So it has been a while since I have 'blogged' (feels like a confession).  I have been living in Struggle Town a bit lately.  I went away to QLD on a family holiday and I will admit that I wasn't the best, and put on 1.3kgs.   I have lost that weight and more, but I am finding it extremely difficult to keep motivated.  I tried on pair of jeans the other day that I haven't  been able to fit into for about six years, and they fit.  You would think that would be motivation enough.  I was motivated for a whole day. 

I am finding the eating a bore, and get overwhelmed thinking that this is my way of life now.  My goal seems so unachievable.  I know I should only think of short term goals, but that doesn't work for me.  The fact is i still need to lose around 30 odd kilos and knowing how hard it has been to lose 18 kgs (since October)  I don't know if I have it in me to lose the next 30. 

Cleaning out the pantry

So I don't know if I am going into holiday mode (going away for a week on Saturday) but last couple of days I have been starting to crave those naughty foods again.  It started on Monday with my son's 3rd birthday as he wanted Pizza Planet for dinner (yes he watches too much Toy Story) so I got pizza for dinner on Monday which I had worked into my calorie allowance.  I also had ice-cream cake which wasn't in the allowance.  So that was the first taste of the forbidden food.  


Last night I got home from a meeting and had the biggest craving for cake.  I searched the house and couldn't find anything to eat because I had cleaned the pantry out of all the crap as Michelle suggests.  I even said to my husband that I was nearly tempted to just make a cake so I could give into my craving.  I possibly would have done that in the past but ended up just having a slice of toast with vegemite on it which worked into my calorie allowance so I hadn't broken it for the day.  


Moral of the story;  Do your pre-season tasks because there is a reason why Mish says to do it.  I would have definitely broken my healthy eating last night, but because the pantry was cleaned out I didn't have an option.  

Couch 2 five k's

Today I embarked on the couch 2 five km training program otherwise known as c25k.  It's a program designed to get you, as the title suggests from the couch to running five kilometers in 12 weeks.  I have chosen to do the treadmill option.  I was happy with how it went, put the treadmill on an incline and did the full half an hour.  That is a first for me.  I usually run on and off for a little then walk the rest.  All up burnt 362 calories. 


This evening I then went for my usual walk with my sisters in the hot humid weather and by the time I got back my legs felt so heavy, I was so hot and sweaty but 400 calories gone.  When I got home I had missed majority of The Biggest Loser and thought well I am not going to watch it now, I will just watch it online tomorrow.  So outside I went and skipped with my skipping rope up and down the drive way burning another 100 calories in 15 minutes.  I knew skipping was hard but that is great calorie burn in such a short time.  Will be doing that again very soon.  So total calories burnt for the day = 862 and that doesn't even include my BMR.  I am on fire.  Loving this exercise.... 

New Goals

The last week I have been putting in a couple big (well big to me) bike rides.  I hadn't been on the bike for a couple weeks, last time when I 'hit the wall' and needed a lift home lol.  A couple weeks rest has given me my mojo back on the bike.  I have missed being on the bike so much... 


This week I did my 20 km ride and felt really good afterward so I thought it was time to up the anti so to speak.  In the car I got to track my ride and note down the kilometres.  34km ride that was my next ambition.  The following day, back on the bike I got.  About 3/4 of the way into the ride I had the option to either turn left and take the lazy way home or turn right and go further and complete my 34km.  My back, neck and butt were killing me but thought to myself JFDI Jenny, you will feel so much better if you do.  Don't regret taking the lazy way out.  So I turned right and completed the ride.  On this ride, I ride past my sister's farm, and yes I used to stop in for a drink and rest before tackling the two huge hills back into town.  This time I didn't.  I rode straight past rode up the two hills, (the last hill to tackle is always the hardest) and home.  I got home sore and cold but feeling so good mentally that I had achieved what I set out to do and burnt off 1300 calories.  


So I have set myself a new goal and maybe I am a bit ambitious, but the next goal is to do the 'round the bay in a day' bike ride in Melbourne in October.  So the endurance bike training for me is starting and my goal is to at least do the 100km ride but would really love to do the 210km ride.  Time will tell..... 

Weigh in Wednesday

So I haven't been on here for a week as I have been very busy with doing assessments for school and life in general... 


Weigh in day and I lost 1.6 kgs.  I am very pleased with that and so much better than last week.  I think I found the reason why last week wasn't the best.  I am putting it down to dehydration.  With all the exercise I have been doing and losing so much fluid through sweat I aren't replenishing enough, so lesson learnt for me.. 


Some may have noticed that my weight loss tracker is now at a 5.9kgs loss.  No I haven't had an amazing weight loss in a week (I wish), I have actually been following Mish's book since the 2nd of January, and that is my loss since then.    A friend suggested that I should put my weight loss since then instead of when pre- season started.  I should have taken measurements  as well but thought I would leave that until the final pre-season task.  

Started the day bad but ended on a high....

Weigh in today.. Got onto the scales feeling good then bam put on 100gms.  How the hell does that happen??  I was feeling so good, had eaten really well all week the previous day had burned off 1200 calories each day, and did interval running, mountain climbs etc etc.  So how do I put on 100gms.  You might be saying "It was only 100gms it isn't a lot", but it is when you are trying to lose weight.  It really screws around with your head.  


So I had my little 'hissy' with myself ate two bertie beetles, then put it down to the fact that, it has been hot so it is possibly dehydration/water retention.  Well that is my story now and I am sticking with it.  


So apart from the bertie beetles (which after looking were only 50 cals each and ended up working them into my allowable calories) I sorted myself out, ate perfectly for the rest of the day, then went out tonight and did my first step class.  


It was such a great class.  Worked off 860 calories and i think 2 liters  of water and I didn't realise that you seriously work every part of the body.  I was a bit un co-ordinated in some parts but I think I handled it well. Even the instructor and fellow stepper said I did a great job.  So now I think I am a spin junkie and a step junkie.   

My First Spin Class

Well I faced my fears and excuses and did my first spin class tonight. I also found out that I had a couple of more excuses up my sleeve as well which I didn't think about until tonight.   My excuses for tonight
1. Was too hot (and it was)
2. I will sweat too much (which I did)
3. I will be the unfittest (is that a word?) and the fattest.  (I was and that was a new excuse for me)
4. I don't want to go by myself. (Another new one).

In the end I thought who really cares.  At least I am getting off my butt and doing something, they have to give me credit for that.

The class was hard work, and I didn't really know what to expect, but it was great.  My body feels so good now, and really feel as though I worked every inch of my body.  The class went for 50 minutes and I burnt 840 calories. Woo Hoo.. The only problem I have now is I can't wait until the next session which is another week away.  I don't want to wait that long to do some serious exercise again so think I will do a step class on Wednesday night.. No stopping me now.

Mt Oberon

What a day, and boy am i hurting... 
I have been bugging my husband that I want to do the Mt Oberon walk at Wilson's Promontory Victoria for a while now,  and today he said he was taking the day off work, weather was nice so off we went. 

We started with a yummy picnic lunch that I prepared earlier (salad wrap for me) then off we took to the summit of Mt Oberon, 3.4 km each way.  The visitor pamphlet said a moderate to hard walk, and boy they were not mistaken.  Up hill all the way with no reprieve.  Just when I thought we were at the top, up we went again.  This time up a whole heap of rock steps.  I might add, that my much thinner and fitter husband, pushed the pram all the way up (until we got to the rocks) so good going to him...

Finally we got to the top and boy was the hard work worth it.. Such a beautiful place with views for miles.. After a short rest it was time to head back down the hill.  My five year old daughter was over the whole thing so I had to carry her back down the mountain.  Not easy carrying a 20kg child when I am carrying double that in excess weight.  But I successfully did the walk, and I am so proud of myself for doing it.  The only problem is I forgot to wear my HRM so have no idea how many calories I burnt off, but judging by the sweat and the fact that I could I feel my heart betting out of my chest, it would have been a fair few. 

I told my daughter whilst walking down the hill, that we don't get to see such beautiful countryside sitting on our bums on the couch, something that I will remind myself of everyday....

Here are some photo's of my journey up the mountain



There are so many great walks at the 'Prom' and my goal is to walk them all.  Take a look for yourself at the following link of what the 'Prom' has to offer. http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/

Excuses, Excuses!!

So i have just completed task 2- 'No More Excuses'.  It wasn't the easiest thing to do. Some excuses came freely and others i had to think about it a bit, and I couldn't really come up with a lot of solutions.  Here are my lame arse excuses...

Internal

1. It is weigh in day so i can eat crap today as i have the whole week to work it off.

2. I can have that piece of cake as i have worked so hard i deserve it. 

3. I have been fat for so long i can't imagine myself being thin.  It can't happen.

4. I am big boned so even though the scales say i am obese i am not THAT big..

5. I am tall so i can carry it off a bit better. 

6. When i do become thin, there is no more using the i am too fat as an excuse anymore. 

External (within my control) 

1. It's too hot and i will sweat too much looking stupid.

2. By the time i get the kids off to kinder, swimming etc there is no time for me to eat breakfast so i eat on the run (crap food).

3. I will get home too late so i will just get take away on the way home.

4. When running, my fat arse wobbles too much and i will be ridiculed (it has happened).

5. I am too unfit to do exercise classes.

6. I cannot be seen in public in my bathers, they will think i am a beached whale.

7. I am too tired.

8. Who will look after the kids when i exercise or go to classes.

What are your thoughts??

So i had my first weak moment in three weeks today.. I went to the bakery, got my bread and a little treat for the kiddies, and thought, well i might get myself a little treat as well.  I have been so good with exercise blah blah blah...trying to convince myself that is was ok for me to eat it.  So i bought myself a scrummy custard scroll. 

I got back to the car and thought, oh i will eat in on the way home in the car (it doesn't count then as i didn't eat it at home).  I could feel the good Jenny and the bad Jenny arguing in my head about eating it and eventually the good Jenny won.  I didn't eat that scrummy scroll.  Yey.. It is now sitting in the pantry for my husband to eat it when he gets home. 

So i thought  i might check in my calorie counter to see how many calories it was.  Holly crap it was 585 calories.  That does count... That is nearly half my calorie intake for the day.  Imagine the exercise i would have to do to burn that bad boy off.

Pre-Season, Week One.

Hi All,

Well this is a first for me in more ways than one.  First time blogging and first time doing 12wbt. 

I am really pumped to start this journey.  I just wish it would start now, as i am impatient.  But hey good things come to those wait (isn't that what people say).  I have been so impatient that I started following Mish's books at the start of January, and have lost nearly five kilos in three weeks.  So i am excited that if i can get those results on my own, imagine the results i can get following 12wbt.

I have 40 kgs to lose.  To be realistic in my goals i am hoping to lose at least a kilo a week, but would love to lose 20kgs by the end of the 12 weeks.  My other goal is to be fit, healthy and be a good role model for my two young children. 

So now it begins.  The new Jenny and my new life.  Look forward to chatting with you all, and hopefully getting some training sessions together.