Oh wow! I have 8 followers!! - Can you tell I have never done this before?! lol! (small things excite me!)
I'm definitely not a daily 'blogger' that's for sure, but figured I should probably get on here and update what little old me has been up to the last few days.
Well, no conquering my street again, but inspired by the forums, I have gone out and purchased my polar FT7 and have managed to set the time and enter in my basic stats - one day I'll learn how to use the rest of it. I have also acquired two new books for the bookshelf, although they are not spending much time there at the moment - the Crunch Time Cookbook and Losing the last 5 kilos (yeah, I'm a way off, but it has the shopping lists in it and this lazy little vegemite needs that at the moment). So I'm starting the actual menus on Monday (yep, we all say that, but I am!) and for the next few days will just potter with whatever recipe takes my fancy. I made the eggwhite omlette with mushrooms this morning and it was delicious - and so filling, I struggled to get through it. Currently simmering away on my stovetop is the spag bol - I need to ease hubby into this I think and it is smelling devine.
I've also ordered Michelle's dvd pack from Big W Entertainment online so will be eagerly awaiting Mr Postman next week.
Still haven't told hubby about signing up and I've decided that I will wait until the end to confess my sin, seeing as he will now just think I am following the books (hehe!!). I did tell my mum though and she was eager to join in too, but she is going overseas for 4 weeks of the round so she really wants to join in next time.
I've also connected with some Cairns people too and we're in the process of planning some meet ups. The excitement is still here in me - I just really hope it stays!
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Monday, 25 April 2011
The Start
Wow, I have well and truly done it now!
I've never had a blog before, and never set myself such a challenge of 12WBT. Ok, that's a lie. I successfully managed to study my law degree full time whilst working full time - it took me 4 years and 19 days to prove to my beloved that I could do it, we even made a move interstate in that time and settled into new jobs - so if I can take 4 years out of my life to supposedly improve myself, why the hell does 12 weeks scare the living daylights out of me?! I'm always happy to improve my brain, but the truth is I'm just plain lazy when it comes to fitness, health and nutrition.
In the seven years I have been with my husband, I've always been 'going to do' this diet, or go to the gym or some other craze and it has always been just a craze and hubby has seen that, so it really is no surprise that when I mentioned the 12WBT to him he just rolled his eyes, laughed and said I'd be better off spending the cash on our son. Grrr! I knew that would be his reaction but it still hurt because I know he is right - I have never seen anything through that involves such a life change. Don't get me wrong, hubby is my rock and we support each other through everything (except my fitness - he's given up on that one!)
What I need to do is summon up my fighting spirit - the one I use at work to fight for justice for my clients, the one I have always used (even as a child!) whenever someone has told me I can't do something, or I can't have something. I have always found a way around it. My laziness just stops me from doing this for myself.
I am so full of excuses - There is a gym that keeps taking $13 out of my bank every week - I may aswell be donating the money to a good cause. I signed up there because they have a child minding service - GREAT! I can go there and my little boy can be looked after while I work out - ummmm.... no, this little ducky keeps finding excuses, the best one is that the child minding times clash with his naps, or he hasn't had enough immunisations, or I don't know the staff. So I'm cancelling the gym membership and I'm going to do this without a gym. I live on a hill for crying out loud! Also, I pay some exorbitant rates to the Cairns Regional Council who so very nicely put on free fitness classes along the esplanade and have a very beautiful 2.5km walkway the length of the esplanade - and guess what? the fitness classes don't clash with little ones naps, so I am out of excuses really - other than it's a 13km drive to get there!
So, it would appear that I have found some of that fighting spirit in taking the plunge and signing up for 12WBT round two. I then found some more by going for a walk last night - made even more amazing by the fact that we live on a steep hill with an even steeper driveway. I managed to push the pram up the hill, but gave up when we got to the driveway!
So that is the next goal - not only to push the pram up the hill, but get my little boy safely inside the house at the end of it! Then off to some classes at the esplanade (so I can at least get some value out of my ridiculous rates!) and when I go back to work, the classes won't clash, I can still take the little one and the excuses should be long gone.
So here is The Start - I've done it, I've made the investment, made the commitment and I'm not letting hubby win this one. This is for my family, so my little boy can grow up in a house where nutrition and fitness are important, where fast food is no quick fix because hubby or I 'can't be bothered'. My only feelings of guilt right now are that I haven't told hubby exactly what I'm up to - he wasn't impressed when I floated the idea. All he knows is that I'm wanting to get fitter and healthier, that I want to lose 17kg by the end of the year, and while I feel a little bit guilty, I'm a bit giggly about my little secret - I'll show him! Just like I did when he told me I'd never stick with my degree, that I wasn't disciplined enough - there's that red rag to a bull competition that's going to help me stick with this!
I've never had a blog before, and never set myself such a challenge of 12WBT. Ok, that's a lie. I successfully managed to study my law degree full time whilst working full time - it took me 4 years and 19 days to prove to my beloved that I could do it, we even made a move interstate in that time and settled into new jobs - so if I can take 4 years out of my life to supposedly improve myself, why the hell does 12 weeks scare the living daylights out of me?! I'm always happy to improve my brain, but the truth is I'm just plain lazy when it comes to fitness, health and nutrition.
In the seven years I have been with my husband, I've always been 'going to do' this diet, or go to the gym or some other craze and it has always been just a craze and hubby has seen that, so it really is no surprise that when I mentioned the 12WBT to him he just rolled his eyes, laughed and said I'd be better off spending the cash on our son. Grrr! I knew that would be his reaction but it still hurt because I know he is right - I have never seen anything through that involves such a life change. Don't get me wrong, hubby is my rock and we support each other through everything (except my fitness - he's given up on that one!)
What I need to do is summon up my fighting spirit - the one I use at work to fight for justice for my clients, the one I have always used (even as a child!) whenever someone has told me I can't do something, or I can't have something. I have always found a way around it. My laziness just stops me from doing this for myself.
I am so full of excuses - There is a gym that keeps taking $13 out of my bank every week - I may aswell be donating the money to a good cause. I signed up there because they have a child minding service - GREAT! I can go there and my little boy can be looked after while I work out - ummmm.... no, this little ducky keeps finding excuses, the best one is that the child minding times clash with his naps, or he hasn't had enough immunisations, or I don't know the staff. So I'm cancelling the gym membership and I'm going to do this without a gym. I live on a hill for crying out loud! Also, I pay some exorbitant rates to the Cairns Regional Council who so very nicely put on free fitness classes along the esplanade and have a very beautiful 2.5km walkway the length of the esplanade - and guess what? the fitness classes don't clash with little ones naps, so I am out of excuses really - other than it's a 13km drive to get there!
So, it would appear that I have found some of that fighting spirit in taking the plunge and signing up for 12WBT round two. I then found some more by going for a walk last night - made even more amazing by the fact that we live on a steep hill with an even steeper driveway. I managed to push the pram up the hill, but gave up when we got to the driveway!
So that is the next goal - not only to push the pram up the hill, but get my little boy safely inside the house at the end of it! Then off to some classes at the esplanade (so I can at least get some value out of my ridiculous rates!) and when I go back to work, the classes won't clash, I can still take the little one and the excuses should be long gone.
So here is The Start - I've done it, I've made the investment, made the commitment and I'm not letting hubby win this one. This is for my family, so my little boy can grow up in a house where nutrition and fitness are important, where fast food is no quick fix because hubby or I 'can't be bothered'. My only feelings of guilt right now are that I haven't told hubby exactly what I'm up to - he wasn't impressed when I floated the idea. All he knows is that I'm wanting to get fitter and healthier, that I want to lose 17kg by the end of the year, and while I feel a little bit guilty, I'm a bit giggly about my little secret - I'll show him! Just like I did when he told me I'd never stick with my degree, that I wasn't disciplined enough - there's that red rag to a bull competition that's going to help me stick with this!
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