Day 7 - Monday, 30 May 2011

Well the weekend was spent drinking wine (ooops!) I know it isn't good but I'm doing my best. I am not drinking during the week, only weekends, and only socially (2-3 glasses). Food wasn't good on the weekend, too many slip-ups. Tonight we had chinese, too cold and wet to go out and get groceries, pure laziness I  know BUT I did do run/walk on treadmill at the gym today 5km, in 40 mins very happy with that, and 302 calories burned. I need to burn more as well I really want to burn 500 calories each day.

Day 5 - Friday 27 May 2011

all good until I took my son to the shops and he had tamtrums not once but 4 times!!! so i was depressed and down had 4 glasses of wine..... not a good day....

DAY 3 - Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Well I had another great day on the diet and exercise. Did my fitness test today and I fall into the Intermediate category. I did it just under 8 mins!! :) was so happy, that was my goal and I achieved it. I pushed myself. Then, I did 40 mins walk/run, 4.45km and burned 300 calories.

Tonight I thought I would treat myself so I bought those Skinny Cow ice-creams and bloated up straight away with bad wind and stomach pains. Realised there was thickener (1422) in the ice-cream which is gluten.  Soooo I won't be doing that again, my belly looks all bloated again.

Tomorrow, I will be doing some strength training at the gym. I have already packed my lunch for tomorrow so all organised. Won't take me long to pack my gym bag.

Been watching Oprah special and loved it. Such a great reminder that we can do whatever we want as long as we believe. I believe that I can achieve my weight loss goals so I will set my mind to it and push myself through it.

Day 2 - Tuesday 24 May 2011

Made it through day two successfully, although sitting here watching Winners and Losers and fighting the urge to eat something sweet. I know I can do it. 

Did the Tracy Anderson Mat Workout DVD and burned 172 calories, not enough but at least I know I can do some cardio with it to bring up my calories.

Did well on the food, made a beautiful dinner tonight - chicken with roasted tomatoes and mustard sauce. It was sooooo yummmm ;) I think it will become a regular menu item for this household.

went to the group meet-up at Rouse Hill but no-one was there, well at least I couldn't see anyone. It was all kids training for soccer, so I managed to do some of it that can be done indoors.

Day 1 - Monday 23 May 2011

Well I did it, I made it through a complete day and ended up having 1,000 calories in total, which might become 1014 because I am thinking about an apple LOL I did really well for today. I smashed my cardio session - 15 mins bike, 26 mins treadmill (walk/run) and 3.5 mins on rowing machine - total 45 mins of cardio, I never do that, but I was soooo motivated, it was like a different me coming out. I felt energised and addicted to exercise. I can see the benefits of what this program will do for me.

I am working from home tomorrow, my stepmum can't look after my son, this will be my ultimate test - being at home on a cold winter's day and not going for comfort food like toast etc.  I think I will start my morning off with an egg white ommelete, something high in protein to start off my day.

I feel so motivated to change my body shape. I have put on alot of weight around my mid section. Alot of it is fluid retention, so hopefully within the next few days drinking alot more water, it will go away. 

Tomorrow is toning day and because my gym is at work I can't go, so I will pop on the Tracy Anderson Mat Method DVD. It's a killer toning DVD - absoultely love it!! Wednesday, is my day off, I see my PR client during the day, so thinking after I drop my son off at daycare I will come back home and do an outdoor workout or if it is raining, pop on an exercise DVD :) Determined to keep going on this program on not miss a workout!

Tomorrow night I am meeting with other 12wbt'ers at Rouse Hill to do my fitness test, kind of anxious about what my result will be. I am hoping I can be at the intermediate level.

Well, that's enough from me.

Until tomorrow......

2 more sleeps until I receive the 12wbt program YAY

Counting down til I receive the program, sooo excited. 2 more sleeps YAY I am hoping there is an opportunity to swap things around because I am gluten intolerant I don't eat bread very often or pasta. I should receive my MPS Training Journal tomorrow fingers crossed, and over the weekend, I am hoping to purchase a heart rate monitor. I really want to keep track on the number of calories I burn in each of my workouts so I can get an accurate amount to record in my stats.  Fitness test will be next week, I really hope I can complete the 1km run ok, because I am not a great runner, that is one of my goals for this program to run 5km, and a mini-goal to run 1km without stopping. I used to be able to do this but that was after alot of training. I know I can do it, so just need to set my mind to it.

Great workout

Just back from the gym and did some interval training on the treadmill (1min jog/1:30min walk) for 20 minutes, actually it was 22 minutes because I wouldn't get off it until I reached 200 calories on the treadmill :) hahahaha then I did some weight training - bicep curls, chest press, shoulder press (5 sets of 20). Great workout. Trying to get back into my walk/runs so I can eventually run 5km straight. Next week is the fitness test and I want to do well in the 1km run, hoping I can at least make the intermediate or advanced :)

Well now I am heating up my lunch - brown rice, left over veges and tuna ;)

Joined up for the 12wbt

Well I did it, I signed up for Michelle Bridges' 12 week body transformation challenge. I need motivation and I think this will be exactly what I need. In the past I have done programs but I become bored and unmotivated. I need to be in a community with other people in the same situation as me going through the same challenges.

My goal will be to not self-sabotage and stick to the program, especially after I achieve my weight loss goals. 

I have always wanted to run 5km without stopping so I am going to start the couch to 5km podcasts program as well. I have set a mini goal to run 1km without stopping. I want to achieve this by 1 June.

I am really looking forward to getting started on the program next week.

I was supposed to clean out my fridge and pantry on the weekend, but didn't get around to doing it, I will set time aside on Wednesday instead to get stuck into it. I want to be prepared and organised to start next week.

I am going to prepare lots of meals every Sunday to freeze so I have no excuses to eating healthy meals for lunches especially if I am in a rush in the mornings.