120,1 Yesssssss! Lost 1,8 kilos! Good work. That's about what I want to loose on average every month, 2 kilos. Right on track. Next month in the 110's! Oooh that sounds so much better than in the 120's!
That's if I keep this up of course.
Like I wrote last time, I'm not 100% yet and very busy weeks do take their toll on me. I didn't swim on Monday, I didn't run on Wednesday, I only cycled to work twice and I haven't run today. I will run tomorrow though. On the one hand I do feel crappy about that, but on the other hand I am glad I am listening to my body. I'll take my run tomorrow and I'll enjoy it more than I would have done today I think.
Luckily the really nasty busy weeks are slowly coming to an end. The coming week I'll be going to a concert on Tuesday and on Wednesday our school has an 'Open Evening', so I'll have to work my charm on future pupils. My ski course has ended and I can't wait for the holiday to come in two weeks time (Italy watch out!). Also, for the next month my weekends are my own so I can do absolutely nothing but sit on the couch if I want to!
Hopefully the weather will get better and I'll be able to cycle to work more often. I do want to swim on Monday and I definitely have to run if I want to succeed at my first 5K in March.
Valentine's Day next weekend (hence the lay-out) and I think my boyfriend is going to give me a Swarovski ring....I said I wanted one. Men need big hints! LOL! He said he wanted to do an English high Tea, so I will bake him one. Scones, cakes, pavlovas, chocolates, tea with milk....he'll get the lot from me. I like baking and I'm looking forward on doing this.
We'll sit on the couch and watch some soppy romantic movies. Anyone have some tips?
I'll tell how we met next week.
Have a good week everybody!
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Watch it!
That's what I said to myself yesterday evening when I went off to the pool to first train my swimmers and then train myself. Watch what you are doing! It's getting to the point where you might overdo it!
So I listened to that voice and I didn't go swimming myself. Instead I went home, sat on the couch, had some bad bad bad peanuts and checked some tests.
I'm really pleased with myself. Last week was incredibly busy. Swimming, skiing, running, parent-teacher night, party, lunch with girlfriends and a swim meet. Normally I would be tired of course but I would just go on. Not anymore. I've had a burn-out and I'm not 100% yet. Not by along shot. And I've learned from it. I stopped, took a good look at myself, realised the danger and I let it go, I relaxed.
Result: I had a good night's sleep, I was able to work properly today and I feel better.
Another thing that makes me feel better is looking at myself in the mirror. Seeing the little changes in my body that all the exercise and healthy(ier) living are making. It's not that I'm loosing so much weight, but my body feels tighter, lighter and overall better. I can't wait for Saturday's weigh. I'm very curious if I have lost any weight. I think I have, but I wonder how much. It would be such a thrill if I could have dropped to 120 kg. Fingers crossed!
Something else I'm watching is Larkrise to Candleford series 1&2 on DVD. Ever since I first read Pride & Prejudice I've been a costume/period drama fan. I've got most books and most films/series made in the last 15 years. Colin Firth as Mr Darcy.........sigh. My all time favourite. Although I prefer Persuasion as a book to P&P.
I have to be careful that I don't watch Larkrise too much because I'm beginning to lag behind on my schoolwork. Bad bad me! But it's so much funnnnnn!
Talking about schoolwork, I really should be doing some.
Have a good week everyone!
So I listened to that voice and I didn't go swimming myself. Instead I went home, sat on the couch, had some bad bad bad peanuts and checked some tests.
I'm really pleased with myself. Last week was incredibly busy. Swimming, skiing, running, parent-teacher night, party, lunch with girlfriends and a swim meet. Normally I would be tired of course but I would just go on. Not anymore. I've had a burn-out and I'm not 100% yet. Not by along shot. And I've learned from it. I stopped, took a good look at myself, realised the danger and I let it go, I relaxed.
Result: I had a good night's sleep, I was able to work properly today and I feel better.
Another thing that makes me feel better is looking at myself in the mirror. Seeing the little changes in my body that all the exercise and healthy(ier) living are making. It's not that I'm loosing so much weight, but my body feels tighter, lighter and overall better. I can't wait for Saturday's weigh. I'm very curious if I have lost any weight. I think I have, but I wonder how much. It would be such a thrill if I could have dropped to 120 kg. Fingers crossed!
Something else I'm watching is Larkrise to Candleford series 1&2 on DVD. Ever since I first read Pride & Prejudice I've been a costume/period drama fan. I've got most books and most films/series made in the last 15 years. Colin Firth as Mr Darcy.........sigh. My all time favourite. Although I prefer Persuasion as a book to P&P.
I have to be careful that I don't watch Larkrise too much because I'm beginning to lag behind on my schoolwork. Bad bad me! But it's so much funnnnnn!
Talking about schoolwork, I really should be doing some.
Have a good week everyone!
Friday, 22 January 2010
Still on a roll!
Went to see my dietitian (or is that diet coach?) last night....on her scale I lost another kilo in almost a month!! And that was with clothes on and about 1,5 hours after dinner! 121! So happy!
I have had to change my weigh day to a Saturday. So my next weigh-in is on Saturday 6th of February. Two weeks to loose another 0,5 kilo, maybe....would be nice.
I'm doing good. I've stuck with writing my food journal every day. I also write down what I have done exercise wise and anything else that I notice about my health/body. My diet coach was very positive about my food journal. :D
Exercise wise it hasn't been a very good start to the new year. Due to the amounts of snow and ice I haven't been able to run as much as I would have liked. But this week I could finally get back to business!
I have started swimming. I only realised how much I missed it when I was doing it!
Swimming is the best. No matter what weight you are, you are always to give 150% in the water! You train (almost) all of your muscles without putting your joints through hell! It's brilliant. The only hurdle might be to worm yourself into a bathing suit and feel comfortable in one. I've been doing it for years and I'm a swim coach so I wear my suit at least once a week and parade down or in the pool in my (Speedo plus size) suit. I don't mind anymore. I could actually really see how my body has changed these last months! My legs and butt are trimmer. Shame my stomach isn't in on the shrink.
Anyroad, exercise....I've also started a short ski course in preparation for my ski holiday in four weeks time. I've skied before, but I would love to be able to go down a slope with some sort of control over the two wooden planks attached to my feet. It's five lessons, still two to go. I'm enjoying it so much! Ski-ing is soooooo much fun!
Even better, I started cycling to work again this week. All five days, as I've started working full-time again this week. It's not going smoothly yet, but it can only get better with time. I'm taking a good hour to cycle about 10 miles, when before I could do it about 50 minutes. I hope to get back to that again.
All in all this has been a very good week exercise wise:
Monday, cycling and swimming
Tuesday, cycling and ski-ing
Wednesday, cycling and running
Thursday, cycling
Friday, cycling
tomorrow, Saturday, I'm going running again.
Not bad, ey?
Food wise it's going great as well. I'm sticking to three main meals and three snacks a day. I'm drinking well and I don't eat many unhealthy snacks. I did have some chocolate this week. It was lovely!
That'll keep me going for a weeks again.
As I said I'm back at work 100% again. I can't say the burn-out is completely gone yet, but I'm getting there. Maybe in about six months I'll be almost completely healed. It was weird to go out to work all five days of the week for the first time in a year. I got two more groups to teach, so I had to start anew with them.
It's been a hectic week and I'm dead on my feet. BUT.......but...and this is very important to me...I know that after the weekend, after some proper rest, I'll be fine again! I'll have enough energy for the whole week!
Enjoy the weekend!
I have had to change my weigh day to a Saturday. So my next weigh-in is on Saturday 6th of February. Two weeks to loose another 0,5 kilo, maybe....would be nice.
I'm doing good. I've stuck with writing my food journal every day. I also write down what I have done exercise wise and anything else that I notice about my health/body. My diet coach was very positive about my food journal. :D
Exercise wise it hasn't been a very good start to the new year. Due to the amounts of snow and ice I haven't been able to run as much as I would have liked. But this week I could finally get back to business!
I have started swimming. I only realised how much I missed it when I was doing it!
Swimming is the best. No matter what weight you are, you are always to give 150% in the water! You train (almost) all of your muscles without putting your joints through hell! It's brilliant. The only hurdle might be to worm yourself into a bathing suit and feel comfortable in one. I've been doing it for years and I'm a swim coach so I wear my suit at least once a week and parade down or in the pool in my (Speedo plus size) suit. I don't mind anymore. I could actually really see how my body has changed these last months! My legs and butt are trimmer. Shame my stomach isn't in on the shrink.
Anyroad, exercise....I've also started a short ski course in preparation for my ski holiday in four weeks time. I've skied before, but I would love to be able to go down a slope with some sort of control over the two wooden planks attached to my feet. It's five lessons, still two to go. I'm enjoying it so much! Ski-ing is soooooo much fun!
Even better, I started cycling to work again this week. All five days, as I've started working full-time again this week. It's not going smoothly yet, but it can only get better with time. I'm taking a good hour to cycle about 10 miles, when before I could do it about 50 minutes. I hope to get back to that again.
All in all this has been a very good week exercise wise:
Monday, cycling and swimming
Tuesday, cycling and ski-ing
Wednesday, cycling and running
Thursday, cycling
Friday, cycling
tomorrow, Saturday, I'm going running again.
Not bad, ey?
Food wise it's going great as well. I'm sticking to three main meals and three snacks a day. I'm drinking well and I don't eat many unhealthy snacks. I did have some chocolate this week. It was lovely!
That'll keep me going for a weeks again.
As I said I'm back at work 100% again. I can't say the burn-out is completely gone yet, but I'm getting there. Maybe in about six months I'll be almost completely healed. It was weird to go out to work all five days of the week for the first time in a year. I got two more groups to teach, so I had to start anew with them.
It's been a hectic week and I'm dead on my feet. BUT.......but...and this is very important to me...I know that after the weekend, after some proper rest, I'll be fine again! I'll have enough energy for the whole week!
Enjoy the weekend!
Monday, 4 January 2010
Off to a good start!
I lost 1,2 Kilo over the last month! Waheeeey! Even though it was 'Sinterklaas', Christmas and New Year! Brilliant! That is such a boost into 2010 and a great start to my Resolutions! It really helps.
What also helps is that my boyfriend has seriously started 'dieting' again. It's so much easier to do when he is doing it too. There are no distractions and temptations around the house. Great!
I started 2010 well. Made a new Food Journal in which I not only write down what I eat and when, but also collect good recipes, information and weight/exercise stats.
All though I am suffering (really I am) from a terrible cold, I did go running this morning. It actually went pretty good. On my way I was stopped by a woman on a bike who offered me a leaflet on Weight Loss Challenge in my area. I don't know if I'm going to attend. It's not that I don't know what to do, but the support of a group might be nice as well. It's rather cheap, but it would mean spending even more of my already sparse spare time. What do you advise me to do?
Am not looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow. It'll be all stations go from the start for about a month! I can't barely look in my diary for fear of a heart attack! But if I don't write things down I will forget, so I'll just keep writing things down. It keeps me on track.
I hope all of you have started the year well. Have a good week!
What also helps is that my boyfriend has seriously started 'dieting' again. It's so much easier to do when he is doing it too. There are no distractions and temptations around the house. Great!
I started 2010 well. Made a new Food Journal in which I not only write down what I eat and when, but also collect good recipes, information and weight/exercise stats.
All though I am suffering (really I am) from a terrible cold, I did go running this morning. It actually went pretty good. On my way I was stopped by a woman on a bike who offered me a leaflet on Weight Loss Challenge in my area. I don't know if I'm going to attend. It's not that I don't know what to do, but the support of a group might be nice as well. It's rather cheap, but it would mean spending even more of my already sparse spare time. What do you advise me to do?
Am not looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow. It'll be all stations go from the start for about a month! I can't barely look in my diary for fear of a heart attack! But if I don't write things down I will forget, so I'll just keep writing things down. It keeps me on track.
I hope all of you have started the year well. Have a good week!
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