40891844989691491462012-06-22T20:55:00.000+12:002012-06-22T20:55:30.042+12:00

I never thought I'd say this but its 9pm Friday night, and I'm off to the gym. See you on the other side of the workout :)

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I've been thinking a bit about excuses and reasoning the last couple of days. I guess some of what the trainer said is still floating round my brain. Do you know (and you won't), every two to three years I start some form of diet/exercise (sometimes one, sometimes the other, hardly every both at the same time) plan? I have spent probably thousands of dollars on Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers,

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Today I saw a personal trainer at the gym I joined last week. Yup I joined a gym. I used to love going years ago, the classes, the people and I had no issues going on my own. Last week at the new gym, I went three times on my own, but the second time (last Tuesday night) I really struggled to get out of the car and inside the door and ended up having to call my mum to pep talk me through it.

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So it's rolled around again, day one of the 12wbt. So far I've already it the gym (treadmill hill climbing - 417 calories), drank 1/4 of my water, and had breakfast. I'm about to hit the shower but I think I feel an afternoon nap coming on... Weirdly enough I was just trying to figure out when I would hit the gym tomorrow, and then I saw this. I think I'll do weights in the morning at home

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-77246864041258242492012-05-30T07:16:00.003+12:002012-05-30T07:16:24.956+12:00

Always nerve wracking, even when you know you've been good. Or as good as you can be. 2.5 kilos gone. Admittedly, I've lost these 2.5 kilos before and they came back, but not this time. I am motivated. I've been sticking to 1200 - 1400 calories and drinking 3 litres of water a day. You spend a lot of time in the bathroom, but eventually hopefully my body will get used to it and I won't be waking

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-88661696527590444982012-05-28T18:31:00.000+12:002012-05-28T18:31:31.454+12:00

Food good, exercise done, about to make dinner, 3 litres of water drunk. It's on. I'm ready.

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-31746673563965134462012-05-27T20:41:00.002+12:002012-05-27T20:41:47.753+12:00

Before round 2 kicks off. There's still time to sign up - www.12wbt.com - tell them reddevildog sent you :) Seriously though, I've had such a good weekend, Friday night I planned out my meals for the next week, using my biggest loser and crunchtime cookbooks. Saturday morning I did my groceries and when I came home, I cleaned out the fridge. It was full of crap - old manky veges, random

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-77719630408683898382012-05-25T22:24:00.006+12:002012-05-25T22:24:59.089+12:00

Isn't it weird how sometimes, you can just be doing menial things and something in your brain goes 'click'. That happened to me tonight. I figured out exactly how and when I fell off in Round One, and what I should of done to get back on. (Then I wouldn't be in the position of losing the five freakin kilos I've gained back). I should of started the preseason tasks again. Reaffirmed what I

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So I really enjoy New Girl, the sitcom. And the ad for the douchebag jar cracks me up every time. 'Have you seen my other timepiece?' Anyway, I bought some mason jars last weekend to create my visual kilos lost/kilos to go - which I still haven't done as I couldn't find any marbles/stones that I liked to use; and then thought 'Why don't I create an exercise penalty jar'? The deal is this: The

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I really struggle sometimes with doing exercise. My excuses revolve around 'I'll do it later' (hardly ever happens), I'll just do this first (and then not do the exercise at all), in fact right now I should be doing something except I'm writing this blog instead. Procrastination is my enemy and my weakness. Last night I was surfing the web (again avoiding what I should of been doing), and I came

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So true. Although my top is a HECK of a lot longer than the one on the chick in the picture ;) All signed up for Round 2 of the 12wbt. Today has been super good, under calories, got in a 45 minute walk, +180 squats. The challenge of the next two weeks is to keep my kms up and also to do 30 squats before each meal/snack, meaning I should get to 90-180 squats per day. Eek.

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-91311019209325523152012-05-01T17:38:00.000+12:002012-05-01T17:38:40.047+12:00

So I know I've been absent for a while.... I need to be honest. And its hard to write. But I've really struggled with coming home from my honeymoon. Our city is still broken. Our friends are moving away. Our rent has gone up. Our insurance has gone up. We can't walk into a restaurant on spur of the moment and get a table. We still have holes, patched roads, missing buildings, demolition and

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-41081795535479763112012-03-01T07:54:00.000+13:002012-03-01T07:54:53.664+13:00

I'll do a proper update tonight, including the blogger challenge post - but short story - finding it a bit tough on my own with hubby away, only five more sleeps to go - have lost a meazly 100 grams but given my eating habits that's okay cause it kicked me into 15 kilos total since last year. Huzzah!

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Yesterday was the anniversary of a devastating earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand at 12.51pm, Tuesday the 22nd of February 2011. It's been a day of tears and remembrance. When the quake struck, I was dying to go to the bathroom - I was on the third story of our work building in Victoria Street - loading in ads for a client. I had about ten to go and I was about to finish the one I

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Wasn't as horrible as I thought - 600 grams off, so just over half a kilo. I am 100 grams away from having lost 15 kilos since I started this journey last year. 100 grams!

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I would do well to remember this. I had an incredibly lazy week - Wednesday I flew to Wellington for work, so left home at 6.30am and didnt get back until 10pm that night. So that is a fair call, I mean a day that long there really is no time - I did wander round the airport but probably not enough to count. Thursday was Andrew's last night in the country, so by the time I

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As previously mentioned I signed up for the blogger challenge. Last round I started out with good intentions but I pretty much stopped writing about it half way through. Thing is though, I actually get a lot out my head by just saying it here. So first Friday challenge questions and answers are: Tell us a little bit about yourself.  What makes you, you? I am a bit of a nut. I'm shy, but

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I'm 500 grams (almost 1 pound) under the helicopter weight limit. I will be buying tickets on Friday. And then making sure I get down as much as I can before we go! YAY.

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So today is the start date of round one of 2012's 12wbt. I am committing to doing all three rounds this year and really focusing on myself - my own health and wellbeing - and looking out for me. I've been hiding in this body for far to long and its time to get rid of the flab and be myself. I'm also going to make sure to take part in this blogger challenge!    And that's what I

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YES! 900 grams gone this morning. I admit to eating 1470 cals instead of 1200, but that will change next week with the programme starting. Am looking forward to my menu plan which comes out tomorrow. I got up early this morning to do a workout, but am still stuck by the computer, so that's not a good thing. I'll think I need to get the dvd ready the night before so I can roll out of bed and go

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So I went a bit quiet there, but only because I have been super busy. Last Wednesday I climbed a hill that then turned into a 5km walk and just about died - Thursday I was lazy, Friday even lazier, then Saturday did that same damn hill four times, going a little further each time, thanks to the push from our personal trainer. Thought I might need a nana nap after that morning, but managed to

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-20171655586822308652012-01-30T19:35:00.002+13:002012-02-06T19:42:47.060+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!!!!!

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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

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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

Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801916873809488849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767030.post-35039582448298011792012-01-25T06:47:00.001+13:002012-01-25T06:47:27.331+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.

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