6km Challenge, Day 2, Week 4 - Weigh In

Ok so although the weight gain sucks its not as bad as I thought it would be.  On top of that I suprisingly lost Body Fat and Gained Muscle which is awesome!!

FOOD:

I did really well getting back on track with my food today but have to admitt that tonight I am feeling hungry and peckish for something junky!  BUT, I will not succumb to temptation not because "nothing tastes as good as being thin will feel" but because Kerriann will torture me more if I do LMAO!!

EXERCISE:

Well I did it, I got through a KNo Torture PT session.  Luckily I was in good company and got to share it with the very inspirational Bec.  It's always nice have that extra someone to push you a little harder or to slacken off a little with (us, nah never, hehe).

Today's Workout

Circuit #1 (2 minute intervals with half court run between each station)
*Tricep Dips
*Crunches with 4kg weight (pushed up to ceiling)
*Step Ups with 4kg weight
*Push-Ups

Circuit #2
*Calf Raises X10
*4kg Shoulder Press X10
*Half Court Jog
*Boxing
*Half Court Jog
REPEAT

Circuit #3
*Side Leg Raises each Side X10
*4kg Shoulder Press X10
*Walking Lunges
*Boxing
*Half Court Jog
REPEAT

Circuit #4
(with 4kg Dumbell)
*Calf Raises X10
*Full Court Run
*Squats X10
*Full Court Run
*Adductors? X10
*Full Court Run
*Reverse Lunges X20
*Full Court Run (or walk in our case - exhausted)

Circuit #5
(2 minutes to do as many as possible)
Crunches X 10
Push Ups X 10
REPEAT over and over and over....

GENERAL WELLBEING:

It feels great to be back on track - I am feeling very happy!

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6km Challenge Day 1, Week 4

I didn't weigh in today but I know that its going to be absolutely terrible and its all my own fault so I am just going to go with it and work my butt off to make the change that I want to see - within reason of course, no calorie cutting and excessive exercise for me, Skinny Fat is not a good look!

I only have 2 weeks left of this challenge and just under 2 weeks until the big run...my life gets back on track with nutrition and training tomorrow and I can't wait. 

It's now time to shine brighter than ever before and there is "nothing" and "no-one" that will stop me from achieving my goals! 

Well that's it from me for now, I will let you all know the results tomorrow night as embarrassing as they will be but as you know honesty is always my best policy as the truth always comes out in the end.

Much Love, Light and Peace.

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6km Challenge Day 5, 6, 7 - Week 1

Food

Friday I did well - No Dessert at Myrniong.

Weekend - I can do better.  Food choices were good just not enough.

Exercise

Other than Fridays PT Session (which was hard but awesome) and cutting up the dance floor at the pub on Friday night (or more to the point early hours of Saturday morning) I did nothing!  I did have good intentions of going for a run today but instead I sat with a friend and played music.

General Wellbeing

I really want a good result tomorrow as I have done better nutritionally than I have in weeks and really need it to keep me strong as I have really had to use alot of willpower this week.  BUT in saying that if its not so great I will still keep on going as this is something that I really really want.

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6km Challenge Day 4, Week 1

Exercise:

Ace said that he was too sick and tired to go to school today so I cancelled my PT session and instead spent the morning in bed with my precious babies.  Whilst it was wonderful to have a days rest it really played havoc with my mental wellbeing as I got the guilts up about being "lazy". 

I ended up managing to find 30 minutes for myself which I spent doing an upperbody workout which consisted of 10 minutes Boxing and 20 minutes Weights.

Food:

Because of having the guilts about not doing a proper workout and also because I wasn't sure what Mum was making for dinner my food intake today was quite restricted and not within my time frame of every 3-4 hours.  Whilst it wasn't the best way to go about it, it helped to ensure that I was still within my daily calorie allowance.

FOOD DIARY

Note:  I put in dessert as a '1/2 serving (117g) of Sizzler: Desserts: Bread & Butter Pudding' which is 213 calories BUT it was Mum's Homemade dessert which I am sure would be less as she has always made a light alternative with Low Joule Jam and No Butter.  So really it should be called Mum's Bread & No Butter Pudding LOL!

Wellbeing:

Other than feeling lazy and dissappointed in not managing my food a little better I am also proud of the fact that I made myself find 30 minutes to do a workout and also that I stayed within my calories by not having seconds even though it was very delicious and oh so tempting.

My knees are giving me the shits big time and so tomorrow I am going to follow up the Physio AGAIN, I am also thinking that another massage in the meantime might also be very beneficial - I will have to work out finaces first (I wish I had a money tree - but thats another blog all together)!!

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6km Challenge Day 3, Week 1

Exercise:

5.3km in 48 minutes!!  I've gotta say that despite the fact that I got a blood nose in the first 2kms and my knees prevented me from running the whole distance (which is very frustrating), I am still really happy with todays result. 

Of course that's not all - 5 mins on the bike as a cool down followed by some Ab's torture and then some important and much needed stretching.

Food:

Food Diary HERE - It feels good to be back on track although I am feeling hungry which makes me think that I might need some fluid (a tiny little bit) put back in to my band. 

Wellbeing:

My knees are really sore tonight to the point that getting up after sitting down is painful to say the least.  I am hoping that resting them tomorrow (its Upper Body Training Day) will do the trick enough for me to be able to get back to training on Friday.  I was beating myself up a bit today on the 'run' as walking (despite it being a power walk) is just not the same.  Apart from the knees being sore I am also generally sore all over which means that I have infact been working hard - gotta love that feeling!!  I am also really tired which means that I need to get more rest so on that note,  its goodnight from me.

XOXO

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6km Challenge Day 2, Week 1

EXERCISE:

Todays PT session was all about "Strengthening and Conditioning" my legs in order to try and fix my knees and let me just say OUCH!!

Cardio wise I did 25minutes of uphill intervals which felt more like running a marathon but I pushed through and felt really good afterwards - exhausted but good.

FOOD:

Back on track with regular meals and appropriate calories.  Feeling really hungry right now so tomorrow I am going to make up some vegetable soup as a healthy snack alternative.

Check out todays food intake HERE!

WELBEING:

Right now I am feeling Blah, Ouch and Tired but I am Happy!

Tomorrow the plan is to hit the road and run up Werribee Vale Road for 2km's come back past Stoneys and up around the BMC Block and back to the Gym = 5.3km's.

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6km Challenge Day 1, Week 1

Ok, so todays plan was to run at an easy pace for 25 minutes but unfortunately my knees prevented that from happening and so instead I did a power walk with uphill intervals followed by some Upper Body Resistance Training PLUS an Impact Fitness Boxing Class.

Feeling really flat mood wise today but am determined to turn around my negative results.  I can do it!!

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