July 30, 2007
· Filed under Rambling On
I guess after about a month of staying the same weight-wise, I was hoping for more of a loss. But I’ll still take it, all the same.
Still sick – getting tired of talking about it – powered on all the same. I did the TJ CardioParty workout for 45 minutes this afternoon and my nose was literally running after I’d finished. I was glad I did it though.
Food – weetbix for breakfast, green apple, vanilla fruche yoghurt for recess, 4xsaos with lite cheese & veg, bottle of water, strawberry fruche yoghurt for lunch, green WW cordial and a Lean Cuisine lasagne for dinner. One or two cups of tea later, and I’m all done. Nothing fancy, nothing flashy. Just routine, you know?
(My dad ordered pizza last night and was re-heating it for dinner tonight, which looked SO yum. Anyone who knows me knows that pizza is my weakness.. saying no was hard. But I did it!)
Tomorrow is my birthday (happy birthday me!) and we will be going out for dinner, not sure what we’re going to have yet. I was hoping for Thai, but we had that on Saturday. Maybe Italian? I don’t want to think about food too much on my birthday, so we’ll see what happens.
(I have to go to not one, but TWO staff meetings tomorrow, as well as teaching the kidlets all day with a cold. Not fun!)
July 29, 2007
· Filed under Weighing In
I lost a whopping 600g this week.
Do you sense the excitement?
Argh. I’m getting really, really frustrated.
The scale actually flashed 84.4kgs and I was about to throw it out the window, but then it flashed “LOW” and died, so I changed the batteries, stood on it again and got the 83.8kg reading. After getting on and off a few times, I’m sticking with that one.
Seems like I’ve hit a wall.
July 28, 2007
· Filed under Rambling On
I’m going to be heading out to see Jason again soon (it’s his last weekend here, sniff) so I’m going to keep it short and sweet once again.
No exercise today – cold has come back full force and I just don’t have the energy to get on with my walk. (I had the best interests at heart, I’m even sitting here with workout clothes on, but it’s not happening. Plus, I have 30 minutes to get ready before I have to leave, so it’s not looking good.) Today I ate KFC nuggets for lunch – my guide told me 42calories per nugget, so I’m going to allow about 400 calories for them just to be sure. That plus my chicken sandwich (plain bread, no butter, no dressings) has left me with plenty of points/calories left over for Thai food dinner tonight. Yum. 
Tomorrow will also be exercise-free, unless I have time when I come home after dinner – I am staying at Jason’s, going to watch a football game, then heading to my grandma’s and going out to dinner with her. Should be busy. I’m tired just thinking about it all!
If I don’t update tomorrow, I’ll see you all on Monday – for the weigh in. (It would be great as an early birthday present to have a loss this week.)
July 27, 2007
· Filed under Blah Blah
Jason’s here, so keeping it short and sweet – exercised for 30 minutes, walked 3.1kms in 30 minutes on an incline, which killed my poor little legs!
Weight is the same so far after peeking at the scales – ate Nutrigrain for breakky, 2 scones for a snack, a banana on a bread roll for lunch, white chicken meat, a piece of bread and some rice for dinner. And tea. Lots of tea. Yummo!
Thank goodness for the weekend.
July 26, 2007
· Filed under Moving my butt
Another average day – nothing special to report, but nothing horrible either. My weight hasn’t budged. Not even a measly 200g. I’m about ready to toss them out the window and order a pizza…. but I won’t, tempting as it is. I have a feeling next week is going to be crazy, so I need to stick to my routine as much as possible.
The TV was being watched today, so I couldn’t do my TurboJam workout – instead, I hopped on the treadmill. It’s been a while since I’ve ran – I’ve been busy doing TJ, or being sick, or just walking slowly, so I decided to give it a go and see how far I could get. Tonight I ran for 22:30 minutes! (including one 30 second water break after 10 minutes). I stopped when I hit exactly 3kms ran. Not too bad, hey? Slow but steady, and I don’t feel too horrible afterwards either.
I also bought a new sports bra from Ebay last week which I tested today, and it did a fairly good job at holding me in – I still am yet to find a bra I’m completely in LOVE with for running, though. And when did they become so expensive, anyway?
Food today – weetbix with warm milk, 2 x cheese scones (thanks to Kellie, YUM, my mum thinks they’re a hit too!), 1 banana on a bread roll, water, tea & dinner will most likely be risotto leftovers since I forgot to eat it yesterday… like I said, nothing special!
July 25, 2007
· Filed under Blah Blah
I swear, even if it doesn’t do anything to make you GET better, tea works wonders to make you feel better. Just the smell of the tea as you pour hot water over it makes me feel all cozy. Yum!
Yes, as you can tell by the timing of this post, I’m once again home. Rang the wrong person to call in sick this morning, had people get cranky with me, but I need to look after myself first and foremost. I’m not much good to the kids when I can’t really finish a complete sentence without a) having to sneeze or b) having my throat dry up and end up coughing away madly.
Exciting news – not sure if anyone reads my other MAIN blog (alyndabear.com, stop by and say hello!) but last night I booked my plane ticket! On Christmas Day (in the afternoon!) I’ll be flying out to London, to get settled in with Jase over there and begin teaching in January, if all goes well. Speaking of Jase, he flies out next Friday, so it’s going to be a sad few weeks.
I walked slowly again for 40 minutes (4k again) because of my illness, and I’m drinking lots of tea/water. Weetbix in warm milk for breakfast, a banana sandwich for lunch, and as for dinner? I have no idea. I might just have leftover risotto, because honestly, I’m not that fussed about food today. Maybe because I can’t taste very well!
6 days until my birthday!
July 24, 2007
· Filed under Bummer
I had today off work because after three hours lying awake last night unable to breathe OR blow my nose, I was exhausted. I’m glad I did take the day off – I’ve been blowing my nose constantly, plus the sneezes, crabbiness and general exhaustion that comes with a cold. I spent the day looking after my dad, who had a bit of an accident last night. (He was walking down our stairs and slipped, landed on his lower back and fractured two ribs. Poor thing.)
I did manage to do a low paced 40 minute walk, just to keep me moving and because I didn’t do anything yesterday. (Other than eat naughty McDonalds, that is.)
It’s a bit enlightening – usually, taking the day off I would head over to any drive through just to eat. Anything. Wouldn’t matter what. Just wanted junk. Needed it. NOW! And even being smarter with what I eat, I still automatically started thinking about what to eat today… just because I was home. Scary, isn’t it? After yesterday’s splurge, I was good today, ate well here at home. I even cooked dinner tonight: basil risotto with grilled chicken pieces mixed in. Smells so good, I can’t wait to EAT.
Food – toast for breakfast, banana sandwich for lunch, plus about four cups of tea, dinner will be risotto. Exercise – 40 minutes relaxed 4k walk.
July 22, 2007
· Filed under Weighing In
After being sure I was going to have a disappointing weigh in all week (for no apparent reason either, which shits me) I stayed the same this week – 84.4kgs.
So much for getting to 82kgs before my birthday next Tuesday! That would mean I’d have to lose 2.4kgs in a week – at the way my weight loss has stopped, I highly doubt that.
Any ideas on why I’ve stopped losing? I don’t think it’s a plateau because I have a lot more weight to lose yet before I’m even categorised as ‘healthy’. Grr. Cranky now.
**edit**
I started my day well, with weetbix, saos, pumpkin soup & lots of water – but then finished it with McDonalds and some chocolate eclairs. Yuck! (It’s 9.40pm and I JUST got home, so I had a take away dinner.) Back on tomorrow… back on.
July 22, 2007
· Filed under Blah Blah
But I’m powering on, thanks to lots of water, lots of tea, vitamins and a stack of cold & flu meds.
I did the 45 minute CardioParty after spending a while wondering if I should exercise or not, but figured if it became too difficult to breathe, I could always just stop. Finished it okay, though.
Breakfast today was the usual – toast w/ lite marg & veg, cup of white tea, lunch was a banana sandwich and some diet coola cordial. For a snack, I made a Weight Watchers 2point lemon pudding which was just beautiful! Dinner tonight was going to be out at the local RSL club with my gran, but because I’m feeling so blah, I’ll stay home and have some pumpkin soup with damper instead. I’ve been drinking lots of water today too, hopefully to flush the cold away. (I’ve had so many sick days this year, I can’t afford to take any more time off work!)
I have a feeling I’m going to be thoroughly disappointed with tomorrow morning’s weigh in. I haven’t got anything to feel guilty about – everything that I put in my mouth fit into my calories/points plan for the day, and I know that I’ve burned a fair few calories exercising too. (The stiff muscles prove it!)
But that hasn’t stopped me from checking in on the scales of a morning, and being disappointed with higher numbers – in the high 84’s and even 85’s! It’s not TOM, I’ve not changed my diet in the slightest – so what’s going on here?
Regardless of what the numbers say, I’ll push on…
July 21, 2007
· Filed under Bummer
But I’m getting sick… again. It came on last night, same as last time – swallowing constantly, sore throat, runny nose/throat passage, it’s just horrible. Woke up this morning and feel like absolute CRAP. I’m dosed up on cold & flu meds, had some extra vitamins and am drinking lots of water – wish me luck getting this one gone before it kicks in big time!
Did the 45 minute CardioParty workout today, felt better, got more moves in time with the team which was nice. Feeling good! Scales are still being horrible, but I’m pretending to ignore them. I’m happy just mosying on along.
Food – 2.5 weetbix w/ light milk, green tea, 2x pikelets, white tea, handful of M&Ms (about 15 all up – so about 100 cals) and dinner? Who knows! Maybe I’ll make Jason take me out tonight somewhere – it’s our 4 years and 10 months anniversary today – the last one we’ll spend together before he leaves very soon. (He misses our 5 years, oh no!)
