Feel like I'm missing out

I haven't signed up for round 1 2011 12WBT and I feel like I'm missing out. So many great people are doing it all over again. I just wanted to stand on my own 2 feet and use all Mish's lessons and wonderful advise to do it on my own. So far so good and my PT has put me onto a fabulous website called myfitnesspal which helps track calories etc. i love this website and use it all the time. I plan out my meals using mainly Mish's recipes but it gives me flexibility to start adding other foods in. Check it out at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/

So so happy - It's all Mish's fault

I am still going to weigh in every Wednesday and I did this week and lost .2. Might not sound like much but with all the Xmas parties and going to Sydney it has been very hard to stay within the calories so to actual lose is awesome.
I've just joined up at my local Crossfit gym and plan to do 2 sessions a week there. So my fitness plan is:
Mon: Running or spin in am
Tues: Crossfit in am
Wed: Running in am Tennis pm
Thur: Crossfit in am Boxing pm
Fri: spin or pumpin am
Sat: Spin and pump - Super Saturday will remain.
I really want to try and fit in 3 running sessions a week but I'm not quite sure where to fit it in. I could possible do it in the evening one night but I aslo have to take into consideration my family and actually being home with them sometimes. Most of my am workouts are beofre my family are out of bed so they don't affect them at all. I play tennis with my daughters so that isn't an issue either. I doing boxing with my husband and 1 of my daughters so once again, no issue. My family are very supportive of my and my exercise program but I sometimes get the guilts if I'm not home enough.
That's me done for now. Hope everyone continues on their own personal journeys and keep up the great work!

A new start - All on my own

Well it is all over. The 12wbt has been an amazing journey of self discovery and learning to actually like the person I am. I've been successful in losing 12.6kg and numerous CM's too. I'm very proud of my efforts and my new fitness levels. It is now time for me to be accountable agin and to take the next step of continuing on my own. I've learnt so much from Mish and will be forever indebted to her. She has turned my life around and has actually given me life. I will love her forever. What an amazing and inspirational person she is. So I now have 4.6Kg to lose on my own and then the hard part of maintaining the loss. I know I can do it and I'm so detemined to never go back to old habits jsut because they are easier. I'm now a strong and detmined person who can achieve anything that I want to.

Week 12 - Day 5 - Nearly the end

I can't believe this is all nearly over. Well I mean the actual program not my new lifestyle. I have learnt so much and enjoyed every minute of it. I now hang out to go to the gym and I'm doing things I never thought possible. I now even train twice a day some days. A lot of people think I'm mad but I really don't care. I'm healthy and fit and happy so that is all that matters to me. I still want to lose another 4-5kg but that will happen with more hard work. I have been getting comments from all varying sources saying "You don't need to lose anymore weight." Most of these people are overweight and unhealthy. I think I embarrass them by losing weight when they aren't.
I've been to spin this morning and I've got boxing tonight before having an early night. I have a 6am flight to Sydney so I need to leave home about 2am Saturday. I'm going to be 1 extremely tired girl by the end of the weekend but it is all worth it. I'm going to get smashed by Michelle Bridges and I can't wait. I think I'm more excited about the training session than the party. I can't wait to see her in the flesh. OMG I think I'll be star struck and might just cry when I see her.
Look out Sydney, here I come!!!!!

Week 11 - Day 3 - All good plans

I had to take my son to Melbourne yesterday for an interview at Monash Uni for physio next year. Being an accelerator day, I thought I'd go prepared. I packed the lovely turkey salad and off we went. My great plan went out the window literally when we were about 3/4 of our way to Monash. My son gets really travel sick but had taken his meds but with the nervousness of the interview he felt extremely ill. The only container we had in the car was the container with my salad. So out it went just in case he needed the container to spew. All quite funny in the long run. Anyway, on the way home we stopped at one of the road side service stations and they actually sold a bowl of salad for $3.50 which was really yummy.
Today after a few weeks of being very stagnant on the scales, I dropped 1.6kg. I'm so happy as this makes my total loss 12kg but better still, I'm under 70kg. Woo Hoo

Week 11 - Day 1 - Only 2 weeks to go

Only 2 weeks to go. That is so sad. I want to be a part of this program for ever but know that that is not an option. I'm not doing the next round. I feel that somewhere I have to stand on my own two feet and be accountable to me. Now is the time. I've learnt so much from Mish and will be forever thankful to her for giving me my life back and showing me how to do this. I love this new lifestyle and new me

Week 10 - Day 5 - CNew Committments

OMG I've just committed to adding 3 Crossfit sessions a week to training schedule. It commences next Friday night
AND
I've just registered for my first ever fun run. It's not until January and it's only 6k but I've never ever done anything like this before.
I'm scared. I'm excited.

Week 10 - Day 4 - My Mojo has returned

I'm back. I went to PT last night and poured my heart out to my PT. I then went home and cried for about an hour about nothing at all. I'm so not like this normally but it seems to have helped.
I bounced out of bed this morning and went for a run in the rain and included a couple of hills which I normally don't do. I've felt awesome all day and really feel back on top of things. I've got boxing tonight and so can't wait. God it's good to have my mojo back.

Week 10 - Day 3 - I'm stuck

My weight has stayed the same for the past 2 weeks and I just seem to be stuck. It's really frustrating and disappouinting. Even just a amallish loss would have been good. Oh well, shit happens and we move on. Hopefully next week will see the scales move downwards.
I actually really feel like I'm struggling with everything. It all seems too hard. Not just tje exercising and healthy eating but just everything. I'm grumpy at home, I'm sitting at work wishing I was elsewhere. I just CBF. This is not like me so I don't deal with it very well. I just feel drained.

Week 10 - Day 2 - I'm stuggling

When I set my goals I didn't even take my wedding into consideration. My weight loss goals had nothing to do with my wedding. Well that was what I thought and told myself but perhaps I've been kiding myself.
Since getting married I'v really struggled with the eating and exercise. All that good work of setting up a routine and forming new habits just went out the window. It makes me think that deep down I really was trying to lose weight for the wedding. I don't know. All I do know is that I I've been eating all the left overs and wedding cake and drinking all the left over alcohol. Not being at work has added to the problem as I'm totally out of wack with my usual routine. I've got to pull this all back and gain the control. The only good part is that I've managed to somehow stay the same weight. I really want to lose more weight so staying the same just isn't an option for me.
I came back to work last Thursday and have so far this week been on track both with eating and exercise. I've just reset all my goals and I think this will also help. I got to my 3 month goals at week 9 and hadn't done anything about re evaluating. Now I have some clear goals again.
Hopefully this week will see a small loss on the scales and that will be enough to get me motivated to continue

Week 8 - day 6 - I'm getting married

The day is finally here. I'm getting married. I started the day with a spin class before heading to the hairdressers followed by makeup. I'm all set just sitting her waiting. It is wet & cold here today so our garden wedding has been transferred inside. No big drama as the whole thing is at home. Just hate this waiting waiting waiting. Rock on 5 o'clock when our guests are due to arrive

Week 8 - Day 4 - Just another day

I've been for my 5k run/walk. I ran the entire way yesterday but find I can't back it up the next day. I'll keep trying. I would love to run 5k 3 times a week so I'll just keep perservering.
I have a boxing session tonight which I always look forward to. It is always really hard work but the endorphines kick in and I'm on a high for a couple of hours.
2 more sleeps until I get married. It is meant to rain and be thunder storms. I don't really care as we are just having a small wedding at home and instead of being outdoors, we will be inside.

Week 8 - Day 3 - A small loss

I weighed in 400g lighter this morning. This is so good as I was really just hoping to stay the same. I was so afraid of putting on. I also managed a 5km run this morning before work so I'm really pleased with myself today.
I went and bought lovely pink lingerie at lunch time for my wedding. I'm not ashamed to look at myself in the mirror anymore. That is such a change in mindset. I actually think I looked pretty damn hot in the pink lingerie. Can't wait to see my new hubby's face when he sees me comfortable and confident in sexy underwear!

Week 8 - Day 2 - I cheated a bit

I decided to do an accelerater day today instead of waiting for next week. I've had no carbs today and I'm starving. I am so panicy about weigh in tomorrow that I thought this might help. Time will tell.
We did and awesome group PT last night. My personal total was as follows. 75 Wall balls with 8kg ball, 105 Burpees (I hate them so much), 126 Chin ups (with assistance), 144 push ups and 240 squats. My poor legs today feel a tad sore.
I'm off to try out a new gym tonight. It is straight crossfit and our work group are looking to do a session a week. We'll see what they have to offer us.
I just got the menu for my wedding. It is all finger foods and looks simply divine. 4 more sleeps

Week 8 - Day 1 - Lost track of time

So much has happened and I've not had time to even think about this blog. I can't believe I've missed so many days.
I went to Oaks Day and had an awesome day. The downside is that I drank heaps of champagne and had no control over my food as it was all catered for. It was finger foods all day so I really tried very hard to select the best options but I know I absolutely blew my calories. I still went to boxing that night and managed to burn off about 450 calories. I usually do over 600 calories in a boxing session.
On the Friday I had to travel to Geelong (2hrs) for a 1 hour meeting that was really a waste of time. Our sister Company was shouting lunch which I was looking forward to until they told me we were having pizzas. Once again I had no control over my food choices. This makes it really hard to stay within my calories for the day. I had 3 slices of pizza and know once again I had blown my calories.
My other crappy part is that I have an injury. I won't go into it other than to say it's a real pain in my arse. This has halted my exercise completely. I had no training Friday, missed super Saturday and did nothing Sunday. I tried a bit of a run this morning but wasn't very successful. It was more walking than running. I have a group PT session tonight and I'll do as much as I can.
I also believe that drinking alcohol really stuffs up your metabolism. I have been on such a roll and now everything seems to have come to a screaming halt. I'm actually really shitting myself about this weeks weigh in. I can cope with staying the same but if I put on I will be devastated. I've been trying so hard and I don't want any of these hiccps. I've tried really hard to just have my 3 meals and no snacks to try and counter the couple of bad days I've had. Time will tell.
Only 5 days until I get married! woo hoo

Week 7 - Day 3 - Good results

I'm down 2 kg this week and I'm so excited. I can't wipe the smile off my face. I was hoping for a 1kg loss as I had my Old Boilers night on Saturday night where I drank quite a bit of alcohol. So to loss 2kg was awesome.
I had coffee with my best friend yesterday who just cried because she is "Fat." The really sad part is that no matter what I suggested to help her, she found an excuse to throw up to it. It's really frustrating trying to help others who haven't got their head in the right space and expect that because I'm losing weight that they should automatically lose weight too. I'm going to lend her Mish's book to hopefully explain to her about excuses and getting her head right. I'm also not going to let others make me feel bad for losing weight when they aren't. We all have decisions to make in life and I've made this decision to lose weight and to do Mish's program. I can't be responsible for others weight. I will offer any help I can a support any decisions others make in their efforts to lose weight but ultimately it is up to each indivdual person to do it for themselves and not just wish it would happen.
I'm down off my soap box now!
I'm off to Oaks Day tomorrow and I'm really pleased with myself because my dress is a skinny dress. Well that's how I feel anyway.

Week 7 - Day 2 - Not used to being unwell

I have an upset tummy and I never get sick so this is new for me and I don't like it much. I just feel nauseated and everytime I eat I get cramps.
I still ran on the tready this morning and then did pump. I came to work because I thought if I stayed busy I'd forget about feeling sick. It has sort of worked but not completely.
Looking forward to weigh in tomorrow. I want another kilo gone so I'll have to wait and see. My fingers are crossed!

Week 7 - Day 1 - Not a good run

I got up and did my running program this morning but it wasn't the best. I'm meant to have a group crossfit session tonight but the gym has just run to say they are putting up their prices as of now and most of us can't afford what they are asking. So tonight if there are more than 7 of us then I have volunteered to go home.
My eating has been awesome and I'm actually really looking forward to weigh in on Wednesday.

Week 6 - Day 7 - I survived

I survived the Old Boilers Night and had so much fun. I had to wear slippers with penis on them all night which got many comments from others at the pub. The things we do!
I tried to eat sensibly while out and chose a Thai beef salad. I had a bout 4 glasses of white wine before I started on the spirits. I did have diet coke with the spirits but I know I blew my calories for the day. I've tried to be extremeley good today and will know by Wednesday what damage I did last night. I'm not panicking!

Week 6 - Day 6 - Old Boilers Night

I'm having my Old Boilers night tonight and I'm just a bit excited. I've got around 40 women meeting me at the pub for dinner and drinks. It could end up very messy! I don't drink much these days so I'll have to pace myself. I'm also panicking about the calorie intake. I've decided to drink white wine and top it up with soda water. This will hopefully make me drink slower and not as much.
I did super Saturday this morning with a spin class follwed by a pump class. I was drenched at the end of it but I only burned off 750 calories. What's with that? I'm finding that the further I go with this program, the harder it seems to be I have to work to burn off calories. Kinda makes sense but shit it's hard work.
Tomorrow is a rest day and probably a recovery day.