Woot! Proud of Myself Today!

So this morning, my alarm went off at 8am, and I could hear the rain on the roof. I was supposed to be getting up and going for my run, but was quite thankful for the rain and my bed was so comfy and that seemed like a perfectly good excuse to stay in bed. I drowsed then read my book, and the rain stopped. I got up and put on my running clothes, but then pottered around, in the back of my mind knowing that if I procrastinated long enough there wouldn't be enough time and I'd be of the hook. Then, not sure why - maybe thinking about how well I've done so far this week, and also thinking about Operation Europe I decided to just freaking do it. So the shoes went on, and out the door I went. And it was great! I ran for 9kms, and felt like I could go further. Then when I got home I did the rest of the SSS workout too. Felt exhausted after, but also really good, and so proud of myself for just going and getting it done!

All up, it's been a pretty darn good week. A few slip ups (out for lunch, takeaways last night, more wine than planned), but nothing major, and am back into my exercise and loving it! The scales are already showing a smaller number, and I'm already fitting into clothes better. I'm wearing a dress I haven't put on in ages tonight, and although I've been slimmer, I feel good. Just need to keep this up and I'll manage Operation Europe no problem!

We're off to R & J's house soon for a 1st birthday party. They decided to have a party for us adults, so I'm sure there will be loads of wine consumed. I'm not feeling too bad about it though because of my run, and also think that will help me be sensible tonight, as I won't be thinking ah well, start again tomorrow. Instead I will be thinking about my run and the effort it was, and not wanting to put myself backwards.

I'm looking forward to continuing with this now. Today it's not too hard! :)

Operation Europe is Underway!

I've been reading a blog called Coco Butter by a girl who is also doing 12WBT. She does "operations" as her targets, which are sort of count downs to a certain timeframe or event. I like the idea, so have adopted it, and am starting Operation Europe! Her's are usually about fitting into a specific item of clothing. I haven't yet decided whether I will do that, or just work towards feeling awesome being in Europe, although maybe that's not specific enough!

Anyway, so far I have some weight goals, and also a list of running events  I want to do between now and then. Unfortunately as I didn't get my act together I missed the first one :(. No more excuses from here on though!

Weight Goals:

DATE	WEIGHT	REWARD
21 May 2014	85
20 Jun 2014	80	massage
18 Jul 2014	76	night / weekend away
15 Aug 2014	73	new clothes for Europe
20 August 2014	72	Europe!

Running Events:

• 10 May - Botany Bay Trail Run
• 8 Jun - St Ives Trail Run
• 13 Jul - Sydney Harbour 10km
• 20 Jul - Garigal Trail Run
• 3 Aug - St Ives Trail Run
• 10 Aug: City 2 Surf

Bring on Operation Europe!!

I'm excited about this! Been a good week so far - need to continue this through the weekend.

Ok decisions today

Had a pretty good day all things considered. Got up and did my workout which I actually enjoyed. Had a busy day at work. Ate well breakfast and lunch.

We went for a walk with parker after work supposedly to get something to make for dinner, but ended up at the Indian place down the road. It was actually quite good and I am proud of myself for how much I ate. I did well. Had a bit of wine though. Was lovely to sit and chat to Greg about our Europe holiday and have parker there with us too. Everyone loves him!

Bit later to bed than I wanted to be, but I fetal a pretty good day.

Go me!

Making the right decisions

Today has been a good day. So nearly didn't get up and do my exercise. So glad I did. And it's made such a difference to my mood today. I'm pretty tired but in a much better head space.

Came home at lunch and ate leftovers and then we just made eggs for dinner. Some of the guys from work went out for drinks and wanted me to join but I decided not to. So many good choices! Yay me!

Did my 12 min run this morning. I worked really hard but didn't beat my distance from last week. Just a bit sluggish. Looking forward to arms workout tomorrow to give me legs a rest!

Doing even a little is better than doing nothing!

No time for exercise this morning as was up early to make bacon and egg pie for a friend who has just had a gorgeous baby girl. Was stoked with how it came out. Looked perfect. I left it on the bench to cool and meant to come home at lunch to exercise and put it in the fridge. Instead I went to the pub worth work and completely forgot about the pie. It got left on the bench all day. Had to go get chicken and salad for my friend instead of pie as didn't want to risk it for them. I guess good news is that we got pie for dinner and don't have to cook tonight! Also got to see her baby when we dropped off their dinner. What a cutie!

Took parker for a walk after work. He was having such a good time running around and chasing his ball after being home alone all day. Then suddenly her just started limping. He doesn't seem to be sore, just stiff back legs. Hope it's nothing serious!

So what with parker, the pie disaster, not doing my exercise, going to the pub for lunch, a glad of stone at lunch then more at dinner I was feeling crap this evening. Just down about everything without really knowing why. Was about to go to bed and decided to do at least some exercise. So I got into it and did about half of today's workout. Not perfect, but a little is better than nothing right? Glad I did as feeling a little better. Now just need to turn out the light and get some sleep so I can get up and exercise tomorrow! Goodnight!

Slow start, but I'm getting there...

Well, we are at week 4 already, and I must say I haven't accomplished much yet! Been a very rocky start! I'm getting my act together now though, and have had a pretty good weekend and end to last week. Well, good only compared to the past few months. Still hasn't been great. But at least it has been better!

On Saturday I made myself get out of bed and went for an 8km run. And it felt great! Started out pretty slow, but got right into it and was so proud of myself for going, and also pretty happy at how I did considering I haven't run in ages! Pretty poor form considering I am supposed to be doing the 10km advanced 12WBT program! I have a trail run on Saturday which I really want to do. Was a bit worried I wasn't going to be able, but feeling ok about it after this run.

When I got back from my run I spent some time in the garden and chopped back my unruly tomato plants. There are so many tomatoes on there - I just hope some turn red. It felt so good to have finished my run and be able to have time to just do some things that needed to be done.

We also took Parker to the beach at Bayview which is a dog park. He was hilarious. To begin with he was't sure of the sand. His ball got all sandy and he really wanted it, but kept spitting it out and spitting out sand. We then threw his ball into a little water. Took him a while to get into it, and a fair bit of coaxing, but he was soon properly swimming after his ball. So awesome. On Sunday we took him to the Spit and he got a swim there too. We also went on the wharf and dropped his ball off the edge to see what he would do (the edge is only a couple cm above the water). He bobbed for it a couple times from the wharf until it got too far away, then walked up and down looking at us, then the ball, then us. He went to jump in a couple times, but was a bit scared. Then he just kinda mistepped and fell in! Poor little guy - he went so far under. He popped up a distance away then started swimming away from us! I called him and he orientated himself, then instead of coming straight back he went and got his ball. Man he loves his ball! So funny.

Managed to get a bit of ski club work done. I really need to do more of it, but so hard to find time around everything else. I'm thinking once I get exercise and eating back on track and feeling better, it will hopefully just fall into place. That's the theory anyway! At the moment I'm so tired when I get home from work it's the last thing I feel like doing.

This morning I got up and did my hill intervals. It was hard, and I'm hurting a bit now. So glad I did them though. Felt bad leaving Parker behind. Ah well, he got a little run this afternoon and he will get to go with me tomorrow morning. Can't wait until he can run with me. Then I can just take him. Though be a bit hard to do hill sprints with him unless I can find a hill where he can be off the lead.

My eating has been much more focused the past few days too. Still not perfect, but better. Just need to keep at it! I can do it!

I've been reading this blog from someone who has lost 50kgs, and still has 30 to go (wow!). She does these great sticker charts and has "operations". I'm thinking I might need an Operation Europe chart, with stickers. She gets one a day for each of Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep and Water, if she's met her targets. I love geeky things like that, so I reckon it might be a good thing to get me back into it again.

A Fresh Start

Ok, so the last round did not go at all as planned. There were no major issues or anything, but I just didn't manage to get things together at all. Then recently I have been completely sabotaging myself - way too much food and no self control what so ever. Dairy seems to be my total downfall - it's something we normally have at home, and cheese is healthy (ish) right, so I can it lots of it right? And you can't have cheese without bread or crackers etc right? WRONG!!! To top it off and make matters worse I pretty much stopped exercising. I got the MVP award at basketball this season, and should be feeling great about it! Instead I'm feeling fat and slow and like I don't deserve it. Time to make a change and have a fresh start!

I've signed up for another round of 12WBT which starts today. Feeling very up and down about it. At times I am super motivated, but then at other times I just can't be bothered, and I stuff up. Like this morning - went to get a coffee, and came back with a large coffee and banana bread. And it wasn't even all that nice. Now I just feel full and fat and gross. Thinking perhaps I will delay lunch and not have the afternoon snack unless I am starving.

One thing I have really noticed is that when i am doing well I drink so much water. And when I'm not I drink almost none. So, I have decided that I need to drink more water. And I need to ensure that I fill up my drink bottle. So often I sit at my desk and pick up my bottle to drink, only to find it's empty. Then a minute later I'm picking it up again. Need to just get up and go fill it! Will only take a couple secs and then I can have more water, and then I am less likely to eat stuff I don't need to.

This round I have decided to switch things up a little and do the advanced 10km program. I'm really lookign forward to the running. I have a little dilemma though - Parker is only 14 weeks old, and can't really run with me yet. But we both love getting out in the morning and seeing all his little doggy friends, and it's so important to socialise him at this stage. I need to work out a way to do both. Perhaps sneak out while he is still in bed then he can have his walkies with both Greg and I in the evenings? Or go somewhere where I can either tie him up or let him loose while I run laps. I went out today fully planning on running, but the oval was full of people and I didn't know how he would go tied up, and I didn't want to let him loose as he would be too annoying for them. Need to get the exercise in though. Maybe after work.

The other thing I'm going to change up is my blog. About time for a refresh! I think I will make it running based - lots of blue skies and open spaces and running pics. In case I forget how it looks - here's a pic of the old style.