Well, Christmas has come and gone, nothing special for me at all as Tim is on night shift and slept for Christmas and i am on call... and both our families live 250km from us, so no need to worry about anything festive, we didnt even worry about pressies for each other - much more concerned about the wedding in 12 and a half weeks... (the count down has begun)
Not much has been happening really i have been busy at work and busy packing and organising a new house for me to move into in Mildura, so it has taken my focus off my training a bit these past few weeks, and so the end of my 12 week challenge slipped by and that was that.... I achieved some great results and i am happy with a 31cm loss all over, write some statistics
Before
Shoulders : i mucked these figures up so i cant really say but the other figgure i got a few weeks down the track was 96.5cm
Chest: 91.5cm
Bicep: 30.5
Waist: 83cm
Hips: 107cm
Thigh: 63cm
Calves: 37cm
After
Shoulders: 100cm (this figgure surprises me really dont know if it is accurate)
Chest: 87cm
Bicep: 29cm
Waist: 69cm (my biggest loss - WOOOHHOOO)
Hips: 101.5cm
Thigh: 59cm
Calf: 36cm
As i have decided to take on another challenge which will land me right on my wedding i have not fussed so much about this one and didnt really put all my effort into it, Just imagine what i could have achieved!!! oh well no use fussing about that now i still have 12 weeks to get to where i want to go.
Sue's new program is awesome and i cant wait to get into it, i was meant to start this week but i have just been flat out and so i will start next week and get there eventually... I am looking forward to this one much more and have started a challenge with my family and Tim's family to see who can loose the most CM for the wedding, bit of friendly competition does not hurt anyone i think - $20 entry fee and winner takes all... not that hard i would say.
So i really need to change the title to my blog and call it "12 weeks to Mrs Hawson" oh well i will just keep plodding along and see what happens next....
Have a good new years and i will post again soon
Bec
xx
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
Tim & Bec
Thought i should add a few more pictures to the page to make it a bit more interesting and colourful.This is Tim, my fiance who i will be marrying in March 2007. We met in high school 11 years ago, and then went our separate ways, him to the army and police force and me to university. Eventually our jobs landed us back in the same town and spending time together.
This photo was taken by the photographer that we have chosen as our wedding photographer Evan Meades. He offered us a fantastic package where it includes having an "engagement session" where he gets to know us and we get to know him and we can work out some photo's for the wedding. And the best part is we had 250 photo's taken free of charge!!!! This was one of them, and perhaps my favorite, we got some similar to give to our parents for Christmas, so that will be good and they will love it.
I am into my 12th week of my challenge and am feeling really good, would have liked to achieve some better results but i am using it as a stepping stone to my next challenge, as i have signed up to start my next 12 weeks straight away, which will finish the Monday before my wedding which will be 19th of March. Am looking forward to my new challenge, as it will be harder, but also something i can really stick my teeth into so to speak.
I will be moving back to Mildura around the 15th of January, so i am looking forward to a new gym and new work mates and outlook on life.... it has fitted into my plan well. I will only have to train at my current gym for 2 weeks and then be at Beach house in Mildura. My other advantage of this i think will be that i am more likely to run into Sue at this gym and i wont slack off as much.
All in all things are looking pretty good for me....
Sunday, December 10, 2006
my 10th week and weekend
I cant keep up... things are just spinning out of control at the moment. I am still keeping up at what i can... I am not feeling miserable about not accomplishing every little task each week at the moment. As Christmas comes closer i am finding it increasingly difficult to keep up tasks each day... But i had a great week last week on the whole i think....
Monday training with Sue - i hurt for days, didnt start feeling better until about Thursday, it was awsome, and managed to continue that passion throughout the week and fit in a cardio session during my lunch break on Wednesday (eliptical trainer, varied resistance) and then doubled up for another cardio after work.... Thursday i trained legs and pushed myself as hard as i could.... I dont really like the things at the gym that train legs, anyway again i hurt for a couple of days afterwards... Have not taken measurements for a few weeks so am not sure on where i am at... but my clothes are still changing, slightly but still just... I think i have sort of hit a bit of a platau as my weight has not moved for about 4 weeks now... am sitting solid on 64kg.... I am comfy with this but would have liked to have seen a slightly bigger result on the scales... i know i know... not what it is about, however i find it strange to read so many other people's write up's after their 12 weeks and they have lost up to 10kg in some cases.... I dont know what the difference is.... I would love to know what my body fat % is... i got sue to use the callipers on me and i got readings from all over my body but they are just figures and i dont know what to do with working out percentage....
I am wanting to do another 12 weeks which will start xmas day/boxing day.... I will probably start xmas day as i am on call and my partner is working and my family all live 250km away so i wont be doing anything for xmas so no festive drinking/eating for me... but i will need to talk to sue i guess about my next program.... I am wanting to get really stuck into dropping my body fat % and putting on some lean muscle.... I have used this 12 weeks as a bit of a warm up to this.... I have started to look at a few different exercise programs myself, and am feeling a bit more confident in my ability to change one piece of equipment to another and still get the same workout.
I went to my high school reunion on the weekend, was an interesting experience to say the least some people i remembered and others i had no idea that i even went to school with them....I got lots of compliments on how good i was still looking after 10 years, was nice to be able to tell them that it was just hard work that got me there, some couldnt understand why or what i was exactly doing, but i am used to that now. I was sensible and ate before i went and drank only mid strength rum, it was so bloody hot here 40 + degrees... it was still 35 degrees at 11.30 at night i think i sweated out most of the alcohol, but i know i didnt drink much at all i kept a very close eye on this..... and as a result i still blew under the legal limit of .05 and could drive home at the end of the night.... all in all a sensible day i think... :D am very proud of myself.... I am still practicing flexing my muscles, i am having so much fun with them LOL.... My favorite is my tri's and my stomach.... My top abs are looking pretty good - not really showing but i certainly have the ridge down the centre and you call feel them all when i flex them!!!! I still have my "spare tyre" and the back fat that i am not liking much at all.... but i am kinda over it.... Went shopping and i am still very comfortable in a size 10, i think that is a US size 6 or something similar.... cant complain really.
Monday training with Sue - i hurt for days, didnt start feeling better until about Thursday, it was awsome, and managed to continue that passion throughout the week and fit in a cardio session during my lunch break on Wednesday (eliptical trainer, varied resistance) and then doubled up for another cardio after work.... Thursday i trained legs and pushed myself as hard as i could.... I dont really like the things at the gym that train legs, anyway again i hurt for a couple of days afterwards... Have not taken measurements for a few weeks so am not sure on where i am at... but my clothes are still changing, slightly but still just... I think i have sort of hit a bit of a platau as my weight has not moved for about 4 weeks now... am sitting solid on 64kg.... I am comfy with this but would have liked to have seen a slightly bigger result on the scales... i know i know... not what it is about, however i find it strange to read so many other people's write up's after their 12 weeks and they have lost up to 10kg in some cases.... I dont know what the difference is.... I would love to know what my body fat % is... i got sue to use the callipers on me and i got readings from all over my body but they are just figures and i dont know what to do with working out percentage....
I am wanting to do another 12 weeks which will start xmas day/boxing day.... I will probably start xmas day as i am on call and my partner is working and my family all live 250km away so i wont be doing anything for xmas so no festive drinking/eating for me... but i will need to talk to sue i guess about my next program.... I am wanting to get really stuck into dropping my body fat % and putting on some lean muscle.... I have used this 12 weeks as a bit of a warm up to this.... I have started to look at a few different exercise programs myself, and am feeling a bit more confident in my ability to change one piece of equipment to another and still get the same workout.
I went to my high school reunion on the weekend, was an interesting experience to say the least some people i remembered and others i had no idea that i even went to school with them....I got lots of compliments on how good i was still looking after 10 years, was nice to be able to tell them that it was just hard work that got me there, some couldnt understand why or what i was exactly doing, but i am used to that now. I was sensible and ate before i went and drank only mid strength rum, it was so bloody hot here 40 + degrees... it was still 35 degrees at 11.30 at night i think i sweated out most of the alcohol, but i know i didnt drink much at all i kept a very close eye on this..... and as a result i still blew under the legal limit of .05 and could drive home at the end of the night.... all in all a sensible day i think... :D am very proud of myself.... I am still practicing flexing my muscles, i am having so much fun with them LOL.... My favorite is my tri's and my stomach.... My top abs are looking pretty good - not really showing but i certainly have the ridge down the centre and you call feel them all when i flex them!!!! I still have my "spare tyre" and the back fat that i am not liking much at all.... but i am kinda over it.... Went shopping and i am still very comfortable in a size 10, i think that is a US size 6 or something similar.... cant complain really.
Thursday, December 7, 2006
spike the psycho cat
What can i say? My cat (spike) is a psycho, she drives me mad, i am at my whits end and i dont know what to do about her..... She just runs around the house like a mad thing and then runs up the curtains (not happy about this) and then jumps up the door frames trying to get at nothing.....
We not long had her spade thinking this would settle her down, but it has not, even with stitches in her belly she still ran around like an idiot... causing there to be fluid buildup which has meant 2 trips back to the vet to get that drained.... They tell us that we need to keep her contained and not let her run around, not really possible!!! We have taken to locking her up in the hall/laundry/bathroom area (all tiled) unfortunatly these all have slidding doors and we have to have this elaborate system of using our dumbell set to weigh the door shut as she has worked out how to open them. Not the use i was hoping for with the dumbells. However this does not restrict her... she then at 2.30 in the morning starts banging on the door and crying, hence waking Tim and I up.... I really dont know what to do.
I love her dearly and she is just a beautiful cat but i cant have her ruining my house and furniture and keeping me up at night, it is all just too much.
Horse on the other hand is beautiful, he is a pure bread maine coon (will try and get a pic of them) (this pic is a pic similar to horse, it has the same markings and colour) he is a red/ginger and has LOTS of fur, and cost $950 a rather expensive cat i think... but he does not do anything near as bad as spike... they play but he will only run around the house not rip anything up. Although i think Horse sits there every night and pulls great chunks of fur out and leaves it lying around the house.... Pets!!! Who needs them.... Maybe i will just get a ferrett.
We not long had her spade thinking this would settle her down, but it has not, even with stitches in her belly she still ran around like an idiot... causing there to be fluid buildup which has meant 2 trips back to the vet to get that drained.... They tell us that we need to keep her contained and not let her run around, not really possible!!! We have taken to locking her up in the hall/laundry/bathroom area (all tiled) unfortunatly these all have slidding doors and we have to have this elaborate system of using our dumbell set to weigh the door shut as she has worked out how to open them. Not the use i was hoping for with the dumbells. However this does not restrict her... she then at 2.30 in the morning starts banging on the door and crying, hence waking Tim and I up.... I really dont know what to do.
I love her dearly and she is just a beautiful cat but i cant have her ruining my house and furniture and keeping me up at night, it is all just too much.
Horse on the other hand is beautiful, he is a pure bread maine coon (will try and get a pic of them) (this pic is a pic similar to horse, it has the same markings and colour) he is a red/ginger and has LOTS of fur, and cost $950 a rather expensive cat i think... but he does not do anything near as bad as spike... they play but he will only run around the house not rip anything up. Although i think Horse sits there every night and pulls great chunks of fur out and leaves it lying around the house.... Pets!!! Who needs them.... Maybe i will just get a ferrett.
Got up early today (first time in a couple of weeks) and went off the the gym and done moderate cardio, loved it and still had some time and so fit in 10 min on the stepper just to change it up a bit. And then done some Abs.... was a bit puffed in the end.
After going to the gym at lunch yesterday for an eliptical session, i discovered that this is a great time of the day to go and will do this more often when work permits.... there is no one there and you can relax and get into your workout and not have to fight anyone for the equipment. I went back after work and done my incline treadmill and then went home and done some abs whilst watching TV... perfect distraction and i dont really know how many i got done i just kept going till i got sore. As a result my legs are very achy today and my abs hurt if i cough or sneeze, all in all i think that it is pretty positive.
Am off to Mildura this weekend again, for my high school reunion, we are meant to be having a BBQ and drinks and then go off to the pub later. I am going to have to have this as my free night i think as it will be the only way i can get around this sort of function. I am not so sure about how much i will be drinking or what i will drink yet, i might just stick to keeping it simple and eating light and drinking little with plenty of water in between.
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend....
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
what a workout
WOW is all i can say..... I had a session with Sue on Monday whilst i was home in Mildura, she really pushed me hard, it was great. I got to the point where i was so fatigued that i went numb, good but interesting feeling as i had not finished my workout yet so i had to keep going. I done some supersets between the reverse lat pull down and the seated row.... great for my back. I think my favorite was the tricep exercises though, i loved the tricep dip.... will keep that in my program i think just to mix things up a little.
What surprised me the most was the amount of weight that my calves could actually push, i think my last set was 75kg, unless my eyes were playing games with me. This goes without saying that i was struggling to walk for the next 3 days due to my calves being so tight.... What a feeling.
By the end of the session i was shaking, this didnt stop for about 2 hours afterwards and i could still feel the efects of the session for some time afterwards. It was a great experience as i have realised that i dont push myself hard enough in my sessions and i can obviously do more than i thought i could.
Other than that the wedding plans are coming along nicely, i have paid the photographer and organised the menu and arranged the flowers and the shoes for the girls and myself, booked the cars and the hairdresser, this reminds me i need to find a person to do the make up. The boys have their suits organised and will be getting those this weekend when we go back to Mildura.
This weekend i have my high school reunion - will be an interesting event i think and i am not sure how i am feeling about it really, but one thing i am excited about is that i reckon i would be one of few people who could still fit into my formal dress that i wore for the graduation LOL (thanks to Sue and Michelle).... Will be nice to see everyone again, but i honestly dont know who will be there.
What surprised me the most was the amount of weight that my calves could actually push, i think my last set was 75kg, unless my eyes were playing games with me. This goes without saying that i was struggling to walk for the next 3 days due to my calves being so tight.... What a feeling.
By the end of the session i was shaking, this didnt stop for about 2 hours afterwards and i could still feel the efects of the session for some time afterwards. It was a great experience as i have realised that i dont push myself hard enough in my sessions and i can obviously do more than i thought i could.
Other than that the wedding plans are coming along nicely, i have paid the photographer and organised the menu and arranged the flowers and the shoes for the girls and myself, booked the cars and the hairdresser, this reminds me i need to find a person to do the make up. The boys have their suits organised and will be getting those this weekend when we go back to Mildura.
This weekend i have my high school reunion - will be an interesting event i think and i am not sure how i am feeling about it really, but one thing i am excited about is that i reckon i would be one of few people who could still fit into my formal dress that i wore for the graduation LOL (thanks to Sue and Michelle).... Will be nice to see everyone again, but i honestly dont know who will be there.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
oops
Ok well, i was trying to work out how to get a pic up next to my profile and this was the result..... oh well, i have a pic up there now so there you go. A pic of me, a bit dashing i think... LOL. The pic was taken about 12 months ago for my mum's 50th b'day.
Have a great weekend all
Have a great weekend all
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
So very tired
OMG!!!! I am so tired, i am having trouble keeping up with my sleep at the moment.... bit frustrating as it is so hard to drag yourself out of bed in the mornings.... and i have to admit that this week i have been really poor with my ability to get up and going to the gym in the morning. As a result i have kinda fallen off the wagon this week.... But i think the rest has done my body good - might be fooling myself, but as soon as i have taken the few days off my body weight has dropped a kg..... I dont know but i surely need to find out why i am so bloody tired. It might also have something to do with the night i had, eating beautiful thai food and then spending the rest of the night paying dearly for it.... and i think it has followed me into today.
But i had the worst experience yesterday in the shower.... i am minding my own business (well actually i was seeing what my flexed muscles looked like in the water... i have too much time on my hands) washing my hair and i went to pick up the conditioner bottle, and low and behold there is a SPIDER under the bottle, looking at me... i swear it was looking at me. I start screaming and calling for my partner to come and deal with it. He looked and said it is only small just was it down the hole.... not something i felt comfortable about either.... so i mustered up some guts and sprayed the water on it.... this created a swirling effect and the spider then ended up in the middle of the floor where i was standing..... I am yelling again at this point, and my partner is laughing at me (not helping).... he eventually got rid of it for me, not without using far too much water and my time (i was already running late for work). But i am over it now, however not something i would like to go through again.
But i had the worst experience yesterday in the shower.... i am minding my own business (well actually i was seeing what my flexed muscles looked like in the water... i have too much time on my hands) washing my hair and i went to pick up the conditioner bottle, and low and behold there is a SPIDER under the bottle, looking at me... i swear it was looking at me. I start screaming and calling for my partner to come and deal with it. He looked and said it is only small just was it down the hole.... not something i felt comfortable about either.... so i mustered up some guts and sprayed the water on it.... this created a swirling effect and the spider then ended up in the middle of the floor where i was standing..... I am yelling again at this point, and my partner is laughing at me (not helping).... he eventually got rid of it for me, not without using far too much water and my time (i was already running late for work). But i am over it now, however not something i would like to go through again.
Monday, November 27, 2006
love the muscle
Had a bit of an off week this week where work seemed to just take over my life and consume everything... I was working 12 hour days and therefore unable to get to the gym - did get there earlier in the week and then late in the week but missed a few days in between. Not much i can do about it really. Although this week has been a real week of personal discovery for me both physically and psychologically. I have realised in the last few days when i flex muscles you can actually see them under my skin!!! YAY and there is starting to be some real definition especially in my quads and when i flex my upper body you can start to see my bi's and tri's and also the upper part of my chest mucle where it runs into my shoulder and arms.... its quite facinating really.... :D LOL. As a result i am like a kid with a new toy... always in front of the mirror trying to flex something....
Psycholgically i am just so proud of myself... and i feel really good about my body immage - i can walk out my door and be confidant in what and who i am and no matter what that is ok.... Although i can see some need for improvement in certain area's but i get up every morning and smile at myself and say "i look good" and not feel guilty about accepting someone's compliment when they give it to me.
Gym - i worked as hard as i could and spent a day or so sore from pushing with weights, but enjoyable..... I have been really working my legs in the hope to lift my rear a bit more.... and working hard on my chest and back... i would love to have defined back muscles... not there yet but apparently when i move a certain way my partner says that they can be seen....
Food - been pretty good not much to report there - have been experimenting with protein shakes and a few protein bars as they are both needed for some days at work when i am too busy to heat up a meal. Have changed protein powders which has made an improvement as the one i had was just all shades of wrong, and i couldnt get through it.... But i got musashi chocolate and that seems to be ok at the moment. Will get some of the new product from Sue when it becomes available.
Crashed a bit mentally this week with work and wedding plans... neither seem to be working well for me and i am not liking either much.... Thank God training is working well for me.... Getting into to silly season with race day's and christmas party's has been good i have been able to arrange being on call for those so this way it is a good excuse not to drink... Not everyone understands the no drinking policy that i have created....
As always i have raved on enough..... I am looking at starting my new challenge already, As much as i have struggled through parts of this one, and i know some people have copped the brunt of that in a few emails of my complaining and asking stupid questions... I am over that "hump" and am ready to keep moving... i can now see this as a real lifestyle program and not just a quick fix and something that i can continue for a lifetime.... simple and sweet i like it. Have briefly spoken to Sue about my next program, i have called it "muscle in march" as that is when my wedding is and my goal is to have lean muscle that is defined by then... i think it is realistic and achieveable to aim for that.... To get it done in time i will have to start on xmas day.... not good but fixable. I think i will start a bodybliz comp then as well - i didnt enter one this 12 weeks, but i think i will next time.... Cant wait.
Psycholgically i am just so proud of myself... and i feel really good about my body immage - i can walk out my door and be confidant in what and who i am and no matter what that is ok.... Although i can see some need for improvement in certain area's but i get up every morning and smile at myself and say "i look good" and not feel guilty about accepting someone's compliment when they give it to me.
Gym - i worked as hard as i could and spent a day or so sore from pushing with weights, but enjoyable..... I have been really working my legs in the hope to lift my rear a bit more.... and working hard on my chest and back... i would love to have defined back muscles... not there yet but apparently when i move a certain way my partner says that they can be seen....
Food - been pretty good not much to report there - have been experimenting with protein shakes and a few protein bars as they are both needed for some days at work when i am too busy to heat up a meal. Have changed protein powders which has made an improvement as the one i had was just all shades of wrong, and i couldnt get through it.... But i got musashi chocolate and that seems to be ok at the moment. Will get some of the new product from Sue when it becomes available.
Crashed a bit mentally this week with work and wedding plans... neither seem to be working well for me and i am not liking either much.... Thank God training is working well for me.... Getting into to silly season with race day's and christmas party's has been good i have been able to arrange being on call for those so this way it is a good excuse not to drink... Not everyone understands the no drinking policy that i have created....
As always i have raved on enough..... I am looking at starting my new challenge already, As much as i have struggled through parts of this one, and i know some people have copped the brunt of that in a few emails of my complaining and asking stupid questions... I am over that "hump" and am ready to keep moving... i can now see this as a real lifestyle program and not just a quick fix and something that i can continue for a lifetime.... simple and sweet i like it. Have briefly spoken to Sue about my next program, i have called it "muscle in march" as that is when my wedding is and my goal is to have lean muscle that is defined by then... i think it is realistic and achieveable to aim for that.... To get it done in time i will have to start on xmas day.... not good but fixable. I think i will start a bodybliz comp then as well - i didnt enter one this 12 weeks, but i think i will next time.... Cant wait.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
exhausted
Well after starting off with a bad day yesterday it slowly got worse.... In the end i was running out the door for a work matter at 3.30pm and didnt get back untill after 9pm. Which means that the gym was closed and i was not able to do my upper body.... So i went home and had tea, and then prepared snacks for today and went to bed....
Woke up this morning and was just so exhausted from the investigation last night that i couldnt pull myself out of bed, i think i am lucky to be at work today. Because there is minimal staff i was unable to start late today and get to the gym a bit later so i will have to squash everything in tonight and over the weekend... hard as i will be on call, so cant wander too far at all.
Will be out of the office most of the day again today and so wont get half the work done that i would like to.
At least i am still eating clean... one thing to hang on to.
Woke up this morning and was just so exhausted from the investigation last night that i couldnt pull myself out of bed, i think i am lucky to be at work today. Because there is minimal staff i was unable to start late today and get to the gym a bit later so i will have to squash everything in tonight and over the weekend... hard as i will be on call, so cant wander too far at all.
Will be out of the office most of the day again today and so wont get half the work done that i would like to.
At least i am still eating clean... one thing to hang on to.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The lost Dr Seuss Poem
I love my job....
I love my job, I love the pay!
I love it more and more each day
I love my boss, she is the best!
I love her boss and all the rest.
I love my office and its location. I hate to have to go on vacation.
I love my furniture drab and grey, and piles of paper that grow each day!
I think my job is really swell there's nothing else I love so well.
I love to work among my peers, I love their leers and jeers and sneers.
I love my computer and its software; I hug if often though it wont care.
I love each program and every file, I'd love them more if they worked a while.
I'm happy to be here, I am, I am
I'm the happiest slave of the firm, I am.
I love this work. I love these chores
I love the meetings with deadly bores.
I love my job - I'll say it again - I even love those friendly men.
Those friendly men who've come today, in clean white coats to take me away!!!
I love my job, I love the pay!
I love it more and more each day
I love my boss, she is the best!
I love her boss and all the rest.
I love my office and its location. I hate to have to go on vacation.
I love my furniture drab and grey, and piles of paper that grow each day!
I think my job is really swell there's nothing else I love so well.
I love to work among my peers, I love their leers and jeers and sneers.
I love my computer and its software; I hug if often though it wont care.
I love each program and every file, I'd love them more if they worked a while.
I'm happy to be here, I am, I am
I'm the happiest slave of the firm, I am.
I love this work. I love these chores
I love the meetings with deadly bores.
I love my job - I'll say it again - I even love those friendly men.
Those friendly men who've come today, in clean white coats to take me away!!!
What a day
I have decided i am an emotional eater as i am really wanting to eat something i know i shouldnt... like chocolate, they keep the fun size chocolates in the fridge and sell them for 50c each and it is so tempting. But i have told my work mates i am struggling today and every time i go near the kitchen they run in after me to make sure i am not in the chocolate.
Had a great HIIT session today so i figgure that will have gotten rid of some of my anger and frustration with work at the moment. Everything is so up in the air that i dont know what is going on and i am having trouble with my wedding plans....
At least i can control my training and nutrition and something in my life is consistant.
Work is shit, and i am miserable and want to transfer to another office and that has been approved but i cant yet go because there is a shortage of staff here in this office. I can understand this i am not unreasonable but i cant wait the 3 or so months they want me to... my wedding is in 17 and a half weeks and i would like to spend some of that in the town i am getting married in so i can actually plan it instead of having other people do it for me.... otherwise i feel i will get there on the day and have to compliment everyone else on what a great job they done on planning my wedding for me.... not what i was really hoping for as a bride!!!!
On top of that my grandfather is sick - very sick, he is nearly 91 and i dont know if he will make it to his 91st birthday let alone Christmas or my wedding.... and he lives in Mildura as well where i want to be, so it just makes it very emotinally draining on me.
Had a great HIIT session today so i figgure that will have gotten rid of some of my anger and frustration with work at the moment. Everything is so up in the air that i dont know what is going on and i am having trouble with my wedding plans....
At least i can control my training and nutrition and something in my life is consistant.
Work is shit, and i am miserable and want to transfer to another office and that has been approved but i cant yet go because there is a shortage of staff here in this office. I can understand this i am not unreasonable but i cant wait the 3 or so months they want me to... my wedding is in 17 and a half weeks and i would like to spend some of that in the town i am getting married in so i can actually plan it instead of having other people do it for me.... otherwise i feel i will get there on the day and have to compliment everyone else on what a great job they done on planning my wedding for me.... not what i was really hoping for as a bride!!!!
On top of that my grandfather is sick - very sick, he is nearly 91 and i dont know if he will make it to his 91st birthday let alone Christmas or my wedding.... and he lives in Mildura as well where i want to be, so it just makes it very emotinally draining on me.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Statistics
Ok i thought i would update everyone on a few stats of myself and it will help me think that i am improving something as well....
My 12 week challenge started on the
02/10/2006
Shoulders - didnt get a reading that was right so i will miss this
Chest - 91.5cm
Bicep - 30.5cm
Waist - 83cm
Hips - 107cm
Thigh - 63cm
Calf - 37cm
21/11/2006 (7 weeks down the track)
Shoulders 96.5 (up 1 cm from other measurment 3 weeks previous)
Chest - 87cm
Bicep - 30cm
Waist - 69.5cm
Hips - 103cm
Thigh - 58cm
Calf - 35.5
So there has been progress it is slow and steady and in other places it has been huge ie my waist. However i can still see room for improvement and will not be happy till, well i dont know when actually, i can see myself on this journey for a long time yet.
My 12 week challenge started on the
02/10/2006
Shoulders - didnt get a reading that was right so i will miss this
Chest - 91.5cm
Bicep - 30.5cm
Waist - 83cm
Hips - 107cm
Thigh - 63cm
Calf - 37cm
21/11/2006 (7 weeks down the track)
Shoulders 96.5 (up 1 cm from other measurment 3 weeks previous)
Chest - 87cm
Bicep - 30cm
Waist - 69.5cm
Hips - 103cm
Thigh - 58cm
Calf - 35.5
So there has been progress it is slow and steady and in other places it has been huge ie my waist. However i can still see room for improvement and will not be happy till, well i dont know when actually, i can see myself on this journey for a long time yet.
Satisfaction
Phew, with lots of patience i managed to get the site to work for me.... Will keep adding bits and pieces as i find them. My next challenge is to get a photo up there..
Will be in touch
Will be in touch
frustration
This is just a quick post to appologise for not having more links on my page, i have had tears of frustration today as i cant seem to post anyone elses blogs on there, i have been into the template and trying to fix the code's and things and have caused myself a headache in the process. Not really happy about it, but there does not seem to be much else i can do....
Having a bad day.
Having a bad day.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
week 8 day 1
The weeks are ticking slowly by and i feel that every time i blink the week changes!! I had 2 days in Mildura this last week, so that was a challenge with food and also training, but i done my best and even managed to fit in a session with Sue - fixed my form and a few minor miss haps that i had, i hurt for a day or so afterwards it was great .
Over all food has been pretty good and training has been fantastic, have been enjoying it and getting to that point of MMF where i sometimes struggle to walk out of the gym and still look coordinated and make my legs and arms work the way they should.
I pushed myself realy hard over the weekend and fit in 4 cardio sessions YAY, my new best friend is the stepper i love it.... it is however quite painful (good pain) and i go through an interesting process of enjoying it for the first 20 or so minutes and then it starts to hurt and i can get through another 10 or so minutes and then i spend the next 10 arguing with myself that if i get off i have failed myself and i wont have the butt that i so desperately want!!! and it takes me that long to talk myself around and then before you know it i have done 40 minutes.
I have however hit a bit of a platau and i have not moved much in cm for approx 3 weeks, i measured myself this morning and found that there has been no change for 3 weeks, not sure what is going on as i am pushing harder than ever and feeling the burn on a daily basis.
And my other issue is my spare tyre, i cant shift it, dont know what is going on i am doing my hardest with all my crunches and core exercies and plank thingies. My upper abs are looking pretty good and i found when i was drying myself the other day i saw the top 2 abs, it was a nice surprise!!!
After reading one of Sue's posts on the forum about reasons you know you are preparing for a comp, very funny!!! I went home and had my partner show me how to "flare" my lats out it took a bit of practice but i got it and wouldnt you know it there i was standing in front of the mirror and i could see my lat muscles out past my torso, it was great.... I do however need to get rid of some of the extra weight on my chest!!!
Over all food has been pretty good and training has been fantastic, have been enjoying it and getting to that point of MMF where i sometimes struggle to walk out of the gym and still look coordinated and make my legs and arms work the way they should.
I pushed myself realy hard over the weekend and fit in 4 cardio sessions YAY, my new best friend is the stepper i love it.... it is however quite painful (good pain) and i go through an interesting process of enjoying it for the first 20 or so minutes and then it starts to hurt and i can get through another 10 or so minutes and then i spend the next 10 arguing with myself that if i get off i have failed myself and i wont have the butt that i so desperately want!!! and it takes me that long to talk myself around and then before you know it i have done 40 minutes.
I have however hit a bit of a platau and i have not moved much in cm for approx 3 weeks, i measured myself this morning and found that there has been no change for 3 weeks, not sure what is going on as i am pushing harder than ever and feeling the burn on a daily basis.
And my other issue is my spare tyre, i cant shift it, dont know what is going on i am doing my hardest with all my crunches and core exercies and plank thingies. My upper abs are looking pretty good and i found when i was drying myself the other day i saw the top 2 abs, it was a nice surprise!!!
After reading one of Sue's posts on the forum about reasons you know you are preparing for a comp, very funny!!! I went home and had my partner show me how to "flare" my lats out it took a bit of practice but i got it and wouldnt you know it there i was standing in front of the mirror and i could see my lat muscles out past my torso, it was great.... I do however need to get rid of some of the extra weight on my chest!!!
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