healthyjess
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We have a house! Thank god! I was worried we may be homeless for a while...
Life will soon return to normal....
Good to hear!
November 2010 is for success
- Thread starter onmyway
- Start date
Good to hear!
So turns put that we can't move in until Saturday! Our current lease runs out that day....and I have to go to work at 1pm! My plan is to clear out all the rooms and clean them and just live in the kitchen. Then I'll move everything on Saturday and do a quick clean of kitchen/bathroom. So stressful!
I have put on a kg this week, which is not too bad considering how stressed I've been.
Plan for tomorrow:
Walk daughter to school (30min), return home and pack bedroom, dishes, pack bathroom things, clean all windows/doors/skirting boards/vacuum finished rooms. Walk to pick up daughter.....do I have to do exercise too?
Food:
Apple, kiwi fruit,banana, berries fruit salad
Chicken with noodles and stir fry veggies (lunch and dinner)
I have put on a kg this week, which is not too bad considering how stressed I've been.
Plan for tomorrow:
Walk daughter to school (30min), return home and pack bedroom, dishes, pack bathroom things, clean all windows/doors/skirting boards/vacuum finished rooms. Walk to pick up daughter.....do I have to do exercise too?
Food:
Apple, kiwi fruit,banana, berries fruit salad
Chicken with noodles and stir fry veggies (lunch and dinner)
and I'm back
Moving is hard work! wow. am. so. exhausted! Have managed to maintain my weight through the move (which is a BIG achievement, normally i'd put on 2 kg!).
I really want to get back to my healthy weight, I will work hard through out this month now that i've settled into my new house (which is only 500m away from the gym so no excuses!) Only problem is that there is no internet connection at my new house...have decided that I will not have it on until all debts are paid off. So, I will have to make weekly posts here instead.
Am back onto night shift...which generally starts off with a coffee and two tim tams and then gets worse as I get more tired, stressed and dehydrated. The plan is to drink water instead of eating. No one needs to eat at night right? Am resisting the biscuit urge and may even go to the gym...all the nurses seem to have forgotten how to page me and I am very bored!
Moving is hard work! wow. am. so. exhausted! Have managed to maintain my weight through the move (which is a BIG achievement, normally i'd put on 2 kg!).
I really want to get back to my healthy weight, I will work hard through out this month now that i've settled into my new house (which is only 500m away from the gym so no excuses!) Only problem is that there is no internet connection at my new house...have decided that I will not have it on until all debts are paid off. So, I will have to make weekly posts here instead.
Am back onto night shift...which generally starts off with a coffee and two tim tams and then gets worse as I get more tired, stressed and dehydrated. The plan is to drink water instead of eating. No one needs to eat at night right? Am resisting the biscuit urge and may even go to the gym...all the nurses seem to have forgotten how to page me and I am very bored!
SoCoSideshow
New member
If I could swing by this site every single day, I'd do it. I think it would help.
But, like yourself, I have no home internet connection, and instead have to rely on campus internet. Boo.
Good luck ending the year off well!
But, like yourself, I have no home internet connection, and instead have to rely on campus internet. Boo.
Good luck ending the year off well!
long time no internet
so the year is flying, 6 months since my last post. I only just got internet at my home.
I just finished the most important rotation of my career, followed by night shifts...Hence my lack of presence on the forum. I was working so much and became very sick. I stopped going to the gym (although I don't know when you're meant to go to the gym when working 80hrs in a week and being a mum in your spare time). Usually my weight would go up when not exercising and being stressed, but it's same as it was when I last left you. It was totally worth it...I did well in my rotation and am on my way to being a plastic surgeon.
Now...to complete my 12 week challenge.
I'm a bit embarrassed to keep this thread going and thought about deleting it and starting again. It looks like I have failed. I guess i made a conscious decision to focus on my career for a set period of time. I HAVE lost weight before and so I'm quite confident that I'll lose the weight eventually. I think keeping on with this diary will remind me to always get back up when you fall and that things take TIME.
Today:
30 min walk with daughter, shopping
20min zumba wii fit (i love this game)
20min XTrainer at the gym
1hour of aerobic yoga/pilates class at the gym...so hard!
=2hrs 10min
- chicken, lettuce, avo wrap
- 1/2 daughter's steak pie
- can of tuna and 8 vita weats
- skinny flat white
=1400cal
so the year is flying, 6 months since my last post. I only just got internet at my home.
I just finished the most important rotation of my career, followed by night shifts...Hence my lack of presence on the forum. I was working so much and became very sick. I stopped going to the gym (although I don't know when you're meant to go to the gym when working 80hrs in a week and being a mum in your spare time). Usually my weight would go up when not exercising and being stressed, but it's same as it was when I last left you. It was totally worth it...I did well in my rotation and am on my way to being a plastic surgeon.
Now...to complete my 12 week challenge.
I'm a bit embarrassed to keep this thread going and thought about deleting it and starting again. It looks like I have failed. I guess i made a conscious decision to focus on my career for a set period of time. I HAVE lost weight before and so I'm quite confident that I'll lose the weight eventually. I think keeping on with this diary will remind me to always get back up when you fall and that things take TIME.
Today:
30 min walk with daughter, shopping
20min zumba wii fit (i love this game)
20min XTrainer at the gym
1hour of aerobic yoga/pilates class at the gym...so hard!
=2hrs 10min
- chicken, lettuce, avo wrap
- 1/2 daughter's steak pie
- can of tuna and 8 vita weats
- skinny flat white
=1400cal
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16 Jun
Today was a day of walking. i left the house pushing the pram at 1 and got back at 5. We went to the botanical gardens, on a bushwalk, to the park and to the beautician salon. There were some good hills.
Then we went to my Grandma's house for dinner. This is a danger zone. I associate being at my grandmother's house with eating until you can't anymore. I think i controlled myself ok! It helped that I cooked dinner instead of having roasts with vegetables or lasagne or big plates of pasta. Who can ever stop at just one piece of lasagne???
food:
- eggs X2, Zucchini
- salt vinegar rice cakes X 6
- can of tuna, 1 avocado 8 vita weats
- 1 skinny flat white
- spinach, beetroot,eggplant, bean salad with chicken and 6 pieces tortellini with pesto
- row of dark chocolate with almonds
Exercise:
bush walk with daughter 2hours (I know i was out of the house for 4hours but i don't count strolling as exercise)
zumba 45min
Today was a day of walking. i left the house pushing the pram at 1 and got back at 5. We went to the botanical gardens, on a bushwalk, to the park and to the beautician salon. There were some good hills.
Then we went to my Grandma's house for dinner. This is a danger zone. I associate being at my grandmother's house with eating until you can't anymore. I think i controlled myself ok! It helped that I cooked dinner instead of having roasts with vegetables or lasagne or big plates of pasta. Who can ever stop at just one piece of lasagne???
food:
- eggs X2, Zucchini
- salt vinegar rice cakes X 6
- can of tuna, 1 avocado 8 vita weats
- 1 skinny flat white
- spinach, beetroot,eggplant, bean salad with chicken and 6 pieces tortellini with pesto
- row of dark chocolate with almonds
Exercise:
bush walk with daughter 2hours (I know i was out of the house for 4hours but i don't count strolling as exercise)
zumba 45min
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17 Jun
Another ordinary day. Went on a walk to the park and the markets with my daughter, came home and did a spring clean sans vacuuming. Day 6 of holidays and I am already bored. It's not that i'm not busy, but housework and only talking to a toddler all day is not very mentally stimulating. I've taken up Spanish and teaching my daughter about geology and archeology to pass the time. Perhaps this is the perfect time to do some personal training sessions.
I have huge boxes of paperwork to work through these holidays and do NOT want to do it. I'm going to have to watch out for procrastination by cooking/eating.
I guess I'll have to do the vacuuming and the paperwork tomorrow...sigh...life is too short for this stuff!
food:
- porridge
- 2X mandarin
- skinny flat white
- 2 salt vinegar rice cakes
- eggs and ham on pumpkin bread
- minestrone (homemade)
Exercise:
walk 1hr pushing pram
zumba 45min
Another ordinary day. Went on a walk to the park and the markets with my daughter, came home and did a spring clean sans vacuuming. Day 6 of holidays and I am already bored. It's not that i'm not busy, but housework and only talking to a toddler all day is not very mentally stimulating. I've taken up Spanish and teaching my daughter about geology and archeology to pass the time. Perhaps this is the perfect time to do some personal training sessions.
I have huge boxes of paperwork to work through these holidays and do NOT want to do it. I'm going to have to watch out for procrastination by cooking/eating.
I guess I'll have to do the vacuuming and the paperwork tomorrow...sigh...life is too short for this stuff!
food:
- porridge
- 2X mandarin
- skinny flat white
- 2 salt vinegar rice cakes
- eggs and ham on pumpkin bread
- minestrone (homemade)
Exercise:
walk 1hr pushing pram
zumba 45min
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19 jun
Spin class is for crazy people. Ouch! I was going to wait until I regained some fitness before attending spin class, but threw myself into the deep end today. Spin is the best for calorie burn, mental training and getting fit. I should go more often. There's a class on tomorrow, but I'll see how sore I am!
I had a quiet day at home because my daughter wanted to...so another day of housework...at least vacuuming and washing floors by hand can count for some exercise, right? I sorted out all of the paperwork last night and found a lot of errands i've been neglecting for months...these will keep me running (literally) around all day tomorrow.
Food:
- yoghurt with berries 200
- ricotta cheese and ham open toasties 450
- 2 x mandarin 60
- coffee 50
- cannelloni stuffed with ricotta, chicken and spinach with red sauce 450
- protein with soy milk 150
= 1360
Exercise:
- Spin class
- 30 min weights (abs and upper body)
- Walk pushing pram to park/shop with big hills (1hr return)
= 900
=deficit 1540
Spin class is for crazy people. Ouch! I was going to wait until I regained some fitness before attending spin class, but threw myself into the deep end today. Spin is the best for calorie burn, mental training and getting fit. I should go more often. There's a class on tomorrow, but I'll see how sore I am!
I had a quiet day at home because my daughter wanted to...so another day of housework...at least vacuuming and washing floors by hand can count for some exercise, right? I sorted out all of the paperwork last night and found a lot of errands i've been neglecting for months...these will keep me running (literally) around all day tomorrow.
Food:
- yoghurt with berries 200
- ricotta cheese and ham open toasties 450
- 2 x mandarin 60
- coffee 50
- cannelloni stuffed with ricotta, chicken and spinach with red sauce 450
- protein with soy milk 150
= 1360
Exercise:
- Spin class
- 30 min weights (abs and upper body)
- Walk pushing pram to park/shop with big hills (1hr return)
= 900
=deficit 1540
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20 June
pMet up with a friend for breakfast today. Resisted the urge to finish off my daughter's hot chocolate and biscuit. Don't you hate it how kids order delicious expensive food and then don't eat it? This must be the only reason stay at home mums could be overweight...just finishing off food the kids won't eat.
I was going to do a zumba workout before bed (to make up for the cheese and biscuits I had while watching Offspring today), but now it is 11pm and my daughter only JUST fell asleep. Perhaps this means she'll get up late and I'll be able to burn some extra calories burnt tomorrow morning before she wakes.
food
porridge and prunes 200
skinny flat white 100
protein shake 150
minestrone 300
canelloni stuffed with ricotta, chicken spinach with tomato sauce 450
4 vita weats and 2 slices of cheese 400
1600
exercise
Xtrainer and bike 500
walk daughter to and from Child care (1hr) 300
= 800
=deficit of 1200
Plan for tomorrow:
- egg white omellette with ricotta cheese, chicken and spinach 200
- protein shake 150
- 2 X mandarins 60
- cup-a-soup with added peas 150
- chicken breast with spices and spinach/rocket salad 300
- skinny latte 100
- glass of wine (wine appreciation night with friends on Tuesdays) 100
=1000
Exercise
- morning Zumba if child is sleeping still
- walk to child care 30min
- kickboxing class
- take daughter to the pool???? Depending on how well behaved (ie. how tired) she is.
I need to make sure the house is perfectly clean, pack bags for my going away and sort out school lunches/uniforms/activities for while I'm away....I wish I'd done more of this stuff today!
pMet up with a friend for breakfast today. Resisted the urge to finish off my daughter's hot chocolate and biscuit. Don't you hate it how kids order delicious expensive food and then don't eat it? This must be the only reason stay at home mums could be overweight...just finishing off food the kids won't eat.
I was going to do a zumba workout before bed (to make up for the cheese and biscuits I had while watching Offspring today), but now it is 11pm and my daughter only JUST fell asleep. Perhaps this means she'll get up late and I'll be able to burn some extra calories burnt tomorrow morning before she wakes.
food
porridge and prunes 200
skinny flat white 100
protein shake 150
minestrone 300
canelloni stuffed with ricotta, chicken spinach with tomato sauce 450
4 vita weats and 2 slices of cheese 400
1600
exercise
Xtrainer and bike 500
walk daughter to and from Child care (1hr) 300
= 800
=deficit of 1200
Plan for tomorrow:
- egg white omellette with ricotta cheese, chicken and spinach 200
- protein shake 150
- 2 X mandarins 60
- cup-a-soup with added peas 150
- chicken breast with spices and spinach/rocket salad 300
- skinny latte 100
- glass of wine (wine appreciation night with friends on Tuesdays) 100
=1000
Exercise
- morning Zumba if child is sleeping still
- walk to child care 30min
- kickboxing class
- take daughter to the pool???? Depending on how well behaved (ie. how tired) she is.
I need to make sure the house is perfectly clean, pack bags for my going away and sort out school lunches/uniforms/activities for while I'm away....I wish I'd done more of this stuff today!
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Sunflower2
New member
Your exercise looks really good! Keep it up
22 June
Yesterday did not go to plan (see above). My daughter did not go to sleep was grumpy ALL day. Nothing I tried worked until we agreed that we'd have pizza for dinner and watch movies. I thought I'd make homemade pizza but she had her mind set on takeaway....and I risked setting it off again if I disagreed. So yesterday i ate egg/ricotta, skim flat white, chicken breast with spinach, 4 slices vego pizza, 1 yoghurt tube, 2 choc-rum balls, 4 marshmallows. I didn't get to the gym because I had to look after my daughter but we did a bit of walking.
To top off my day, my flights for my holiday were cancelled!!! I was so disappointed, I had a whole week of art galleries planned and a weekend with a beautiful man. AND it's so cold here!!
I've calmed down now...At least I'll get to get some work/job applications/research papers done over the coming days. I'll also get to go to my daughter's dance lesson.
I had a nice long bath to relax. I think today highlights how much I eat and crave sugar when i'm tired.
Today
- Took daughter (who has returned to normal) to school, came back to bed and slept in until midday...haven't done this for months. Very nice. Feel a lot better now.
- coffee (plunger with milk) 50
- 1 yoghurt tube 60
- 1/2 serve sultanas 50
- 4 slices vego pizza 500
- Chicken breast dry-fried with spices + spinach and greek yoghurt 400
- 2 vita weats, vegemite, 1/2 slice cheese 100
- protein shake 100
=1260
- Spin class 600 cal
- Zumba 45 min 400
- 40min walk 250
=-1250
Plan for tomorrow
- apple porridge + prunes 300
- coffee 100
- pumpkin/lentil soup with 1 slice of toast 400
- chicken breast with greek yoghurt and spinach 400
- yoghurt tube 60
- protein shake 100
= 1360
- morning yoga/pilates class
- XTrainer 30min
- weights 30min
AND HOPEFULLY GETTING ON A PLANE to start my indulgent holiday!!!
Yesterday did not go to plan (see above). My daughter did not go to sleep was grumpy ALL day. Nothing I tried worked until we agreed that we'd have pizza for dinner and watch movies. I thought I'd make homemade pizza but she had her mind set on takeaway....and I risked setting it off again if I disagreed. So yesterday i ate egg/ricotta, skim flat white, chicken breast with spinach, 4 slices vego pizza, 1 yoghurt tube, 2 choc-rum balls, 4 marshmallows. I didn't get to the gym because I had to look after my daughter but we did a bit of walking.
To top off my day, my flights for my holiday were cancelled!!! I was so disappointed, I had a whole week of art galleries planned and a weekend with a beautiful man.
AND it's so cold here!! I've calmed down now...At least I'll get to get some work/job applications/research papers done over the coming days. I'll also get to go to my daughter's dance lesson
. I had a nice long bath to relax. I think today highlights how much I eat and crave sugar when i'm tired.
Today
- Took daughter (who has returned to normal) to school, came back to bed and slept in until midday...haven't done this for months. Very nice. Feel a lot better now.
- coffee (plunger with milk) 50
- 1 yoghurt tube 60
- 1/2 serve sultanas 50
- 4 slices vego pizza 500
- Chicken breast dry-fried with spices + spinach and greek yoghurt 400
- 2 vita weats, vegemite, 1/2 slice cheese 100
- protein shake 100
=1260
- Spin class 600 cal
- Zumba 45 min 400
- 40min walk 250
=-1250
Plan for tomorrow
- apple porridge + prunes 300
- coffee 100
- pumpkin/lentil soup with 1 slice of toast 400
- chicken breast with greek yoghurt and spinach 400
- yoghurt tube 60
- protein shake 100
= 1360
- morning yoga/pilates class
- XTrainer 30min
- weights 30min
AND HOPEFULLY GETTING ON A PLANE to start my indulgent holiday!!!
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23rd June
Stuck to my food plan today. Exercise? Well when i woke up I was so groggy I thought I must have set my alarm by accident and that there was no reason to get up at all.....Yoga class missed. I went to a fitball class instead later on in the day. Then I did some XTrainer.
I could feel the effects of spin class today. Usually squats are my game, but today was HARD! My quads are killing me!
I had an indulgent day of shopping for bubble bath, perfume, makeup, stockings and presents for my daughter.
I'm all packed for my holiday tomorrow and all my job applications are almost complete! I am applying for every doctor job in Australia...I'll take the best offer. I imagine I'll get frustrated with any rejections but I figure that I'm good at what I do, I work hard and I'm a great team player so it will definitely be their loss if they don't offer me a job!!! (or so i'll keep telling myself to avoid any sorry-for-myself food binges).
Well good luck to all those heading off for some wintertime indulgence...I know I'll need it to stay on my weight loss path this coming week! My boyfriend has planned many dinners, chocolate shops and alcohol fuelled evenings.
Plan for tomorrow
- cranberry and apple porridge
- pumpkin/lentil soup and toast
- protein shake
- sk flat white
- dinner at family's house, most probably soup followed by meat and 3 veg(danger zone...must remember to eat my SMALL portion SLOWLY....drink lots of water too).
I know my food is sounding repetitive, it's usually not....I just don't want to buy anything more before going on holiday.
- 30min yoga
- kickboxing class
- walk to pick daughter up from school and to markets 1hr
Stuck to my food plan today. Exercise? Well when i woke up I was so groggy I thought I must have set my alarm by accident and that there was no reason to get up at all.....Yoga class missed. I went to a fitball class instead later on in the day. Then I did some XTrainer.
I could feel the effects of spin class today. Usually squats are my game, but today was HARD! My quads are killing me!
I had an indulgent day of shopping for bubble bath, perfume, makeup, stockings and presents for my daughter.
I'm all packed for my holiday tomorrow and all my job applications are almost complete! I am applying for every doctor job in Australia...I'll take the best offer. I imagine I'll get frustrated with any rejections but I figure that I'm good at what I do, I work hard and I'm a great team player so it will definitely be their loss if they don't offer me a job!!! (or so i'll keep telling myself to avoid any sorry-for-myself food binges).
Well good luck to all those heading off for some wintertime indulgence...I know I'll need it to stay on my weight loss path this coming week! My boyfriend has planned many dinners, chocolate shops and alcohol fuelled evenings.
Plan for tomorrow
- cranberry and apple porridge
- pumpkin/lentil soup and toast
- protein shake
- sk flat white
- dinner at family's house, most probably soup followed by meat and 3 veg(danger zone...must remember to eat my SMALL portion SLOWLY....drink lots of water too).
I know my food is sounding repetitive, it's usually not....I just don't want to buy anything more before going on holiday.
- 30min yoga
- kickboxing class
- walk to pick daughter up from school and to markets 1hr
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I am in Melbourne...finally. I have been walking and walking and walking. Today I went iceskating followed by lunch at the lindt cafe. I had strawberries dipped in chocolate....so good.
For my exercise tonight I will be Salsa dancing until the early hours....
Friday
- stuck to plan (see last entry) Kickbox was hard...My legs were still recovering from spin/fitball and now my arms are the ones needing to recover.
- dinner was small portions meatloaf, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, lettuce, tomato salad with cashew nuts. I have no idea how many calories in this but given the rest of the day was 700cal, I may have eaten just enough calories.
- cup of tea and scotch finger....oops
Saturday
- fruit salad
- 2 X skim latte
- steamed duck, 1/4 cup of rice, vegies (restaurant food)
- 2 X lollies
- 1 scoop green tea icecream
Sunday (today)
- 1 slice bacon, 1 mushroom, 1 tomato. 1.5 egg, 1 slice pumpkin seed bread (all cooked at home without oil)
- Strawberries dipped in chocolate + skim flat white
- 5 pieces of sushi with raw fish
- restaurant for dinner (???) Surprise planned by my friends. I think it may be more sushi...yum!
Salsa dancing!!!
[U]Plan for tomorrow[/U]
- omellette (2X eggs, milk, spinach, mushroom)
- 1 skim flat white
- sushi X 1 hand roll
- chicken, spinach, mushroom salad
- I will walk all day, shopping and at art galleries.
- 30min yoga/calisthenics in my hotel apartment.
For my exercise tonight I will be Salsa dancing until the early hours....
Friday
- stuck to plan (see last entry) Kickbox was hard...My legs were still recovering from spin/fitball and now my arms are the ones needing to recover.
- dinner was small portions meatloaf, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, lettuce, tomato salad with cashew nuts. I have no idea how many calories in this but given the rest of the day was 700cal, I may have eaten just enough calories.
- cup of tea and scotch finger....oops
Saturday
- fruit salad
- 2 X skim latte
- steamed duck, 1/4 cup of rice, vegies (restaurant food)
- 2 X lollies
- 1 scoop green tea icecream
Sunday (today)
- 1 slice bacon, 1 mushroom, 1 tomato. 1.5 egg, 1 slice pumpkin seed bread (all cooked at home without oil)
- Strawberries dipped in chocolate + skim flat white
- 5 pieces of sushi with raw fish
- restaurant for dinner (???) Surprise planned by my friends. I think it may be more sushi...yum!
Salsa dancing!!!
[U]Plan for tomorrow[/U]
- omellette (2X eggs, milk, spinach, mushroom)
- 1 skim flat white
- sushi X 1 hand roll
- chicken, spinach, mushroom salad
- I will walk all day, shopping and at art galleries.
- 30min yoga/calisthenics in my hotel apartment.
Aug 1
I'm back from an extended holiday wining and dining and touristy things. I was invited out/cooked for/partied out nearly every night these holidays. Lots of stress with job applications, scary health scare and stupid men.
It shows. At least three people this week have said to me 'you have gotten fat'. Oh dear, thank god for people without manners....probably time to get moving.
My problem is that I have always eaten very healthily, but just too much. Now i have developed bad eating habits as well. I just keep going backwards. I have increased my alcohol intake substantially this year, although my drinking buddy just moved away so that may help.
I used to exercise whenever i wanted. Now there is no full time babysitter (ie. husband) around. I can't actually get to the gym because toddlers aren't allowed and i'm at work when the childcare is on.
I need a new plan that takes into account my new lifestyle. My gym membership is up for renewal but I might have to think about other activities. Like bikeriding with a kiddy trailer. Or rollerblading. Or give up lunch time study for lunch time walks. Perhaps I could spend gym membership money on a treadmill for home.
Plan for tomorrow:
- take child to childcare (30min walk)
- work on URGENT job applications and overdue research papers
- URGENT tax papers/letters/forms
- study group at work
- gym after
spinach omelette
chicken and salad
carrot/ginger soup
protein shake
KEEP WRITING HERE!!!! That is the only time that I stay on track.
I'm back from an extended holiday wining and dining and touristy things. I was invited out/cooked for/partied out nearly every night these holidays. Lots of stress with job applications, scary health scare and stupid men.
It shows. At least three people this week have said to me 'you have gotten fat'. Oh dear, thank god for people without manners....probably time to get moving.
My problem is that I have always eaten very healthily, but just too much. Now i have developed bad eating habits as well. I just keep going backwards. I have increased my alcohol intake substantially this year, although my drinking buddy just moved away so that may help.
I used to exercise whenever i wanted. Now there is no full time babysitter (ie. husband) around. I can't actually get to the gym because toddlers aren't allowed and i'm at work when the childcare is on.
I need a new plan that takes into account my new lifestyle. My gym membership is up for renewal but I might have to think about other activities. Like bikeriding with a kiddy trailer. Or rollerblading. Or give up lunch time study for lunch time walks. Perhaps I could spend gym membership money on a treadmill for home.
Plan for tomorrow:
- take child to childcare (30min walk)
- work on URGENT job applications and overdue research papers
- URGENT tax papers/letters/forms
- study group at work
- gym after
spinach omelette
chicken and salad
carrot/ginger soup
protein shake
KEEP WRITING HERE!!!! That is the only time that I stay on track.
4 Aug
Ok, so after my holidays I have tipped the scale at 77kg! that's almost 1/kg gain per week of holidays. So much for time off to exercise...
I've been good with my diet, under calorie goal each day. Exercise was mostly walking pushing a pram. I started running again yesterday... Obviously only for short intervals.
I miss running so much. I used to be able to get up on a weekend and run to the beach, relax, swim, drink a coffee, and then run back home. It's the best feeling in the world going fast all on your own power. And it's great to have the solitary time just listening to music. I think i'll keep that image in my head when i'm having a bad exercise day.
My problem is WORK!!! I'm working 7.30am until 8.30pm each day so it's already bed time when I get home! I feel entirely overwhelmed with my work and feel like i'm a bad doctor. I need to study, but then I don't have time to sleep and especially not enough time to exercise!
I plan on waking at 6 and exercising before work tomorrow. It means I'll be working on less sleep but I HAVE to do something about learning to continue a healthy working life.
Ok, so after my holidays I have tipped the scale at 77kg! that's almost 1/kg gain per week of holidays. So much for time off to exercise...
I've been good with my diet, under calorie goal each day. Exercise was mostly walking pushing a pram. I started running again yesterday... Obviously only for short intervals.
I miss running so much. I used to be able to get up on a weekend and run to the beach, relax, swim, drink a coffee, and then run back home. It's the best feeling in the world going fast all on your own power. And it's great to have the solitary time just listening to music. I think i'll keep that image in my head when i'm having a bad exercise day.
My problem is WORK!!! I'm working 7.30am until 8.30pm each day so it's already bed time when I get home! I feel entirely overwhelmed with my work and feel like i'm a bad doctor. I need to study, but then I don't have time to sleep and especially not enough time to exercise!
I plan on waking at 6 and exercising before work tomorrow. It means I'll be working on less sleep but I HAVE to do something about learning to continue a healthy working life.
7/8/11
So now work hours are from 730 until 930. Handover goes for hours. Just got home and had dinner, and now in bed so I can get up on time for work again tomorrow.
I've kept under calorie goals and managed a run so I'm not doing too badly. I just need to watch the rest of my life because if it goes pear-shaped then so do I.
I also have to figure out how to get the groceries when I'm at work all day. I'm down to some protein shake, hokkein noodles, eggs and a can of tomatoes.
So now work hours are from 730 until 930. Handover goes for hours. Just got home and had dinner, and now in bed so I can get up on time for work again tomorrow.
I've kept under calorie goals and managed a run so I'm not doing too badly. I just need to watch the rest of my life because if it goes pear-shaped then so do I.
I also have to figure out how to get the groceries when I'm at work all day. I'm down to some protein shake, hokkein noodles, eggs and a can of tomatoes.
OMG I want chocolate. Just finished lunch and am still tired...chocolate would really help me stay awake right now!
Running is going well and I'm progressing fast. I had a day off yesterday and walked all day with my daughter. I am praying that handover goes for its allocated 30 min and not two hours like last week. Then I can get to the gym for a run/weights after work.
I only have 200 cal left for today. So no chocolate, just spinach ommellette for dinner.
Running is going well and I'm progressing fast. I had a day off yesterday and walked all day with my daughter. I am praying that handover goes for its allocated 30 min and not two hours like last week. Then I can get to the gym for a run/weights after work.
I only have 200 cal left for today. So no chocolate, just spinach ommellette for dinner.
Tapas, good or bad? On the one hand you have only small portions and no huge plate of food that you feel guilty not finishing. On he other hand you have no idea how many calories were eaten. I had Tapas with friends last night, it was so GOOD and I came away feeling like I could eat more but I'm sure I was over the calorie budget.
Going out for dinner and drinks for the next two nights...god help my waistline. I guess kickboxing today, running and walking tomorrow followed by spin class on Sunday may help. I also plan to have meal replacements for breakfast/lunch and to limit myself to two glasses of wine each night.
Going out for dinner and drinks for the next two nights...god help my waistline. I guess kickboxing today, running and walking tomorrow followed by spin class on Sunday may help. I also plan to have meal replacements for breakfast/lunch and to limit myself to two glasses of wine each night.
Irishprincess
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This goes through my head about 100 times a day. I loooove chocolate. Anyway hun, i know you have slipped up a few times, but havent we all!! Just eat healthy and try to exercise everyday. I find it so hard to exercise im a lazy bitch!!haha
Anyway best of luck dear xoxox