Ok... I am LOVING this good food going into me. I am in love with salads and summer fruit. Winter I will find harder, because I love to eat potato and corn as my main vegie staples. (High in carbs and not that great for you!).
But I'm having a problem... I am not eating enough calories. My goal is 1200, but at the end of each day I'm finding myself on 1100 and scrounging around for something sweet to make it up to 1200. And this last week?? That something sweet was 50g of icecream :( :( Baaaaaaaad. Empty calories and I dont need it!!! I need to fuel my body with good, healthy, nutritious foods. Not crap. I dont want to be fat anymore.
I was doing so well, but I'm starting to fall back into horrid eating patterns. Take today for example... Ate a great breakky (egg, toast, tomato, avocado YUM) 370ish calories. Lunch - ham and salad wrap (180 cal) Dinner - sushi (350 cal). During the day I went to afternoon tea with friends and had a pot of tea with minimal skim milk (40 cal MAX). So that leaves me with 150cal to spare at the end of dinner.
Today I made better choices - had some watermelon and a forme yoghurt. But I didnt really NEED these foods. I don't want to send my metabolism into hiding by not eating enough, so am trying to compensate. I didnt feel like I needed a snack this morning because I had such a great breakfast. Maybe I do anyways, to keep my metabolism turning over...
Will have to experiment tomorrow and see how it goes!
Speaking of tomorrow... Channel Ten have started up a Million Kilo challenge, to try and get overweight Australians to lose 1,000,000kg as a cooperative. SO exciting! Free meal plans and exercise plans. Another added bonus to keep me eating clean and exercising!
www.1millionkilochallenge.com.au/ is the link if anyone would like to give it a go!
xxx
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
I'm starting to think my scales are wacky...
On my (old, very very old) scales at home my weight is showing at about 98kg at the moment. At the gym today I weighed myself on their digital scales and it showed 99.5. Weighed myself there last week too and it showed 100.5. So that's only a kilogram lost... Hmm... My scales are showing me the love.
I might just stick with them!
On fitness news - conquered another gym session. With the heat today (41.4C at the moment!!) i think it scared everyone away! I had the trainer all to myself! Was a blessing and a curse. She made me work HARD. No stopping *sigh* But I burned 700 cal so I did well!
Both my toddler and baby hated the creche today. H started crying as soon as the car stopped in the carpark. And M started when I left. The creche lady said they both were unhappy for the hour :( :( Feel horrible and guilty, but I know that they are safe, well fed and watered and have plenty of toys. Mean, selfish mummy.
xx
I might just stick with them!
On fitness news - conquered another gym session. With the heat today (41.4C at the moment!!) i think it scared everyone away! I had the trainer all to myself! Was a blessing and a curse. She made me work HARD. No stopping *sigh* But I burned 700 cal so I did well!
Both my toddler and baby hated the creche today. H started crying as soon as the car stopped in the carpark. And M started when I left. The creche lady said they both were unhappy for the hour :( :( Feel horrible and guilty, but I know that they are safe, well fed and watered and have plenty of toys. Mean, selfish mummy.
xx
So HOT!
South West WA is going through a bit of a heatwave at the moment! So hot! Yesterday it was 41C where I am. (We have a little weather station behind our house which transmits weather information into the display inside.) So I kept my eagle eye on the display and when it hit 40.8C I declared that it was too hot to do anything!
Strangely enough, I couldnt sit still. Wanted to sit and watch the tennis (which is always vetoed by my little boy saying 'Cartoons, mummy?'. So I couldnt do that. Too hot to sit on the couch with a laptop on my lap. So, I was a bit lost! So instead I pottered around the house doing the housework! We have aircon, but only in the living area and in the kids' room. SO I sweltered! SO warm! Changing sheets and washing and mopping floors. Weird!!
I still managed to head off for my walk. I went a little later last night (7.30) and it was getting dark. We West Australians don't get daylight savings (POO!) so by the time I finished my walk and stretches it was well and truly dark.
Eaten alive by mosquitos, but fitter and happier. I've knocked 2 minutes off my time from when I first started. I can almost walk up the complete hill without stopping now too! I think the voices in my head are telling me that I can't do it. I'm absolutely out of breath and my legs are burning, but I'm sure I can do it! But I'm getting somewhere...
Gym today. Kids in the creche, which will be interesting. Last week, my toddler had no idea, so was quite happy to follow me along. This week, he knows, so I will have to drag him in. My littlest is very happy to just go with the flow though!
Goal for the gym: Burn 700cal! Work HARD!!
Strangely enough, I couldnt sit still. Wanted to sit and watch the tennis (which is always vetoed by my little boy saying 'Cartoons, mummy?'. So I couldnt do that. Too hot to sit on the couch with a laptop on my lap. So, I was a bit lost! So instead I pottered around the house doing the housework! We have aircon, but only in the living area and in the kids' room. SO I sweltered! SO warm! Changing sheets and washing and mopping floors. Weird!!
I still managed to head off for my walk. I went a little later last night (7.30) and it was getting dark. We West Australians don't get daylight savings (POO!) so by the time I finished my walk and stretches it was well and truly dark.
Eaten alive by mosquitos, but fitter and happier. I've knocked 2 minutes off my time from when I first started. I can almost walk up the complete hill without stopping now too! I think the voices in my head are telling me that I can't do it. I'm absolutely out of breath and my legs are burning, but I'm sure I can do it! But I'm getting somewhere...
Gym today. Kids in the creche, which will be interesting. Last week, my toddler had no idea, so was quite happy to follow me along. This week, he knows, so I will have to drag him in. My littlest is very happy to just go with the flow though!
Goal for the gym: Burn 700cal! Work HARD!!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
WWW Wednesday!
Wake up, Wee, and Weigh Wednesday!
During 12wbt, Wednesday is weigh in day.. the day where we find out if what we're doing has any effect on the numbers on the scales.
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This was me in years gone by... There MUST be something wrong with the scales... I can't possibly be THAT heavy! But yes, I was. Depressingly so.
NEVER AGAIN! Today I jumped out of bed (as quickly as I could with sore calves!) and raced to the bathroom to weigh myself on my dodgy scales. I could have cried...
They show UNDER 100kgs... I havent been there since before I fell pregnant with my first child. Over 3 years! *sniffle* I'd lost 2.5kgs. HOLY CRAPBALLS! How exciting - and inspiring to keep going!
Onwards and downwards!
How did you do today?
During 12wbt, Wednesday is weigh in day.. the day where we find out if what we're doing has any effect on the numbers on the scales.
Image credit
This was me in years gone by... There MUST be something wrong with the scales... I can't possibly be THAT heavy! But yes, I was. Depressingly so.
NEVER AGAIN! Today I jumped out of bed (as quickly as I could with sore calves!) and raced to the bathroom to weigh myself on my dodgy scales. I could have cried...
They show UNDER 100kgs... I havent been there since before I fell pregnant with my first child. Over 3 years! *sniffle* I'd lost 2.5kgs. HOLY CRAPBALLS! How exciting - and inspiring to keep going!
Onwards and downwards!
How did you do today?
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