I’m back baby… Running that is
Today’s daily food intake… Okay, maybe not running, but I’m back to my shuffling. So WooHoo and yay me! Admittedly it took me two days more than I was saying it would. I swore I was going to get back out there on Friday and do it, but woke up so sore that I just couldn’t physically do it, and then I just lost my nerve. I know it sounds stupid for me to be scared to go for a shuffle/jog after only a little tumble, and it’s really hard to put into words the stupid irrational...
Read MoreHurting bad
Today’s daily food intake… Weigh in day – yesterday (oops) Previous weight: 103.4kg. Today’s weight: 102.6kg. 0.8kg loss Today was not my day! Finally, finally after so many times trying I got up at 6.20am ready and energised from yesterday to do my shuffle in the morning. Got myself dressed and out the door, ready to do the whole route this morning before I had to go home and get ready for work. Right, well that lasted a whole ten f*cking minutes. I was really pumping my legs and...
Read MoreLessons learned while shuffling
I learned a few lessons today, while I did my afternoon shuffle. Let me share with you what they were: You shouldn’t turn your alarm off in the morning (I kinda knew this one already, but it’s been slammed home to me again today), because if you do turn your alarm off in the morning, that means you have to make your exercise up in the evening. Which means: That you’re out in the heat and you sweat more. You’re already knackered from a day at work, so it’s going...
Read MoreGearing up for 12WBT to start
Today’s daily food intake… Today was a pretty full on day for me. Got up this morning with Mick as he had to go to work and all I wanted was a sleep in, but it just didn’t happen. I long for the day when I get to sleep in again, it hasn’t happened for so long. If it’s not Mick waking up for work, it’s Maximus meowing for breakfast or it’s just me not being able to sleep. Now normally when I used to get up early, I would wait for Mick to go to work then stick on...
Read More12WBT pre-season task #7 – Organise and diarize
Day Time Activity Monday 6.30-7.30am RFBR program (shuffle) 5.30-6.30pm Jillian Michaels – 30 day shred or Zumba dvd Tuesday 6.30-7.30am RFBR program (shuffle) 5.30-6.30pm Swimming and aquaerobics Wednesday 6.30-7.30am RFBR program (shuffle) 5.30-6.30pm Softball training. When softball ends, replace with a bike ride Thursday 5.30-6.30pm Swimming Friday 6.30-7.30am RFBR program (shuffle) Saturday Morning RFBR program (shuffle) and Zumba...
Read MoreRun Fat B!tch Run
If you read my blog (and according to the stats, some of you do, which I have to say is very lovely to see…) you may recall that I got quite excited last Thursday because some books I had ordered had arrived. Well I didn’t get a chance to read anything on Thursday night, but Friday night after the dishes were done (well, put in the dishwasher…) I went to bed while Mick stayed up watching something on TV and started reading Run Fat B!tch Run, by Ruth Field. Oh. My. God....
Read MoreSoftball and I are not the best of friends
Today’s daily food intake… When we first moved over to Port Lincoln five months ago I was talked into joining a softball team. I had my reservations because in my (nearly) 36 years I’ve never, ever, played team sports. I did calisthenics for a while when I was very young, and did jazz ballet for a couple of years in my early teens, but I’ve never joined in with sports that involved balls, I have this irrational fear of balls that come flying at me. I don’t know why,...
Read MoreBookish goodness
Today’s daily food intake… A couple of weeks ago I was watching the morning news when they had an interview with a lady called Ruth Field who had written a book called Run Fat B!tch Run. It was only a very brief interview and they didn’t really ask her any questions of great importance, in fact it was a pretty crap interview, but what really stuck with me was the title of the book. It sounded just like the book for me, something that would speak to me in no nonsense terms and tell me what...
Read MoreSunburnt and sore
Today’s daily food intake… Just a quick post tonight, we haven’t been home for long and I’m absolutely knackered. Had a very busy Australia Day today. Went to the national park and climbed Stamford Hill (will post pics tomorrow) and then went around to a really nice secluded beach while we were in the national park and went snorkelling, which was a first for me. I spent so long swimming against the current, that I’m sure I burnt a lot of calories, but I have no idea....
Read MoreFitness is that you?
Today’s daily food intake… I got up this morning after my disastrous attempts yesterday to do my C25K run at the bright and early time of 6.30am. I did briefly consider ignoring the alarm and sleeping for another hour, but two things spurred me on: 1) I really didn’t want to have to say that I failed again, and 2) Mick said to me last night before we went to sleep that he doubted I would get up when my alarm went off and that I would sleep in and not do my morning shuffle (I...
Read MoreBest laid plans
Today’s daily food intake… I had all the best intentions of the world in getting up early this morning to go for a walk/run/jog/shuffle and start the C25K app that I download, oh about a million years ago and which has been sitting on my phone doing, well, nothing. However, to actually wake up early, one must set one’s alarm clock so that you don’t sleep till your normal time. And if you do happen to wake up earlier, one should not roll over, look at the clock and then think...
Read MoreA strange thing happened today
Today’s daily food intake… What might that thing be you asked? I exercised. Not so strange you might say, having been reading my blog and the exercise I’ve been doing this week. Well the strange thing about this was that today was my rest day. Sunday’s have always been put down as a rest day, a day when everyone can take a break from the exercise (though really, we could choose any day, so long as we exercised 6 days a week), but I’ve always chosen Sunday’s as my...
Read MoreWhat is wrong with Port Lincoln?
Today’s daily food intake… Easy answer – there are too many bloody hills! Yes people that’s right. If you come to Port Lincoln, then be prepared for some serious exercise. Today was what is known in the 12WBT universe as Super Saturday Session (or SSS), where you really try and smash out the exercise and burn some serious calories. I knew a couple of days ago that we were going to go for a ride (I’d even managed to get Mick to miss Cricket to do this with me, a bloody...
Read More6.5km’s down, lots more to go
Today’s daily food intake… Well after a very un-eventful afternoon, Mick, Snotface and myself decided to go for a bit of a ride this afternoon. I have to say, that Mick is the most supportive person I have ever known. He quietly let’s me go about and do what I do. If I put weight on, he doesn’t say anything, when I complain about gaining weight, he quietly listens. But when I want to exercise (like going for a bike ride, or a walk etc) and I don’t want to go by myself,...
Read MoreSecond weigh-in for 2012
Today’s daily food intake… Argh today was not the best day! I woke up feeling all great and ready to face the scales, which I did. Then I wish I hadn’t. I wasn’t expecting a huge loss, but I was expecting a loss. I know from having done the 12WBT program before that you can still lose weight on the program even if you aren’t doing exercise. Not that I would encourage that kind of behaviour, because really, that is going to defeat the purpose of getting a healthy...
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