Back on track!

Yay for me!  My mojo has returned (along with my health) and I've been following Michelle's exercise program religiously this week.  Not sure if it's my imagination, but the exercises seem to be much more difficult than in previous rounds?  I mean Mish, what's with those Turkish Get-Ups?  I'm guessing they're named after Turkish Delight coz that's what your legs feel like after you've done three rounds of 12 of them on each side of your body...  And as for eight minutes of planks after a 60 minute jog this morning!  Yes, I definitely have abs and every single one of them is complaining.  But boy are they going to look amazing when I've burned a bit more of the fat off to expose their beauty!
Now for another cup of nice green tea...
Phoenix

Been sick, but still committed to this

I first joined 12WBT on Round 1 last year.  I was super committed and lost 13kgs!  Add that to the 11kgs I lost in 2009 and I was pretty happy with myself.  I have successfully maintained this loss, but still have about 15kgs to go and have been struggling to find my mojo and get back with the program.  I'm pleased to say, I think it's back.  i've got my head right and am just making great food choices without even worrying about it.  Although I've been sick with bronchitis for the past three weeks and have barely left the house since the start of the program, I've still lost 1.6kgs.  Yay me!
I walked to the station to catch the train this morning, which means I have another 20 minute walk in front of me at the end of the day.  I'm gonna take it easy with the exercise until next weekend, when I will be BACK with a vengeance!
Phoenix

Disheartened...

So I was crap last week, but have been on the wagon again this week and very pleased to have recorded a loss of one kilo this week.

On Monday I injured myself - tore the cartilage in my knee while running - which has seriously affected my training regime.  My hopes of being an Olympic athlete have been dashed as I hobble around trying not to wince with each step. :(  By the time I have it surgically repaired and recover enough to be able to run again I'll have missed the whole summer-daylightsaving thing that makes running even more enjoyable.

I've got my fitball and resistance bands ready for some serious resistance training and can still do abs, arms and back but am really upset about the intense cardio that will be missing from my regime for a few months.

Plus I took a photo for my before and after shot on the 12WBT page, and although I have already lost more than 20kgs, I still look like a fatty.  Sigh. I know that's why I'm doing the program and in 10 more weeks I'll be at least 10kgs slimmer and almost at my goal, but today I feel like eating worms...

Phoenix
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Uh-oh injury...

So I dusted myself off and climbed back on that horse - appreciating the support and wisdom of my fellow 12WBTers.

It was an absolutely stunning spring day in Melbourne yesterday - clear blue sky and just a whisper of wind.  Woofy and I ran 8.5kms down the to beach and back and enjoyed every minute.  When I got back I felt fantastic - pious and buzzing with adrenalin.  Calories on target.  All good here.


This morning off I went again following Mish's outdoor regime.  On the last run home, I heard a nasty pop and my knee collapsed. :(  Very, very painful.  Because I didn't have a phone or anything with me - and I could see my front door - it took me 20 minutes to shuffle and hop the last 300 metres home.

I can't stand, walk or bend my leg, which is making most things quite difficult.  Now I am confined to the couch with a suspected torn cruciate ligament and only a laptop and a dog for company.  Feeling very sorry for myself.

Fell off the horse... :(

I was going along gangbusters.  Feeling all 'gung ho' in the lead up to the start of Round 3, I was down 3kgs and flying high!

Kickoff day last Monday and I smashed the prescribed Mish outdoor workout, recorded my 1200 calories on CalorieKing...  Then something happened.  I fell in a hole.  I got very stressed at work and didn't have time to record my measurements or do the fitness test.  I have a pinched sciatic nerve that is making running difficult - well, let's be honest, not just running, but walking and sleeping too.  I had bad tummy cramps for a few days and my trusty fur trainer is being VERY naughty because she's used to being trained hard every single day and suddenly her routine went out the window...  I ate ALL the peanut M&Ms in the office that I normally serve to clients.  Don't know why.  I normally don't even think about them and am not a compulsive eater. 

So at the end of the first week, I am still at the start.  I haven't lost or gained anything, which is definitely a good thing given my incredibly poor form.  I very quickly swapped my obsession with peanut M&Ms for the Sookie Stackhouse novels (anyone seen True Blood? - it's based on this series of books).  Mind candy like this is definitely a lower calorie alternative than peanut M&Ms, but it doesn't build much lean muscle.  I've read nine of them in the past 2.5 weeks.  And now I'm in love with a fictional character.  Who is a vampire. Sigh...

So.  I've done my shopping and preparation for the week ahead, measured and weighed myself and recorded all the details online (yeah, I will do it again on Wednesday so I'm in the right sequence with everyone else) and am sitting here in my exercise clothes being tormented by the dog who is DESPERATE for a run to the beach.

I am SO determined to be at my goal by Christmas.  And I know after last time (12WBT - Round 1), that all I have to do is stick to the plan.  One day at a time.  And in 11 weeks I will be almost there...  It's not that hard.  And I CAN do it!

Wish me luck!

And good luck to everyone else in Week 2!

Phoenix

Calorie credit card

I've given this some careful thought.

Imagine if there was a calorie credit card.  It would work like a regular credit card.  You'd have to apply and 'they' (the calorie credit card vendors) would assess your risk profile and decide whether or not to approve you for a credit card based on your performance history.  They'd even allocate a credit limit.  The idea is that you could make an application to lose a certain amount of weight and look a certain way and - if your application was approved - you could use the credit card to make it happen immediately!  Then you'd have to eat and workout daily for a specified number of calories for a defined period of time to 'pay' for your new body! In our culture of instant gratification surely this would be highly sought after?

I took the running dog for a 6.5km run this morning (480cal) which resulted in her acting like she had been sprayed with fly spray - dancing around like a nutbag and woofing when it was time to work - for the rest of the day. She's finally settled down for a snooze now.  Although the Chinese acupuncture has cured most of my running-related injuries, I still have the that annoying shooting pain through my lower back, glutes and the top of my thigh.  And going up and down stairs is a problem.  So is walking, come to think of it.  I tried to run through it, but that turned out to be a short term solution - and I'm paying for it now. 

I'd think I'd have a shocking calorie credit card rating.  What would happen if you injured yourself and couldn't make the exercise calorie repayments?  Or if you ate too many hot chips on Fathers' Day? Would there be some sort of Grim Calorie Reaper who would just materialise at an inopportune moment and slap kilos onto your otherwise svelt body?


Better off doing things the old-fashioned way.  Exercise and watch what you eat.  Harsh - but the only thing that is guaranteed to work.

Still hungry after my 430 calorie dinner of gluten-free pasta with chicken, bacon,corn and home-made pesto made with goat cheese and walnuts. It was late and I was in a hurry - OK? Luckily I have a freezer full of tasty, but calorie-controlled, easy access meals that I prepared earlier.  Think I'll have a diet sprite and put myself to bed with a hot water bottle to soothe my sore bits...

Despite how it may appear - I AM losing weight.  Down 3kgs in the past two weeks so far!

OMG - I have ribs!

No, I'm not kidding - I felt them. 

For the first time in more than 15 years I can feel my ribs.  At least that's what I think they were.  Without a past-life regression I can't be sure, but I read Who Weekly and I'm pretty sure that's what those hard symmetrical lumps in my previously soft and cuddly body are.

And here I was convinced that I was held together entirely by fat and wobbly bits...

Might go back to the gym now.  Next step will be to be able to see actual bones, rather than just feel them!