Feeling good today...[quick stop ... someone take note of this moment!] :-)
So I decided that I have this idea of the person I want to be... well to be her I have to do what I think she would do... for example: She gets' on with stuff, she doesn't put things off...
Oh yeh... and I have to stop putting off being her until tomorrow!! ;-)
So I have made better food choices that usual, we played golf on Saturday and I didn't spend the whole time moaning and feeling like I want to go home and either do chores or lay on settee......we were out with friends at night... dinner, drinks and watching a film.... Check me out for these choices:
~ I drove so I didn't drink alcohol
~ We didn't do starters or desserts
~ Instead of pasta or pizza I chose chicken, pancetta and avocado salad (with dressing on the side) ... but I did have a small beer
~ The 'table' ordered Garlic Bread Pizza with cheese.... I didn't touch it
~ I chose a bottle of water to take into the cinema with me (not cola)
~ I did have a small bag of sweet popcorn.... but I did intend to take some raw almonds with me and I would have been very happy with this if I hadn't forgotten them!
BTW the film we watched... Paranormal Activity 3 (very halloween!) must have made me burn extra calories as my heart rate must have been sky high and my adrenalin was through the roof!!!!
On to today... I haven't made it to the gym to work my back & biceps, but I'm sure at this stage my muscles won't miss it too much... but we have played golf and my golf mojo is definitly back I really enjoyed it (when I am on a 'down' my golf mojo is the first thing to go, so the fact it is back bodes well for the week ahead!!!
I am about to go for a long soak... food so far has been ok.... then I am prepping my food for the week ahead!!
Yay .. go me!!
(this was yesterdays post...left in as a draft by accident!!)
It was a tough week, one that should have kick started my fitness, but instead I spent my time either at work (most of my time) or in my head (thinking about all the mental side of getting back in gear) or procrastinating a feeling bad about this or that.....
AS FROM TODAY I WILL NOT FEEL BAD ANYMORE ABOUT ANYTHING!!
(feeling bad is sooooo yesterday!)
Things that make me feel bad:
1, When I let my hubby down. This usually happens when he goes to wear something that I haven't washed yet or when I haven't prep'd his food. At the moment he is getting frustrated with me for a lot of reasons.
2, When I don't eat right and to plan
3, When I don't make it to the gym
4, When I don't keep on top of my house
So the best way to stop feeling bad is to stop doing the things that make me feel bad. So I need to stop slacking on workouts and food and starting to look after my home and family. I need to make the hours of 5.30pm to 8.15am about Me and My Family (not about work) and make the hours of 8.15am to 5.30pm as effictive and efficient as I can.
My plan for this week:
Food = Eat 1500 cals per weekday and usual macros (40%carb, 30%pro, 30%fat). Eat 1800 cals Sat & Sun (same macros)
2 x cheat meals allowed over the week.
Alchohol = Reduce intake by having spritzers not full glasses ) 2 x 100 cals for each)
Water = Drink some of the bloody stuff!!!
Workout Plan:
Sat - Golf
Sun - Back & Biceps (am) / Golf (pm)
Mon - Legs (am) / Treadmill (pm)
Tue - Chest/ Shoulders/Tri's (am) / X Trainer (pm)
Wed - Back & Biceps (am) / Treadmill (pm)
Thu - Legs (am) / Stair mill (pm)
Fri - Chest/Shoulders/Tri's (am)
Sat - Treadmill (am)
Stop feeling bad:
Do as flylady does and start a morning & evening routine that works...
Pay off small chunks of the housework loan!
Anti-procrastination mission:
Do not put anything off (especially living) for tomorrow... live your life today!!
Do as Nike says..
'Just Do It'
So I have a plan for food and for exercise this week. Sunday was the first day following that plan and it didn't go totally as it should have. I found sunday a tough one...I woke with a dodgy tummy at 5am, couldn't get back to sleep and the day continued in that way... I wasn't up for golf so I missed out on burning those calories today, but I kept track of my food and didn't blow it out of the water as I would usually do on a day like today I stayed within my planned calories and all in all it wasn't too bad
Monday ....back at work and back to the routine. It is tough because not only am I trying to work out my bad habits and overcome them I am also trying to get organised at home so that I make each day as easy as I can for myself and I guess today I had to try and put some of the new things into practise....and then I slept through my alarm! I still made it to the gym, but I didn't manage to get ahead on some of the 'at home' stuff that I wanted to do.
So anyway 45mins cardio, dentists, then work ... it was a tough day and my will power for my prawn stir fry had all but disappeared by the time I arrived home so I caved and had fries, peas and meatballs.... hmm caving for the last meal of the day seems to be a pattern...!
So I am finding these first days tough...I haven't been on a plan for such a long time and I am used to just eating what I fancy when I fancy it, well thats' what has taken me up another 7lb recently so I need to get that habit to disappear!!
Bad Habits I will defeat....
Procrastination
Eat what I want when I want
I am sure the list will grow!!
3 x 'pat on the back' for the last couple of days:
1, 45 mins cardio
2, 75% clean and to plan
3, Started to get 'organised' at home.... (I have never been a domestic goddess!!)
3 x 'could do betters'
1, It'd be a good idea to drink water!!!!
2, Prep food!
3, Follow plan all day!!!
It's tough - but I will beat these bad habits to become the fitness goddess that I will be!!
A new blog, but not such a new dream.
It's a dream I have had for about 8 years... to step up on stage and show the body that I have created, a body that shows I have a strength of character to get through 12 weeks of total dedication and discipline, a body that proves to me that I can achieve something when I set my mind to it.
I have watched the world move on in those 8 years, but I seem to have stood still.... always going for the same goal, always moaning about the same muffin top etc, etc....Other people I know have had goals and achieved them and more in those 8 years.... My world isn't standing still anymore!
I have just turned 35 years old and it feels like a bit of a milestone and hitting this goal is my gift to me for this year!
I have made a plan that takes me all the way til March when I am next due to go on vacation. My first 'big' goal is to reach 65kgs by Xmas! There are little baby step goals along my journey and I will talk about them more as I move up the ladder towards my target.
Only one thing keeps stopping me from doing this successfully and that is Me!
I am not frightened to work hard, but I do have a lot of bad habits to overcome.. procrastination has got to be the biggest one that I need to overcome. This particular habit has held me back for a long time.... NO MORE!!
I know it will be tough, I know I have some serious battles to overcome, but I know that I will make it. I just need to start taking the right steps.
Wish me luck because this time I will succeed!
