Haaappy Friday Blog!
Had a pretty great day, tried yoga for the first time today and loved it! I was having a pretty stressful morning so it was the perfect day to take a break at 1 and just stretch all the stress away.
I was surprised at how much some of the poses hurt, I can feel my abs ache every time I move which is good. The lesson flew by, and I especially enjoyed the meditation phase. What a fantastic way to lead into the weekend.
I was a little disappointed with lunch today (Cranberry and Turkey wrap).. it just didn't do it for me. I ended up buying a skinny mango smoothie from Boost after lunch for a snack, so I felt a little more satisfied then.
Dinner was almost a disaster. I'd roasted my sweet potato and preapred my capsicum for the pita pizzas, only to discover that my packet of pitas was completely full of yucky mould. Ughh. Luckily I had two small white pitas leftover from Boyfriends pizzas.
Really can't wait to inherit Mums big tuckerbox freezer. We have a tiny fridge to cater for myself, boyfriend and our housemate. Its getting a bit tight. I'm forever throwing out bread because of mould. Yuck yuck yuck.
Played Biggest Loser on Wii for most of the evening and burned a surprising 200ish more calories. The box fit exercises get pretty intense. Still hanging to buy Zumba fo Kinect though. I may never leave the house again. Lol.
Plan for Super Saturday:
10:30am. Body Combat Class.
11:00-12pm. C25K. Bike program. Xtrainer sprints.
Lunch.
Fitness test (eek!) Hopefully won't be to exhausted for it!
Ahh can't wait. Really keen to just push myself tomorrow. I know I need to up the bar a little, some of the 12WBTers in the forums are doing crazy amounts of exercise! Such great encouragement's.
Sweet dreams x x
Friday 25 February 2011
Thursday 24 February 2011
Day 3/4
So clearly not into the daily swing of things yet. :P
Well good news! Weighted in yesterday morning and I was....
98 KILOES!! Woohoo! 3.3 Kiloes gone! Such an incredible resort for such a short space of time, can' t wait for the next 11 weeks!
Apart from that, I've had a good couple of days. Had a great cardio workout yesterday afternoon- loosely followed Mish's exercise plan, 5 mins warm up, C25K session week 1 and then a 10 minute hill program on the bike. I'm feeling really great about the C25K program. I was actually surprised about how focused I am when running, I think I actually got into the zone yesterday! I'm keen to get a HRM from polar next week, I'm not burning near enough calories, I need to figure out what my benchmark is for Cardio.
Up early again this morning for a body pump class. Upped my weights again as I still don't think I'm pushing hard enough. My train was late this morning, so I ended up right in front of the instructor.. talk about awkward! I also had to stare at my own groggy reflection the whole class ugh! Haha.
The food has of course been wonderful.. I think a goal for next week is too work on my snacks a bit more. I've just been having some apple or crackers with vegemite. Bit bland really.Though today I hardly felt hungry until home time, so maybe my stomachs finally shrinking?! Yay!
I bought an awesome pair of scales today from Aldi for $9.99. I'm a girl who loves her bargains ;)
Looking forward to Yoga tomorrow! It'll be my first session ever. A friend from work was supposed to go with me, but he's suspiciously off work tomorrow. Hmmmmm. Anyway, hopefully I don't embarrass myself to obscenely. I'm a bit excited.
OH in other news, my boyfriend bought a xBox with Kinect today! It's really fun... I'm planning on buying Zumba for it when I get paid so that I can do thissss:
Of course, I know games like this don't count as a full workout, but it'll be interesting to see how much you burn just from doing them. Theres lots of jumping and running on the spot etc etc.
Week two's menu plan looks fabulous, I'm particularly looking forward to the prawns and the two desserts. Nomnonmnonmnonmnom.
Anyway, bed awaits.
Night xx
Well good news! Weighted in yesterday morning and I was....
98 KILOES!! Woohoo! 3.3 Kiloes gone! Such an incredible resort for such a short space of time, can' t wait for the next 11 weeks!
Apart from that, I've had a good couple of days. Had a great cardio workout yesterday afternoon- loosely followed Mish's exercise plan, 5 mins warm up, C25K session week 1 and then a 10 minute hill program on the bike. I'm feeling really great about the C25K program. I was actually surprised about how focused I am when running, I think I actually got into the zone yesterday! I'm keen to get a HRM from polar next week, I'm not burning near enough calories, I need to figure out what my benchmark is for Cardio.
Up early again this morning for a body pump class. Upped my weights again as I still don't think I'm pushing hard enough. My train was late this morning, so I ended up right in front of the instructor.. talk about awkward! I also had to stare at my own groggy reflection the whole class ugh! Haha.
The food has of course been wonderful.. I think a goal for next week is too work on my snacks a bit more. I've just been having some apple or crackers with vegemite. Bit bland really.Though today I hardly felt hungry until home time, so maybe my stomachs finally shrinking?! Yay!
I bought an awesome pair of scales today from Aldi for $9.99. I'm a girl who loves her bargains ;)
Looking forward to Yoga tomorrow! It'll be my first session ever. A friend from work was supposed to go with me, but he's suspiciously off work tomorrow. Hmmmmm. Anyway, hopefully I don't embarrass myself to obscenely. I'm a bit excited.
OH in other news, my boyfriend bought a xBox with Kinect today! It's really fun... I'm planning on buying Zumba for it when I get paid so that I can do thissss:
Of course, I know games like this don't count as a full workout, but it'll be interesting to see how much you burn just from doing them. Theres lots of jumping and running on the spot etc etc.
Week two's menu plan looks fabulous, I'm particularly looking forward to the prawns and the two desserts. Nomnonmnonmnonmnom.
Anyway, bed awaits.
Night xx
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Day 1/2
Well now that the uncomfortable first blog is out of he way, I think I'll reflect on the past couple of days.
I went to bed Sunday night so, so excited for day 1. I prepared my delicious carrot tabouli sunday night in preparation for Monday lunch. I've been enjoying this new ritual already. Lunch for me used to be a footlong from subway ("healthy") or some thai takeaway from my favourite shop (thai's low fat right? lol). Occasionally I'd take in leftovers, but nothing that required too much effort or inconvenienced me.
Making these beautiful lunches over the past two days has already given me such joy. I love cooking. Especially if the foods tasty. I can already tell that food is what I'm going to excel at.
Monday night I went to spin, the second one I've attended at my new gym. Now, I did this class about a month ago and hated it. It made me sick, I felt like I was the largest person there.. everyone else was athletic and beautiful looking. The instructor was a brash man, and at my breaking point I felt like running up to his little platform and ripping is head off! I honestly couldn't keep up with the rest of the class and felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb. It was a terrible experience, and even though I felt a great rush of endorphins afterwards, I still felt upset at my lack of fitness and my inability to keep up.
Monday, I had the exact same experience! I don't know what I'd though would change, as since that initial class I'd only done a few Pump classes. I felt so down about the whole thing. How did I let myself get to this level of fitness?
I got up early this morning and did a 7am Pump class as therapy. I upped my weights in every track and worked really hard.
I've resolved that I'm going to stick to Mishs excersise plans, as I clearly need a bit more work then I thought at first. I've done one session of the C25K program and plan to do day 2 tomorrow, so I'm hoping that thats a direction that helps me keep pushing my boundaries my own way. In hindsight, I think my keen-ness to do classes everyday was me wanting to take an easy way out. Classes meant that I'd have someone else there pushing me, telling me what to do, how hard to go. But I think its important for me to start taking responsibility, to regain my focus and actually earn that hot body that I'm striving for.
So heres to tomorrow! A new day!
I went to bed Sunday night so, so excited for day 1. I prepared my delicious carrot tabouli sunday night in preparation for Monday lunch. I've been enjoying this new ritual already. Lunch for me used to be a footlong from subway ("healthy") or some thai takeaway from my favourite shop (thai's low fat right? lol). Occasionally I'd take in leftovers, but nothing that required too much effort or inconvenienced me.
Making these beautiful lunches over the past two days has already given me such joy. I love cooking. Especially if the foods tasty. I can already tell that food is what I'm going to excel at.
Monday night I went to spin, the second one I've attended at my new gym. Now, I did this class about a month ago and hated it. It made me sick, I felt like I was the largest person there.. everyone else was athletic and beautiful looking. The instructor was a brash man, and at my breaking point I felt like running up to his little platform and ripping is head off! I honestly couldn't keep up with the rest of the class and felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb. It was a terrible experience, and even though I felt a great rush of endorphins afterwards, I still felt upset at my lack of fitness and my inability to keep up.
Monday, I had the exact same experience! I don't know what I'd though would change, as since that initial class I'd only done a few Pump classes. I felt so down about the whole thing. How did I let myself get to this level of fitness?
I got up early this morning and did a 7am Pump class as therapy. I upped my weights in every track and worked really hard.
I've resolved that I'm going to stick to Mishs excersise plans, as I clearly need a bit more work then I thought at first. I've done one session of the C25K program and plan to do day 2 tomorrow, so I'm hoping that thats a direction that helps me keep pushing my boundaries my own way. In hindsight, I think my keen-ness to do classes everyday was me wanting to take an easy way out. Classes meant that I'd have someone else there pushing me, telling me what to do, how hard to go. But I think its important for me to start taking responsibility, to regain my focus and actually earn that hot body that I'm striving for.
So heres to tomorrow! A new day!
Obligatory first post..
Hello avid blog reader.
So I've decided that I really need to start a blog to better map my progress. I don't believe that seeing the kilos drop off each week will be enough for me to maintain my new healthy lifestyle. I also want to look back at my blog as a 65kg version of myself to see how far I've come!
So a bit about me, I initially wrote this a few weeks before the 12WBT started as part of a pre season task;
My names Erin, I'm 19 and currently have a most unsatisfactory BMI.
I currently live and work in Sydney as an Administrator for an Insurance company. Even though I'm only 19 I've already gotten into a yo yo pattern with my weight. I joined my first gym when I was 17 and loved it, I lost about 30 kilos through their in house weight loss program and felt amazing, inside and out. My weight started to pile on when I turned 18 and trekked off to university to study fine arts. My alcohol intake increased, my sleeping patterns became disjointed and my student budget led to cheap nasty foods. I was stressed and miserable, the university lifestyle was definitely not for me.
I quit uni last year in pursuit of a real job in the real world. For the first 6 months of my job I lived on the coast, 2 hours each way on the train. Those months of commuting took their final toll on my body- I was constantly exhausted and ill and completely unmotivated. I cancelled my gym membership, and essentially gave up.
Thankfully though, I moved to Sydney a few months ago and feel like its time to take control of my life again..
I've joined a new gym near work with a butt load of classes and I'm already making efforts to eat more vegies and less hot chips (my weakness). I'm sleeping more, exercising more and now have more time to love my life.
A friend at work got me onto the 12 Week Body Transformation. I'm hoping that through this program I can kickstart my weight loss and start building my life the way it should be. I'm so excited to get started and get back to that 17 year old Erin who was healthy, happy and motivated.
Thats a brief history.. stay tuned for more!
Love x x
So I've decided that I really need to start a blog to better map my progress. I don't believe that seeing the kilos drop off each week will be enough for me to maintain my new healthy lifestyle. I also want to look back at my blog as a 65kg version of myself to see how far I've come!
So a bit about me, I initially wrote this a few weeks before the 12WBT started as part of a pre season task;
My names Erin, I'm 19 and currently have a most unsatisfactory BMI.
I currently live and work in Sydney as an Administrator for an Insurance company. Even though I'm only 19 I've already gotten into a yo yo pattern with my weight. I joined my first gym when I was 17 and loved it, I lost about 30 kilos through their in house weight loss program and felt amazing, inside and out. My weight started to pile on when I turned 18 and trekked off to university to study fine arts. My alcohol intake increased, my sleeping patterns became disjointed and my student budget led to cheap nasty foods. I was stressed and miserable, the university lifestyle was definitely not for me.
I quit uni last year in pursuit of a real job in the real world. For the first 6 months of my job I lived on the coast, 2 hours each way on the train. Those months of commuting took their final toll on my body- I was constantly exhausted and ill and completely unmotivated. I cancelled my gym membership, and essentially gave up.
Thankfully though, I moved to Sydney a few months ago and feel like its time to take control of my life again..
I've joined a new gym near work with a butt load of classes and I'm already making efforts to eat more vegies and less hot chips (my weakness). I'm sleeping more, exercising more and now have more time to love my life.
A friend at work got me onto the 12 Week Body Transformation. I'm hoping that through this program I can kickstart my weight loss and start building my life the way it should be. I'm so excited to get started and get back to that 17 year old Erin who was healthy, happy and motivated.
Thats a brief history.. stay tuned for more!
Love x x
