TRAINING PLAN WEEK 3............AND WEEK 2 UPDATE.....
Howdy all! Week 2 I'd give about a 7/10 in effort. I went hardcore in the week, had the unfortunate phone drama on Thurs, Fri and Saturday. If tri training or half marathon or fitness training in a half serious mode..........carbs can't be substituted for alcohol either as a way to try to lose or at least control weight.
Prioritising and organisation to get things done needs to be key! Also I think I'm best to vary my training. IE, at least on the treadmill do intervals sometimes rather than just as far as I can in 30 mins. Swimming, - I blew off the session cause I heard the pool was busy but didn't find a way to fit my session in for the week. I have progressed well with resistance, my less fav training! Have now got pushup on toes PB up to 16!!! I reckon arms and shoulders are toning up nice. Weight was down at 72.9kg on Thurs but was annoyed to see it at 73.6 on Sat when still going hard............that's why I should keep off scales too much LOL! A big challenge for me is still to not let a little laziness turn into alot of laziness and bad habits and I'm succeeding with that. But still can do better to get more athlete like! Another thing as well as fatloss and fitness gain is I want to get resting heart rate down! I've always had a highish heart rate, (90-100bpm resting as a kid) and now can get it to 210bpm when I train at my most intense! Resting is about 75-76bpm when I first wake up. I'd like to get that well down into the 60's if poss. My heart rate monitor sometimes tells me I've trained at 98% of my max after a 50 min run when I log in my age etc! I do go hard but don't know if that's possible! Also maybe one or two morning training sessions a week could work on days I start at 8.30 or 9am.
Oh, a trainer would be nice...............but time to keep on trucking on....... Major goal is to get all sessions done at allocated time slots unless of a real decent reason, (disorganisation and moods don't count). Actually I forgot to get all my shift times so will update all week sessions tomorrow. However I will list tomorrow's.
WEEK 3 PLAN:
MONDAY: 30 min swim at pool swimming freestyle as best as poss! Not an option to skip it this time! 15 mins resistance workout in evening.
ACTUAL: OKAY, I STILL DIDN'T MAKE IT TO POOL! DIDN'T FIND GOGGLES AND CAP IN TIME BEFORE WORK AND BUS THIS MORN AND FORGOT ABOUT THEM LAST NIGHT, JUST REMEMBERING TOGS AND TOWEL! BUT DID 5.3KM OUTDOOR HILLY RUN FOLLOWED BY 18 MINS RESISTANCE TRAINING. I IMPROVED 1.5 MINS FROM THE SAME RUN TWO WEEKS AGO COMING IN WITH A TIME OF 32 MINS, 16 SECS. (GENERALLY I CAN RUN FASTER ON TREADMILL BUT THAT IS NORMAL) IMMEDIATE GOAL IS TO KEEP IMPROVING AND GET THAT UNDER 30 MINS. RESISTANCE TRAINING WAS HARD BUT IS COMING ALONG WELL! I BETTERED MY TOE PUSH UP PB AGAIN COMING IN WITH 18 CONSECUTIVE, (ALMOST 20)! THEN DROPPED DOWN STRAIGHT AWAY FOR 22 ON KNEES, THEN WASTED! THEN NORMAL SIT AGAINST WALL THING, PLANK, LUNGE VARIATIONS, VARIOUS CRUNCHES, TRICEP DIPS AND REPEAT! I DIDN'T GET BACK TO TOES BUT STILL MANAGED 30 CONSECUTIVE PUSHUPS ON KNEES SECOND ROUND. EATS ETC ON TRACK!
TUESDAY 1 FEB 2011: Plan to get out of work on time and make Body Pump! I'm excited about maybe being more supple this class with my improved pushup, lunge and plank ability and will ensure I try class with good weights. Am planning on at least 10 mins on rower after this class before bus! Will weigh in tomorrow morn being 1 Feb.
ACTUAL: COMPLETED THE 1 HOUR BODY PUMP CLASS, I NOTED GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN MY PUSH UP, PLANK AND LUNGE ABILITY IN PARTICULAR THIS CLASS WHICH WAS PLEASING AND GAVE CLASS HEAPS! DIDN'T MAKE IT TO ROWER, DECIDED ARMS WERE FAGGED AND DEAD FEELING! INSTEAD FOLLOWED PUMP WITH A 20 MIN RUN ON TREADMILL BEFORE HAVING TO GET BUS, - 3.65KM. ON TRACK WITH NUTRITION ETC.
FEB 1 2011 WEIGH IN THIS MORN WAS 72.5KG, (160lb). THAT COMPARES WITH DEC 31 2010 @ 74.5KG. 5CM OFF EACH WAIST AND STOMACH IN LAST 15 DAYS AS WELL!
WEDNESDAY 2 FEB: After I logged off yesterday I realised I hadn't posted up a training plan for today but it was too late to log into do it. Mentally I decided on running my 9km hilly run block. Actually it's a short tad over 9km.
ACTUAL: COMPLETED THE RUN! HEADED OFF AT 6PM AND IT WAS STILL 29.9 DEGREES SO I CARRIED A FULL WATER BOTTLE AND HOUSE KEYS. WOW, I'D NEVER RUN WITH A WATER SUCKER BOTTLE AT ALL AND I MUST SAY IT SUCKED! AFTER ABOUT 5KM I'D FINISHED THE WATER BUT WAS STILL CARRYING BOTTLE, KEYS AND EVENTUALLY SUNNIES AS THEY GOT SO FOGGED UP IN SWEAT! RAN IT ALL, PUSHED UP THE MANY RATHER STEEP HILLS QUITE HARDCORE, THE DOWNS WERE NICER! JUST ON ONE HOUR FOR COMPLETION TIME TODAY. EVENTUAL AIM IS TO GO UNDER 50 MINS FOR THIS BUT I EXPECT IT TO TAKE A WHILE. NUTRITION ON TRACK. FEEL A TAD GUILTY HAHA OVER THE 1 TEASPOON OF SPICY RED BOTTLE SAUCE I HAD WITH THE CHICKEN, VEG STIRFRY. I ALSO HAD LEMON JUICE AND CRACKED PEPPER AND WATER IN THE SAUCE BUT DID ADD ABOUT 15G FOUNTAIN SPICY RED SAUCE TO WHOLE DINNER MIX TO SIMMER FOR A BIT NOT TO FREAK BF OUT ABOUT TOTALLY CLEAN FOOD YET. WE HAD IT WITH BASMATI RICE, (ME JUST A TINY BIT).
THURSDAY 3 FEB: 30 min ride turbo trainer as hard as poss. 15 mins resistance training all major muscle groups.
ACTUAL: I DID DO THE 30 MIN TURBO RIDE, INFACT 31 MINS! I KNOW I PUSHED HARD, CAN FEEL DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT WITH SPEED AND REVOLUTIONS. IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO ACTUALLY START TODAY AND I NEARLY BLEW IT OFF! BIG DAY AT WORK, HOME LATE, STILL 32 DEGREES IN EVENING AND I HAD 1 CAN BEER WITH BF, THEN HEAPS WATER!. THEN ONTO COOK HEALTHY TEA, WATCH BIGGEST LOSER. THEN WATCHING MICHELLE BRIDGES I HAULED IT ONTO TURBO..............NO EXCUSES! STILL 30 DEGREES WHEN TRAINING BUT THIS IS GOOD TRAINING I THINK! I DO ADMIT TO BLOWING OFF 15 MIN RESISTANCE.........IT WAS NEARLY 9.30, I KNEW I'D GIVE IT SHORT OF MY BEST. HOWEVER...........I DON'T GET A DAY OFF TOMORROW! INSTEAD I HAVE TO DO JUST THAT AND SHOULD BE FIRED UP AND FRESH WHEN I DO! IN AND OUT FOR 15-20 MINS TOMORROW! OTHER THAN MY 1 CAN MIDSTRENGTH LOW CARB BEER, ALL ON TRACK! By the way, I won't go into big spiels on the Biggest Loser and my opinions but I can't believe Michelle Bridges weighed in at 65.5kg after her week with the family. She isn't overly tall and I know she is muscly but she is the leanest smallest 65.5kg person I think I'd seen. Maybe the weigh in numbers are fudged but wow! Now I think hitting under 70 or 70.0 will be an achievement but I'm up for getting and staying under 68kg!
FRIDAY 4 FEB: WAS GONNA BE A DAY OFF BUT AT LEAST 15 MINS RESISTANCE TRAINING IS COMPULSORY!
ACTUAL: HAD FULL DAY OFF AND A FULL BODY MASSAGE! HMMMM! ON TRACK BUT LIGHT TEA AS DIDN'T WANNA MESS UP THE KITCHEN AFTER A BIG ORGANISATION FOR PARTY SATURDAY!
SATURDAY 5 FEB: BF's 30th b-day party! However before I get into prep as it will be a big one I'm to complete a brick session of 20 mins turbo followed by 20 min run!
ACTUAL: NAUGHTY PIP DIDN'T DO THE BRICK SESSION. BUT DID START WITH A 20 MIN RESISTANCE WORKOUT STARTING OUT WITH 20 CONSECUTIVE PUSH UPS ON TOES!!! NEW RECORD, NOW I'M FOCUSSING ON GOING LOWER AND IMPROVED FORM!!! I FOLLOWED THAT STRAIGHT UP WITH A 5.3KM RUN. RUN WAS A BIT SLOW AS WORKOUT WAS BEFORE BREKKIE AND AFTER A LIGHT TEA YESTERDAY. NUTRITION, - WELL HAD BF'S 30TH PARTY THAT NIGHT, THERE WAS AN OVER ABUNDANCE OF FOOD AND DRINK! SO DID EAT A BIT MORE THAN NORM, (AND PROB HAD TOO MUCH WINE) BUT NO BINGEING!
SUNDAY 6 FEB: No promises for any significant exercise today! If I manage anything it's a plus...........however just must make sure I keep control, no overconsuming resulting in guilt of possible leftovers if slightly hungover!
ACTUAL: DAY OFF TRAINING, HAD NICE PLATE OF LEFTOVERS OF SALADS, COLD MEAT FOR LUNCH AND RISSOLES FOR BREKKIE! GOT TO WATCH MYSELF WITH THESE LEFTOVERS!!!
Pip
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
TRAINING PLAN......WEEK 2!!!...........AND WEEK ONE UPDATE
Firstly I'll give a small re-cap of week one. Over the week was extremely disciplined. I trained to my full which made me set high standards for myself. I bettered my lifetime ever PB in toe pushups 3 times, unthinkable in the past! PB used to be 10 but on Mon I did 11, Tues did 12 and on Thurs somehow managed 14! I dislike the turbo. (but it's effetive). Just ran out of time to get my rowing in at gym after run on Wed but I couldn't have given it much anyway. On Friday I had a vague idea of hitting gym for rowing and weights on day off but really hit a wall, (as work is fast on feet all day) in final hour so allowed myself the day off. Saturday I just wasn't as organised as I could have been, no excuses! I could have and should have got to pool that morning! Today, (Sun) I missed workout too but am not so hard on self about that today as it's BF's actual 30th b-day and he had a few visitors throughout day. All in all good first week all up, am happy! However if I slip high standards slightly for a day I know I need to be careful not to give up and slip completely which for me is a big challenge, (instead just get back to norm the next day). No bingeing has happened though, just not the cleanest food for a couple of social meals.
TRAINING PLAN WEEK 2:
MONDAY 24 JAN: 30 mins treadmill session as far as poss, 15 mins body weight resistance work
ACTUAL: HIT GYM AND TREADMILLS WERE ALL FULLY IN USE FIRST UP SO STARTED OFF WITH 5 MINS AT CHALLENGING INTENSITY ON ROWER, THEN TREADMILL WAS FREE! IN TODAY'S 30 MIN RUN I MANAGED 5.31KM IN 30 MINS AND THAT WAS VERY MUCH EXTENDING MYSELF. THE LAST 5 MINS I EVEN STARTED FEELING NAUSEAUS ON THE RUN BUT DIDN'T WANT TO ALLOW MYSELF TO STOP UNLESS IT WAS REALLY URGENT! I EVEN PUT UP SPEED IN FINAL MIN JUST TO REALLY HURT! ONCE GETTING OFF TREADMILL I FELT NORMAL STRAIGHT AWAY LOL! AFTER TEA TONIGHT I GOT ONTO THE RESISTANCE TRAINING DOING 17 MINS BODY WEIGHT STUFF. NOW I'M UP TO 15 PUSHUPS ON TOES FOLLOWED STRAIGHT AWAY WITH 20 KNEE ONES. THEN CRUNCHES, SIT AGAINST WALL AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE THING WITH LEGS CLOSER TOGETHER, (OUCH), VARIATIONS OF LUNGES, PLANK, TRICEP DIPS AND REPEAT! EATS ON TRACK! ACTIVE DAY AGAIN. I JUMPED ON SCALES YESTERDAY MORN WHICH I SHOULDN'T HAVE WITH READ OF 74.4KG, 164lb.
TUESDAY 25 JAN: 30 min swim @ pool going as far as poss
ACTUAL: DIDN'T MAKE IT TO POOL YET AGAIN!!! FOUND OTHER ODD JOBS TO DO AND HEARD POOL WAS REALLY PACKED TODAY FOR SOME REASON WHICH DETERRED ME AS I WANTED A HARD WORKOUT. HOWEVER DID DO 31 MINS ON TURBO TRAINER TODAY, GOT SATURATED IN SWEAT ETC AS PER NORM BUT CAN TELL ALREADY I'M BUILDING MORE OF A FITNESS BASE WHICH WILL BE GREAT FOR TRIATHLON AND EVERYTHING! I DEFINITELY HAVE MORE LEG, CORE AND ARM STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE THAN EVEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WAIST IS DOWN 4CM IN 9 DAYS! DID SOME PUSHUPS, DIPS, STARJUMPS FOR A BIT, ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY. EATS ON TRACK.
WEDNESDAY 26 JAN: 15 mins resistance body weight workout followed by Brick session of 20 mins turbo followed by 20 min run..........then can enjoy Australia Day!!!
ACTUAL: DID AS SAID BUT RESISTANCE TRAINING LASTED 17 MINS, HARD WORK AS PER NORM! 16 CONSECUTIVE PUSHUPS ON TOES FIRST UP BEFORE DROPPING TO 20 ON KNEES. SECOND ROUND DID 30 KNEE PUSHUPS. PLANK, DIPS, LUNGE ABILITY IMPROVING LOTS TOO! 2O MINS ON TURBO WAS HARD WORK! TALK ABOUT JELLY LEGS ON 20 MIN RUN TODAY DIRECTLY FOLLOWED BY THE RIDE AND RESISTANCE! MAY NEED TO LOOK AT SLIGHTLY MORE CARBS IF TRAINING MUCH LONGER THAN THIS IN FUTURE AS ON RUN I STRUGGLED SOMEWHAT ON RUN JUST TODAY! YESTERDAY AND BREKKIE ENDED UP BEING RATHER LOW CARB. WEIGH IN TODAY: 73.0KG SO AS OF THIS MORNING A BIT OF A 'WOOSH' FINALLY HAPPENED! ALMOST CAN WEAR THE CARGO SHORTS WITH A SINGLET OR FITTED TOP WITHOUT A MUFFIN TOP! HOWEVER I CAN TELL I'M NOT LOSING MUSCLE MASS FROM A FEW YEARS BACK CAUSE OF A) SUPPLENESS AND BETTER STRENGTH RESULTS AND B) I FIT OLD CLOTHES I USED TO FIT WHEN A KILO LESS. STILL A DECENT AMOUNT OF FAT TO SHED AND FITNESS TO GAIN!
THURSDAY 27 JAN: 30 mins turbo trainer as best as poss
ACTUAL: VERY FRUSTRATING DAY TODAY! WORK WAS CRAZY MANIC, JUST NOT ENOUGH STAFF, WAS VERY ACTIVE AND WE COULDN'T EASILY KEEP UP, NOT FUN! MUSCLES SORE AT WORK ALL DAY TOO! FELT LIKE I WAS HITTING A WALL MOST OF THE DAY, JUST WANTED A REST! THOUGHT I HAD KINDA PUSHED THROUGH IT BUT HIT THE GYM ANYWAY! IT WAS TIME FOR A RUN AS I DID TURBO ON TUES AND THE BRICK SESS AND RESISTANCE YESTERDAY. SO HURLED ON UP FOR A 30 MIN RUN AS FAST AS POSS ON TREADMILL. I PUT PACE AT 10.6KMPH TO START WITH LIKE MON. HOWEVER I WAS TOTALLY EXHAUSTED AFTER 12 MINS WITH NO FEELING OF POWER MUCH LEFT IN ME. IF AT 27 OR 28 MIN MARK I WOULD HAVE KEPT PUSHING ON BUT NOT FOR ANOTHER 18 MINS! SO I DROPPED PACE DOWN TO A WALK FOR MOST OF THE REST OF IT WHILE INCREASING IT TO 10KMPH FOR LAST 2 MINS. UNHEARD OF FOR ME AND ONLY COVERED 4.44KM IN 30 MINS TODAY. I THINK IT'S A RESULT OF THE RECENT HARD WORKOUTS, DAYS AT WORK AND NOT MANY BUT A FEW CARBS IN LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I CONFESS, I'VE HAD WINE TWICE THIS WEEK, A COUPLE OF GLASSES ON SUN WITH BF ON HIS 30TH AND ALSO 3 LARGE OF SPARKLING YESTERDAY ARVO ON AUSSIE DAY WITH A MATE. BECAUSE THE WINE PROB WAS 600 CAL I ONLY ATE ABOUT 1100 FOOD CALS YESTERDAY AND LESS CARBS WHICH MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR ENDURANCE TYPE ACTIVITY! HAD 1/3 RAW CUP OF BROWN RICE WITH CHICKEN AND VEG AND LEMON JUICE TONIGHT. OTHER FRUSTRATION, I WAS RUNNING FOR BUS EARLY THIS MORN ACROSS PARK. HAD BACKPACK ON WITH GYM GEAR. I REMEMBER PICKING PHONE OFF CHARGER AND PUTTING IT IN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BAG BUT COULD HAVE BEEN POCKET. I LOCKED UP DOOR AND RAN FOR BUS TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS IT. I NOTICED PHONE WASN'T WITH ME WHEN I GOT ON BUS BUT DIDN'T STRESS, THINKING IT MUST BE ON LEDGE AT HOME. HOWEVER WHEN I GOT HOME I DIDN'T SEE IT SO TRIED RINGING IT FROM LANDLINE. IT WENT STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL. IT WAS DARK AND I DON'T FANCY GOING OUT TO PARK BY MYSELF WALKING SLOWLY WITH TORCH LOOKING AS IT FEELS DODGY! BF IS AT A FIRE TONIGHT. SO UNLESS I FIND IT TOMORROW OR IT'S BEEN HANDED INTO COPS I WILL HAVE TO GET ANOTHER NEW PHONE AND SIM CARD AGAIN, GRRR! I HAVE 6 MONTHS LEFT ON PLAN THEN CAN'T WAIT TO GET PRE-PAID. NOT SURE HOW PHONE PLANS WORK IF YA LOSE YOUR PHONE COMPLETELY! SO THAT'S MY GRIPE AND ANNOYANCE AND AN EXPENSE MY BUDGET DOESN'T NEED!
FRIDAY 28 JAN: Day off
ACTUAL: YEP, DAY OFF, GOT CAUGHT UP IN PHONE DRAMA
SATURDAY 29 JAN: 15 mins resistance workout followed by 30 minute outdoor run
ACTUAL: DID 30 MIN OUTDOOR RUN BUT WASN'T ORGANISED ENOUGH TO DO IT EARLY MORNING, I HAD MORE DRAMA WITH NEW PHONE AND DIDN'T PRIORITISE AFTER WEEKEND SLEEP IN. HENCE LUNCH TIME RUN WHEN 36 DEGREES BEFORE STORM. I DIDN'T CARRY WATER BOTTLE AND DIDN'T GO HARD. NIGHT OUT TONIGHT!
SUNDAY 30 JAN: 30 mins turbo trainer as best as poss.
I HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET, HAVE DONE A FEW HOUSEWORK JOBS AND DONE 15 MINS RESISTANCE WORK. A TAD HUNGOVER FIRST THING. GOT A BIT MORE TO GET DONE TODAY, AM ON A ROLL!
Firstly I'll give a small re-cap of week one. Over the week was extremely disciplined. I trained to my full which made me set high standards for myself. I bettered my lifetime ever PB in toe pushups 3 times, unthinkable in the past! PB used to be 10 but on Mon I did 11, Tues did 12 and on Thurs somehow managed 14! I dislike the turbo. (but it's effetive). Just ran out of time to get my rowing in at gym after run on Wed but I couldn't have given it much anyway. On Friday I had a vague idea of hitting gym for rowing and weights on day off but really hit a wall, (as work is fast on feet all day) in final hour so allowed myself the day off. Saturday I just wasn't as organised as I could have been, no excuses! I could have and should have got to pool that morning! Today, (Sun) I missed workout too but am not so hard on self about that today as it's BF's actual 30th b-day and he had a few visitors throughout day. All in all good first week all up, am happy! However if I slip high standards slightly for a day I know I need to be careful not to give up and slip completely which for me is a big challenge, (instead just get back to norm the next day). No bingeing has happened though, just not the cleanest food for a couple of social meals.
TRAINING PLAN WEEK 2:
MONDAY 24 JAN: 30 mins treadmill session as far as poss, 15 mins body weight resistance work
ACTUAL: HIT GYM AND TREADMILLS WERE ALL FULLY IN USE FIRST UP SO STARTED OFF WITH 5 MINS AT CHALLENGING INTENSITY ON ROWER, THEN TREADMILL WAS FREE! IN TODAY'S 30 MIN RUN I MANAGED 5.31KM IN 30 MINS AND THAT WAS VERY MUCH EXTENDING MYSELF. THE LAST 5 MINS I EVEN STARTED FEELING NAUSEAUS ON THE RUN BUT DIDN'T WANT TO ALLOW MYSELF TO STOP UNLESS IT WAS REALLY URGENT! I EVEN PUT UP SPEED IN FINAL MIN JUST TO REALLY HURT! ONCE GETTING OFF TREADMILL I FELT NORMAL STRAIGHT AWAY LOL! AFTER TEA TONIGHT I GOT ONTO THE RESISTANCE TRAINING DOING 17 MINS BODY WEIGHT STUFF. NOW I'M UP TO 15 PUSHUPS ON TOES FOLLOWED STRAIGHT AWAY WITH 20 KNEE ONES. THEN CRUNCHES, SIT AGAINST WALL AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE THING WITH LEGS CLOSER TOGETHER, (OUCH), VARIATIONS OF LUNGES, PLANK, TRICEP DIPS AND REPEAT! EATS ON TRACK! ACTIVE DAY AGAIN. I JUMPED ON SCALES YESTERDAY MORN WHICH I SHOULDN'T HAVE WITH READ OF 74.4KG, 164lb.
TUESDAY 25 JAN: 30 min swim @ pool going as far as poss
ACTUAL: DIDN'T MAKE IT TO POOL YET AGAIN!!! FOUND OTHER ODD JOBS TO DO AND HEARD POOL WAS REALLY PACKED TODAY FOR SOME REASON WHICH DETERRED ME AS I WANTED A HARD WORKOUT. HOWEVER DID DO 31 MINS ON TURBO TRAINER TODAY, GOT SATURATED IN SWEAT ETC AS PER NORM BUT CAN TELL ALREADY I'M BUILDING MORE OF A FITNESS BASE WHICH WILL BE GREAT FOR TRIATHLON AND EVERYTHING! I DEFINITELY HAVE MORE LEG, CORE AND ARM STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE THAN EVEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WAIST IS DOWN 4CM IN 9 DAYS! DID SOME PUSHUPS, DIPS, STARJUMPS FOR A BIT, ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY. EATS ON TRACK.
WEDNESDAY 26 JAN: 15 mins resistance body weight workout followed by Brick session of 20 mins turbo followed by 20 min run..........then can enjoy Australia Day!!!
ACTUAL: DID AS SAID BUT RESISTANCE TRAINING LASTED 17 MINS, HARD WORK AS PER NORM! 16 CONSECUTIVE PUSHUPS ON TOES FIRST UP BEFORE DROPPING TO 20 ON KNEES. SECOND ROUND DID 30 KNEE PUSHUPS. PLANK, DIPS, LUNGE ABILITY IMPROVING LOTS TOO! 2O MINS ON TURBO WAS HARD WORK! TALK ABOUT JELLY LEGS ON 20 MIN RUN TODAY DIRECTLY FOLLOWED BY THE RIDE AND RESISTANCE! MAY NEED TO LOOK AT SLIGHTLY MORE CARBS IF TRAINING MUCH LONGER THAN THIS IN FUTURE AS ON RUN I STRUGGLED SOMEWHAT ON RUN JUST TODAY! YESTERDAY AND BREKKIE ENDED UP BEING RATHER LOW CARB. WEIGH IN TODAY: 73.0KG SO AS OF THIS MORNING A BIT OF A 'WOOSH' FINALLY HAPPENED! ALMOST CAN WEAR THE CARGO SHORTS WITH A SINGLET OR FITTED TOP WITHOUT A MUFFIN TOP! HOWEVER I CAN TELL I'M NOT LOSING MUSCLE MASS FROM A FEW YEARS BACK CAUSE OF A) SUPPLENESS AND BETTER STRENGTH RESULTS AND B) I FIT OLD CLOTHES I USED TO FIT WHEN A KILO LESS. STILL A DECENT AMOUNT OF FAT TO SHED AND FITNESS TO GAIN!
THURSDAY 27 JAN: 30 mins turbo trainer as best as poss
ACTUAL: VERY FRUSTRATING DAY TODAY! WORK WAS CRAZY MANIC, JUST NOT ENOUGH STAFF, WAS VERY ACTIVE AND WE COULDN'T EASILY KEEP UP, NOT FUN! MUSCLES SORE AT WORK ALL DAY TOO! FELT LIKE I WAS HITTING A WALL MOST OF THE DAY, JUST WANTED A REST! THOUGHT I HAD KINDA PUSHED THROUGH IT BUT HIT THE GYM ANYWAY! IT WAS TIME FOR A RUN AS I DID TURBO ON TUES AND THE BRICK SESS AND RESISTANCE YESTERDAY. SO HURLED ON UP FOR A 30 MIN RUN AS FAST AS POSS ON TREADMILL. I PUT PACE AT 10.6KMPH TO START WITH LIKE MON. HOWEVER I WAS TOTALLY EXHAUSTED AFTER 12 MINS WITH NO FEELING OF POWER MUCH LEFT IN ME. IF AT 27 OR 28 MIN MARK I WOULD HAVE KEPT PUSHING ON BUT NOT FOR ANOTHER 18 MINS! SO I DROPPED PACE DOWN TO A WALK FOR MOST OF THE REST OF IT WHILE INCREASING IT TO 10KMPH FOR LAST 2 MINS. UNHEARD OF FOR ME AND ONLY COVERED 4.44KM IN 30 MINS TODAY. I THINK IT'S A RESULT OF THE RECENT HARD WORKOUTS, DAYS AT WORK AND NOT MANY BUT A FEW CARBS IN LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I CONFESS, I'VE HAD WINE TWICE THIS WEEK, A COUPLE OF GLASSES ON SUN WITH BF ON HIS 30TH AND ALSO 3 LARGE OF SPARKLING YESTERDAY ARVO ON AUSSIE DAY WITH A MATE. BECAUSE THE WINE PROB WAS 600 CAL I ONLY ATE ABOUT 1100 FOOD CALS YESTERDAY AND LESS CARBS WHICH MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR ENDURANCE TYPE ACTIVITY! HAD 1/3 RAW CUP OF BROWN RICE WITH CHICKEN AND VEG AND LEMON JUICE TONIGHT. OTHER FRUSTRATION, I WAS RUNNING FOR BUS EARLY THIS MORN ACROSS PARK. HAD BACKPACK ON WITH GYM GEAR. I REMEMBER PICKING PHONE OFF CHARGER AND PUTTING IT IN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BAG BUT COULD HAVE BEEN POCKET. I LOCKED UP DOOR AND RAN FOR BUS TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS IT. I NOTICED PHONE WASN'T WITH ME WHEN I GOT ON BUS BUT DIDN'T STRESS, THINKING IT MUST BE ON LEDGE AT HOME. HOWEVER WHEN I GOT HOME I DIDN'T SEE IT SO TRIED RINGING IT FROM LANDLINE. IT WENT STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL. IT WAS DARK AND I DON'T FANCY GOING OUT TO PARK BY MYSELF WALKING SLOWLY WITH TORCH LOOKING AS IT FEELS DODGY! BF IS AT A FIRE TONIGHT. SO UNLESS I FIND IT TOMORROW OR IT'S BEEN HANDED INTO COPS I WILL HAVE TO GET ANOTHER NEW PHONE AND SIM CARD AGAIN, GRRR! I HAVE 6 MONTHS LEFT ON PLAN THEN CAN'T WAIT TO GET PRE-PAID. NOT SURE HOW PHONE PLANS WORK IF YA LOSE YOUR PHONE COMPLETELY! SO THAT'S MY GRIPE AND ANNOYANCE AND AN EXPENSE MY BUDGET DOESN'T NEED!
FRIDAY 28 JAN: Day off
ACTUAL: YEP, DAY OFF, GOT CAUGHT UP IN PHONE DRAMA
SATURDAY 29 JAN: 15 mins resistance workout followed by 30 minute outdoor run
ACTUAL: DID 30 MIN OUTDOOR RUN BUT WASN'T ORGANISED ENOUGH TO DO IT EARLY MORNING, I HAD MORE DRAMA WITH NEW PHONE AND DIDN'T PRIORITISE AFTER WEEKEND SLEEP IN. HENCE LUNCH TIME RUN WHEN 36 DEGREES BEFORE STORM. I DIDN'T CARRY WATER BOTTLE AND DIDN'T GO HARD. NIGHT OUT TONIGHT!
SUNDAY 30 JAN: 30 mins turbo trainer as best as poss.
I HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET, HAVE DONE A FEW HOUSEWORK JOBS AND DONE 15 MINS RESISTANCE WORK. A TAD HUNGOVER FIRST THING. GOT A BIT MORE TO GET DONE TODAY, AM ON A ROLL!
Friday, January 21, 2011
CLOTHING AND THE SCALES............
Hey there, you may have noticed I've been updating my actual workout every day so far this week alongside the planned one in my last post that I wrote last Sunday.
Now to the scales, - I haven't actually weighed myself so far at all in 2011. My last weigh in was 31 Dec 2010 which said 74.5kg. My main reasoning for lack of weighing is that this years new 'cut off point' is 75kg so I don't intend to see anything 75 or above which keeps with my trend of minusing 5kg from my cut off point each year which has worked so far for the last 3 years.
The first couple of weeks this year I admittably wasn't as focussed as I could be regarding portion control and training so wasn't confident of seeing under 75, (however I know I wouldn't have put on more than a couple of kg max).
So................I have decided on a solution. I have a pair of size 12 cargo shorts with no elastic waistband I've had for years which I know are meant to fit and sit just under the belly button. I know I comfortably wear these out around the 70kg mark and under about 72kg historically can start to feel comfy enough to wear these out with a fitted cotton singlet top. Last weekend I could do these up, but had a HUGE muffin top so can't wear them. Today I still have a big muffin top but it's reduced a bit this week. Once I don't have a 'muffin top' in those shorts I will first brave the scales this year!
This evening I tried on some clothes I was thinking of wearing out last Saturday but I thought my flab on my back showed through my fitted tops and the tops also showed my poking out stomach too much for comfort and skirt waistband was real tight............so change of clothes it was! I thought............a kilo or two are just holding me back here! WELL, I tried these same clothes on tonight for fun and would class them 'wearable' now! Visible back and stomach flab has gone! There is still quite a bit to go of course but it's nice to see a difference in clothes (which haven't been worn or washed or in dryer). It's great to notice an improvement even if slight in 6 days! I must say I've busted my arse in training this week, have had no sugar, diets been spot on and as much as I'm hanging for wine tonight, (bit of a crap day on a couple of regards) I haven't relented.
Talk soon,
Pip :-)
Hey there, you may have noticed I've been updating my actual workout every day so far this week alongside the planned one in my last post that I wrote last Sunday.
Now to the scales, - I haven't actually weighed myself so far at all in 2011. My last weigh in was 31 Dec 2010 which said 74.5kg. My main reasoning for lack of weighing is that this years new 'cut off point' is 75kg so I don't intend to see anything 75 or above which keeps with my trend of minusing 5kg from my cut off point each year which has worked so far for the last 3 years.
The first couple of weeks this year I admittably wasn't as focussed as I could be regarding portion control and training so wasn't confident of seeing under 75, (however I know I wouldn't have put on more than a couple of kg max).
So................I have decided on a solution. I have a pair of size 12 cargo shorts with no elastic waistband I've had for years which I know are meant to fit and sit just under the belly button. I know I comfortably wear these out around the 70kg mark and under about 72kg historically can start to feel comfy enough to wear these out with a fitted cotton singlet top. Last weekend I could do these up, but had a HUGE muffin top so can't wear them. Today I still have a big muffin top but it's reduced a bit this week. Once I don't have a 'muffin top' in those shorts I will first brave the scales this year!
This evening I tried on some clothes I was thinking of wearing out last Saturday but I thought my flab on my back showed through my fitted tops and the tops also showed my poking out stomach too much for comfort and skirt waistband was real tight............so change of clothes it was! I thought............a kilo or two are just holding me back here! WELL, I tried these same clothes on tonight for fun and would class them 'wearable' now! Visible back and stomach flab has gone! There is still quite a bit to go of course but it's nice to see a difference in clothes (which haven't been worn or washed or in dryer). It's great to notice an improvement even if slight in 6 days! I must say I've busted my arse in training this week, have had no sugar, diets been spot on and as much as I'm hanging for wine tonight, (bit of a crap day on a couple of regards) I haven't relented.
Talk soon,
Pip :-)
Sunday, January 16, 2011
TRAINING PLAN..............WEEK ONE!!!
Howdee all! I've decided to post up my training plan for the week ahead over the weekend working a Monday to Sunday week. I can either fill in my training realities on a Sunday weekly OR every day.
Training has been very inconsistent, - infact I actually did my first run for 2011, - a run just over 5km on Saturday morning. Yes, I can still complete it in one hit even if slow.
My major objectives for the next bit are: * sprint distance triathlon 3 April, 14km Run for a Reason late May and Gold Coast half marathon 3 July under 2 hours, a few days skiing in July and losing a shitload, (10kg or thereabouts) of fat and becoming stronger and more flexible. My training plan will vary week to week but I expect to complete it and treat it as importantly as other appointments, not optional. My minimum training standard I must complete weekly is at least 3 intense cardio workouts of at least 30 mins each and two resistance sessions of at least 15 mins each. But for fat loss and when training for events this may increase relative to current goals etc. Keeping to my dietary standards, getting enough time in bed and keeping up efficient incidental activity is paramount too!
I've successfully completed 9 consecutive days alcohol free. Last night was a challenge at BF's fathers 60th birthday where the wine was flowing and I was offered it but I sober drove home, and drove in a new scary for me area so that's another tick! 19 days to go alcohol free! Today I had a great day boating with some mates on the Swan River, going ski biscuiting and attempting to waterski. Had about 3 or 4 attempts but a no go still but something I'd love to accomplish if someone is patient enough sometime! Awesome fun!
ANYWAYS TRAINING PLAN WEEK ONE:
MON 17 JAN 2011: PM: Run of at least 30 mins outdoors steady pace followed 15 mins body weight work resistance training variables
ACTUAL: DID 17 MIN RESISTANCE BODY WEIGHT SESSION INCORPORATING PUSHUPS, PLANK, AB MOVES, WALKING LUNGES, SIT AGAINST WALL AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE THING, TRICEP DIPS, WITH STAR JUMPS IN REST PERIOD, PB ON PUSHUPS ON TOES BEFORE DROPPING TO KNEES OF 11!!! THEN 20-25. WENT THROUGH CIRCUIT TWICE BUT DIDN'T ATTEMPT TOE PUSHUPS SECOND ROUND. HELD PLANK 1 MIN 10 SECS BOTH TIMES and SAT AGAINST WALL OVER 2 MINS FIRST UP. DID 5.25km HILLY OUTDOOR RUN FOLLOWING THAT IN 33 MINS, 10 SECS.
TUE 18 JAN 2011: PM: Turbo trainer 30 mins challenging pace
ACTUAL: YEP, SURE DID JUST OVER THE 30 MINS ON THE TURBO, IT WAS HARD GOING AND WAS SATURATED IN SWEAT AT THE END. PLANK FOR JUST 1 MIN, 15 SECS AND STRETCHES AS WELL. NUTRITION AND ALL GOOD TOO SO FAR. COMPLETED DAY 11/38 BOOZE FREE. VERY ACTIVE DAY WITH LOTS INCIDENTAL ACTIVITY TOO.
WED 19 JAN 2011: PM: 30 min treadmill run followed by stretching and 10 mins rowing at best pace I can manage
ACTUAL: DID DO THE 30 MIN TREADMILL RUN, 5.23KM AND THAT COMPLETELY STUFFED ME, COULD HAVE NOT GONE ANY FASTER! HOWEVER GOT OUT OF WORK 20 MINS LATER THAN HOPED AND DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT LONGER TILL NEXT BUS AND NOT GET HOME TILL 8.30 AS I HAD A FEW JOBS TONIGHT. SO SKIPPED THE ROWING AND WENT STRAIGHT TO BUS AND JUST MADE IT! NUTRITION ON TRACK AND DAY 12/28 ALCOHOL FREE. ANOTHER BUSY DAY, OTHER THAN TIME ON BUS AND A LITTLE BIT IN EVENING I MOVE CONSTANTLY!
THUR 20 JAN 2011: PM: Turbo trainer 30 mins challenging pace followed by 15 mins body weight resistance training variables
ACTUAL: I WAS DREADING TODAY AS I'M SETTING HIGH STANDARDS IN ACTUALLY DOING LOTS OF WHAT I SET OUT TO THIS WEEK. I'M CONSTANTLY BEATING MY PB WITH TOE PUSHUPS. HAD A QUICK GO LAST NIGHT AND DID 12. TODAY'S RESISTANCE WORKOUT STARTED OUT WITH 14!!! THEN 20 ON TOES AND A REPEAT OF MONDAY'S RESISTANCE TRAINING GOING THROUGH THE ROUND TWICE. CAN DO PLANK FOR 1.5 MINS, STILL MANAGED 26 KNEE PUSHUPS AT ONCE SECOND ROUND. THEN COMPLETED THE 30 MINS ON TURBO, A REAL STRUGGLE AND I WAS POURING WITH SWEAT AND SORE AFTER 3 MINS BUT DID IT! DAY 13/28 ALCOHOL FREE.
FRI 21 JAN 2011: Day off
ACTUAL: HAD DAY OFF. AT START OF DAY I HAD HALF AN IDEA OF HITTING GYM AFTER WORK FOR THE 10 MINS ON THE ROWER I SKIPPED THE OTHER DAY AND A FEW MORE WEIGHTS. BUT HIT A WALL AT WORK AND DECIDED TO TAKE DAY OFF TRAINING. AM VERY FOBBED OFF TODAY AND DISGRUNTLED! HOWEVER ATE NO CRAP OR EXCESSES AND AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO CRACK OPEN A BOTTLE OF WINE I HAVEN'T SO HAVE MADE IT 14/28 DAYS ALCOHOL FREE. I WILL DO A LITTLE REPORT ABOVE IN NEXT POST ABOUT SOME CLOTHES I TRIED ON TONIGHT.
SAT 22 JAN 2011: AM: Swim steady pace freestyle 30 mins, 15 mins resistance training and stretching variables.
ACTUAL: THE PLAN WAS TO GET TO THE POOL BUT I DIDN'T SCHEDULE MY MORNING AS I COULD HAVE AND TREAT TRAINING WITH THE SAME IMPORTANCE I WOULD HAVE FOR WORK SO GOT PRE-OCCUPIED AND MISSED BUS. I THEN DECIDED TO DO SUNDAY'S WORKOUT TODAY AND GOT MY FIRST 15 MINS DONE ON TURBO............HOWEVER BF GOT HOME IN THE 13TH MIN, THEN ALLOWED MYSELF TO GET DISTRACTED AND TALK TO HIM AFTER 15 MINS..............HOWEVER I EMBARKED ON A 18 MIN RUN ABOUT AN HOUR LATER SO NOT QUITE A BRICK SESSION. 15 MINS RESISTANCE WORK UNFORTUNATELY GOT DISCARDED. RESTAURANT TEA AT CHINESE RESTAURANT FOR BF'S NANNA WAS HAD, VERY NICE!
SUN 23 JAN 2011: AM: Small brick session of 15 mins turbo trainer followed by run of at least 15 mins.
BF'S 30TH BIRTHDAY TODAY, - A 30 MIN SWIM AND 15 MIN RESISTANCE TRAINING SESS WAS ON THE CARDS BUT NEITHER HAPPENED. I DID A WEIGH IN THIS MORN WHEN I SHOULDN'T HAVE, - 74.4KG. NO OVEREATING HAPPENED, A GOOD FUN DAY BUT JUST WASN'T ORGANISED TO PIORITISE TRAINING!
Talk soon!
Pip :-)
Howdee all! I've decided to post up my training plan for the week ahead over the weekend working a Monday to Sunday week. I can either fill in my training realities on a Sunday weekly OR every day.
Training has been very inconsistent, - infact I actually did my first run for 2011, - a run just over 5km on Saturday morning. Yes, I can still complete it in one hit even if slow.
My major objectives for the next bit are: * sprint distance triathlon 3 April, 14km Run for a Reason late May and Gold Coast half marathon 3 July under 2 hours, a few days skiing in July and losing a shitload, (10kg or thereabouts) of fat and becoming stronger and more flexible. My training plan will vary week to week but I expect to complete it and treat it as importantly as other appointments, not optional. My minimum training standard I must complete weekly is at least 3 intense cardio workouts of at least 30 mins each and two resistance sessions of at least 15 mins each. But for fat loss and when training for events this may increase relative to current goals etc. Keeping to my dietary standards, getting enough time in bed and keeping up efficient incidental activity is paramount too!
I've successfully completed 9 consecutive days alcohol free. Last night was a challenge at BF's fathers 60th birthday where the wine was flowing and I was offered it but I sober drove home, and drove in a new scary for me area so that's another tick! 19 days to go alcohol free! Today I had a great day boating with some mates on the Swan River, going ski biscuiting and attempting to waterski. Had about 3 or 4 attempts but a no go still but something I'd love to accomplish if someone is patient enough sometime! Awesome fun!
ANYWAYS TRAINING PLAN WEEK ONE:
MON 17 JAN 2011: PM: Run of at least 30 mins outdoors steady pace followed 15 mins body weight work resistance training variables
ACTUAL: DID 17 MIN RESISTANCE BODY WEIGHT SESSION INCORPORATING PUSHUPS, PLANK, AB MOVES, WALKING LUNGES, SIT AGAINST WALL AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE THING, TRICEP DIPS, WITH STAR JUMPS IN REST PERIOD, PB ON PUSHUPS ON TOES BEFORE DROPPING TO KNEES OF 11!!! THEN 20-25. WENT THROUGH CIRCUIT TWICE BUT DIDN'T ATTEMPT TOE PUSHUPS SECOND ROUND. HELD PLANK 1 MIN 10 SECS BOTH TIMES and SAT AGAINST WALL OVER 2 MINS FIRST UP. DID 5.25km HILLY OUTDOOR RUN FOLLOWING THAT IN 33 MINS, 10 SECS.
TUE 18 JAN 2011: PM: Turbo trainer 30 mins challenging pace
ACTUAL: YEP, SURE DID JUST OVER THE 30 MINS ON THE TURBO, IT WAS HARD GOING AND WAS SATURATED IN SWEAT AT THE END. PLANK FOR JUST 1 MIN, 15 SECS AND STRETCHES AS WELL. NUTRITION AND ALL GOOD TOO SO FAR. COMPLETED DAY 11/38 BOOZE FREE. VERY ACTIVE DAY WITH LOTS INCIDENTAL ACTIVITY TOO.
WED 19 JAN 2011: PM: 30 min treadmill run followed by stretching and 10 mins rowing at best pace I can manage
ACTUAL: DID DO THE 30 MIN TREADMILL RUN, 5.23KM AND THAT COMPLETELY STUFFED ME, COULD HAVE NOT GONE ANY FASTER! HOWEVER GOT OUT OF WORK 20 MINS LATER THAN HOPED AND DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT LONGER TILL NEXT BUS AND NOT GET HOME TILL 8.30 AS I HAD A FEW JOBS TONIGHT. SO SKIPPED THE ROWING AND WENT STRAIGHT TO BUS AND JUST MADE IT! NUTRITION ON TRACK AND DAY 12/28 ALCOHOL FREE. ANOTHER BUSY DAY, OTHER THAN TIME ON BUS AND A LITTLE BIT IN EVENING I MOVE CONSTANTLY!
THUR 20 JAN 2011: PM: Turbo trainer 30 mins challenging pace followed by 15 mins body weight resistance training variables
ACTUAL: I WAS DREADING TODAY AS I'M SETTING HIGH STANDARDS IN ACTUALLY DOING LOTS OF WHAT I SET OUT TO THIS WEEK. I'M CONSTANTLY BEATING MY PB WITH TOE PUSHUPS. HAD A QUICK GO LAST NIGHT AND DID 12. TODAY'S RESISTANCE WORKOUT STARTED OUT WITH 14!!! THEN 20 ON TOES AND A REPEAT OF MONDAY'S RESISTANCE TRAINING GOING THROUGH THE ROUND TWICE. CAN DO PLANK FOR 1.5 MINS, STILL MANAGED 26 KNEE PUSHUPS AT ONCE SECOND ROUND. THEN COMPLETED THE 30 MINS ON TURBO, A REAL STRUGGLE AND I WAS POURING WITH SWEAT AND SORE AFTER 3 MINS BUT DID IT! DAY 13/28 ALCOHOL FREE.
FRI 21 JAN 2011: Day off
ACTUAL: HAD DAY OFF. AT START OF DAY I HAD HALF AN IDEA OF HITTING GYM AFTER WORK FOR THE 10 MINS ON THE ROWER I SKIPPED THE OTHER DAY AND A FEW MORE WEIGHTS. BUT HIT A WALL AT WORK AND DECIDED TO TAKE DAY OFF TRAINING. AM VERY FOBBED OFF TODAY AND DISGRUNTLED! HOWEVER ATE NO CRAP OR EXCESSES AND AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO CRACK OPEN A BOTTLE OF WINE I HAVEN'T SO HAVE MADE IT 14/28 DAYS ALCOHOL FREE. I WILL DO A LITTLE REPORT ABOVE IN NEXT POST ABOUT SOME CLOTHES I TRIED ON TONIGHT.
SAT 22 JAN 2011: AM: Swim steady pace freestyle 30 mins, 15 mins resistance training and stretching variables.
ACTUAL: THE PLAN WAS TO GET TO THE POOL BUT I DIDN'T SCHEDULE MY MORNING AS I COULD HAVE AND TREAT TRAINING WITH THE SAME IMPORTANCE I WOULD HAVE FOR WORK SO GOT PRE-OCCUPIED AND MISSED BUS. I THEN DECIDED TO DO SUNDAY'S WORKOUT TODAY AND GOT MY FIRST 15 MINS DONE ON TURBO............HOWEVER BF GOT HOME IN THE 13TH MIN, THEN ALLOWED MYSELF TO GET DISTRACTED AND TALK TO HIM AFTER 15 MINS..............HOWEVER I EMBARKED ON A 18 MIN RUN ABOUT AN HOUR LATER SO NOT QUITE A BRICK SESSION. 15 MINS RESISTANCE WORK UNFORTUNATELY GOT DISCARDED. RESTAURANT TEA AT CHINESE RESTAURANT FOR BF'S NANNA WAS HAD, VERY NICE!
SUN 23 JAN 2011: AM: Small brick session of 15 mins turbo trainer followed by run of at least 15 mins.
BF'S 30TH BIRTHDAY TODAY, - A 30 MIN SWIM AND 15 MIN RESISTANCE TRAINING SESS WAS ON THE CARDS BUT NEITHER HAPPENED. I DID A WEIGH IN THIS MORN WHEN I SHOULDN'T HAVE, - 74.4KG. NO OVEREATING HAPPENED, A GOOD FUN DAY BUT JUST WASN'T ORGANISED TO PIORITISE TRAINING!
Talk soon!
Pip :-)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
ON TRACK WITH ALCOHOL BAN AGAIN>>>>>>>NOW TIME FOR THE REST!
Have completed day 5 from 28 alcohol free. How I wanted a drink today! After a long hard busy day in this warm weather a beer or wine (sometimes leads to a few) is awesome. Even more so if I've been training and eating on track. If I'm full or have eaten sugar.............beer or even wine doesn't have the same temptation.
Of course eating nutritiously and not too much and training is important as well. Alcohol sure can't be substituted with eating too much or too much crap food!
So..............successful strategy is get a glass of tap water with icecubes and pretend it's a beer or wine! Maybe not the same but the thrill of saving money, (free) and not drinking alcohol for no reason plus the fact water has no calories is all good! A glass of water or two with ice cubes before tea can tide over an otherwise beer or wine choice! I did 6 weeks straight last year, but BF's b-day party is in 23 days and I plan to enjoy a few after that. Am undecided if from then on I'll just keep it to social occasions or go back to attempt my usual old guidelines I used to try to stick to.
However if my triathlon, half marathon goals, fatloss, weightloss and lifestyle standards are really going to happen..............I need to be much more committed to making my all round lifestyle standards more non negotiable. (Not optional and thinking, ahh, tomorrow, I'm not as bad as I could be.....etc.....crap LOL). It's a bit repetitive talking about it all here as well.
Right:
11.5 weeks to sprint dist triathlon. Major goal is to complete this distance, - longest ever, ideally not come last and from now be happy with my effort of sticking to my self set training regime.
24.5 weeks till half marathon. Completion under 2 hours has always been a pipe dream and I believe sure achieveable and I will strive for that. My PB for the half is 2hrs, 15 mins, 14 secs and that was at about 85kg with very inconsistent training and rapid weight gain for the 2-3 odd months leading up back in mid 2008. However even more important than the time is my dedication to actually not talking shit and doing what I say I will.........consistently now till then and being as committed to it as I am to work etc. Of course obstacles may arise, that is prob norm but I would want to be happy with the controlled way I deal with them rather than throwing in the towel if adversity etc strikes. If I have a poor race or even don't finish or start the race, I will feel contented as long as I've handled my preparation to my standards. AND after the half marathon, I get a day on the Gold Coast/Brisbane area, then head to Airlie Beach before some skiing in NZ! All much more fun if I'm happy with my fitness and shape and don't sabotage myself in ways I don't want to.
Now to all affected by the floods, - the pics look horrendous and unbelievable! Very cruel looking and my heart goes out to all involved.
Now time to be vigilent about sticking to the standards I aspire to. They aren't out of the way too time consuming or tough.......although hard work at times.............but just need to be consistent with them.
Talk soon
Pip :-)
Have completed day 5 from 28 alcohol free. How I wanted a drink today! After a long hard busy day in this warm weather a beer or wine (sometimes leads to a few) is awesome. Even more so if I've been training and eating on track. If I'm full or have eaten sugar.............beer or even wine doesn't have the same temptation.
Of course eating nutritiously and not too much and training is important as well. Alcohol sure can't be substituted with eating too much or too much crap food!
So..............successful strategy is get a glass of tap water with icecubes and pretend it's a beer or wine! Maybe not the same but the thrill of saving money, (free) and not drinking alcohol for no reason plus the fact water has no calories is all good! A glass of water or two with ice cubes before tea can tide over an otherwise beer or wine choice! I did 6 weeks straight last year, but BF's b-day party is in 23 days and I plan to enjoy a few after that. Am undecided if from then on I'll just keep it to social occasions or go back to attempt my usual old guidelines I used to try to stick to.
However if my triathlon, half marathon goals, fatloss, weightloss and lifestyle standards are really going to happen..............I need to be much more committed to making my all round lifestyle standards more non negotiable. (Not optional and thinking, ahh, tomorrow, I'm not as bad as I could be.....etc.....crap LOL). It's a bit repetitive talking about it all here as well.
Right:
11.5 weeks to sprint dist triathlon. Major goal is to complete this distance, - longest ever, ideally not come last and from now be happy with my effort of sticking to my self set training regime.
24.5 weeks till half marathon. Completion under 2 hours has always been a pipe dream and I believe sure achieveable and I will strive for that. My PB for the half is 2hrs, 15 mins, 14 secs and that was at about 85kg with very inconsistent training and rapid weight gain for the 2-3 odd months leading up back in mid 2008. However even more important than the time is my dedication to actually not talking shit and doing what I say I will.........consistently now till then and being as committed to it as I am to work etc. Of course obstacles may arise, that is prob norm but I would want to be happy with the controlled way I deal with them rather than throwing in the towel if adversity etc strikes. If I have a poor race or even don't finish or start the race, I will feel contented as long as I've handled my preparation to my standards. AND after the half marathon, I get a day on the Gold Coast/Brisbane area, then head to Airlie Beach before some skiing in NZ! All much more fun if I'm happy with my fitness and shape and don't sabotage myself in ways I don't want to.
Now to all affected by the floods, - the pics look horrendous and unbelievable! Very cruel looking and my heart goes out to all involved.
Now time to be vigilent about sticking to the standards I aspire to. They aren't out of the way too time consuming or tough.......although hard work at times.............but just need to be consistent with them.
Talk soon
Pip :-)
Sunday, January 09, 2011
HERE'S TO 2011!!!
G'day! Sorry it's been a while between blogs!
However it's cause I've been rather busy of late! I had the awesome but unexpected surprise of having my lil sis come and stay with BF and I over New Years for 5 nights! And we had lots of fun..........and spent quite a bit of money! Over New Years weekend I had the weekend and Monday off work but was lucky enough to score New Years Eve, (Friday) off work as well!
Activities we got up to included.........shopping, sightseeing, beach visiting and swimming, tiki touring, drinking and catching up and trying to cram as much in as poss really! She is a really confident driving and drives around anywhere in Perth no probs, - unlike me in regard to driving! She put up about 125 photos on her facebook which can be found on my facebook of this holiday. Now I think she knows the ropes of Perth so if she brings her hubby over she will have some idea where to go and what to do! We even did a day trip cramming in Mandurah, Bunbury, Busselton, Yallingup, Gracetown and Margaret River.
In between that there has been Christmas and working so have been busy. The week before Christmas was totally flat out at work with me doing long days. We had to open 3 days between Christmas and New Year which were quieter but still busy enough as there were less staff. I only worked 2 of them as I had the Friday off.
I did end up weighing in on 31 Dec @ 74.5kg. So nice to finish the year off even if only just under 75 and to not see 80 the whole year.
I haven't weighed in yet this year, - guess I'm still around 75 or prob even slightly over as I still haven't really cracked down this year. But as long as I don't SEE over 75kg lol!
It's about time I really cranked up the fitness and start getting leaner and fitter though than I have been for years and staying that way because:
* I'm doing a sprint distance triathlon on 3 April, - 12 weeks from today which will be my longest yet!
* I'm doing the Gold Coast half marathon in 25 weeks today on 3 July! I would like to focus now and stay focussed and be happy with my consistency and efforts in preparation when the time comes around to race! The total icing on the cake is if I can complete it under 2 hours!
* There is a sprint distance triathlon in 7 weeks today which I'm undecided about. I will keep you posted about that but may enter if I'm happy with progress and staying consistent!
* There is the 14km Run for a Reason race toward end May. I did it last year and it would be awesome to smash last years time this year!
Consistency is the key...........it mustn't elude me haha!
I have a bit of excitement planned for this year at this stage.
Firstly is BF's 30th party on 5th Feb, (4 weeks yesterday). I started another little challenge to drink NO alcohol (and stupidly announced it) from yesterday until this date and am successfully up to day 2. Of course I intend to enjoy some at the party though!
Next is my trip to Adelaide from 2nd to 6th March, (maybe after doing a triathlon the weekend prior). Have never been to Adelaide and can't wait!
3 April I intend to do the last sprint triathlon of the season, (750m swim, 20km ride, 5km run) and secure that accomplishment.
Over Easter long weekend end April I think we may have 5 days off this year. I'm thinking of a road trip to Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Albany and back home. I've been to Albany once but never Kalgoorlie and Esperance!
Toward end May I haven't comfirned it but think I may participate in the Run for a Reason 14km run again!
1 July 2011 I head to Brisbane and down to the Gold Coast. 3 July I intend to race in the half marathon. 5 - 9 July I intend to head up to Airlie Beach and hopefully catch up with relatives, do a day kayak trip and a cruise or sailing in the Whitsundays! 9-11 July I head to Sydney, then 11-19 July I will head to NZ to catch up with family and hopefully get some skiing in!
I booked it recently to get the cheaper flights.
So things look rather busy! Not sure about further overseas travel/holidays. Am thinking where I wanna go may just be too costly for a few years so am trying to shelve the idea for a while.
Talk soon,
Pip :-)
G'day! Sorry it's been a while between blogs!
However it's cause I've been rather busy of late! I had the awesome but unexpected surprise of having my lil sis come and stay with BF and I over New Years for 5 nights! And we had lots of fun..........and spent quite a bit of money! Over New Years weekend I had the weekend and Monday off work but was lucky enough to score New Years Eve, (Friday) off work as well!
Activities we got up to included.........shopping, sightseeing, beach visiting and swimming, tiki touring, drinking and catching up and trying to cram as much in as poss really! She is a really confident driving and drives around anywhere in Perth no probs, - unlike me in regard to driving! She put up about 125 photos on her facebook which can be found on my facebook of this holiday. Now I think she knows the ropes of Perth so if she brings her hubby over she will have some idea where to go and what to do! We even did a day trip cramming in Mandurah, Bunbury, Busselton, Yallingup, Gracetown and Margaret River.
In between that there has been Christmas and working so have been busy. The week before Christmas was totally flat out at work with me doing long days. We had to open 3 days between Christmas and New Year which were quieter but still busy enough as there were less staff. I only worked 2 of them as I had the Friday off.
I did end up weighing in on 31 Dec @ 74.5kg. So nice to finish the year off even if only just under 75 and to not see 80 the whole year.
I haven't weighed in yet this year, - guess I'm still around 75 or prob even slightly over as I still haven't really cracked down this year. But as long as I don't SEE over 75kg lol!
It's about time I really cranked up the fitness and start getting leaner and fitter though than I have been for years and staying that way because:
* I'm doing a sprint distance triathlon on 3 April, - 12 weeks from today which will be my longest yet!
* I'm doing the Gold Coast half marathon in 25 weeks today on 3 July! I would like to focus now and stay focussed and be happy with my consistency and efforts in preparation when the time comes around to race! The total icing on the cake is if I can complete it under 2 hours!
* There is a sprint distance triathlon in 7 weeks today which I'm undecided about. I will keep you posted about that but may enter if I'm happy with progress and staying consistent!
* There is the 14km Run for a Reason race toward end May. I did it last year and it would be awesome to smash last years time this year!
Consistency is the key...........it mustn't elude me haha!
I have a bit of excitement planned for this year at this stage.
Firstly is BF's 30th party on 5th Feb, (4 weeks yesterday). I started another little challenge to drink NO alcohol (and stupidly announced it) from yesterday until this date and am successfully up to day 2. Of course I intend to enjoy some at the party though!
Next is my trip to Adelaide from 2nd to 6th March, (maybe after doing a triathlon the weekend prior). Have never been to Adelaide and can't wait!
3 April I intend to do the last sprint triathlon of the season, (750m swim, 20km ride, 5km run) and secure that accomplishment.
Over Easter long weekend end April I think we may have 5 days off this year. I'm thinking of a road trip to Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Albany and back home. I've been to Albany once but never Kalgoorlie and Esperance!
Toward end May I haven't comfirned it but think I may participate in the Run for a Reason 14km run again!
1 July 2011 I head to Brisbane and down to the Gold Coast. 3 July I intend to race in the half marathon. 5 - 9 July I intend to head up to Airlie Beach and hopefully catch up with relatives, do a day kayak trip and a cruise or sailing in the Whitsundays! 9-11 July I head to Sydney, then 11-19 July I will head to NZ to catch up with family and hopefully get some skiing in!
I booked it recently to get the cheaper flights.
So things look rather busy! Not sure about further overseas travel/holidays. Am thinking where I wanna go may just be too costly for a few years so am trying to shelve the idea for a while.
Talk soon,
Pip :-)
Monday, December 27, 2010
2010 ROUNDUP............
Heya all! I'm writing this now as I think I may not have much more time this year!
Christmas Day was great! BF and I spent it down at his parents place down at the beach! His family, Nana and a couple of others were there. It was a great day. The temperature hit 39.9 degrees and we spent lots of time in the water mucking about. Xmas lunch was yum. We had cheese, salami, crackers to start, then rumballs. The main was Xmas hot ham, cold chicken, roast potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, peas and a tomato/onion bake. Then after another swim it was dessert time.........plum pudding. We pay $5 to eat it and the person to find the coin with the hole drilled in wins $50! We all got some awesome pressies, - it was a fun day!
Yesterday BF was confined to the house as he was on standby for his work so he put his technic lego together till he got called out to a fire! I went out to another great gathering!
Today I got stuck into a bit of housework. It's always good to get done!
I decided to brave the metal monsters/scales today after keeping off them for the last 3 weeks. I wasn't expecting an exactly good reading as I'd been flat out, (but very active I reckon) at work so not eating the best options and not being consistent with training, (no excuses) and I feel I look flabby but that isn't new at the moment. 3 odd weeks ago I was 75.1kg. I was tentatively expecting about 78, (hopefully not 80 or above) and had spent lots of time lately wearing elastic waistbands from being so busy and not wanting to check out what I expected the reality to be! Then on Xmas day and yesterday I wore a size 14 Levis mini denim skirt. I used to wear that at about 80kg with it sitting firm just on the navel line. I noticed it was definitely looser Xmas day and yesterday with it sitting right down on lower hips with about 2 inches of extra room in it which was good. So...at weigh in this morning........I was stoked to weigh in at 74.5kg today! I'm still not the most toned around the torso and wanna smash off a good bit more fat but now I can stay true to lowering my cut off point to 75kg for 2011. I've successfully stayed under 80 all of 2010, (I won't weigh self again this year). First time I'd achieved that since 1999! Last year cut off was 85, before it was 90! I didn't touch any chocolates today and lost total desire to after I found out I was 3 odd less kg than expected! Being flat out may count for something sometimes! I still intend to improve my habits, all round fitness, reduce fat and kilo wise wanna get under 68kg.
In brief some things which happened this year:
* Did my longest triathlon
* Moved in with BF
* Got a car, can drive somewhat in quieter areas
* Had a decent 30th party
* Did 14km Run for a Reason race
* Started a triathlon course till I hurt my back.
* Gave up alcohol completely for 6 consecutive weeks
* Poor Granny passed, I spoke at her funeral
Will be back soon to for a New Years talk!!!
Pip :-)
Heya all! I'm writing this now as I think I may not have much more time this year!
Christmas Day was great! BF and I spent it down at his parents place down at the beach! His family, Nana and a couple of others were there. It was a great day. The temperature hit 39.9 degrees and we spent lots of time in the water mucking about. Xmas lunch was yum. We had cheese, salami, crackers to start, then rumballs. The main was Xmas hot ham, cold chicken, roast potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, peas and a tomato/onion bake. Then after another swim it was dessert time.........plum pudding. We pay $5 to eat it and the person to find the coin with the hole drilled in wins $50! We all got some awesome pressies, - it was a fun day!
Yesterday BF was confined to the house as he was on standby for his work so he put his technic lego together till he got called out to a fire! I went out to another great gathering!
Today I got stuck into a bit of housework. It's always good to get done!
I decided to brave the metal monsters/scales today after keeping off them for the last 3 weeks. I wasn't expecting an exactly good reading as I'd been flat out, (but very active I reckon) at work so not eating the best options and not being consistent with training, (no excuses) and I feel I look flabby but that isn't new at the moment. 3 odd weeks ago I was 75.1kg. I was tentatively expecting about 78, (hopefully not 80 or above) and had spent lots of time lately wearing elastic waistbands from being so busy and not wanting to check out what I expected the reality to be! Then on Xmas day and yesterday I wore a size 14 Levis mini denim skirt. I used to wear that at about 80kg with it sitting firm just on the navel line. I noticed it was definitely looser Xmas day and yesterday with it sitting right down on lower hips with about 2 inches of extra room in it which was good. So...at weigh in this morning........I was stoked to weigh in at 74.5kg today! I'm still not the most toned around the torso and wanna smash off a good bit more fat but now I can stay true to lowering my cut off point to 75kg for 2011. I've successfully stayed under 80 all of 2010, (I won't weigh self again this year). First time I'd achieved that since 1999! Last year cut off was 85, before it was 90! I didn't touch any chocolates today and lost total desire to after I found out I was 3 odd less kg than expected! Being flat out may count for something sometimes! I still intend to improve my habits, all round fitness, reduce fat and kilo wise wanna get under 68kg.
In brief some things which happened this year:
* Did my longest triathlon
* Moved in with BF
* Got a car, can drive somewhat in quieter areas
* Had a decent 30th party
* Did 14km Run for a Reason race
* Started a triathlon course till I hurt my back.
* Gave up alcohol completely for 6 consecutive weeks
* Poor Granny passed, I spoke at her funeral
Will be back soon to for a New Years talk!!!
Pip :-)
Sunday, December 19, 2010
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!..........
Hello! Just thought I'd do a check in! Hope everyone has a good festive and holiday season. I reckon it sucks to work too much at this time of year but some of us have to haha!
Now, I've been thinking about holidays and travel quite a bit of late. Infact I think about it lots but unfortunately don't action it quite so much.
I am really excited to be going to Adelaide early March next year for 4 days, - I look really forward to it! I've never been and it will be great to catch up with Kristy and hopefully Magda.
As we have 5 days off in a row at Easter this year, (usually it's 4) I'm thinking of taking a road trip. Am thinking of heading off to Kalgoorlie on Good Friday after getting up early. Will stay there a night or two. Then head down to Esperance for a night or two. Then Albany for a night and back to Perth. I've been to Albany briefly once but not Esperance or Kalgoorlie. Will camp or stay in cheap accommodation. Hopefully BF can come too.
As for overseas travel to new destinations its just so hard to decide.......and I always feel limited on funds and time. I'd love to explore Europe. The other places I'm really keen on at the moment are Hawaii, America, Canada. Other places that interest me are Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam for cycling and kayaking and believe it or not but Alaska! Ideally I'd love to do a mixed cycling/hiking holiday with some canoeing or kayaking thrown in. I also really want to go on a cruise for part of it. Also I'd like to cover lots of area.
Best value for money for what you can see appears to be Contiki. However I don't know if hanging out with the majority of the group in it's early 20's, late nights, hungover days and coach touring is totally my ideal way to spend a holiday in a new destination.
It's all so costly............but new and exciting.
I did develop an idea for July 2012 where I flew to Gold Coast, did the half marathon, went to Airlie beach to see cousins there, down to Sydney to catch up with a cousin for a night, then off to America for 2.5 weeks, Hawaii for 1.5 weeks, NZ on the way back to see family, then Perth but it appears far too undoable when researching it further. Then I decided to try and cull either Hawaii or America and both are too hard and it STILL appears costly after my research. Then I looked at the idea of leaving that holiday plan till 2015 or so and instead looked at flights and trips around Europe mid 2012 culling NZ and the Gold Coast half. I'd really struggle to make a 4-5 week trip to my style under $10-$11000.
To save that type of money I have to be very choosy about proceedings and continue to save $100 a week consistently.
I just had a look on line and pretended I was going to do the Gold Coast half marathon next year. Flights are cheap at the moment for early July next year. I found that I could fly from Perth to Brisbane, stay there or Gold Coast 4 nights while doing Gold Coast half marathon, then head up to Airlie Beach for 2-3 nights to see my relatives, then head off to Sydney for a night or two to see my cousin, then back to Perth all for about $600 at the moment which is rather good. I can even add a flight to Christchurch from Sydney return on appropriate dates for just over $300. In Airlie Beach I'd like to do a full day kayak trip and found one. Maybe on another day do a full day sailing trip or cruise. If I added NZ in this way I get it all.........racing, ocean, kayaking, sailing/cruising/good weather/snow/skiing if I hit NZ and catching up with family all in one trip for maybe $2000. Or could cull the NZ idea and just make a holiday of skiing in 2012 which would cheapen next year further. From another point of view it's harder to justify spending $10000 a pop but then it's always exciting exploring new destinations!
Will let ya all know the outcome soon..............and put up my planned events for 2011 soon!
Pip :-)
Hello! Just thought I'd do a check in! Hope everyone has a good festive and holiday season. I reckon it sucks to work too much at this time of year but some of us have to haha!
Now, I've been thinking about holidays and travel quite a bit of late. Infact I think about it lots but unfortunately don't action it quite so much.
I am really excited to be going to Adelaide early March next year for 4 days, - I look really forward to it! I've never been and it will be great to catch up with Kristy and hopefully Magda.
As we have 5 days off in a row at Easter this year, (usually it's 4) I'm thinking of taking a road trip. Am thinking of heading off to Kalgoorlie on Good Friday after getting up early. Will stay there a night or two. Then head down to Esperance for a night or two. Then Albany for a night and back to Perth. I've been to Albany briefly once but not Esperance or Kalgoorlie. Will camp or stay in cheap accommodation. Hopefully BF can come too.
As for overseas travel to new destinations its just so hard to decide.......and I always feel limited on funds and time. I'd love to explore Europe. The other places I'm really keen on at the moment are Hawaii, America, Canada. Other places that interest me are Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam for cycling and kayaking and believe it or not but Alaska! Ideally I'd love to do a mixed cycling/hiking holiday with some canoeing or kayaking thrown in. I also really want to go on a cruise for part of it. Also I'd like to cover lots of area.
Best value for money for what you can see appears to be Contiki. However I don't know if hanging out with the majority of the group in it's early 20's, late nights, hungover days and coach touring is totally my ideal way to spend a holiday in a new destination.
It's all so costly............but new and exciting.
I did develop an idea for July 2012 where I flew to Gold Coast, did the half marathon, went to Airlie beach to see cousins there, down to Sydney to catch up with a cousin for a night, then off to America for 2.5 weeks, Hawaii for 1.5 weeks, NZ on the way back to see family, then Perth but it appears far too undoable when researching it further. Then I decided to try and cull either Hawaii or America and both are too hard and it STILL appears costly after my research. Then I looked at the idea of leaving that holiday plan till 2015 or so and instead looked at flights and trips around Europe mid 2012 culling NZ and the Gold Coast half. I'd really struggle to make a 4-5 week trip to my style under $10-$11000.
To save that type of money I have to be very choosy about proceedings and continue to save $100 a week consistently.
I just had a look on line and pretended I was going to do the Gold Coast half marathon next year. Flights are cheap at the moment for early July next year. I found that I could fly from Perth to Brisbane, stay there or Gold Coast 4 nights while doing Gold Coast half marathon, then head up to Airlie Beach for 2-3 nights to see my relatives, then head off to Sydney for a night or two to see my cousin, then back to Perth all for about $600 at the moment which is rather good. I can even add a flight to Christchurch from Sydney return on appropriate dates for just over $300. In Airlie Beach I'd like to do a full day kayak trip and found one. Maybe on another day do a full day sailing trip or cruise. If I added NZ in this way I get it all.........racing, ocean, kayaking, sailing/cruising/good weather/snow/skiing if I hit NZ and catching up with family all in one trip for maybe $2000. Or could cull the NZ idea and just make a holiday of skiing in 2012 which would cheapen next year further. From another point of view it's harder to justify spending $10000 a pop but then it's always exciting exploring new destinations!
Will let ya all know the outcome soon..............and put up my planned events for 2011 soon!
Pip :-)
Friday, December 10, 2010
CURRENT DOINGS.......TRAVEL IDEAS.............
Howdy! Hope everyone is having a great week!
After my triathlon last Saturday I prepared to take the drive down to Busselton to watch the Ironman!
That meant I was up early and on the road by 5.30am on Sunday morning. I arrived in Busso about 8.30am. The race started at 5.45am so I missed the swim but saw the competitors going hard lapping it up on the bike!
To anyone who doesn't know:
* a full ironman is a 3.8km swim followed by a 180km push bike ride finished off with a marathon 42.2km run so a distance of 226km is covered all up! A great ultra endurance event! Therefore thats lots different than my 400m swim, 16km ride and 4km run I did last Saturday!
The atmosphere down there was unreal. The dedication of the athletes was mindblowing. People come all over the world to race in Busselton and some entrants were over 70 years of age! There was section for the pros then all the age group categories. The winning guy completed this feat in 8 hours and 14 mins and I think the first female was about an hour behind that. The winning female went in as a bit of an underdog but worked so hard and built up a lead of a few minutes in the run. She crashed in the last few hundred metres of the run and infact had to crawl over the line but still kept her lead and won the girls race!
One of BF's mates has been very dedicated with training for this event for many months or longer. Such training for him involved at least 2-3 hours on weeknights and weekend trainings involved such things as a 200km ride followed by a 20km run on say Saturday and some mammoth swim/run on Sunday. Therefore it was great to see him cross the line in just over 11 hours. All competitors have their name on them and it's amazing seeing them keep coming past. Lots of them look to be going well but totally crash in say the second half or even last 10km of the run. Getting so close to the end but totally crashing would be really frustrating I think......................but these types of athletes don't seem to let disappointments affect them for long!
I didn't stay until the end of the race, (11pm as there is a 17 hour cut off time which means if there are competitors still out on the course after 17 hours they aren't allowed to finish). I left it too late to try and find accommodation unless I fancied paying over $500 a night so I drove back. I didn't want to leave the drive back home too late either as these are unfamiliar roads still.
Now to put these distances into perspective for me...............the longest bike ride I've done in one day is 108.4km almost 2 years ago. Now that was a huge effort and included a few stops. I was buggered at the end of that. More recently, (about a month ago) I did a 90km bike ride one day covering quite a few hills but when I got home from that, - I was had! No way could I do double that, then run a marathon not to mention the swim!
I would like to do an ironman, - maybe someday! But for now I'm working toward a couple of Sprint Distance triathlons which will become my longest efforts and I would love to do these in good form (for me). There is one at end of Feb 2011 and one early April 2011 I'm thinking about. They include a 750m swim, 20km ride and 5km run. Will keep you posted! Probably these are more suited for me for now as my ideal training time is about 5 hours a week.
I have been getting quite excited about the prospects of holidays of late! My proposed plan of a 'round the world trip' in mid 2015 for about 8 weeks is still sounding so far away. I've been contributing funds weekly and consistently and have actually just reached the $2000 mark in my holiday fund. It's in a high interest account and I've been aiming to have a minimum of $25000 but ideally $30000 for this trip. I'm quite excited to have made the $2000 mark as I normally spend money in this fund on other stuff before it reaches $1000. However I'm far too excited when this is still in the much distant future as you can see!
Therefore I'm thinking of making this into two trips. The first one brought forward to mid 2012 and the next but biggie in 2015 and am doing research.
I'm aiming to have total of $10000 minimum by late June 2012. Am now thinking of firstly heading over East to kick the trip off with the Gold Coast half marathon which is always first Sunday in July, then heading up to Airlie Beach for two nights to see relatives in their new home there and do a days kayaking, then down to Sydney for a night, then off to LA where I'd like to bus it up to San Francisco, then do a round trip one week tour covering Vegas, some of the amazing Canyons, hiking and much else. Then want to curtail it over to Hawaii, (somewhere I've always wanted to go). I'd love to do a 2 week tour covering at least 4 of the islands but would need to work out further details. Of course kayaking, swimming, cycling, hiking (and relaxing) would be on the wish list in Hawaii, (and seeing some the the amazing attractions there).
Next I'd head to NZ, catch up with family and want to give the ski slopes a quick whirl again for at least a couple of days. There is lots more I want to do but think that's about how far I can stretch my money and time!
Maybe the 2015 round the world trip I'd have more time to get to more of America and Canada and some European countries. If I knuckle down for a trip in 18 months time I reckon that's doable and not to far away!
Am about to head to work staff party tonight! Have a good one all! :-)
Pip :-)
Howdy! Hope everyone is having a great week!
After my triathlon last Saturday I prepared to take the drive down to Busselton to watch the Ironman!
That meant I was up early and on the road by 5.30am on Sunday morning. I arrived in Busso about 8.30am. The race started at 5.45am so I missed the swim but saw the competitors going hard lapping it up on the bike!
To anyone who doesn't know:
* a full ironman is a 3.8km swim followed by a 180km push bike ride finished off with a marathon 42.2km run so a distance of 226km is covered all up! A great ultra endurance event! Therefore thats lots different than my 400m swim, 16km ride and 4km run I did last Saturday!
The atmosphere down there was unreal. The dedication of the athletes was mindblowing. People come all over the world to race in Busselton and some entrants were over 70 years of age! There was section for the pros then all the age group categories. The winning guy completed this feat in 8 hours and 14 mins and I think the first female was about an hour behind that. The winning female went in as a bit of an underdog but worked so hard and built up a lead of a few minutes in the run. She crashed in the last few hundred metres of the run and infact had to crawl over the line but still kept her lead and won the girls race!
One of BF's mates has been very dedicated with training for this event for many months or longer. Such training for him involved at least 2-3 hours on weeknights and weekend trainings involved such things as a 200km ride followed by a 20km run on say Saturday and some mammoth swim/run on Sunday. Therefore it was great to see him cross the line in just over 11 hours. All competitors have their name on them and it's amazing seeing them keep coming past. Lots of them look to be going well but totally crash in say the second half or even last 10km of the run. Getting so close to the end but totally crashing would be really frustrating I think......................but these types of athletes don't seem to let disappointments affect them for long!
I didn't stay until the end of the race, (11pm as there is a 17 hour cut off time which means if there are competitors still out on the course after 17 hours they aren't allowed to finish). I left it too late to try and find accommodation unless I fancied paying over $500 a night so I drove back. I didn't want to leave the drive back home too late either as these are unfamiliar roads still.
Now to put these distances into perspective for me...............the longest bike ride I've done in one day is 108.4km almost 2 years ago. Now that was a huge effort and included a few stops. I was buggered at the end of that. More recently, (about a month ago) I did a 90km bike ride one day covering quite a few hills but when I got home from that, - I was had! No way could I do double that, then run a marathon not to mention the swim!
I would like to do an ironman, - maybe someday! But for now I'm working toward a couple of Sprint Distance triathlons which will become my longest efforts and I would love to do these in good form (for me). There is one at end of Feb 2011 and one early April 2011 I'm thinking about. They include a 750m swim, 20km ride and 5km run. Will keep you posted! Probably these are more suited for me for now as my ideal training time is about 5 hours a week.
I have been getting quite excited about the prospects of holidays of late! My proposed plan of a 'round the world trip' in mid 2015 for about 8 weeks is still sounding so far away. I've been contributing funds weekly and consistently and have actually just reached the $2000 mark in my holiday fund. It's in a high interest account and I've been aiming to have a minimum of $25000 but ideally $30000 for this trip. I'm quite excited to have made the $2000 mark as I normally spend money in this fund on other stuff before it reaches $1000. However I'm far too excited when this is still in the much distant future as you can see!
Therefore I'm thinking of making this into two trips. The first one brought forward to mid 2012 and the next but biggie in 2015 and am doing research.
I'm aiming to have total of $10000 minimum by late June 2012. Am now thinking of firstly heading over East to kick the trip off with the Gold Coast half marathon which is always first Sunday in July, then heading up to Airlie Beach for two nights to see relatives in their new home there and do a days kayaking, then down to Sydney for a night, then off to LA where I'd like to bus it up to San Francisco, then do a round trip one week tour covering Vegas, some of the amazing Canyons, hiking and much else. Then want to curtail it over to Hawaii, (somewhere I've always wanted to go). I'd love to do a 2 week tour covering at least 4 of the islands but would need to work out further details. Of course kayaking, swimming, cycling, hiking (and relaxing) would be on the wish list in Hawaii, (and seeing some the the amazing attractions there).
Next I'd head to NZ, catch up with family and want to give the ski slopes a quick whirl again for at least a couple of days. There is lots more I want to do but think that's about how far I can stretch my money and time!
Maybe the 2015 round the world trip I'd have more time to get to more of America and Canada and some European countries. If I knuckle down for a trip in 18 months time I reckon that's doable and not to far away!
Am about to head to work staff party tonight! Have a good one all! :-)
Pip :-)
Saturday, December 04, 2010
HELLO, yep, I did it! My longest triathlon to date! I arrived at the venue at Champion Lakes at 6am when registration opened to set up for the race starting at 8am.
There were two events, - a 'short' and 'long' course. I did the longer one. We had various wave starts all 3 mins apart from each other. I was in 30-39 for 'long' of course.
The water for the swim was a nice temp, not too cold. But it was a bit murky and I found out I needed new goggles. At one point I got about 80 metres off course after putting my head down, swimming hard etc! Shit! In the end I pulled my goggles up so I didn't lose any more direction. But I still did the 400m swim in 8 mins something which isn't too bad.
I had also got over using sucker water bottles because no matter what, they leaked and generally leaked onto things like mobile phones, passports, documents or whatever. But screw tops have always been safe.
So I had a 1L bottle Mt Franklin water with a screw top on my bike cage on the bike. About 5km into the bike ride I slowed down slightly to open it for a gulp or two. After a couple I decided to attempt to put cap on and put bottle back into the cage on my bike. I slowed down a bit, tried to put the bottle in, (with intention of then screwing top on). BUT alas, bottle slipped out of my hand onto ground and I lost all my water! Therefore I had to hang out till 800m into the run till I could get some but it wasn't too bad, just annoying! Not sure of my overall time but about 1 hour 17 or 18 mins. Wasn't last either, (not that holding up the rear end is a bad thing). I think some finishers were finishing about 15-20 mins after me.
Pics at top are from today just after I arrived to rack up bike and set up, (before most people came!)
Talk soon
Pip :-)
Friday, December 03, 2010
TRIATHLON EVE............and SAME OLD STORY...............
Just thought I'd do a quick update for now!
Firstly yes, I intend to do that triathlon tomorrow at Champion Lakes. It's a 400m swim in the lake followed by a 16km bike ride then a 4km run. My bike is packed into the back of my car...........and to my delight it fits in without even having to remove a wheel! I just fold my back seat forward then lay my bike down and it doesn't obstruct my driving vision or anything. I'm rather dyslexic with manual tasks unfortunately which sure isn't due to lack of trying. To correctly take my wheels on and off my bike (with all the knobs turned and facing the same way) has taken much time and frustration which is embarrassing to admit.
Training, (or lack of) and nutrition has been rather shite this week. Why? Early in the week I unfortunately blew off a turbo training cycle session and instead opted to finish off a half bottle of wine when then lead to bingeing on leftovers in fridge..........then 2 beers but no training! Then out of whack and overfull the next day, then a busy work week ladeda! Last week I trained awesomely and last Saturday weighed in @ 75.0. I also have been feeling disappointed in myself as like often, I have put in some hard work, start to go places just to totally undo it. To grasp new fitness and drop fat I need to be consistent for longer these days to see results as I'm now in my 30's. I'd love to think I'd put in a good few weeks or months of consistent training and satisfactory nutrition and to see where I'd be.
Anyways can't dwell. Lets see what I bring to the table tomorrow. I'd be happy to finish and as a bonus, - not come last! There is a Womens triathlon again next March. I'd like to go for the sprint distance, (750m swim, 20km ride and 5km run). I'd ideally like to put a consistent effort I'm happy with in regard to sticking to my training ideals. If I don't perform as I hope on raceday I'd be OK with that and may learn stuff. What would make me happy is being happy with my training and nutrition efforts in the weeks/months leading up. This time I'm not!
I'm a bit nervous about the swim infact! Tomorrow the high is only forecast to reach 22 degrees celcius for a max. It may be rather windy down there and the race starts at 8am so may be cool. I intend to cycle in my wet clothes, (then run). I don't have a wetsuit as I've never dreamed I'd require one at my level!
Am thinking of wearing sports bra, then one piece bathers, then lycra knee length black shorts and a rashee top, (black with fluoro pink writing) as my attire. Hmmm!
Tomorrow I'm planning on being out the door by 5.15am. Sunday I'm planning a road trip down to Busselton to watch the Ironman! Jules is in it as is one of BF's mates. He can't come cause of his work but that will be a big drive for me!
Talk soon,
Pip :-)
Just thought I'd do a quick update for now!
Firstly yes, I intend to do that triathlon tomorrow at Champion Lakes. It's a 400m swim in the lake followed by a 16km bike ride then a 4km run. My bike is packed into the back of my car...........and to my delight it fits in without even having to remove a wheel! I just fold my back seat forward then lay my bike down and it doesn't obstruct my driving vision or anything. I'm rather dyslexic with manual tasks unfortunately which sure isn't due to lack of trying. To correctly take my wheels on and off my bike (with all the knobs turned and facing the same way) has taken much time and frustration which is embarrassing to admit.
Training, (or lack of) and nutrition has been rather shite this week. Why? Early in the week I unfortunately blew off a turbo training cycle session and instead opted to finish off a half bottle of wine when then lead to bingeing on leftovers in fridge..........then 2 beers but no training! Then out of whack and overfull the next day, then a busy work week ladeda! Last week I trained awesomely and last Saturday weighed in @ 75.0. I also have been feeling disappointed in myself as like often, I have put in some hard work, start to go places just to totally undo it. To grasp new fitness and drop fat I need to be consistent for longer these days to see results as I'm now in my 30's. I'd love to think I'd put in a good few weeks or months of consistent training and satisfactory nutrition and to see where I'd be.
Anyways can't dwell. Lets see what I bring to the table tomorrow. I'd be happy to finish and as a bonus, - not come last! There is a Womens triathlon again next March. I'd like to go for the sprint distance, (750m swim, 20km ride and 5km run). I'd ideally like to put a consistent effort I'm happy with in regard to sticking to my training ideals. If I don't perform as I hope on raceday I'd be OK with that and may learn stuff. What would make me happy is being happy with my training and nutrition efforts in the weeks/months leading up. This time I'm not!
I'm a bit nervous about the swim infact! Tomorrow the high is only forecast to reach 22 degrees celcius for a max. It may be rather windy down there and the race starts at 8am so may be cool. I intend to cycle in my wet clothes, (then run). I don't have a wetsuit as I've never dreamed I'd require one at my level!
Am thinking of wearing sports bra, then one piece bathers, then lycra knee length black shorts and a rashee top, (black with fluoro pink writing) as my attire. Hmmm!
Tomorrow I'm planning on being out the door by 5.15am. Sunday I'm planning a road trip down to Busselton to watch the Ironman! Jules is in it as is one of BF's mates. He can't come cause of his work but that will be a big drive for me!
Talk soon,
Pip :-)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
LOOMING TRIATHLON and FITNESS UPDATES...........
G'day! Firstly I will report further regarding my last post. I haven't had any wine since and intend to keep up my resolve and give it a rest for a bit anyway. Last Sunday evening I had 3 midstrength low carb beers and didn't wake up with heart palpations or anything. Infact had a great sleep that night. Since then I haven't had any alcohol.......cutting back for now. Early Sunday I replied to Craig Harpers's post and said I was going to go 28 days drinking no liquid calories, (ie nothing but water). I have to say I haven't given up my morning skinny flat white, (free to make at work, organic coffee beans too). But other than one of them daily all other liquid intake has been water. It's been a busy week so far.
Have stepped up the training the last few days. BF has a turbo trainer in which he attaches his mountain bike to. It has 5 resistance levels with 5 being the hardest. When I get on that I make myself go as fast as poss for 30 mins on level 4 which is a challenge and produces an all over sweat in only 4-5 mins. Tough, yep! At the moment am doing the turbo every second day alternating with either a 30 min run on treadmill or an outdoor run of at least 5km. Today was treadmill run day, I managed 5.36km in 30 mins and that really hit my 10/10 level, I couldn't possibly have done any more! Then stretches and a few mins on the rower. I did a mini brick session on the turbo followed by a bit of a run last weekend and managed. Still haven't been to a pool for a while, I think the local one has just opened as it's only open in summer but it's an outdoor 25m one I hear. There are other pools around but they take a bit of organisation to get to. I love the beach and would love to do ocean swims but am petrified of sharks if out swimming on my lonesome at the moment. That's cause there have been numerous recent reports of shark attacks and beach closures. I know I can swim but not in a fast or efficient manner. But I can plod through a couple of kms at once if I want to.
So um 10 days till the triathlon. Am still in the 'longer event' of a 400m swim, 16km bike ride and 4km run. The aim is to finish and if I'm not the last finisher I will be even more stoked! Usually in run events I'm in the top half of finishers, (excepting half marathons). But in 12km, 14km and 7km run events I generally manage this. But in the first triathlon I did.........I was first from the back, the second I was 7th from the back! Most competitors here seem all serious you see. My looming triathlon will be my longest to date yet!
I weighed in on Tue morn at 76.5. That's 100g down from 10 days prior at 76.6. However it's taken till this week to really up the ante. Have been on track with food too with having no excesses or confectionary so far this week. I seem to have to be seriously on track consistently for at least 2 weeks now till the numbers start to head down so intend to try to keep off scales for a few days! Still am successful with not seeing 80 this year so need to keep to that! I've decided my aim is to be 'comfortably' under 75kg on 31 December 2010 so again next year I can cut another 5kg off from my 'cut off point'! Cut off point used to be 90, last year was 85kg, this year 80kg so to carry on the trend will have 75 next year! When I finish 2010 without seeing 80, - again that will be the first year I've triumphed with that since 1999. (Started year at 78.8 on 1 Jan, highest reading since was 77.4 in Sept 2010, lowest read for 2010 was 68.6 in April, - whoops!)
Enough crapping on so till next time!
Pip :-)
G'day! Firstly I will report further regarding my last post. I haven't had any wine since and intend to keep up my resolve and give it a rest for a bit anyway. Last Sunday evening I had 3 midstrength low carb beers and didn't wake up with heart palpations or anything. Infact had a great sleep that night. Since then I haven't had any alcohol.......cutting back for now. Early Sunday I replied to Craig Harpers's post and said I was going to go 28 days drinking no liquid calories, (ie nothing but water). I have to say I haven't given up my morning skinny flat white, (free to make at work, organic coffee beans too). But other than one of them daily all other liquid intake has been water. It's been a busy week so far.
Have stepped up the training the last few days. BF has a turbo trainer in which he attaches his mountain bike to. It has 5 resistance levels with 5 being the hardest. When I get on that I make myself go as fast as poss for 30 mins on level 4 which is a challenge and produces an all over sweat in only 4-5 mins. Tough, yep! At the moment am doing the turbo every second day alternating with either a 30 min run on treadmill or an outdoor run of at least 5km. Today was treadmill run day, I managed 5.36km in 30 mins and that really hit my 10/10 level, I couldn't possibly have done any more! Then stretches and a few mins on the rower. I did a mini brick session on the turbo followed by a bit of a run last weekend and managed. Still haven't been to a pool for a while, I think the local one has just opened as it's only open in summer but it's an outdoor 25m one I hear. There are other pools around but they take a bit of organisation to get to. I love the beach and would love to do ocean swims but am petrified of sharks if out swimming on my lonesome at the moment. That's cause there have been numerous recent reports of shark attacks and beach closures. I know I can swim but not in a fast or efficient manner. But I can plod through a couple of kms at once if I want to.
So um 10 days till the triathlon. Am still in the 'longer event' of a 400m swim, 16km bike ride and 4km run. The aim is to finish and if I'm not the last finisher I will be even more stoked! Usually in run events I'm in the top half of finishers, (excepting half marathons). But in 12km, 14km and 7km run events I generally manage this. But in the first triathlon I did.........I was first from the back, the second I was 7th from the back! Most competitors here seem all serious you see. My looming triathlon will be my longest to date yet!
I weighed in on Tue morn at 76.5. That's 100g down from 10 days prior at 76.6. However it's taken till this week to really up the ante. Have been on track with food too with having no excesses or confectionary so far this week. I seem to have to be seriously on track consistently for at least 2 weeks now till the numbers start to head down so intend to try to keep off scales for a few days! Still am successful with not seeing 80 this year so need to keep to that! I've decided my aim is to be 'comfortably' under 75kg on 31 December 2010 so again next year I can cut another 5kg off from my 'cut off point'! Cut off point used to be 90, last year was 85kg, this year 80kg so to carry on the trend will have 75 next year! When I finish 2010 without seeing 80, - again that will be the first year I've triumphed with that since 1999. (Started year at 78.8 on 1 Jan, highest reading since was 77.4 in Sept 2010, lowest read for 2010 was 68.6 in April, - whoops!)
Enough crapping on so till next time!
Pip :-)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
WINE......HEART PALPATIONS.......COFFEE REACTIONS......
Howdy. Hmm, I'm in a predicament. Lately, - more so the last month or so I have noticed different effects that wine have on me. Problem is I luv wine however maybe it doesn't like me!
Lately after drinking more than say 2 medium sized glasses of wine I feel the effects 4-6 hours later. If my last glass is finished at 9.30pm about 2-2.30am I wake up with my heart racing fast and strongly and am in a sweat like I've been training. Forehead, hairline and back of neck is often dripping in sweat. I then drink lots of water and take a couple of hours to get back to sleep if I do and if I make it to sleep it is very lightly and I have some weird dreams or doze off and on. If course I don't like to get up or make lots of noise as I don't wanna wake BF up. I don't feel particularly drunk or anything while drinking the wine, and feel fine when I get into bed, but then this happens. Last night I had about 3 glasses of wine, (3/4 bottle I guess over 2 hours) but stopped drinking at 7.30pm but woke up at 11.30pm in this predicament. OK, - I know this is still prob too much wine and maybe 5 standard drinks. I get that. But this reaction is new when I don't consider I've had THAT much and haven't over indulged food wise. A year or two ago this happened occasionally, (such as twice a year or so) but that was after more than a bottle in one hit followed by too much food straight before bed so while I felt mad at myself when waking up, I knew I had only myself to blame. I've even had the sweating thing happen on nights when it gets down to 4 degrees, (but of course after the sweating I get cold). I've only noticed it after wine. Not with beer but I only drink midstrength beer when I do, (3.5% alcohol, - either Hahns 3.5% super dry or 4xxx Gold lower carb). But I generally stick to 2 cans or stubbies at most if I have beer.
Now with coffee, - up until about 3 years ago I never drank it at all, - never liked the stuff! Now however I do like it, - but only freshly made coffee with coffee beans ground on the spot and steamed skinny milk........aka skinny flat whites cafe style, no sugar. I don't like instant coffee so much at all. However now I seem to shake, feel flat, tired etc till I get some coffee into me in the morning! Hmmmm. I may sometimes have another coffee at work, (as we get them free) mid arvo but only sometimes.
Now I prob feel anxious to drink wine cause of what may happen at night. Feeling anxious about what may happen may be part of the problem too. I guess I could cut down to one glass, (or 200ml max) to see if the same thing happens with wine. I would be gutted to have to give up drinking wine but may have to consider it. I have googled it and have found others experience this problem too.
I'm not sure, - maybe should consider a big detox from alcohol and coffee completely for a few weeks. Then gradually on occasion when out start allowing myself one glass of wine again. If the same heart thing occurs then maybe give up alcohol or at least wine altogether. Not sure about coffee or exchanging it for green tea. I already drink loads of water.
I had recent routine health checks at doctor, - ie liver function, cholesterol, sugar levels, pap smear, iron levels, breast check, STD's etc and all come back normal which was good.
Holiday fund is now up to $1835. That is toward my round the world trip scheduled for about 2015. YAY! And in another online account am managing to save $80 a week toward investing which is something I've kept up since March this year.
Hmm, talk soon all
Pip :-)
Howdy. Hmm, I'm in a predicament. Lately, - more so the last month or so I have noticed different effects that wine have on me. Problem is I luv wine however maybe it doesn't like me!
Lately after drinking more than say 2 medium sized glasses of wine I feel the effects 4-6 hours later. If my last glass is finished at 9.30pm about 2-2.30am I wake up with my heart racing fast and strongly and am in a sweat like I've been training. Forehead, hairline and back of neck is often dripping in sweat. I then drink lots of water and take a couple of hours to get back to sleep if I do and if I make it to sleep it is very lightly and I have some weird dreams or doze off and on. If course I don't like to get up or make lots of noise as I don't wanna wake BF up. I don't feel particularly drunk or anything while drinking the wine, and feel fine when I get into bed, but then this happens. Last night I had about 3 glasses of wine, (3/4 bottle I guess over 2 hours) but stopped drinking at 7.30pm but woke up at 11.30pm in this predicament. OK, - I know this is still prob too much wine and maybe 5 standard drinks. I get that. But this reaction is new when I don't consider I've had THAT much and haven't over indulged food wise. A year or two ago this happened occasionally, (such as twice a year or so) but that was after more than a bottle in one hit followed by too much food straight before bed so while I felt mad at myself when waking up, I knew I had only myself to blame. I've even had the sweating thing happen on nights when it gets down to 4 degrees, (but of course after the sweating I get cold). I've only noticed it after wine. Not with beer but I only drink midstrength beer when I do, (3.5% alcohol, - either Hahns 3.5% super dry or 4xxx Gold lower carb). But I generally stick to 2 cans or stubbies at most if I have beer.
Now with coffee, - up until about 3 years ago I never drank it at all, - never liked the stuff! Now however I do like it, - but only freshly made coffee with coffee beans ground on the spot and steamed skinny milk........aka skinny flat whites cafe style, no sugar. I don't like instant coffee so much at all. However now I seem to shake, feel flat, tired etc till I get some coffee into me in the morning! Hmmmm. I may sometimes have another coffee at work, (as we get them free) mid arvo but only sometimes.
Now I prob feel anxious to drink wine cause of what may happen at night. Feeling anxious about what may happen may be part of the problem too. I guess I could cut down to one glass, (or 200ml max) to see if the same thing happens with wine. I would be gutted to have to give up drinking wine but may have to consider it. I have googled it and have found others experience this problem too.
I'm not sure, - maybe should consider a big detox from alcohol and coffee completely for a few weeks. Then gradually on occasion when out start allowing myself one glass of wine again. If the same heart thing occurs then maybe give up alcohol or at least wine altogether. Not sure about coffee or exchanging it for green tea. I already drink loads of water.
I had recent routine health checks at doctor, - ie liver function, cholesterol, sugar levels, pap smear, iron levels, breast check, STD's etc and all come back normal which was good.
Holiday fund is now up to $1835. That is toward my round the world trip scheduled for about 2015. YAY! And in another online account am managing to save $80 a week toward investing which is something I've kept up since March this year.
Hmm, talk soon all
Pip :-)
Monday, November 15, 2010
HEY-YA...........
It's been a couple of weeks since an update I see! So what's been happening? And how is 'Nail It November' going you may wonder?
Well I had a couple of training sessions last week. An outdoor 5km run and yesterday smashed out a 90km road bike ride over several hills. I have a bit of sunburn and a tender butt today. I rode to the beach and back. Weigh in on Saturday was 76.6 which is up 900g from two weeks ago. However can't complain as I can say I haven't been the most disciplined with food and training over the last couple of weeks haha.
However am all good, making a decision on my job/work one way or another has been something I've given some great consideration to but I have come to a resolution about it for now. So hear we have it, - and I notice I often do better with my goals if I don't talk so much about them LOL :-)
Have a good one!
It's been a couple of weeks since an update I see! So what's been happening? And how is 'Nail It November' going you may wonder?
Well I had a couple of training sessions last week. An outdoor 5km run and yesterday smashed out a 90km road bike ride over several hills. I have a bit of sunburn and a tender butt today. I rode to the beach and back. Weigh in on Saturday was 76.6 which is up 900g from two weeks ago. However can't complain as I can say I haven't been the most disciplined with food and training over the last couple of weeks haha.
However am all good, making a decision on my job/work one way or another has been something I've given some great consideration to but I have come to a resolution about it for now. So hear we have it, - and I notice I often do better with my goals if I don't talk so much about them LOL :-)
Have a good one!
Monday, November 01, 2010
'NAIL IT', - DAY 1!!!
Howdy! Today has been somewhat of a challenge. I'm really not enjoying work at the moment and can be known to make slack decisions out of frustration cause of that. And Mondays I particularly hate work wise. Had to bite my tongue and get on with it as per norm. Also today a company that I gave my e-mail address to got in touch with me, trying to talk me into a financial opportunity that sounds far too good to be true. I asked questions, listened hard and worried if I'm missing out on a huge opportunity if I didn't sign up and put a deposit on. I also worried it was a scam, therefore didn't sign up. The guy on the phone was trying to talk me around to not miss out for 16 mins today before I said a DEFINITE no and he believed me. After that call I felt un-easy that I may be missing out on a good opportunity!
Unfortunately I felt pissed off and fell victim to some spare chocolate muffin, a skinny hot chocolate and a savoury pastry to round it off mid arvo. Whoops! However the small win is I went for a 40 min run when I got home, (which was a bit uncomfy and slow as I was too full) instead of finding an excuse to carry on and have beer or wine on the couch. I was thinking of my rules, - ie the punishment ones for breaking my rules and have come to think of them as un-useful. These are lifestyle rules that apply 24/7 so if I deviate slightly sometimes I don't want to think it's the end of the world then really deviate. I know I prefer to keep to my objectives but if I stray slightly, I'm to mark it down but make sure I get back on track fast and carry on no matter what rather looking at it as a major blow.
I was trying to clean the taps last night with Jif and get them shiny..........but I broke the tap off. Oh dear! BF has spent the last few hours trying to fix them!
Today:
Alcohol: nil
Training: 40 min slow run while too full
Bed: - just over 7 hours last night
Talk soon
Pip :-)
Howdy! Today has been somewhat of a challenge. I'm really not enjoying work at the moment and can be known to make slack decisions out of frustration cause of that. And Mondays I particularly hate work wise. Had to bite my tongue and get on with it as per norm. Also today a company that I gave my e-mail address to got in touch with me, trying to talk me into a financial opportunity that sounds far too good to be true. I asked questions, listened hard and worried if I'm missing out on a huge opportunity if I didn't sign up and put a deposit on. I also worried it was a scam, therefore didn't sign up. The guy on the phone was trying to talk me around to not miss out for 16 mins today before I said a DEFINITE no and he believed me. After that call I felt un-easy that I may be missing out on a good opportunity!
Unfortunately I felt pissed off and fell victim to some spare chocolate muffin, a skinny hot chocolate and a savoury pastry to round it off mid arvo. Whoops! However the small win is I went for a 40 min run when I got home, (which was a bit uncomfy and slow as I was too full) instead of finding an excuse to carry on and have beer or wine on the couch. I was thinking of my rules, - ie the punishment ones for breaking my rules and have come to think of them as un-useful. These are lifestyle rules that apply 24/7 so if I deviate slightly sometimes I don't want to think it's the end of the world then really deviate. I know I prefer to keep to my objectives but if I stray slightly, I'm to mark it down but make sure I get back on track fast and carry on no matter what rather looking at it as a major blow.
I was trying to clean the taps last night with Jif and get them shiny..........but I broke the tap off. Oh dear! BF has spent the last few hours trying to fix them!
Today:
Alcohol: nil
Training: 40 min slow run while too full
Bed: - just over 7 hours last night
Talk soon
Pip :-)
Sunday, October 31, 2010
'NAIL IT NOVEMBER' PIP STYLE............
Hi! I'm following Liz's group/lead here and decided I'm in need of a 'Nail It November' month.........for a few reasons! Therefore I'm on the team!
My objectives:
* NO ALCOHOL! Yep, I'm in the game for a completely dry November! I did it for 6 consecutive weeks earlier in the year but it's time for a re-do! I have a triathlon on 4 December to do and I know my prep could be better/more consistent if there is no alcohol consumed........at all!
* NO WEIGHING! I intend to work to get fitter, my body fat reduced and for the scale needle to go down. When I'm confident the needle is on the way down I seem to get on them at least twice a week. If I know the needle isn't going down I can easily keep off them for a few weeks straight. Yesterday morning I weighed in @ 75.7kg which is pretty much my average for the last 5-6 months. Am aiming to keep off scales till 1 December and be at least 2.5kg less than this!
* ENOUGH TIME IN BED! At least 7 hours lights out time a night at least 5 nights a week. The more the better though!
* NO FLAGGING OFF TRAINING CAUSE OF LAZINESS/POOR PLANNING! I have a triathlon on 4 December and want to feel I've put in at least a month of consistent training. The aim is still to finish and ideally not be the last finisher! I need to swim at least 1km each week, do 3 runs of at least 5km each week, go on a bike ride of at least 20km each week focussing on speed and do 3 resistance training sessions of at least 15 mins each every week. Of course injuries are to be worked around if they occur but general slackness, - no!
* KEEP TO ORGANISATION AND BUDGET! My savings for investing are on track. I've saved $1555.28 toward my round the world trip which I schedule to depart about June 2015. Maintain general organisational standards!
* NO BINGEING, CONFECTIONARY ONLY ALLOWED IN SPECIAL SOCIAL SITUATIONS VERY MODERATELY, (not likely to occur more than once a month anyway).
Will keep you informed!
Oh yeah, I've booked a trip to Adelaide using specials from Jetstar! I leave on 2 March 2011 and return 6 March 2011. Am looking forward to this!
Also after my triathlon on 4 Dec I am planning to go down to Busselton to watch Busselton Ironman on Sunday 5 December!
Pip :-)
Hi! I'm following Liz's group/lead here and decided I'm in need of a 'Nail It November' month.........for a few reasons! Therefore I'm on the team!
My objectives:
* NO ALCOHOL! Yep, I'm in the game for a completely dry November! I did it for 6 consecutive weeks earlier in the year but it's time for a re-do! I have a triathlon on 4 December to do and I know my prep could be better/more consistent if there is no alcohol consumed........at all!
* NO WEIGHING! I intend to work to get fitter, my body fat reduced and for the scale needle to go down. When I'm confident the needle is on the way down I seem to get on them at least twice a week. If I know the needle isn't going down I can easily keep off them for a few weeks straight. Yesterday morning I weighed in @ 75.7kg which is pretty much my average for the last 5-6 months. Am aiming to keep off scales till 1 December and be at least 2.5kg less than this!
* ENOUGH TIME IN BED! At least 7 hours lights out time a night at least 5 nights a week. The more the better though!
* NO FLAGGING OFF TRAINING CAUSE OF LAZINESS/POOR PLANNING! I have a triathlon on 4 December and want to feel I've put in at least a month of consistent training. The aim is still to finish and ideally not be the last finisher! I need to swim at least 1km each week, do 3 runs of at least 5km each week, go on a bike ride of at least 20km each week focussing on speed and do 3 resistance training sessions of at least 15 mins each every week. Of course injuries are to be worked around if they occur but general slackness, - no!
* KEEP TO ORGANISATION AND BUDGET! My savings for investing are on track. I've saved $1555.28 toward my round the world trip which I schedule to depart about June 2015. Maintain general organisational standards!
* NO BINGEING, CONFECTIONARY ONLY ALLOWED IN SPECIAL SOCIAL SITUATIONS VERY MODERATELY, (not likely to occur more than once a month anyway).
Will keep you informed!
Oh yeah, I've booked a trip to Adelaide using specials from Jetstar! I leave on 2 March 2011 and return 6 March 2011. Am looking forward to this!
Also after my triathlon on 4 Dec I am planning to go down to Busselton to watch Busselton Ironman on Sunday 5 December!
Pip :-)
Monday, October 25, 2010
TO FOLLOW ON FROM LAST INSTALLMENT.....plus......TRIATHLON AMBITION!....
First up as of yesterday I entered into a triathlon. It's a Womens triathlon fundrasing for breast cancer held at Champion Lakes near Gosnells/Kelmscott. It's on Saturday 4 December and kicks of at 8am. Registration opens at 6am so I aim to be down there then, will set up bike in transition area etc and attend the briefing at 7.45am. I intend to drive there. It's near an area I've driven to before so the drive doesn't scare me too much and it will be in the early hours when there is not much traffic about.
Now I had two choices regarding distances. Firstly there was a 200m swim, 8km bike ride and 2km run OR you could choose the long one with double the distances.....a 400m swim, 16km ride and 4km run. I was swithering thinking the short one was much more sensible for someone who hasn't been swimming in a few months and has only done about 2 bike rides in the last 2 months and the odd run but even in the last couple of weeks I got lazy with running again. But sensibility didn't cross my mind and I signed up for the longer affair! The aim is to complete it............and hopefully not be the last finisher haha! I'd be happy I think with a 400m swim in 14-15 mins, the 16km bike ride in about 45 mins and the 4km run under 24 mins with a couple of mins for each transition. I don't have clipless pedals or bike shoes but I'm sure I will be fine. But training must start now..........and stay! Completing that will be my longest one to date! I was going to enter Triathlon Pink in 2 weeks but am not confident driving to and from the location where that is!
The rules talked about in post below kick off again for good tomorrow 26 Oct 2010 and I really wanna stay focussed with them for a year to start with. Day one tomorrow! Gotta do it!
First up as of yesterday I entered into a triathlon. It's a Womens triathlon fundrasing for breast cancer held at Champion Lakes near Gosnells/Kelmscott. It's on Saturday 4 December and kicks of at 8am. Registration opens at 6am so I aim to be down there then, will set up bike in transition area etc and attend the briefing at 7.45am. I intend to drive there. It's near an area I've driven to before so the drive doesn't scare me too much and it will be in the early hours when there is not much traffic about.
Now I had two choices regarding distances. Firstly there was a 200m swim, 8km bike ride and 2km run OR you could choose the long one with double the distances.....a 400m swim, 16km ride and 4km run. I was swithering thinking the short one was much more sensible for someone who hasn't been swimming in a few months and has only done about 2 bike rides in the last 2 months and the odd run but even in the last couple of weeks I got lazy with running again. But sensibility didn't cross my mind and I signed up for the longer affair! The aim is to complete it............and hopefully not be the last finisher haha! I'd be happy I think with a 400m swim in 14-15 mins, the 16km bike ride in about 45 mins and the 4km run under 24 mins with a couple of mins for each transition. I don't have clipless pedals or bike shoes but I'm sure I will be fine. But training must start now..........and stay! Completing that will be my longest one to date! I was going to enter Triathlon Pink in 2 weeks but am not confident driving to and from the location where that is!
The rules talked about in post below kick off again for good tomorrow 26 Oct 2010 and I really wanna stay focussed with them for a year to start with. Day one tomorrow! Gotta do it!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
HO-HUM.......TRUSTING YOURSELF INTUITIVELY OR RULES OR GUIDELINES..
Hi! This seems to be the question which many ask! Which of these suits us best? I do think that it depends on where we are in our lives and what we want out of life at this time as needs could differ throught life. Also it differs I think depending on the person. Those addictive/driven personality types may thrive better with some rules or guidelines. However the less goal orientated person with a maybe a less addictive personality may feel able to trust their common sense better and thrive to a level they are happy with.
We are all made to believe 'diets don't work'. Ok, they may in the short term if we persist for long enough but as soon as they are unsustained they won't. However if a 'diet' or better words 'nutritional guideline' is practiced forever it is likely to work forever. This in where in which a maintainable approach is required as we all know.
For me I have sort of been doing the intuitive common sense thing for a while.........which for me works to a degree but can come unstuck very easily too. I can very happily live without any confectionary for a few weeks and feel great after a few days refinding that groove of course. But after unplanned somewhat uncontrolled overindulging I'm not happy with..........that leaves me feeling winded, bloated and lethargic there is the big battle of 'getting back on track again' with a tighter waistband. Often then followed by cheese and salt and the like. What I am grateful now for is that I only get about a week/10 days off track and maybe up 2-3 kgs more before reining it in rather than 3-6 months later and 15kg plus more. Alcohol can be a problem sometimes too, just having a couple too many as the affects and sometimes overeating hit an hour or so later! But drinking wine of course feels and tastes so good at the time! Budget is also a big thing. I hate to think of wasting too much $ on wine, 'off track' food, from time to time bigger more comfy clothes I'd prefer not to buy and the like. I'd rather save money, go on overseas holidays and adventures, spend my money on new and fun experiences in this life and do want to get to some fitness levels I like........and something not that far from a 6-pack haha!
I have thought about how I really wanna live and think that self imposed rules may be best for me! The rules are in my best interest, to help me toward my objectives. They aren't there to deny.........I've tried to work toward an achieveable and flexible balance...........cause I'm flexible! I just function best if I keep to these rules! And I've made up penalties if I break them as I think a bit of military style is good! Wanna know my rules anyone haha???
Pip :-)
Hi! This seems to be the question which many ask! Which of these suits us best? I do think that it depends on where we are in our lives and what we want out of life at this time as needs could differ throught life. Also it differs I think depending on the person. Those addictive/driven personality types may thrive better with some rules or guidelines. However the less goal orientated person with a maybe a less addictive personality may feel able to trust their common sense better and thrive to a level they are happy with.
We are all made to believe 'diets don't work'. Ok, they may in the short term if we persist for long enough but as soon as they are unsustained they won't. However if a 'diet' or better words 'nutritional guideline' is practiced forever it is likely to work forever. This in where in which a maintainable approach is required as we all know.
For me I have sort of been doing the intuitive common sense thing for a while.........which for me works to a degree but can come unstuck very easily too. I can very happily live without any confectionary for a few weeks and feel great after a few days refinding that groove of course. But after unplanned somewhat uncontrolled overindulging I'm not happy with..........that leaves me feeling winded, bloated and lethargic there is the big battle of 'getting back on track again' with a tighter waistband. Often then followed by cheese and salt and the like. What I am grateful now for is that I only get about a week/10 days off track and maybe up 2-3 kgs more before reining it in rather than 3-6 months later and 15kg plus more. Alcohol can be a problem sometimes too, just having a couple too many as the affects and sometimes overeating hit an hour or so later! But drinking wine of course feels and tastes so good at the time! Budget is also a big thing. I hate to think of wasting too much $ on wine, 'off track' food, from time to time bigger more comfy clothes I'd prefer not to buy and the like. I'd rather save money, go on overseas holidays and adventures, spend my money on new and fun experiences in this life and do want to get to some fitness levels I like........and something not that far from a 6-pack haha!
I have thought about how I really wanna live and think that self imposed rules may be best for me! The rules are in my best interest, to help me toward my objectives. They aren't there to deny.........I've tried to work toward an achieveable and flexible balance...........cause I'm flexible! I just function best if I keep to these rules! And I've made up penalties if I break them as I think a bit of military style is good! Wanna know my rules anyone haha???
Pip :-)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
WHOOHOOOO,.............THAT'S IT!!! :-)
Firstly, photos above are from last Sat, (9th Oct)
I've made a decision. I'm no longer a work in progress on the weight and fitness fluctuation front. We only get one chance. I'm over it and over making excuses about it unless I'm heading for something exciting!
Firstly I must admit I've seen an improvement in a round about way of present. For the past 6 months my weight has stayed and swayed between a low of 73.2kg and hit a high of 77.4 but the majority of the time when I've hit the scales in the am they have said 75.something. (Height 1.71m and body fat still 33 - 35%). That's size 14 in general, (sometimes 16 across boobs and 12 on hips and in pants). My Cue charcoal suit I bought recently before my last NZ trip was a size 12 which I was stoked about, it fits perfect and 14 was too big! As for training, sometimes I put in a couple of great weeks of at least 4 rather intense cardio styled sessions and maybe 3 intense 15-20 min resistance workouts plus am generally active and busy all day. Along with this I'm reasonably clean with my diet, cut alcohol down to about 2-3 days a week max without overindulging too much! Then I may slacken for a week, drink wine 2-3 drinks say five days a week, train hard maybe only once or twice, eat more cheese after finding an excuse for sweets for a couple of days before making the mental challenge to rein it in and just generally slacken for a bit. After a slack few days and extra couple of kilos I rein it in..........but nowdays it takes longer for the scales and fat to drop though it does with persistance. I always drink lots of water.
I took note of the 6 month after update of 12 of this years biggest loser contestants in this weeks New Idea. Most have done well with pretty much maintaining their new lower weight and lifestyle with finding a balance to suit them. However I'm dissapointed that at least 3-4 of them don't seem to have found that balance yet to be where they want to but do realise the factors involved!
On one hand I'm pleased to be able to rein overindulging in lots sooner and binges are lots smaller than they used to be. Good, - yep!
BUT...........I can do better and from now on will make it my commitment to! One reason is for the reasons listed in the above post and two..........life is all round better if we keep to some self respect standards we are proud of! I'm not talking ultra strict, - I still look forward to a drink or two up to 3 nights a week. I don't want to take my own food to mates houses the times I go or I don't want or ever plan to ring restaurants in advance to check menus on the occasions I may go out. Of course moderation and self control is the key when these occasions do arise. I am confident of getting and keeping off at least 5-10kg for good which I'd be stoked with!
Pip :-)
Thursday, October 07, 2010
'KEEP AT IT'!!!..................
Howdy!!! This week has shown some improvements in my fitness levels..........nice improvements, infact I'm stoked! Am faster, (5.46km in 30 mins on treadmill, big effort and these treadmills equate to my speed outdoors). Amount of pushups I can do on toes has increased from 3 to 9 in 3 weeks. I have gone up a level in most dumbell, barbell and weights exercises and can do or if I get a chance superset with something else 2-3 sets of 12-15 reps. I seem more agile, am better on the plank and other core stuff such as feeling smoother and stronger. I was starting to think since turning 30, I may be past it, have to settle for less or have to work harder for longer to achieve anything small fitness wise!
One thing I have realised is now my body doesn't bounce back quite the same as a few years ago if weight is gained. Hence I don't want to gain weight unnecessarily or I don't want to lose weight if I gain too much to only be left with loose skin after much slog therefore things can't get out of hand.! And it's also not just about weight/fat losses, it's about fitness targets and setting maintenance standards if not striving for something!
Thinking about this and biceps/triceps/shoulders and maintaining calve tone, lifted firm butt (rather than heading for that 'tuckshop look' or 'lowered butt' has motivated me in being reasonably regular and consistent with resistance training/getting stronger and really supple as well as achieveing cardiovscular objectives.
I have drastically reduced sugar intake, - infact sugar consumed in last couple of weeks amounts to about 5 tic tacs to freshen breath, - (in sweet tasting food anyway). It's a little tough initially but after a while the rewards outweigh the momentary taste indulgence and the lingering hankering for more indulging of that nature.
I don't say 'NEVER' for sugar etc but in general I'd save it only for special social occasions where I'd feel a bit of an outcast if I don't have a bit of birthday cake. Or very occasionally, I just may...............but would ideally like to weigh it up first and make sure I feel happy about it and it feels controlled...............Getting old or sensible or what I say??? That seems to have led to no out of control indulging at all other than a couple of extra wines occassionally.
Anyway 3 days ago I weighed in at a new low for a while of 73.9,........thinking, WOW, cool, am on the way to shooting down the kg's finally now and things are starting to happen! I stopped drinking wine, was clean and controlled diet wise, was training hard to max and drinking lots of water and training was telling me good results! Today I got on the scales for some stupid reason..............75.0! Then I remembered...........I was prob a bit dehydrated after getting on scales 3 days ago as I had 2 larger glasses of wine that night but none since. It was also that it was that time of the month, (not that time of the months normally reflects for me on the scales). However training hard, drinking lots of water after a hungover day has made the scales climb a kilo in a day in past-times so I can't be too horrified! Am still 2.4kg down from 3-4 weeks ago but and AM fitter! I am feeling good about staying under 80 all 2010 still!
BTW when I say hardcore training, I'd say it's about an hour 4 days a week at present plus lots of other general work activity, daily jobs and walking so there is still room to increase but am happy with doings and progress at present............seeing body fat drop regularly would be good but!
I bought the Blockbuster Estee Lauder makeup kit for $120 and the Pure White Linen White Breeze Estee Lauder perfume tonight at David Jones where store profits were said to go toward helping the Breast Cancer charity. That's me done for makeup and perfume for at least 2 years! I wanted to buy the Elizabeth Arden Intervene skincare special again but am trying to cheapen up my skincare and now use Dove 2 and 1 cleanser/toner and either Invisible Zinc SPF30 moisturisor sunnscreen then Body Shop SPF 15 liquid foundation or Invisible Zince SPF 30 + tinted moisturisor. I also use Nivea night cream at night with some eye cream morning and night.
It's a tough choice,..........to have big overseas holiday sooner or with more money or to now spend more on skincare to possibly perserve skin for later life. I've gone for saving more for the holiday and trusting cheaper brands and some sun sense!
Talk soon, bedtime now!
Pip :-)
Howdy!!! This week has shown some improvements in my fitness levels..........nice improvements, infact I'm stoked! Am faster, (5.46km in 30 mins on treadmill, big effort and these treadmills equate to my speed outdoors). Amount of pushups I can do on toes has increased from 3 to 9 in 3 weeks. I have gone up a level in most dumbell, barbell and weights exercises and can do or if I get a chance superset with something else 2-3 sets of 12-15 reps. I seem more agile, am better on the plank and other core stuff such as feeling smoother and stronger. I was starting to think since turning 30, I may be past it, have to settle for less or have to work harder for longer to achieve anything small fitness wise!
One thing I have realised is now my body doesn't bounce back quite the same as a few years ago if weight is gained. Hence I don't want to gain weight unnecessarily or I don't want to lose weight if I gain too much to only be left with loose skin after much slog therefore things can't get out of hand.! And it's also not just about weight/fat losses, it's about fitness targets and setting maintenance standards if not striving for something!
Thinking about this and biceps/triceps/shoulders and maintaining calve tone, lifted firm butt (rather than heading for that 'tuckshop look' or 'lowered butt' has motivated me in being reasonably regular and consistent with resistance training/getting stronger and really supple as well as achieveing cardiovscular objectives.
I have drastically reduced sugar intake, - infact sugar consumed in last couple of weeks amounts to about 5 tic tacs to freshen breath, - (in sweet tasting food anyway). It's a little tough initially but after a while the rewards outweigh the momentary taste indulgence and the lingering hankering for more indulging of that nature.
I don't say 'NEVER' for sugar etc but in general I'd save it only for special social occasions where I'd feel a bit of an outcast if I don't have a bit of birthday cake. Or very occasionally, I just may...............but would ideally like to weigh it up first and make sure I feel happy about it and it feels controlled...............Getting old or sensible or what I say??? That seems to have led to no out of control indulging at all other than a couple of extra wines occassionally.
Anyway 3 days ago I weighed in at a new low for a while of 73.9,........thinking, WOW, cool, am on the way to shooting down the kg's finally now and things are starting to happen! I stopped drinking wine, was clean and controlled diet wise, was training hard to max and drinking lots of water and training was telling me good results! Today I got on the scales for some stupid reason..............75.0! Then I remembered...........I was prob a bit dehydrated after getting on scales 3 days ago as I had 2 larger glasses of wine that night but none since. It was also that it was that time of the month, (not that time of the months normally reflects for me on the scales). However training hard, drinking lots of water after a hungover day has made the scales climb a kilo in a day in past-times so I can't be too horrified! Am still 2.4kg down from 3-4 weeks ago but and AM fitter! I am feeling good about staying under 80 all 2010 still!
BTW when I say hardcore training, I'd say it's about an hour 4 days a week at present plus lots of other general work activity, daily jobs and walking so there is still room to increase but am happy with doings and progress at present............seeing body fat drop regularly would be good but!
I bought the Blockbuster Estee Lauder makeup kit for $120 and the Pure White Linen White Breeze Estee Lauder perfume tonight at David Jones where store profits were said to go toward helping the Breast Cancer charity. That's me done for makeup and perfume for at least 2 years! I wanted to buy the Elizabeth Arden Intervene skincare special again but am trying to cheapen up my skincare and now use Dove 2 and 1 cleanser/toner and either Invisible Zinc SPF30 moisturisor sunnscreen then Body Shop SPF 15 liquid foundation or Invisible Zince SPF 30 + tinted moisturisor. I also use Nivea night cream at night with some eye cream morning and night.
It's a tough choice,..........to have big overseas holiday sooner or with more money or to now spend more on skincare to possibly perserve skin for later life. I've gone for saving more for the holiday and trusting cheaper brands and some sun sense!
Talk soon, bedtime now!
Pip :-)
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