Amanda's Fitness Journal

2011-05-20T15:23:00.008+08:00

The madness of Easter and my sons first birthday are over, yay!! As fun as it has been I am looking forward to some quieter weeks at home. I feel like I am always saying this and things just dont seem to slow down!

We had our little man's 1st birthday party on Saturday last week. It was a very windy cold party but I suppose that's the risk you take with having the party outdoors on the water front close to winter lol

He got very spoilt and was a very good boy considering he hadn't had his nap in the morning. He has so many ride-on-cars, toy trucks lego etc that we have no idea where to put everything!!!

Here is a couple of photos from the day. It took us just over 2.5 hours to complete the cake and alost a day of baking the cakes! We were so happy when we finished and so glad that we have another year until we have to do it again hahaha

Training

I have really been lifting heavy and doing heaps of cardio the past 3 weeks. I have noticed great changes in my body but I know that if my diet was cleaner I would be noticing massive changes.

I have ordered myself some versa gripps to help with lifting as I have noticed that my wrists (especially) my right one gets a little sore when I do biceps so with the 8gripps I will still be able to increase weight without hurting myself.

I did this KILLER back/shoulder workout on Thursday (thanks to Ms Mo)

* rope straight arm press down
* 1 arm db row
* rear fly with tubing
* 2 arm cable lat pull down
* 1/2 pull overs on floor
* front plate raise
* push back side lat raise
* gorillas
* sit up/bb press

Diet

Unfortunately with all the easter eggs and Tyler's party I have been picking at sweets for the past week. Sugar is my enemy, I know that and for the past week I have not been able to resist. Most of it is out of the house now so I will have no more temptations.

Luckily with the amount of training I have been doing and that besides the slip ups in sugar I have still managed to keep my weight the same. I am still wanting to lose weight so staying the same is not great but at least there was no weight gain!

Back to it now 100%. I just bought some new protein powder as I ran out. I'm sure I have said it before but Proto Whey is the best protein powder I have ever tasted and their Power crunch bars are to die for. I have stocked up on a few for those times when I crave something sugary!

Happy Training x

Happy Easter

2011-04-23T10:37:00.002+08:00

I love and hate this time of year....I love the time off with family and friends but I hate that it revolves around chocolate! I have never been a very big choc eater but I also dont have the best willpower when it is around me 24/7!!!!

Every year I ask that no-one buy me chocolate except my mummy :) Every year since I was very little mum has always bought us kids a Red Tulip bunny and I can't have an easter without it. I try and make it last a couple of weeks by getting hubby to hide it somewhere lol

Its hard to believe it is already the end of April, in 2 weeks my little man will be 1!!! We sent out invites last week for his party and I will have to start getting my butt into gear and organise all the bits and pieces. We are having a picnic in the park which I thought was going to be a good idea but now I am thinking it will be more work and organisation, boo!

I think it might be bad weather though so we will have to have it at our house if that is the case which could be a blessing in disguise. The only problem is that our house is not very big and with the amount of people invited it will be quite squishy.

I am glad that I now have some quiet time coming up, we have been so busy the past couple of months. I need to concentrate on my little mans party and then I start organising my sister in laws baby shower at the end of May.

Training has been good and diet ok. The past couple of days we were down south with some friends with the boys on their fishing trip. So I spent a lot of time 4WD on the beach and just had to take tuna, protein shakes and bars with me as anything else was just too hard.

I also got in some beach workouts which KILLED my calves. It is great to be at the beautiful beach and enjoy the nice weather. We couldn't swim but at least it wasn't raining or too hot with the little one.

I am looking forward to seeing my girls at bootcamp on Tuesday, it has been a couple of weeks since we have trained together and they will be in for a shock!!!! No doubt a few of them have not been training at all and eating badly.

On that note, I am about to head out for a run :)

Happy Training xx

2011-04-16T10:17:00.005+08:00

So much for updating my blog on Sunday lol

I was so exhausted after a full-on weekend that Sunday night all I wanted to do was have a quick play with my little man, get him to bed and spend a little time with my hubby :) Before I knew it, it was the end of the week!

Meeting Monica and all the other girls was fantastic, I had such an amazing time and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Monica is such an amazing person, so beautiful inside and out. AND she looks fantastic all the time.

The workouts were awesome, she showed us some new moves to shake things up a little. She also bought along some of her versa grips. These are AMAZING for weight training. I will be ordering some in the next month. They are fantastic if you have weak wrists and help you lift heavier. They are easier to put on and look much better than your typical weight gloves.

It was great to do some posing too as it has been a long time for me, BUT....I did considerably well. There were a few girls who had just competed, some that were going to compete in May and some that are seasoned competitors and I was pretty happy with my posing ability compared to them. One thing I didnt like was after all the weight I have lost (and yes there is still a bit to go) I was actually one of the biggest girls there :( I tried to make sure everyone knew I had a baby which was why I was not as fit as I usually am, sad I know.

Each break we had the organises had protein shakes and bars ready for us and OMG Proto whey is the best shake I have ever tried in my life. I tried double choc, vanilla, stawberry and cafe mocha and they are ALL great. I bought a tub of it and then ended up getting a bag of goodies at the supplement talk the next day so I have plenty to keep me going the next couple of months. The bars are called Power crunch and taste just like a chocolate wafer biscuit. I am keeping them at home for when I need a choc fix. They are about 200 cals for the full bar.

The photoshoot on the Sunday was good fun. I got some really nice shots and all the girls looked amazing (with no photoshop either lol).

I knew I said this was a once in a lifetime opportunity but if she ever comes back to Perth I will have to go again, it was one of the best weekends in my life and I met some really great woman who I will be friends with for a long time through the sport :)

Here are some photos from the weekend.

Happy Training xxxx

MONICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-04-07T20:13:00.003+08:00

She is in Australia and I am meeting her tomorrow!

I just arrived back from Bali at 2am this morning, had a few hours nap, picked up my son from my parents place and have been non-stop all day putting things away and doing endless clothes washing, bleh!

I made sure the house was nice and clean and all washing done before we left last week so I didn't have too much to do when we got home.

The camp starts tomorrow morning at 9am and then wont finish until Sunday arvo sometime. We get the full schedule tomorrow when we attend the registration. I am just glad that they are running it at my old gym which is only 15 minutes away and will be against all the crazy traffic :)

I am super excited to meet Monica and all the other fitness ethusiasts. My camera is charged, my food is prepared and ready to go :)

Although I do wish I had another day to get my body back to normal and get another workout in before I start the camp. I got bali belly on the second last night and it has only settled this afternoon. It was so bad I didnt eat dinner on the plane and skipped brekky and had some toast for lunch and steak and salad for dinner. Its not nice at all but I did come home 1.2kg lighter lol.

I was very good on holiday and ate really well and didnt drink toooooo much :) I made sure I drank vodka and water or lemonade and avoided as many cocktails as I could. Its so hard when they are so cheap and most places have 2 for 1 offers!!!!!!!

I bought a nice and bright Lorna Jane crop top and flash dance pants and also some new Levi jeans and a white top and wicked wedge Airwalk runner looking shoes (these are hard to describe so I will post a photo) for the photo shoot on the last day.

I wasn't able to book myself in for a spray tan so I am having to do it myself, boo! It will still look good but not as dark and perfect coverage as a spray.

Well, that's all for me. I want to make sure I have everything sorted for tomorrow so I am not in a rush getting my little man ready to go to grandads and myself off to a fantastic start to my weekend.

I will update on Sunday night :)

Happy training

2011-03-26T17:22:00.003+08:00

My place is booked and next week I will be meeting my idol MONICA BRANT!!!!!!!

I am so glad that hubby agreed that I could go. I damaged the car a month ago which is going to cost us $350 to fix, I am also not going back to my PA job and we have to pay back the maternity money ($12,000) and we also have LOTS of bills due in the next month.

I think he realises what a big thing it is for me and over the years he has been on boys week long holiday about 4 or 5 times and I have only been away with my girlfriends for a weekend once. We all have families now and just find it too hard.

I just wish I was in tip top shape before going along with all these buff fitness gurus  We get to have a photo shoot on the last day which would have been great if I was comp ready as I could really use those photos for promo work....oh well!!!

What an exciting time ahead. I feel a little bad but I am almost looking forward to the FEM camp more than bali in a few days lol

So, needless to say the diet and training has been 110% ON ON ON!!!

I went for a big walk/run with Tyler last week and found a big lake with lots of benches and sit up planks. So I did a big run, steps ups, lunges, situps etc then on the way back I noticed a set of stairs down to a gazebo JACKPOT! Around our house there are no hills, no stairs etc just boring flat land so I was very excited with this discovery. Tyler thought it was hilarious watching me sprint up the flight of stairs over and over again.

So last week I did that workout twice and I will do it another 3 times before I head to Bali and then do some hiking in Bali :)

Training

Monday – walk, legs
Tuesday – walk morning, Bootcamp
Wednesday – run, stairs
Thursday – chest/bi
Friday – run, stairs
Saturday – off (house cleaning)
Sunday – bootcamp – run/stairs

Progress pics

2011-03-19T08:01:00.008+08:00

I am feeling uneasy about posting these. I know I have come a long way but I am not happy with what I see. But at least once I post these, it will push me harder and then I will be happier to show you the next update pics :)

I have also included my last comp photos xx

Well.....here they are.

Happy Training xx

Listening to my body.........

2011-03-18T20:07:00.002+08:00

Slowing down, resting.......sometimes it is very hard to do but it is something we need to do. It has only happened once or twice before where I have been running on caffeine and not much sleep and my body just says “no more”. My body starts to feel like I am getting the flu and that my body is just so sore and heavy that all I want to do is lie down and sleep.

This has been me this week. As you can tell from my last posts I was so excited to get my D-Fine 8 in the post and was having 1 a day to give me a little boost as my workouts were suffering because I was a little tired.

By the 4th day of trying it, it didn’t seem to be working. So I had another drink and then coffee etc but couldn’t believe that I was still feeling so exhausted. Then by Sunday afternoon my body had had enough and I couldn’t move. Hubby told me I have been doing too much and that I needed to rest. He went out for the night and I ended up going to bed at 7pm as soon as I put Tyler down.

I woke around 6am and STILL felt tired. I napped for the next 2 days every time Tyler did and I can finally say that only yesterday did I feel normal again. It took 3 days of sleeping and NOT working out to give my body a break and I feel like myself again. During this time I also did not have any caffeine at all. Surprisingly I did not feel the side effects (most probably because I was sleeping so much lol).
So I am glad to be back on board and will do some cardio tomorrow and then weight train on Sunday.

Diet has still been good and hopping on the scales this morning I was unfortunately still the same hopefully by the weekend I will be down at least 1kg!!!

I thought it was time for some photos. I have not taken any since the first ones I took straight after having Tyler. I knew there would be a huge difference and I was not wrong. It was actually hard to look at my first photos again, the photos do not lie!!! I have never been that big (or anywhere near that big). Next time I am pregnant these photos will go up on my wall.

I still have a LONG way to go but I am getting there.

I will load my progress photos tomorrow so stay tuned.

Happy Training xx

I am in love...............

2011-03-12T09:34:00.001+08:00

D-Fine8 is my new best friend lol

I am glad I have waited until now to use it. I was starting to get really tired and finding it hard to keep up with my training, working and with the little one so it has come as a nice little helper :)

I went to order it through the ASN website ($99.95) which is where I get a lot of my supplements from but ended up doing a google search and someone was selling them on Ebay! They come from America but even with postage it was still $30 cheaper. AND they say you can request a flavour (which I did), if you dont they send you the standard Fruit punch flavour. I asked for Green apple, got fruit punch, wrote an email to complain and they are now sending me out the green apple for $40 ($30 cheaper again yay). So I got 2 for the price of 1, gotta love it!!!!

So if anyone is looking for some google Ebay, the lady selling them is "Lamuscle", she sends them straight away and besides this mix up with mine has all good reviews on Ebay.

I have been frustrated the past couple of weeks as it has been hard to book bubs in at the creche at the gym. All the mums are now back in the gym as kids are back in school and all the spots are being booked up for a week at a time, NOT HAPPY!!!!!!!! So last week I got up at 5.30am and headed to the gym and was home before bubs woke up - something I used to do every morning but since having bub have not had to do an early morning session. I really could not have done it without my new friend lol

Ok, so that's enough about D-fine8!!

Training

Monday - chest/biceps - 50 push-ups, bench chest press, incline chest press, pec fly, hammer curls, seated curls, cable curls
Tuesday - cardio, boxing bootcamp
Wednesday - cardio
Thursday - hams/tri - lunges, jump squats, stiff legged deads, machine curl, standing ham kickback
Friday - cardio
Saturday - light cardio (kind of off day)
Sunday - bootcamp

Diet has been not 100% this week AGAIN!! I had 2 days of having a couple of treats and some wine. Not good but sometimes this happens when I am not watching when my lady friend is coming. Should have known why the sugar demon was calling my name lol

In saying that the scales still went down 1.1kg this week :) And I did my measurements this month and have lost 0.5 inches off boobs :( arms, hips and thighs.

I am still 4.2kg away from pre preggo weight and WILL be there by the end of the month before we head off to Bali!!!!!

2011-03-04T10:08:00.003+08:00

March already, wholly moley :)

I have been very busy (as usual lol) with work and everyday life running around with a 10 month old. He is crawling and into EVERYTHING!! But I love it, he is so proud of himself getting around now and she just follows me all day, and burn off all his energy. He is already pulling himself up on things all day and just loves to stand, who knows how long it will be before he walks...I am quite sure it will be before his first birthday.

So training has been sporadic in the last week but thankfully because of my good diet I have still lost weight. With working two days a week and then the other 3 mornings I have Tyler's swimming, mothers group etc I have found it hard to get to the gym so have had to do home workouts and just running. I am going to miss mothers group next week and book him in at the creche otherwise I am just not getting done what I need and want to. I did a great shoulder workout on Monday and felt sore for a couple of days. Swimming with Tyler on Tuesday morning was a bit painful, lifting and carrying an 11kg baby for 40 mins lol

I have just received an email that Monica Brant is coming to Perth. She has always been to Melbourne, Sydney etc but never Perth. Neither has Jen Hendershott's Phat Camp. I am always emailing them to ask if they can move it to Perth one year and thankfully it has happened. I am glad Monica is as I was quite surprised with the cost. It is $730 and I am quite sure when I looked into doing Jen's Phat Camp it was $450 or there abouts. So I am glad one of them is coming as I wouldn't have been able to afford the camp plus flighs and accommodation!!!!! The camp is early April just a few days after I get back from Bali so it is going to be a very exciting couple of months :)

Training

Monday - shoulders, bis
Tuesday - walking/bootcamp
Wednesday - day off
Thursday - legs/abs
Friday - run
Saturday - walk
Sunday - bootcamp

Happy training

2011-02-18T14:38:00.002+08:00

Wowee, I had my body fat done last week and OMG it read 28%!!! I was really hoping for it to be wrong but I know in my heart it is correct.

Even though I have been losing weight and building muscle I am still A LONG WAY from where I want to be.

That being said I have decided that I will not be ready by May and so will concentrate on losing weight steadily and building/keeping muscle so I don't burn myself out. Last time I competed I didnt have a baby to look after and I wasn't so far away from my goal.

Having a look at the competition calendars the next comp is 8 October with the NABBA and I was hoping there was one in Sep and Oct.....but INBA and NABBA are the same date, not happy!!

Oh well, hopefully someone changes dates or I can do another one before the year is out.

I am excited about tomorrow as good friends of ours get married. I know it is going to be beautiful and so much fun :)

I will try and blog again next week as I know I have been useless.

Happy Training xx

My diet

2011-02-03T14:48:00.003+08:00

My diet for the past couple of months has been much the same. Here is a breakdown of what I have been eating.

M1: Egg white omelet, scrambled egg whites, wheatbix occasionally
M2: smoked salmon/chicken/lean meat and salad, tuna wrap, chicken stirfry
M3: tuna/salmon and salad
M4: Protein shake or nuts and a couple of tablespoons of yoghurt
M5: Lean meat and 1 cup vegetables
M6: Protein shake

As you can see it is very low in carbs. My body does not handle carbs very well, so every Wednesday and Saturday I had some more carbs to my diet like a sandwich or chicken and rice for M2 and sweet potato at dinner. I have a cheat meal on either Wednesday or Saturday. I try and make it during the day so I have time to burn it off and I make sure I do hard cardio that day.

I am a creature of habit so my food doesn't seem to change too much and I am not too strict at the moment with measurements as I am still losing weight at a good rate. In another 2 to 3 weeks I will probably change it up a bit.

Happy Training

2011-02-01T09:54:00.003+08:00

Happy first day of February :)

How quick is this year going to fly by??? I want to pack as much into the year as I possibly can. This year is a year for me and getting back to the stage. I don’t care if people think that is selfish but when one is used to having so much time to do what they like when they like, it can be quite hard when all of a sudden you have this little person that needs nearly all of your time!!!!

Last week was a great week. I finished off my course on Thursday and I was in the office learning the ins and outs on Friday.

Our acccounts lady is on leave at the end of today so it will be all up to me. Not
ideal only having 2 days to sit with her and learn everything – nothing like being thrown in the deep end to find your feet quickly lol

Tuesday night training with the girls was a fizzle!! Only 2 girls when I usually have up to 16. I suppose you have to get used to people piking every now and then. Hopefully tonights session will be good. Sunday was the usual 4 to 5 girls. People are always going out Saturday night so I always know to expect the numerous texts saying they can’t make it!!

I have been reading up on a weight management/energy supplement called Define8. ASN stock it and they rave about how good it is and the results not only they but all their client’s receive. I was contemplating going on Hydroxycut again as I have had it before and found it good. I just can’t take the recommended full amount as I can’t sleep at night.

Now that I am working out more and in the office a couple of days a week I need a bit more of a jump start for my training. I will probably buy shortly but not start taking it for another few weeks when my cardio is upped more.

Training

Monday – Boxing

Tuesday – walk am 45mins, Cardio boxing pm

Wednesday – run with 5 50m sprints

Thursday – chest/biceps
• Push-ups
• Chest press barbell
• Incline chest press dumbell
• Pec flye barbell
• Ez bar bi curl
• Hammer curls
• Machine bicep curl

Friday – walk 60mins

Saturday – off

Sunday – cardio and weights bootcamp

I was annoyed that I wasn't able to get to the gym for another weights session as I have not trained legs/hams now for 2 weeks :( I have to remember to take my workout gear to the office as my gym is right there and since I don't have bubs I dont have to worry about putting him into the creche!!!

Diet
Diet has been much the same the past couple of weeks. I don’t want to change at the moment as I am still losing weight. In the month of January I lost 3.2kg, yay. I am such a boring dieter sometimes, i just find it easier to eat the same things without having to come up with new meals each week!!!!

I am loving my tuna wraps (my husband not so much lol) I have tuna with a tbls of low fat mayo, chopped red onion, tomato, cucumber, lettuce and a wholemeal wrap. So so yummy.

Also, another great salad recipe I got from a friend this week:
• Diced:
- Cucumber
- Tomato
- yellow capsicum
- red onion
• 200g chicpeas
• mint leaves
• parsley
• corriander
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 2 tbs lemon juice
• 3 tbs italian dressing

Give it a try, sooooooo tasty :)

Happy Training :)

Wow this week has gone fast...

2011-01-21T14:29:00.002+08:00

Again, another VERY busy week. I had an accounting course for two days and they were very full days and for someone who has no accounting background it was quite hard to get my head around at first. I still have another day next week but I have actually been enjoying it.

It has been really really nice actually using my brain instead of thinking about feeds, sleep times and dirty nappies lol and having adult time without babies has been very different but nice!

So unfortunately there was no "gym" as such but I did a hard boxing class on Monday nights. MY GOD!!! 45 minutes of intense boxings and cardio with some weights. Bootcamp on Tuesday, walking Wednesday, Thursday and having an off day today.

Sunday I will have bootcamp again so we will be doing a circut weights class and the girls cant wait. I have very full classes now and the girls are bringing along more friends each week. I may have to see about starting up another night and getting someone to look after the little one for a couple of hours.

I am still down another kg this week which is nice even though I havent been at the gym as such and not eating my usual as I hve not been very organised. I have done a big shop today and will make sure all my meals are sorted this weekend so I will not run into any problems during the week.

I have a big weekend this weekend with hens nights and baby showers. I have allocated Saturday night as my "cheat meal" so I can have a couple of drinks and not worry to much. So long as I do my cardio workout in the morning and LOTS of dancing that night I will work off all the calories lol

So just a short update this week and not too in depth with the diet and workouts!!!!

Happy Training

Good fun :)

2011-01-12T13:27:00.002+08:00

Bootcamp has been getting very busy in the past week. I have not needed to advertise the classes as I have had enough interest through word of mouth and people driving by. I was walking my dog and bubba the morning after a group session when a guy stopped me asking if I was the trainer from the oval the night before....his wife was interested in joining, she hasn't turned up yet so we will see.

I am thinking of buying a banner to put up when I am training people so people walking or driving buy can get my contact details :)

I would love to do more classes but hubby is out Monday and Thursday nights so it makes it hard as we need someone at home for the baby. Maybe in another few months we might be able to work something out. I much prefer personal training to sitting behind a desk, I figured if I do 3-4 classes a week I will be earning about the same but only working 4 hours lol

Training

I have been working out every day,weights 3 days, bootcamp 2 days, running 1 day, walking 3 days. Along with tightening my diet this has seen me drop 4kgs in the past month.

Diet

My diet has consisted of

M1- egg white omelette
M2 - chicken and a cup of salad or veggies with pineapple
M3 - tuna or salmon and veggies
M4 - nuts with protein shake
M5 - fish or chicken with veggies or stir fry with lamb

If still hungry I might have a protein shake

Once a week I have a cheat meal and some red wine, yummo :)

I am nearly back to pre preggo weight, only 4 more kgs to go, yay. (why oh why did i put on so much lol). Then buckle down for comp prep for NABBA/WWFsouthern hemispheres in May!!!!

Happy Training x

2011-01-05T12:13:00.002+08:00

It seems that everyone’s New Years resolutions are in full swing. The gym is packed the streets are busy with fitness enthusiasts!

Almost everyone is back at work and getting back into a routine. I’m sure there are many diets that have also started this week. Hopefully if you have started a diet you are getting enough calories and not restricting too much. Remember protein, carbs and fat at every meal.

I can’t stress enough the importance of protein. Protein is a part of every cell of your body. It is a major structural component of cells; skin, hair, nails and bone. It is the necessary raw material from which your body makes the enzymes critical for functioning. It is necessary for the production of neurotransmitters which affect your mind and mood. Protein (with fat) is the base material of the immune system. Without protein there is no life. You cannot make protein. It must be consumed every day in sufficient quantities to replace daily losses.

To calculate your daily protein you need to work out your desired body weight, ________kg, times 1 to 1.2 grams, = ___________grams of protein per day.

Example 60kg x 1.2 = 72g protein (this is the minimum)

Good sources of protein include:
* Eggs (6 grams per each)
* lean meat, fish, poultry (25-30 grams per 3.5 oz)
* tofu (20 grams per cup)
* milk (8-9 grams per cup)
* yoghurt (8-10 grams per cup)
* cottage cheese (25 grams per cup)
* nuts and seeds (2-3 grams per tablespoon)
* oatmeal (5 grams per cup)
* most fruits (1 gram per fruit)
* vegetables 1-3 grams per 1/2cup)
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Happy Training xxx

Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-01-02T09:26:00.002+08:00

We had a great 2010 but I am very excited about the adventures of 2011.

I do not believe in New Years resolutions as I truly think that if you really want to do something you do it now not tomorrow!!

So, I have a list of things I will accomplish this year.

These include:
< compete in May;
< completing my PT certification;
< have 3 full fitness classes each week;
< compete in September/October and make the top 5;
<>

This year will be a year for me and getting myself back to a place where I am truly happy with my physique. Since having my baby, I have lost almost all the weight but still have some work to do.

He is an amazing little boy and I have loved watching him grow and develop. He is changing all the time and is such a joy in my life.

I am very thankful that he is a healthy and happy baby which makes it easy for me to drop him off at the creche 3 to 4 times a week so I can work out at the gym.

So, I hope you all have a great ‘to do list’ also for 2011 and join me on my quest to the stage in 2011 :)

Happy Training xox

Happy to have hubby home...

2010-11-15T12:55:00.004+08:00

My hubby has been away for the week and I missed him terribly. He went over to the Australian Masters to caddy for his friend who is a pro golfer. He said he had a great time but of course missed us terribly.

I kept myself busy all week, with gyming, cleaning and catching up with friends....it was just the nights after I put Tyler to bed that were lonely. I really don't know how other couples manage when one partner works away. Its nice every now and again for a few days to a week but if I had a partner that worked 3 or 4 weeks away at a time..............

I have been LOVE LOVE LOVING the gym the past couple of weeks. It feels so fantastic to be lifting heavy again and having a whole hour and a half to myself :) Tyler is at such a good age where he will go to anyone and doesn't miss me which makes life easier.

Training

Mon - 2 hour walk
Tue - shoulders/bis/abs
Wed - 6 hours of cleaning and washing
Thur - off
Friday - chest/tri
Saturday - 1 hour walk and legs
Sunday - off

Diet

Still much the same as I have been doing the past few months.

Weight is down 2kg and I do measurements in 2 weeks!

Happy training

...

2010-11-05T20:11:00.002+08:00

So much for updating more often lol. It has been about 2 weeks whoops!!!!

I have been concentrating on the gym (it is so great being able to pop Tyler into the creche and have 90 mins all to myself lol) and playing with my new phone, checking out all the latest apps to load. I loaded this great app which is a diet/exercise tracker. I have found that I am having to be really strict with my eating and exercising as I am just not seeing the results I want.

I am still carb cycling, but instead of low/med/high, I am eating low carbs for two days one day high carbs. No cheat meals as I find these haven't been helping me at all. Once I get the taste of something sweet I want more so I am better to stay away unless I really really need something.

Little Tyler is still being the most wonderful son, he is rolling around now and almost looks like he could start crawling in the next few weeks. I am not looking forward to that, my house is definitely not baby proof!!!

Here is a recent pic

Training

Mon - Walk 60min

Tue - Chest/tri and abs

Wed - Run 25 mins

Thur - walk 30 mins

Fri - shoulders/bis/plyo lower body/ elleptical

Sat - walk 60mins

Sun - off

Diet

Brekky - oats and egg whites

snack - protein shake and a tsp peanut butter (rice cakes on higher carb day)

Lunch - chicken/fish and salad/vegies (rice on higher carb day)

snack - can tuna and brocolli

Dinner - chicken/fish/beef and salad/vegies

Happy Training

2010-10-19T08:09:00.002+08:00

I feel very naughty not to have kept my blog updated. Sorry :) Time just got away from me and a friend has reminded me to update it more regularly!!!
The past couple of months have flown by, we have been very busy. Tyler keeps me busy enough, he is at the age where he is needing more stimulation. Luckily he loves the pram and going to the shops lol

We went to the Gold coast a couple of weeks ago and had a fantastic time. My husband had a work conference so we had a couple of nights of work events. We had a really fun Arabian themed cocktail party. I visited one of the tarot readers they had there and was told that I will be pregnant again in 6 months WTF!!! I said no way she had to be wrong as my little one is only 4 months old…..she told me to be very careful if I didn’t want another one just yet as I am very fertile, yay for me lol So hubby and I now sleep in separate beds, hahahahha na just joking.

We had a ball too which was great fun, lots of dancing and ummm I did the splits on the dance floor. I know I know what was I thinking. At the end of the night we were all doing the drunk dancing circle where one person goes into the middle and does their thing. One guy did the caterpillar another did some push-ups (I could have easily beaten him) so I decided that going in and doing the splits with a bit of arm shaking on the floor was a good idea. Luckily I got the applause and did not pull a hammy :)

We stayed at Jupiters which was a really lovely hotel. They had the best gym I have ever been too at a hotel. It resembled a smallish gym back home. They even had a full time personal trainer on hand and fitness classes!!! Didn’t do a class but did a couple of days of weights, no need for cardio as we did heaps of walking around sightseeing during the day.

We have been back 2 weeks now and back to reality, having to cook and clean again, boo!!!
Anywho, it is good being home and getting back into a routine and being able to prepare my own meals, instead of looking at a menu and thinking what the hell am I going to order!

I am training clients again. We are doing a boot camp at the moment and they are loving it. This Sunday I have 8 or 9 coming so it will be a decent size class. I have ordered some more kick bags and boxing focus mitts to accommodate the growing numbers.

Training

Last week
Monday - 50 min walk
Tuesday - shoulders/bis/tris abs supersets with lower body exercises to keep heart rate up
Wednesday - bike ride 45 mins (was not a good day to go, so bloody windy)
Thursday - 50 min walk
Friday - glutes/hams/chest
Saturday - off
Sunday - boot camp: sprints, boxing, push-ups, step-ups, split lunges
This week
Monday - yoga
Tuesday - 50min walk
Wednesday - chest/tris abs
Thursday - 30min run
Friday - shoulders/bis abs
Saturday - 50min walk
Sunday - boot camp: sprints, boxing, push-ups, step-ups, split lunges

Diet
I have been following my carb cycle: Monday, Thursday Sunday calories are 970 carbs 59g, Tuesday and Friday, calories 1286 carbs 79, Wednesday and Saturday calories 1681 carbs 137.

cms keep going down...........

2010-08-26T10:10:00.003+08:00

My hard work is really starting to show, finally!!! I hate it when results are slow.

I have been switching things up a bit and doing more weights than cardio last week. I added two circuits instead of a walk, I am also back doing sprints yay!

Unfortunately one thing I have noticed in the past two weeks is my milk supply is not as it once was. I thought by slowly upping my cardio and weights but still eating enough calories I would be ok....not so :( I am having to top up Tyler with formula bottles twice a day as my milk just isn't enough for him. I guess I am one of the unlucky few!

Anywho, I was probably going to stop breastfeeding him by Christmas time so I will keep feeding him as much as I can until then and slowly wean him off.

We had my grandad's funeral yesterday, it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I think that since he was in hospital for so long beforehand we had a chance to get all the crying out then. We have a lovely day with the family saying our goodbyes.

Training

Monday - walk 60 mins
Tuesday - cardio circuit, shoulders/bis/tris/abs/chest
Wednesday - off
Thursday - walk 45 mins, quads/glutes/hamstrings/chest/sprints
Friday - walk 60min
Saturday - off
Sunday - stretching

Diet

Diet has still been the same, I had a cheat meal this week as we went out to chinese with the family. I have had no sugar in 1.5 weeks and doing well. I don't crave it anymore.

I have to keep my eyes on the prize....I want my pre-pregnancy body back so bad. End date for my body transformation comp is 22 October so i still have 8 weeks to go!!1

Did measurements this morning and I have lost another cm off my abs and waist, legs are the same.

I have the City to Surf 12km run this weekend and I am excited, hopefully I can run most of it!!!!

Happy Training

Next week HAS to be better.......

2010-08-14T12:25:00.004+08:00

My husband's granddad passed away on Wednesday....we knew it was only a matter of time but its still not easy when it happens. Hubby's parents arrive back from europe on Wednesday so we have had to arrange to have the body on ice until they get back. So sad.....

The weather has been pretty crappy all week which has made it hard for me to be motivated and work out. I only missed two workouts this week as I couldn't escape from the house (the downside to being a stay at home mummy). I have no problems doing weights but cardio can be a challenge.....skipping is about all I can do. Thank god the sun is shining again today, I went for a walk with hubby and the doggy. Poor little dog has been getting neglected lately.

On a happier note my sister-in-law just had a baby on Thursday, little Imogen Marie. Very cute and I can't wait for cuddles. They live in the country a couple of hours away so we are waiting until they are home until we go and visit.

Training

Monday - 60min walk
Tuesday - 45min walk/run glutes/hams/abs
Wednesday - off day
Thursday - off day
Friday - 30min walk/run
Saturday - 30min walk shoulder/bi/tri
Sunday - training the girls, boxing, running, weight circuit

Diet

No change, with food.

I had a few days of drinking. Not alot but at least 2 drinks on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. No more till next weekend now!!!!!

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ~Edward Stanley

Happy Training
A

Discipline

2010-08-09T19:27:00.001+08:00

Discipline is a matter of controlling the mind and choosing the action that is going to benefit you in the long run. By choosing your actions you can choose your results. By choosing your actions you can choose the life you create for yourself. Remember, we all are in control and have the power. Discipline is something that should not be looked at as a burden but as an opportunity to test yourself, grow and experience the power you have of self control and personal self awareness.

It's a sad time......

2010-08-09T17:33:00.002+08:00

We have had an awful couple of weeks. My husband's grandad was admitted to hospital with pnemonia and scepticema (spelling???). He is not recovering and they have taken him off all antibiotics and sending him home as there is nothing else they can do and they need the bed :( He is so weak and really not well so we dont expect him to last till the weekend.

My husband's grandmother on his mum's side was also admitted to hospital during the week with a chest infection. She is doing much better and will hopefully be out in the next day or so.

Good news is the weather has been beautiful which is great for my workouts.

I have entered the 12 week Sportzblitz transformation competition which will finish on 22 October. I figured if i am getting my body back in shape I may as well see if I can win something lol

Training

Monday - 50m walk/run
Tuesday - walk and shoulder/bi/tri
Wednesday - off day
Thursday - 60m walk and chest/abs
Friday - 2hr walk
Saturday - off
Sunday - glutes, hamstrings

Diet

I am still doing my low/med/high carb split. Only a 1kg loss on the scales but cm are still going down - great milestone....I fit back into my pre-pregnancy jeans woo hoo. They are still a bit tight, (I have never had muffin top) but at least I can do them up and wear them.

Happy Training

Its the weekend...and what to do??

2010-07-24T15:39:00.003+08:00

It has been a great week, lots of great workouts and fantastic weather.

I visited some friends, did a bit of shopping and before I knew it, it was Friday!!

As of next weekend I am back to training my girls. They have really missed me the last couple of months (awwww) and are very excited for next weekend.

Now that I am bottle feeding Tyler at night I am able to store milk for when I have time away from him. He still feeds every 2-3 hours sometimes it stretches to 4 hours so i am looking forward to the day when his feeds are longer.

Training

Monday - spin class (excellent)
Tuesday - walk 60 mins
Wednesday - shoulders/bis
Thursday - walk 60mins
Friday - walk/run 60 mins
Saturday - hamstrings, glutes, abs
Sunday - will be a walk (fingers crossed the weather is fine).

Diet

I have decided to carb cycle. When i was training for my competition I carb cycled and found it great for burning more calories.

I have 3 low days (70carbs), one high day (300) then 3 moderate days (150).

My weight is still the same as it was last week....fingers crossed it goes down after this week.

A good thing is my measurements for stomach, hips and thighs are down about 2cm yay!!

Happy Training

Last weeks workouts

2010-07-20T10:01:00.005+08:00

So, I had hoped to have updated by Friday but as sometimes happens, days just get away from me. I'm sure you all have days like that too!

Last week was fantastic, my energy was high, my workouts were fat blasting lol and my little man was having a good week.

I am breastfeeding but have decided to give him a top up bottle of formula at night. Which means he has been sleeping for 5 or 6 hour blocks and I am able to express milk for when I am away from him.

I had my first couple of hours away from him last night... I went and did a spin class and LOVED IT!!! Oh how I have missed those classes and even just walking into a gym. It did feel a little strange driving to the gym and not having him with me but he had a nice night at home with daddy.

Another strange feeling was after I finished the class I went and did my shoulder workout. To tell you the truth I was a little nervous about going into the "boys room". It was packed full with the usual guys (no chicks of course) and I hesitated!!! I have NEVER been nervous but last night I toyed with the idea of just getting into my car and heading home. I think because it is that I am not liking what I see in the mirror at the moment. My hips are wider, my belly isn't tight, my butt is bigger...the truth is I am just not my normal self.

BUT, I choked down my silly feelings and walked in there with my head high and once I got started, I don't know why I was thinking like that in the first place. Its where I belong!!!!

Training

Monday - walk 55 mins
Tuesday - run/walk 55 mins
Wednesday - walk 55 mins, circuit-bicep curls, shoulder presses, squats, lat side raises, push-ups, dead lifts.
Thursday - walk 2 hours (went with a girlfriend for walk then coffee and walk back home, I tracked the kms with my nike sensor - we were surprised to find out it was just over an hour each way :))
Friday - walk 55 mins
Sunday - walk 55 mins

Total kms travelled 32kms and about 2000 cals burnt, yee haa!!!

Diet

Each day I consume about the same thing with a higher calorie day on the weekend. I allow myself a glass of alcohol and some cheese mmmmm

Breakfast - 30g of oats with skim milk
snack - 15 nuts and apple
Lunch - salmon/ham/chicken sandwich
snack - yoghurt or banana and p/butter
Dinner - stirfry, chicken/lamb and vegies. On my higher calorie day a rice/pasta dish

If I feel like I need something after dinner I have a glass of low fat milk

I'm baaackkk

2010-07-09T10:16:00.005+08:00

My my my how quick the past couple of months have gone.

It wasn't until yesterday I realised it had been months since my last post. I have been slack in posting because I was thinking "who would be interested in reading about my workouts in the last couple of months of my pregnancy?" They were pretty much non existant. Walking, walking and more walking.

Now, after giving birth to my precious little man, I am getting back to my normal self. So, let me introduce my gorgeous little man Tyler Anthony born on 13 May, weighing 8lb 15 ounces. He was a very big and healthy boy :)

He is such a joy and I really can't believe that he is now 2 months old. The past few weeks have been a bit of a blur. We have been so busy with visitors and we have just gotten back from our first holiday so I am hoping that we are now quietening down so I can get myself into a routine.

He has been an easy baby and eats and sleeps well so I am finding getting out of the house (when I am organised) to be quite easy. It does take a lot more time and preparation but we get there.

Training

I have been mainly walking up until now as I had a c-section. I have been walking 5 times a week for 50 minutes and loving it. The weather was just beautiful and has now turned blah!!! Winter - I hate it. Walking is my main way of getting cardio in, I am working my way up to a run. I ran a little bit (by a bit I mean 200 metres) last week when we were on holiday and it felt very weird. I have a check up with the doc this afternoon and hoping that I get the all clear.

I have been using my resistant band for three weeks now doing my upper body and not really feeling too much of a burn so the weights are coming out. I just have to be careful with certain exercises and make sure the weight is not too hard so i dont strain.

I am really eager to do a spin class at the gym and my usual weights routine. I just have to figure out baby sitters as Tyler is too little to be put in the creche (plus I really dont want to leave him with people I dont know).

As much as I love my little man and my life now....it really was so much easier when it was just me. Is it bad to feel a little upset that my life as I knew it is gone??Does that make me a bad mum for thinking that??

Diet

Unfortunately during my pregnancy I was not very strict with my eating as usual and the weight crept up and up. I put on 21kgs during the 9 months and have only lost 13 so far. I told myself I would never be one of those mums-to-be that would eat whatever just because I could. But towards the end, my boredom (and sweet tooth) got the better of me. I am so mad with myself that I now have to shift 8kgs of FAT!!!!!

Up until a few weeks ago I was still relaxed with what I was eating. I was not over indulging every day but most days having something a little sweet. I always had so much bad food in the house for the mountains of visitors we had for the first month Tyler was born. Now, ALL GONE lol My husband is not very impressed that all the cupcakes, brownies and scones are now a thing of the past. As he says "we have NOTHING to eat in the house".

I refuse to buy the crap that will tease me every time I open the fridge or cupboard. At the moment my will power is still not the greatest. I am slowly getting it back, just taking one day at a time.

I have a couple of Oxygen mags saved up from during my pregnancy for my motivation and to keep me on track. I just purchased the Nike+ sensor to track my workouts on my ipod, new tunes loaded. So, the fun begins. I will shift this weight in record time.

Follow me on my journey to my pre-pregnancy body.

Happy training

2010-02-03T13:02:00.002+08:00

This week has been a great week. I have been feeling fantastic (love the second trimester) and been getting enough sleep and exercise.

Training

Sunday for me was a walk and then sitting at the cricket all day. We had fun but I had had enough by 8pm that night!

Monday - walk with 100 lunges, upper body resistant band work, shoulders and bis.

Tuesday - training with my girls, lap of oval (this did not go well, I think i will have to give up running until after bubs is born :)), kettlebell swings, boxing.

Wednesday - walk with 100 lunges.

Tomorrow - same as Tuesday

Pregnancy

I am doing well. Getting bigger by the minute, bubs is moving around heaps. It has starting sticking its feet under my ribs, must be comfy for it but definitely not comfy for me. If I poke it, it moves lol

I had a meeting this morning with work and will be finishing up on the 16th of April. Since it will only be 4.5 weeks before my due date I have to get a note from my ob. He wants me to finish up on 2 April so I dont know how that will go. Unless there are complications I dont see why I need to finish 7/8 weeks before my due date.

Loving being pregnant but can't wait to hit the gym HARD. Oh how I miss it :(

Not long now............

Happy training

2010-01-29T13:18:00.002+08:00

This week has been a CRAZY week. So busy and not that much energy. I suppose you have those weeks every now and again.

Unfortunatley my workouts suffered due to my late nights and early mornings. I tried to get to the gym during my lunch break but I was just that busy that I didn't have many lunch breaks this week. I told myself that all my running around was enough as I was pretty exhausted at the end of each day.

So this week, all I got in was 2, 45min walks which included 100 walking lunges.

Today i am feeling pretty great and hoping it lasts so that tonight (I have the house to myself yay) I am wanting to do some upper body weights and lower body work then finish with a bit of yoga as I really need to stretch out as I haven't done a good stretch in weeks! Naughty!!!

This weekend is another busy weekend, tonight NOTHING yay, tomorrow usual cleaning/washing/shopping etc then tomorrow night we are going out to dinner then Sunday we are heading to the cricket. Thank god it is not going to be too hot. I should be able to handle 32 degrees, not like the aweful 37 it is today.

Baby is going well, moving around so much and I can see my belly morph into weird shapes when it is turning. Very amazing but a bit annoying at 3 in the morning when you change positions and it starts kicking you and you dont know whether to move because you are squashing it or it is just woken up and doing its exercises :)

Only 114 days to go and can't believe it. I am taking my 24 week photos on the weekend and can post them next week. I am now entering my 6 month of pregnancy, very exciting.

Happy training xx

It's Friday - woo hoo!!!

2010-01-15T16:27:00.002+08:00

This week (although has been a better one than in the past) has felt extra long for some reason. Work has been busy, not stupidly busy but busy enough.

I am looking forward to having a relaxing weekend, especially Sunday when the temp is supposed to hit 42 degrees, yukkko!!!

My partner and I went out last night with some friends who are over from Adelaide, had a really nice dinner and talked into the night. Ended up getting kicked out of the pub just after 12. Very unlike me to last that long and not to be tired at all. Slept like a baby though and came into work late :)

Training

Monday - walk with walking lunges
Tuesday - 30min cross trainer, shoulders, 15 min bike
- light training with my girls, cardio and lower body plyos
Wednesday - walk
Thursday and Friday off, had a sore back (sciatica) after my walk on Wednesday so have been taking it easy the past couple of days.
Saturday - will go for a walk
Sunday - morning swim

Pregnancy

I have been doing fantastically the past few weeks. The second trimester really is the most enjoyable. I finally have the "glow" people keep talking about and I am loving the feeling of the baby kicking around. I truly believe I have a little footballer or martial arts expert in there lol

Happy training
xx

Sore

2010-01-08T10:36:00.002+08:00

What a workout I had last night. I trained my girls...only had 4 due to cancellations but it was nice to have a small class for a change.

We did a upper body circuit with bursts of cardio after each rotation.

I had 4 stations set up, doing 1 min on each:

- bicep curls
- shoulder presses
- weighted punches
- overhead arm extensions

Then once we had all done one full rotation we did 1st, a lap of the oval, 2nd burpees, 3rd roo jumps then last rotation was high knees.

That took our time to about 25 mins then we did walking lunges with weights and upright rows, another lap and then we did 20 mins of boxing with ab work and then stretched up.

I made them (and me :)) work really hard last night as we didn't have a session on Tuesday. I know a couple of them are going to be sore tonight/tomorrow but they love it!!!!

Besides that workout last night all I have done is 2 50 min walks. Not really enough at all but I just didn't have the energy to get up this morning. I will make sure I fit in cardio tomorrow and a bike ride on Sunday.

I think my lack of energy had something to do with having to come back to work and getting back into a routine of getting up early and having no naps during the day LOL

Have a great weekend
Happy Training

How time flies

2010-01-04T15:25:00.002+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

What a crazy couple of months it has been. Work is just manic and I can't wait to finish up in 3 months (sounds strange). Not that I will be doing anything less stressful with looking after a new bub but at least I will be in the comfort of my own home :)

I haven't been able to get on the net at home due to my laptop having a virus. I am hoping to get it back in a week or so. Usually it wouldnt be a problem and I can use the net at work but with having time off over christmas I have been doing what I can on my phone. Not so easy with the little screen and keypad :)

I am now 20 weeks pregnant (half way, woo hoo) and things are going great. I am over my extreme tiredness and training is going well. I walk 4 times a week and train my girlfriends 2 times and we do weights mixed with plyo work and I love it. Some moves are proving more difficult as times goes on...i.e burpees. No wander people with bellies HATE them. I feel like I keep kneeing the baby in the head so have stopped them now.

I have put on 7kgs so far (most of which was in the first tri - i think due to lack of energy and increased metabolism, crazy I know). My doc says i am fine and I will aim to only put on 6 or 7kg for the rest of the pregnancy then I will be in the average range of weight gain. I am not really used to putting on and watching my clothes get tighter and tighter and know there is nothing I can do about it. But I am getting better at "accepting" my changing body and knowing that I am giving my baby the best I can.

BUT in saying all that, I can't wait to get back into kickass training. My strength is incredibly weaker since I have been pregnant and I can't lift anywhere near as much as I used to and have to keep it low until the babies birth in case of injury. I have been saving all my fitness mags for when the baby is born so I have some great motivation to excite me.

The time is going quickly though and bubs will be here before I know it! Can't wait. Such an exciting time.

Here are some up to date pics of our little one.

xox

Ok - so I have some news.........

2009-11-17T11:38:00.004+08:00

I am 13 weeks pregnant and I didn't want to post NOTHING in my "fitness journal" LOL. So I have stayed away until it was "safe" to tell everyone the news. Now my journal is more of a pregnancy fitness journal than fitness for the next 6 months :)

I fell pregnant 3 weeks into our holiday and found out in Switzerland the day after I bungy jumped, whoops!!! I was convinced I was getting my ladies so thought nothing of it. Although DH had been telling me for a week or so that he thought I was preggas! The day after I was due we went and bought a test (20 euros – I can get them for about 5 euros back home!), I didn’t even have to wait the 3 minutes as two lines came up straight away.

We are very exited and had our 12 week scan the weekend before last to make sure bubs was ok and everything was going well. I had a cry when we heard the heartbeat – just amazing. All our dates are correct and bubs was moving around like crazy – we have one very active baby! Some people say that means I am having a girl. But who knows. We are not finding out the sex either. I have convinced DH to wait until the birth. My friends think I will not be able to hold out that long but I am determined.

The first 10 weeks was exhausting and I suffered badly, the past week or so my energy has been returning and I am eating a bit better (carbs have been my saviour – so hungry all the time). I have put on 4kgs so far and apparently this is ok. It is going to take some getting used to putting on this weight.

My workouts have mainly been walking (as I have been too exhausted to do anything else) and light weights. I have already lost so much strength in my arms that I need to keep up with my upper body workouts as much as possible. I went for a short run on the weekend and felt great. I still get knackered in the afternoons though. Work has been super busy so the nights have been early to bed and on weekends I have a nap in the arvo.

I haven’t felt any flutters yet from the baby moving around but have been told to expect them in the next week or so – can’t wait.

Here are some pics of bubs.

xxx

I'm home....

2009-10-14T16:21:00.002+08:00

Well, I am back home on Oz soil! It does feel good. Whilst we had a great time away I am SO glad to be back in my own bed and back into a routine!

Workouts have been sporadic since I got back. Only one weights session and mainly easy cardio. My girls are very happy that I am home. I think they were lying when they said they were training whilst I was away. They nearly died 30 minutes into the session and they all messaged me the next day saying they couldn’t walk LOL One even said she found going to the toilet hard 

It has been good catching up with family and friends and retelling the stores of our adventures. We have some great photos and I will have to make sure that I get them sorted in the next month or so otherwise it may never happen!

Christmas is fast approaching and I have started doing my shopping. I have some friends who are nearly finished…I just don’t know how they do it. I figured if I start now that is plenty of time. Luckily my sister and I convinced our family to do a Kris Kringle this year. We have a decent sized family and I just fork out so much money and usually get the crappy presents from aunty’s and uncles (no offence) that you never use. This way (hopefully) since we are spending a bit more money on the one person the quality of the present may be better (wishful thinking I know).

Anyways, that’s about all for now, I will leave you with some pics from my holiday

Happy training

I got to see snow in Switzerland, yay!

Hubby and I just before we did our 90m high bungy jump - exciting but scary at the same time!

My hairdryer in Paris, so funny :)

Oh Paree

Hello from Germany

2009-09-25T03:07:00.002+08:00

Wow, what a blast the past few weeks have been. We are nearing the end of our holiday...only 5 more days and i will be home.

We started in the Uk and we hired a car and travelled for just over a week. Scotland was amazing. London was mayhem....I have no idea how people live in that place. Waaaayyyy too many people!

After the Uk we flew to Amsterdam. What a great place. So laid back, people were lovely and the city was beautiful. We were lucky enough to see a concert whilst we were there. Most of it was in English lol

Next we travelled to Paris. I actually wasnt too impressed to tell ya the truth. Always a girls dream to go to the City of Love but the people werent very friendly. The language barrier was really difficult. I think France was the only country where they didnt speak english as well or they just chose to make our lives difficult. It was great to see the tower :)

After Paris was Belgium. Love, love loved Belgium. We stayed in Bruge. It was just stunning. The beer was great and the waffles even better! We went to a pub that had over 450 beers. Apparently Bruge brews over 760 alone!!!!!

Then we went to Switzerland. I think it was just about my favourie place. It was so gorgeous. I got to see snow up in the mountain.s We travelled to the "top of europe". We also went bungy jumping in a canyon about 90 metres high which was fantastic. Definitely will never forget it.

Then we travelled to Italy. We stayed in the Cinque terre region in Monterosso. It was perfect. The weather was awesome and we got to go swimming. I managed to get stung by a jelly fish though and I still hve the mark on my arm. The most painful thing i have had happen to me in ages. Will load pics tomorrow...doesnt seem to want to work now. Low signal.

After monterosso was Pisa for a day. Not a very clean place but we got to do the silly photos of us and the leaning tower! Bought some souveniers. Then we travelled to Rome. That place is so full of history we had so much to do. We ended up extending our stay cause we liked it so much. I was glad to leave Italy though so I didnt have to eat any more pastas or pizzas. They dont have the best menus and it was hard to eat something healthy with protein. Most salads were just boring lettuce, tomato and corn or something.

After Rome we then went onto Austria. Only stayed there a night then arrived in Germany 2 days ago. We are waiting in our hotel room for my husband's brother and wife to arrive from the airport. It will be really good to see some friendly faces. We have been abroad for 5.5 weeks now and just about ready to head home. We miss our doggy Korben :( We have been told that he is missing us too. Apparently every time someone comes to the door he gets excited thinking it is us. So cute.

Training has been pretty non-existent. We have been doing heaps of sightseeing so we walk alot every day and most places we have stayed there is always hills and stairs to climb. Our week in Monterosso was the worst. We lived on the top of a big hill and we had to walk up 176 stairs to our room. We would do that about 3 times a day so we were getting enough cardio lol I did bring my resistence band over and have done that twice a week. Not enough but at least its something!!!

Anyways, I have babbled enough. Bit of a long post hahahahhaha
Happy Training.

2009-08-03T13:33:00.002+08:00

Only 7.5 more days of work and I can hardly believe it.

I am very happy this morning (rare occasion on Monday morning). I had a fantastic weekend. Catching up with great friends, great workouts, great clean diet, no drinking etc.

Saturday I did a spin class, harder than the one I did on Tuesday but i was happy with that, then I did a hamstring workout after. Deadlifts, 45degree press, lying leg curl. Was feeling it on Sunday when I trained the girls.

We had great weather on Sunday. I had my monthly coffee catch-up with friends then we trained. The girls had a surprise for me....they all pitched in and bought me some new boxing gloves, focus mits a plates weight set and a new fit ball. I was super excited and so greatful. It was a thank you for them for the training they have been getting over the past couple of months. It brought tears to me eyes after reading the thank you card I received from them all. I have really helped them in their journeys to feeling better and looking great, this job is so rewarding I can't wait until I do it everyday of my life for more people.

So after all the loving we got to work. I had a circuit class organised alsi with hill runs, laps around the oval and walking lunges with 5kg weights above their heads. Man were they sweating and muscles burning (actually I was too LOL). It was fantastic. We then finished with a bit of yoga and then stretching.

I then relaxed for the rest of the afternoon until hubby came home. Ahhhh nice and relaxed for the weekend ahead.

Did I mention I only have 7.5 more days left of work!!!!!

Woo hoooo

Happy Training xxx

I LOVE SPIN

2009-07-29T09:39:00.002+08:00

Our class last night was awesome. I did shoulders and bi's beforehand as we got there super early to make sure we could get a bike. Unfortunately the girls did not join me as there were too many boys in the weights room. I have yet to convince them that doing weights will not make you “massive” like the boys!

I absolutely loved the class. I haven’t done one in a few months and forgot how much I like them. My heart was pumping crazily the whole time and I was sweating like a pig (thank god the lights were off LOL). Unfortunately my girls did not have the same enthusiasm or energy. One of my friends didn’t make it through the second song without having to stop! I kept encouraging her to keep at it. I grabbed her hand half way through the class to feel my pulse and she just mouthed to me OMG!!!! After the class I told her that is what hers should feel like after we finish the “sprint” parts. I think she just needs to build up the muscle in her legs so she can keep going the whole time.

So, there is another one Friday morning which I am going to go to. Hopefully I will have the same amount of energy that early in the morning….might have to have a couple of Hydroxycut to get me going:0

Mands xxxx

2009-07-28T13:47:00.002+08:00

At last I have time to breathe and catch up. My boss is in court and I won't see him until this afternoon. This is what it will be like all week and I love it.

ANNNNNDDDDD……………only 17 days till my holiday, woo hoo!

Training and diet has been good. On the weekend was Saturday morning run and then running around doing housework before we had to go to the footy. Had people over for dinner and had my cheat meal. I cooked a raspberry tart and my oh my it was delicious. Everyone said it was a winner….I was a bit nervous as it was my first time making it. I also indulged in a bottle of champagne LOL

Sunday I had my training session with the girls. Had a wee bit of a headache but nothing a couple of panadol can’t fix. I think they were hoping that I had drunk more and wouldn’t make them work as hard. They were definitely wrong. We had a long and hard session (1hr 10mins). I did short spurts of cardio and then upper body weights. These girls are new to weights and get bored easily. So I thought since all of them want to lose a bit of weight as well as “tone up” I would do cardio then 1 set of upper body weights and repeat. There was lots of bright red faces LOL I was actually pretty tired after the session too.

Last night I went for a run after work. Only managed 25 mins….I had the worst shin splints. It is so dark when I get home that I don’t like to run in the park as there is no lighting so I run around the streets on the path. Not as nice but definitely safer. I also did some yoga and stretching after.

Tonight I am supposed to be training people but we have changed it to Thursday so tonight I am heading to the gym for a spin class. I haven’t done one in about 6 months so it will be interesting. I am estimating that I wont be able to walk properly until Friday hahahahhah

Mands xxxx

2009-07-23T12:54:00.001+08:00

Its been another crazy week. I haven’t been able to do anything personal at work for the past couple of weeks until today. We have a trial starting on Monday and it has been crazily busy preparing for that. Most of the prep is done now we just have a few minor things to get out of the way and then once they are in Court I wont be so busy, yay!

I can’t wait to have email at home again, such a pain that we have to wait until we get back from our trip! Not long now either..I think we are down to 3 weeks exactly. Jeez the time is flying by. We have all accommodation booked for each country we are visiting and a couple of sightseeing things booked. I can’t wait to spend a few days in Paris…I have just been reading a book about the beautiful city and the great cuisine and champagne!!!

Workouts have been on, since it’s a week since my last post I wont put them all in as it will be waaaayyy too much info. But 4 mornings during the week has been cardio, with one morning weights. On the weekends I have been heading to the gym on a Saturday to do a hard cardio class and abs then cleaning my house. On Sunday I do my cardio and weights workout with the girls. I have been doing more of a full-body routine the past couple of weeks and really liking this for a change. It has been good to do this twice a week to make sure I am getting everything in. I don’t have too much time in the mornings to do both weights and cardio so have been sticking to the cardio mainly. Unfortunately I have noticed my strength isn’t the same as it used to be.

My weight loss efforts have not been as great as I had hoped. I did have a plan to lose 4 – 5 before I left. I have only managed 3kgs. Since I have been busy I haven’t been getting all my meals in…there just isn’t time and I know I should make time but with my boss barking orders at me every 10 minutes even a short break to the loo has been difficult!!! I really feel like my metabolism has slowed somewhat…hopefully I can get it back to where it was before I leave.

Not much else to report, I will hopefully be able to post again soon.

xxx

2009-07-13T15:30:00.004+08:00

Happy Monday !!!!

Actually I haven’t been so happy today. Struggled to get out of bed this morning and have been hating everything today. Very irritable due to lack of sleep (and my mummy isn’t well at the moment).

It was non-stop all weekend but thankfully it was filled with lots of lovely fun times with some of my favourite people. Two of my friends got engaged, woot woot more weddings yay yay yay!

Here is a pic of my girlfriend who just got engaged and me on Saturday night.

My goddaughter turned 5 and I went and celebrated with her and the family on Saturday. Saturday night was my friends 30th/engagement surprise. It was such a lovely night.

Here she is with the present we bought her.

Sunday trained my girls. Had 5 this weekend and they did really well. No-one felt sick and there was lots of fun and lots of sweat LOL

Then I had a baby shower. One of my good friends is due in about 5 weeks. She looks so gorgeous and is so deliriously happy about becoming a mummy it is so cute.

Then from the baby shower I met hubby at another friends place for a BBQ and catch-up with some friends I haven’t seen in a while.

I have to say seeing them was great but what they fed us was not so great. We arrived around 3pm and I thought the crackers, cheese and dip I bought was just to nibble on before DINNER. I was wrong….that was part of our dinner. I realise with 4 kids that my friend can’t exactly put on a 3 course extravaganza but a salad and chicken would have done nicely and is not too hard or expensive (I was more than happy to bring along stuff to help out…I usually bring along a salad to have with our BBQ meats but was told just to bring the nibbles).

So…this is what we ate:

• sausage rolls
• party pies
• bought mini quiches
• cheese, dip and crackers (which I bought along);
• hot sausage cut up and put on the BBQ;
• lollies/chocolate.

NO GREENS AT ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unfortunately I was not able to eat anything else besides these foods. I didn’t want to make them feel bad but I tried not to eat too much of it. Just enough that my stomach wasn’t grumbling because I was starving. I felt so sick all last night and feeling a bit crappy this morning. I actually felt like making myself sick last night my stomach was so upset. I still have problems with my stomach and wheat products are the worse. I don’t eat foods like that much anymore and when I do…I pay for it and its not pleasant.

So needless to say today I have been eating as clean as I can and eating lots of green tea to try and flush it all out. Hopefully tomorrow my belly will be better.

Workouts this week

Tonight – walk and stretching
tomorrow – cardio am / boxing pm
Wednesday – weights: back/bis
Thursday – run
Friday – walk
Saturday – weights: chest/tris
Sunday - plyos

Happy Training xxx

2009-07-09T10:07:00.001+08:00

I have had a really good week this week. The weather hasn’t been too crazy and the diet and training is going strong.

The girls trained really hard on Sunday. I was very impressed and happy! We did some plyometrics, boxing and lots of ab work.

First I had them do a couple of warm up laps. Then they lined up and put a ball in between their legs at the knees and jumped with two feet to the skipping ropes (I think it took them about 15 jumps) then they did 30 skips and ran back to the start and repeated that 5 times. I think this week since I will have about 6 girls that I will put them in teams and also add some push-ups into the mix.

So this week they will do:

- 10 roo jumps
- 20 skips
- 10 push-ups
- kick ball back to next person

They then took turns boxing with me whilst the other was doing ab work. In between sets I had them doing burpees and push-ups. They did sit-ups with medicine ball, passing to each other.

They were pretty tired and sore by the end of it but they were really happy with what they achieved and are very excited about this Sunday!

They are all losing weight too and I love seeing the changes in them…makes me feel proud to be helping them achieve their goals :)

Me

I have had a sore back for the last couple of days…stupid boxes at work :( So last night I didn’t do any cardio just did some floor work….back exercises with ab work. Feels heaps better today. I have been failing to do them over the last couple of months and I am now paying for it! When my back is good I just forget about them until it starts hurting again….silly me.

Diet has been fantabulous. I have made some chicken soup in my slow cooker and it is oh so tasty. Perfect for this stormy weather. My salads just weren’t doing it for me anymore. Hubby has been cooking dinner heaps too and I am very impressed with what he has been making. Last night he made us a very yummy stirfry…I wished he had made more so I had leftovers for lunch today LOL

I hoped on the scales and am down another kg this morning, woo hoo! Only 4 more to go and I will be happy. I need room to move for my trip. The count down is on…only 5 weeks to go (or 35 days, oh lord).

I am hoping to do my tax this weekend so I can have that money before we fly out. This trip is the most expensive I think we will ever do and I need every penny!

I promise to blog more….then they won’t be like a short story each time LOL

Happy Training
xxx

2009-07-03T13:37:00.002+08:00

What a week. Nearly over THANK GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So busy that I haven't had time to scratch myself....not that I have been itchy LOL

Workouts

Tuesday - walk am
Wednesday - Shoulders/bis
Thursday - run am
Friday - nothing yet. Hoping to go for a run or walk tonight when I get home.

Tomorrow I will be going for a big walk in the morning then cleaning the house and doing washing etc

Sunday my usual training session in the morning with my girls. Fingers crossed they have more energy than last week. I told them to all have a coffee if they feel lethargic as they are gonna need their energy to make up for the crap session last week.

Diet

I have been pretty good this week. Only had chocolate twice hahahhahah

I don't have any dinner dates over the weekend so it won't be a problem eating 100% clean yay!!!!

Stuff

I went to the movies on Tuesday with my sister and we saw The Proposal...great chick flick. I don't go and see them all that often and had a great time. Last night hubby and i went and saw Transformers. I really liked it...we had watched the first one during the week to refresh our minds. Man Megan Fox is so hot....I would consider turning gay for her LOL Just kidding !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Training xxx

2009-06-29T15:13:00.000+08:00

I wish I could have a 4 day weekend every week. Why do they always go so quick and I find I either need one more day for rest or to finish things off!!!!!

Friday night hubby and I went to my parents place to see all the family. My brother and little nephew were up for a couple of days. My little nephew is the cutest, so chubby and is saying quite a few more words now. He hasn't quite got my name yet...too many syllables I think LOL

The rest of my weekend was great. Saturday doing the usual housework. Got my pantry cleaned out, yay! Have had that on my to-do-list for weeks and so glad I finally got around to it.

Trained the girls on Sunday morning. What a debacle that was. All 3 of them were unmotivated. One had her period and the other two just couldn’t be bothered doing anything. It took me a while to get them all going and we had a good 35 mins of working out and then one of them was close to throwing up and piked it and the others were complaining they had no energy left. So we moved onto doing floor work, hips, butts and thighs style LOL. They were happy to be on the floor but weren’t so happy with some of the exercises. I have heard from them today and they are pretty sore. I told them next week they all better be more motivated as I am going to give them a harder workout :)

Sunday afternoon we had a 50th at a really lovely restaurant overlooking a valley. Great food, wine and friends…nothing better :)

Hopefully this week is going to be a great week. Today has been pretty busy but not so busy I am tearing out my hair!! Fingers crossed it carries through the week.

Happy Training xxx

MIA - I'M BACK

2009-06-25T13:09:00.002+08:00

What a week....work has been manic and I haven't had a single night at home in 6 days!!!

Tonight I will be snuggling with hubby and watching a DVD and can't wait.

Unfortunately diet has been off this week....actually since the weekend. TOM and I have been super emotional and craving chocolate like there is no tomorrow. I feel a bit bad that I have given in to each craving but I suppose sometimes you just gotta do it!

Back on track now and thankfully my weight doesn't seem to have suffered with the extra non-nutritious calories LOL

Training has been on and off. I have only done shoulders/tris this week and done cardio once!! Not like me at all but this TOM has really knocked me around a bit. I will hit the gym tomorrow morning for some much needed cardio.

Nothing else to report unfortunately and I realise this is a really crappy post LOL

Sorry,

Mands xxx

Progress......love it!

2009-06-16T08:52:00.002+08:00

I am down another 2kg woo hoo!!! Only 4 more to go before my holidays in 9 weeks. Plenty of time.

I might even go to 5 or 6kgs so I can relax even more on holiday :)

xxxx

Happy Monday

2009-06-15T11:14:00.000+08:00

Weekend was great. Saturday was pretty busy. Got up, went for a run…only 30 mins. Then headed to my nan’s for a visit. Felt absolutely shattered after being there for an hour. Had a strong cup of coffee and felt a bit more human.

Then headed to my mates place to help her pack and move some stuff to their new house. Saturday night way too tired to do anything so hubby and I cooked a nice dinner, had a glass of wine and chilled in front of a DVD. I love this weather for snuggling :)

Sunday, trained my two girlfriends in the morning. They did really well. One of them did feel sick about 20 mins in but she was really good about and had a couple of minutes rest and then got straight back into it. I went easy on her as she hasn’t done ANY exercise in about a year (I really have no idea how people can let things get so out of hand!!!). I have heard from them both this morning saying they are pretty sore and getting out of bed was a struggle. I assured them that after a few weeks they will be heaps fitter and not as sore after each session (and they will be able to do more than 5 women’s push-ups). They are really motivated to stick with this and I love that they enjoyed it and are keen to keep going.

I love it…..I know I was born to do this as a career and not stuck behind a desk working for others and not getting any satisfaction out of each day.

Happy Training xxx

Friday

2009-06-12T15:16:00.002+08:00

I love Friday's....the start of the fun times :)

Work today has been pretty quiet and I can't wait to go home and see my hubby. We have been fighting the flu this week and the past two days all I have wanted to do is sleep. Today I am feeling better so I think I have won, yay! It could also be the cold'n'flu tablets I have taken LOL

And for that reason my training has been off since my session on Wednesday unfortunately. After I was at work for a couple of hours I felt like I was going to die. So tired and achy. Not so bad today so I will go for a run in the morning and see how I go.

Sunday I am training some friends....just bought some new equipment today. One of the girls is a cardio queen so I am going to introduce the resistance band and some body weighted exercises. They are a bit scared of what I will make them do and I love that!!!!

One of the girls I have been trying to convince for weeks about training with me as she doesn't do ANYTHING and she is on Jenny Craig's at the moment and is doing well. I think she said 5.9 kgs so far, so proud of her. I have been sending her information about weight loss and that if she did exercise as well she would notice greater improvements. FINALLY...she said yes!

This weekend I am not up to too much (and very happy about it). Will be helping a friend with her new house..they are painting etc and still packing up their old house so that will be most of tomorrow.

Sunday, training the girls in the morning and then footy in the arvo around 2pm I think, then relax...............ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Happy Training

2009-06-10T10:13:00.001+08:00

Workout this morning was GREAT!!!!! I had so much energy and really pushed myself to my limits.

I did a run on the treddie as it was bucketing down outside. Run for 25 mins at 10km per/hour and then I did 1 min sprints at 14km per/hour with 25-30 sec breather. I sweated like there was no tomorrow…I think the gym didn’t have the air-con on at all :(

Last night I trained two girls. We had a good workout and they were happy to do whatever I told them. They have really increased their cardio fitness since we started a few weeks back and I am really happy with their progress.

Our workout consisted of: walking lunges, push-ups, 30m runs, burpees (they hate these), mountain climbers, medicine ball toss, boxing for about 20 mins then a lap of the oval and ab work then cool down.

I had intended on doing a boxing class at lunch today but going to see how I go. After my run this morning I am feeling pretty average…just had a coffee and feeling somewhat better. Hopefully I am not catching what hubby has…..I HATE being sick and can’t really afford to have any time off work. Although staying home with hubby, curled up on the couch would be wonderful!!!!!

Send me your healthy vibes LOL

Happy Training xxxxx

My oh my how quick the weekends go.......

2009-06-08T13:31:00.003+08:00

I had a great one...Friday and Saturday tidied up the house and sorted out our study and got the house "sparkling" clean :) Sunday morning I met some girlfriends for coffee which was so lovely- we have decided to do this the first sunday of each month.

After coffee I headed to the gym. Shoulders/tris and cardio.

shul presses
lateral raises
front raises
ez bar bi curl
crossover curl
tri ext
tri pushdown
dips

30 min run on the treddie

Sunday arvo we headed to our local pub for drinks for hubby's birthday. Ended up being a bit of a biggie and everyone came back to our place for drinks. It was fun although I am pretty shattered this morning. I dont tend to do much on Sunday nights and wasn't in bed until 11ish after everyone left and I did a little tidy up.

Diet

I have been eating really clean (goal of 5kgs loss by August is looking promising). I have been eating mainly the same things each day - creature of habit - so oats and eggwhites morning, banana/apple and protein shake for morning tea, salad with tuna/chicken lunch, protein shake arvo then protein and veggies for dinner. Every third day or so I add in some rice/pasta to boost carb intake then back down again. My body responds better this way as I tend to get too bloated and feel awful on carbs.

Stuff

I am now training another friend of mine (and possibly a second if she doesn't chicken out) every Sunday morning. She said she is very unfit and needs me to whip her into shape. She also plans to lose 5kgs but in 4 months which is a sinch!!! Yay another project and more experience :)

Happy Training xxxxx

2009-06-04T11:05:00.002+08:00

I got my stitches out last night, FINALLY! I still have some pain (it has been 8 days)….but I am on another course of antibiotics which should help.

Last night was my first “proper” workout since I went to the dentist over a week ago. I trained 3 other girls....we usually train on a Tuesday night but moved it to Wednesday this week. It went well, I still had some thumping pain in my jaw but it only got worse every time I stopped after a sprint or boxing so I just kept on going and going.

The girls that I train are really excited with every workout and getting really fit. It was great that they all had the same amount of energy and enthusiasm as me. Finally they have realised that as much as they hate the thought of training (pain) or can't be bothered (tired), they feel 10 times better once they are finished :)

I am really proud of my sister too, she is doing well although the scales do not show her effort at this stage. She is really pushing herself and when I tell her to do something…she does it (usually after calling me a “bitch” first LOL).

We trained at one girls house as the weather was crappy and I can only do outdoor park activities or one on one in my house. Her partner is a personal trainer (I am convinced he is on the roids!!!), and he helped us with the boxing aspect of the workout. We had two of us boxing and the other two doing weights.

He showed me a couple of different things which was great and which I can use when I train myself and others. He said I should definitely get my certification as he can see that I have a lot of knowledge already and it is something that I love and would be really good at!!! Nice little ego boost LOL (fingers crossed I can save the money for the course and be certified by January/February next year… Can’t wait )

I only just found out her husband was a personal trainer and that surprises me as she is not fit and toned at all! It just goes to show that with all the help in the world it is still up to you, and you alone, to stay focused, determined and make the change to get what you want.

The workout

full body circuit

push-ups
upright rows
shoulder presses
lateral raises
dips
smith machine squat
lunges
cardio boxing for 20 mins
push-ups and ab work
finished with 15 min run including sprints

So training for the rest of the week is:

Friday – cardio, elliptical
Saturday – should/tri
Sunday – cardio and painting my bathroom, yay

Happy Training xxxx

Ouchy

2009-06-02T09:51:00.002+08:00

I have had a wisdom tooth out and a filling and have been in pain all weekend. It was in the chair and took the dentist just over 20 minutes to pull it out, this was AFTER getting the filling done. So i was in the chair, in total, for 1.5 hours and my poor mouth was splitting.

So unfortunatley no workouts as I just couldn't manage to get any blood pumping around my body too much as the constant thumping in my face was enough! I have been on the maximum amount of pain killers since Thursday. I really didn't think I would be in this much pain as I have had others out before. But dentist said it is normal as it was so hard to get out and he bruised the jaw. I am seeing him tomorrow arvo to get the stitches out and hopefully will be able to eat normally within a day or so. Up until now, I haven't been very good with eating as it was just too hard (and painful) to eat anything. So lots of protein drinks, soup, soft cheese and yoghurt etc!

I am training some girls tomorrow night....I usually join in - and hopefully I still can - as I really want to get a workout in. But we will see how we go :)

I did get SOME exercise on the weekend. Hubby and I are getting new carpets in today so we had to remove all furniture out of 3 bedrooms and a loungeroom, rip up carpets and paint all the rooms. It took us quite a few hours so I am sure I burnt off some calories hahahahha Hubby let me have little breaks as the pain got unbearable a few times....couldn't put my head down low without the thumping getting worse.

Tonight when I get home from work we have the fun job of putting everything back!!!

I just can't wait until it is done and I hope the carpet we picked doesn't look too dark!!!

Happy Training xxx

2009-05-26T11:08:00.002+08:00

My weekend was great. Nice and relaxing. The weather on Saturday was pretty bad but Sunday was nice and clear.

I was very annoyed on Sunday morning that my friend "forgot" about our booked training session. She had booked to come over around 10am….when she didn’t turn up at 10.15 I called her. I find it very rude!!! I got a bit peeved at her as she keeps making these weekend sessions because she cancels the session during the week but the weekends just never eventuate. She is not committed enough. So I spoke to her and told her that I am not going to book in any more weekend sessions. These sessions are for her benefit not mine. I do a workout each day regardless of whether I train her, so I get annoyed being stuffed around!!! If she was paying me I’m sure she would make sure she showed up.

So....now that my rant is over I can get down to business LOL

As you saw from my post last night, aunt flow arrived. I have never been happy to receive my “ladies”. Now I know that everything is working okay and hopefully I will be regular enough to learn my cycle!

Training/Diet

Training has been really energetic. I have been really happy with how I am going and my motivation is where it should be :)

Sunday – plyo/abs
Monday – run
Tuesday – AM, walk and PM, cardio and legs
Wednesday – PM, boxing or shoulders/bis
Thursday – run
Friday - ???

My diet has been good. I am aiming to lose 5kgs (10lbs) by the beginning of August. Very doable. I want to be prepared to put on a couple of kilos when I am travelling overseas as I know we will be eating out a lot (and drinking, Munich here we come!!!) and I may not be able to always find chicken and salad!!! I also think we will be doing a lot of walking so I don’t have to worry about cardio but my weights sessions will be hard hit I think. I am going to take my resistance band and also try and find a gym at various other places when I can. It will be great to see what other gyms are like.

aunt flow.............

2009-05-25T20:59:00.002+08:00

finally arrived, after 4 months of waiting for that time it has hit like a tonne of bricks. Why oh why was i wishing it to come hahahahhahhaa

2009-05-22T10:41:00.000+08:00

Its finally the end of the week and what a crappy day it is here in the usually sunny state of WA!

We have had pretty bad storms the past couple of days. Hubby and I didn't get much sleep last night with the 150km strong winds and pelting rain. The dogs weren't very happy with the thunder and lightening either.

When my alarm went off for the gym at 5.20am I was in two minds about going but decided I would be better for it. I drove the 15 minutes to the gym and on approaching i noticed the street block (and a few surrounding blocks) was blacked out! Damn it. I then drove to a rec centre nearby wanting to get a workout in since it was 6am and I was ready to go. But no, they had a black out too. I couldn’t believe it. So back home it was to do some skipping, squats, lunges and crunches etc. I really wanted to get a good cardio session in but sometimes you can't help it.

Training

Thursday (yesterday) was supposed to be shoulders and bis but for some reason I really wanted to do my back and tris yesterday so that’s what I did. It was a great session too….I felt very strong and now feel very sore LOL

- one arm rows
- seated row
- pull ups
- pull down
- tri exten superset with dips
- rope pushdown

I have got my gym stuff at work today so I am hoping to get in a cardio session at lunch. Fingers crossed I can get a machine as I know the place will be packed due to the weather otherwise I will do shoulder/bis if the weights area is more free.

Saturday I will be going for a swim with my girlfriend. I haven’t been swimming in ages and have never been the strongest swimmer so it will be interesting.

Sunday I am training a girlfriend and I really really hope that 1. she doesn’t cancel like she is known to and 2. the weather is great. I am really loving the sprint sessions and long sets of walking lunges (she hates me for them).

Thoughts

Over the past week or so I have been eating clean and training each day which has made me think…….I haven't felt this good in a few weeks and now I know why. I have come to the realisation that in order for me to feel human and be the best that I can….I need to work out and fuel my body properly. When I don’t get a workout in I can feel more lethargic and can get quite irritable and short with people. I suppose I have been training for so long that I am like a junkie in the sense that if I don’t get my fix, I don’t feel my usual high each day.

I really don’t know why I sometimes go along these roller coaster rides every now and again. Thinking that if I relax with my diet and training I can still be my usual self and the weight will stay off and all will be rosie! No way, not for me! I need that release of energy each day, I need those endorphins running, I need to feel strong and healthy and that’s why I dedicate myself to my fitness lifestyle.

I want to give a big shout out to Kim who is competing in the NPC Jr. USA Figure Comp this weekend and any other competitors ready to hit the stage. I wish you all the best :)

Happy Training xxx

Catchup

2009-05-20T11:26:00.000+08:00

It has been a while since my last post – sorry. Work has been manic and I have not had internet at home for two weeks :(

My weekend was quite uneventul but restful. Friday night I went to a football game, our team lost :( Saturday I went and watched hubby play football (he lost) but I got to see some friends I hadnt seen in a bit and also my goddaughter. That night we went out with my sister and her hubby for a movie and drinks after. We saw Wolverine…Hugh is HOT HOT HOT!!! His whole physique was to die for…I think hubby was a bit jealous of my drooling LOL

Sunday I did the usual cleaning, washing, ironing etc and then cooked hubby a great meal. There is this local fruit and veg place which also has a butcher with the freshest ingredients. I go every Sunday arvo and do a bit of shopping rather than the big supermarkets.

Hubby has been busy at work too and our dinner meals during the week have been really bland as we both just didn’t have the time nor the energy to make something interesting and yummy. One night I couldn’t even be bothered eating I was so tired, so hubby had bakes beans on toast and I had a tin of tuna!

Training/Diet

Training has been great. Although I missed a couple of weights sessions this week as I didn’t make it to the gym. Which means mainly cardio all week with some plyo work and abs. Tomorrow will be my first weights session for the week, whoops!!! I have been a naughty girl and will be more diligent from here on in!

Workouts

Thursday last week - run, sprints, walking lunges
Friday - walk
Saturday - run and plyo
Sunday off – house cleaning
Monday – off
Tuesday – run
Wednesday – run, sprints, walking lunges
Thursday – shoulders/bis

I haven’t really been following a diet the past week and a bit and I have really enjoyed it. Still eating clean (besides my visit to the famous Belgium chocolate shop yesterday with a friend for her birthday), I just sort of eat when I am hungry. Mainly yummy chickpea salads each day which consist of rocket/spinach leaves, chickpeas, capsicum, avacado, pumpkin seeds, cucumber, red onion, cherry tomatoes and a bit of dill and pepper. Very tasty. Also every second morning I have been having a carrot, celery, apple and ginger juice. I haven’t made juices in ages and got it out on the weekend and made one, I forgot how much I enjoyed them.

Happy training xxxx

Frustrated

2009-05-13T10:54:00.000+08:00

It has been 4 months since I have had my period. I am thinking the first 3 months was due to my competition prep (it happened last time too) and the last month due to me coming off the pill.

I came off the pill on 6 April and nothing since. I have been told that it can take your body a few months to regulate itself and this could be the reason.

I just find it frustrating not knowing.

:(

Happy Monday (I think hahaha)

2009-05-11T09:38:00.003+08:00

My weekend was great. Friday night was quite uneventful, I was stuffed from my day of painting. Hubby went to footy training and I stayed home and watched some TV. I love having the TV all to myself.

Saturday morning I was up early to do the usual cleaning, washing and preparing dinner for that night. We had two couples over and I wanted it to be perfect (as always). For entre I decided on seared scallops on a bed of rocket, roasted tomatoes and prosciutto with a cannellini bean puree. It was the best!!! Everyone was very impressed and polished off their plates. Then the main was baked dhufish with potatoes and green beans. Very simple but so tasty.

Everyone left around midnight which was great as I was starting to get really tired. I managed to clean up the kitchen and put out the rubbish etc so I could start again early the next morning as I had my family coming over for a lunch for Mothers Day. We had a very easy BBQ as the weather was really nice outside. Happy Mothers Day to all the mums :)

Training and diet

Friday we had a volunteer day for work at an Outcare disability place. We were given the job of painting all of the units. So we were crazily painting from 11am to about 5pm (breaking for lunch). I was so exhausted by the end of the day that Friday night I couldn’t even be bothered cooking dinner. My arms and back were sore from boxing during the week so painting for hours was probably not the best thing to do hahhaha. God knows how many calories I burnt but man it was a great workout.

Saturday I didn’t do much as I was frantically cleaning the house for our visitors.

Sunday after everyone left our place I took my dog for a run. The poor thing was knackered and I was dragging him for the last 15 minutes. I then went out the back and did some plyo work.

I have been using the “card” method whereby I pick 4 or 5 plyo exercises and then pull out 3 cards from the deck. K, Q, J and Aces are worth 10 and of course all the other cards are face value. So you add the 3 cards up and that is the amount of reps you do for that exercise. It is really good cause it makes you mix it up. Although I was not ecstatic when on my last set of jump lunges I had to do 30!!!!! I was beat but felt so good after. I finished off with two supersets of walking lunges and pushups then did abs. My legs are a bit sore today :)

Here are some pics from the weekend :0

What a workout

2009-05-06T15:11:00.002+08:00

I just did a boxing class during my lunch break and OMG I was killing it. It felt so good. I got that sick feeling towards the end so I knew I was working hard (plus finding it hard to breath). Also was a bit light headed when I got back to work. At least I didn't pass out like last time :)

I am a bit annoyed that my girlfriend I was training tonight has cancelled AGAIN!!! She said she is feeling tired and achy and might be getting sick again. I really am worried about her, I dont think she eats enough and has been losing weight. She is a tiny build but she is bordering on looking unhealthy which is why I try to get her to do weights and eat a healthy diet, take her vitamins etc. I suppose there is only so much you can do!

Well, my dog will be happy that I can take him out tonight for a walk instead :)

xxx

2009-05-05T10:28:00.001+08:00

Since my last post not too much has been happening. I am glad to have my man back….I know it was only a week but it felt like forever!!!!!!!

I feel like I am back to my normal self now. I have been a bit off for over a month now….most probably to do with the medication I am on for my stomach problems but I have more energy and am a lot happier. My enthusiasm for my workouts and clean eating is back to normal and I love it.

The weekend consisted of visiting my mum who is not well at the moment, watching football on Saturday (yay we won another game hahahha) waiting for hubby to come home and then fun in the bedroom when hubby did finally arrive at 3pm that afternoon.

Saturday night was uneventful as hubby was going out to a bucks night (grrr). Sunday was a cardio workout – a run and plyo work and then relaxing. Came down with a really bad headache around 4ish and it just wouldn’t go. Ended up napping about 5 and then having dinner about 7 and then back to bed about 8.30. It was so painful :(

Yesterday I did cardio again. Just a 60 min walk. My puppy was not happy with me. We usually only do about 45mins at a fast pace and we was absolutely knackered. Every time I stopped and made him sit to cross the road, he didn’t want to get up again. He just looked at me with those puppy eyes :)

This morning I did 20 mins on the cross trainer and then shoulders and bis. Felt really great to do this workout as it has been over a week since I have worked them. I have been laying off weights for about two weeks to give my body a break. I doubt I would have had the energy or the strength to do the workout justice!

- db shoulder presses
- lateral raises
- front raises
- machine shoulder press
- ez bar bi curl
- concentration curl
- cable curl
- abs - superset of reverse crunch (lowering legs to floor) and planks

Tomorrow I will do chest/tris in the morning and then cardio at night. My friend is coming over for a cardio session - if she decides to come….she has been really slack and tends to cancel quite often. I am trying hard to keep her motivated. She is getting better but still doesn’t have that motivation she needs and wants. All in good time hey!

I am off to have my second meal for the day – tuna yummo – I am bloody hungry :)

Happy training xxx

Happy Friday

2009-05-01T10:12:00.003+08:00

What a morning. It is "Secretary's Day" today and I have been spoilt rotten: bottle of champas, MOR soap box and a mug filled with Lindt choccies (been sharing them around so i dont eat them all).

I got up and went for a run and it felt absolutely glorious. The weather is getting so much cooler in the morning but I dont mind layering.

My workout with my friend on Wednesday night was not that great. She had low energy due to her monthlys and she ended up wanting to go home after our 20 min run. I managed to encourage her to do some lunges, push-ups and dips and then we headed home. In total it was about 35 minutes. Not too bad but I really wanted to push her and just wasn't given the chance. We are meeting up again tomorrow morning (so she says) for another workout and I told her to make sure she has a good nights rest and maybe a coffee in the morning so she has plenty of energy.

Diet/Training

Diet has been good the past couple of days. Low fat and carbs. I have been cycling carbs, low/low/med/high. This has been great for me. I find that my body works so much better and I feel so much better on med to low carbs. I do tend to feel bloated and hold a lot of water with carbs.

Training yesterday was a run and then ab work I also walked at lunch. The weather is so great over here at the moment.

Training tomorrow will be as i said above, with my girlfriend Bec. If she doesn't end up coming I will head to the gym for shoulders/bis and cardio. If she does come I will do shoulders/bis on Sunday and cardio.

Stuff

Tonight we are having drinks at work for "Office Professionals Day". I will only have a couple and then head home. I have not drunk since last weekend and wasn't intending on drinking tonight but the lawyers I work for want to go out for a drink to celebrate.

Tomorrow I will be cleaning the house (boring) and also doing our cars so they are nice and clean for when hubby comes home. I think he arrives around midday which will be great. I really have missed him and can't to get a nice big kiss and cuddle (amongst other things LOL).

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend
Mands xx

Sooooooooo

2009-04-28T13:35:00.004+08:00

I am very relaxed after a great long weekend. Friday night I didn't do much just stayed at home with hubby as he was leaving on a fishing trip on Sunday morning. Saturday I went to a baby shower and got clucky over all the other babies there.....that night we went to the footy and I was so happy to see our boys actually win a game!!! It has been very depressing leaving home games early due to getting our asses whipped!

Sunday I went to a pub with friends for lunch and I had some very yummy salt and pepper squid. Then we headed to another mates place for drinks and to watch the Danny Green fight. A bit disappointing....i really had hoped they would have gone for another round or two. I had a few too many beers and wasn't feeling so sunny yesterday! Was very bad with my eating yesterday. Managed to get in some crisps, a small can of tuna and a protein drink. The thought of food made me feel ill!

Never again will I drink that much. Especially with getting my body ready for babies, they say to stay away from alcohol as much as possible. Also, I dont want to fall pregnant and not know and still be drinking. (God I sound like an alcoholic....I really dont drink much. Probably a glass or two each week if at all unless I see friends and we go out)

Training/diet

Training was light over the weekend. I walked on Saturday and did a few hours of housework, Sunday did some boxing in the morning and yesterday I didnt do anything at all. This morning I headed to the gym and did my cardio. 50 mins on the cross-trainer and then 15 mins on the tready.

Tomorrow will be walk in the morning and then boxing at night with my girlfriend and also plyo work. I haven't done any in ages and she really needs to boost her fitness level so it is gonna be hard :)

Stuff

I really need to go and see a masseuse. My back and shoulders have been quite tight and saw the past week and when I stretch my chest (you know...hands clasped behind you) my shoulders crack....not good :(

Good news is that I am feeling heaps better now. I am getting through all my cardio without feeling the need to faint. My enthusiasm for working out did subside a little in the past few weeks due to feeling so tired/faint and just not like myself. I upped my iron tablets and vitamin B and it has seemed to do the trick, yay!

Hubby is away for another 4 days. I sound like such a love sick puppy but hubby and I have been together for 9 years and we spend so much time together that when he is gone I miss him like hell! He only goes away for a week each year and thank god it is only that. I really dont know how other couples do weeks away.........

2009-04-17T15:34:00.001+08:00

It has been a while since I have blogged. I have been taking a break from my usual routine the past week and feel the better for it. I did no weights the past week and only light cardio (walking) on a few days. I have been extremely tired in the mornings and found it hard a couple of mornings to get up to head to the gym. The mornings I did get to the gym I was shattered by 10.30am!!! I have also been a bit faint when doing my cardio. Last week I did a boxing class…I really struggled through the class and then when I got back to the office I collapsed and blacked out. This never happens to me.

I have been much better the past couple of days. I am taking my vitamins and listening to my body and hoping that all will be better soon. I think sometimes we need to take a breather. Its not just good for me but it has been great for hubby as I have been at home a bit more and we have been taking the dog for walks together of an evening.

We are still working on where we plan to travel around Europe. We originally doing a bus tour but have realised that it will be more cost effective and less time to either fly or train to the countries we want to see. So the places on our list so far are London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Vienna, Rome, Venice, Switzerland and Munich. Can’t wait. Although I would like more time to save some money :)

This weekend will be fairly quiet. Tonight will be a DVD and tomorrow night we have people over for dinner. Sunday more relaxing yeah!!!

xxxx

Good news and bad news.........

2009-04-08T12:50:00.001+08:00

So, I will start with the good news. Hubby and I have finally booked our trip to Europe….we fly out on 14th August. Very exciting. We are doing Scotland first and then flying to Paris to start our journey on the bus-a-bout tours. They have 11 compulsory stops you have to make and there are also additional places you can visit if you want to. Thank god nearly all of the 11 stops are places we wanted to see anyway. We have 6 weeks so hopefully it wont be too rushed.

Now for the bad news. After much consideration (and push from my doctor) I have had to pull out of my comp in May

My stomach has been playing up and the medication I am on for the next few months to a year has been making me feel a little strange. I have had to stop taking the tablets my coach prescribed for me…..I have stopped taking my pill as that would not be effective anyways and my body is just trying to sort itself out. These tablets are to repair the damage to my stomach…some foods still upset me, I can’t be having any acidic type foods - the pineapple and kiwi fruit which my coach had in my diet were some of the things which upset me.

So my doctor has said to me that it could be 6 to 12 months before my stomach is better (fingers crossed it is 6) and I will have to go into hospital again in 4 or 5 months to have another endoscopy to see how it is going. Yuk, not looking forward to that 

I am really upset about it and there is nothing I can do. It means I will not be competing at all this year and will have to wait until after I have our baby mid next year (for those of you who don’t know I plan to be pregnant by Nov/Dec)!!!!

So as you can imagine I am devastated. Thank god I now have our trip to look forward to and organise. I just really wanted to get one more comp under my belt before the baby. At least I will be healthy for my upcoming pregnancy and that is something I am very excited about. As I type this I still have not gotten my period so I really hope I am not pregnant already and it is just from the comp prep! I still haven’t had a good chat to the doctor about this medication and what would happen if I fell pregnant, what harm it could cause?? On the package it says not to have when breastfeeding so surely it can’t be good if carrying a child. I see him again on Thursday.

Training and clean eating will continue and I will continue to blog….its just unfortunate it will not be excitable comp prep posts.

2009-03-30T09:45:00.004+08:00

Happy Monday (i think LOL)

My weekend was really great. I had Friday off which was a nice start. Went to the gym, took my doggy out for a bit, got a head start on housework and shopping :)

Hubby picked up our new car on Friday afternoon!! I thought we wouldn't have it until this week sometime. The whole process was so quick.....we had the car in our possession within 3 days of signing!!!! It is so spacious and a joy to drive :)

Saturday we woke up early to head to York for my hubby's skydive. It took us about an hour and a half to drive out to the little country town. We had to stop a couple of times due to road works....we were a little late but I don't think they minded too much. Hubby said it was an awesome experience. I am thinking of doing it myself. Maybe for my birthday LOL

Hubby is on the left

Training

Great workouts over the weekend. Friday was back and tri's. Had a lot of energy and also did 1.5 hours of cardio.

upright rows
seated rows
lat pull-down wide
lat pull-down close
pull-ups
skull crushers
tri pushdown
seated machine pushdown

Saturday was cardio in the morning 70 min walk

Sunday Run 35mins, walk 60mins, housework 2hours

Diet

Ok on the diet front. Friday was good. Saturday not too bad. We went to a pub in York after skydiving and I had a pint of Mango beer, OMG and garlic prawns, OMG and some chips. So, so good. Then we went to the old lolly shop and I found Peanut butter M&M's....these are the best. I ate the whole packet and then had some other sugar lollies and another beer. That was my cheat for the week and I thorougly enjoyed it!

All was good until last night....I had some more lollies and chocolate. Not too sure why I did it and felt really sick and guilty after. I did 1.5hours of exercising this morning, I am working out at lunch and then tonight when I get home to make sure I have burnt it all off.

Today is a new day, I am not going to let it get me down :)

Feeling Great

2009-03-26T09:21:00.000+09:00

I have been feeling better the past couple of days which is a blessing. Still a bit tired getting up in the morning even though I am in bed reasonably early. Always feel great once I am at the gym. Fingers crossed I am not pregnant!!!

I was in a car accident this morning, 3 car pile-up on the freeway. We were in the front and managed to steer clear of the 4th car in front which was lucky. Hubby and I were a bit shaken but thankfully ok and so was the car. We were worried about the damage to our car as we have just signed to purchase a new car - which we will pick up in about a week - and will be trading in that car!!! Thank god the tow bar stopped anything happening to the back of us.

Training

Just cardio yesterday which consisted of x-trainer for 30 mins and then a run for 20mins and walk 10min and some stretching. Lunch time walk whilst I was at work and then PM I trained my sister and her friend. We did a boxing/cardio workout. Lots of boxing with bursts of running, skipping and burpees (she hates those :)) and sit-ups and push-ups.

I am so proud of my sister. She was really pushing herself last night and actually told me to push her harder cause she can handle it – WOOOOOOHHHHHH HOLD ON A MINUTE……it literally made me stop in my tracks. She laughed and said her fitness is so much better and she knows she has to push herself like they do on the Biggest Loser. She said they are a lot bigger than her and they are also a lot fitter!!!!! You gotta love what that show does for a lot of people out there.

My sisters friend was almost spewing up. She is very unfit and a bit bigger than my sister. She is a member of a ladies gym Curves. I am not a big fan of these places as you do the same thing every time you go there, for only an half hour, you don’t really get to push yourself and the resistance of their machines never change! Very good for beginners don’t get me wrong but you need to change things up! So needless to say she nearly didn’t last the 45 mins last night. Hopefully she enjoyed herself and she will come again.

Tonight, training another girlfriend of mine. I have organised a total body workout for her with resitance bands and the medicine ball. I am going to her house and she does have weights and a bench etc so I might see if we can stay there and use DB's instead and next week when she is at my place we can do the park workout with bands and the ball.

Man I wish I had my own gym!!!

Diet

My diet has been good. I did have some mulberry jam on my pancakes this morning as I felt I just needed a little something. Naughty I know as I am not supposed to have sugar but it was only a tablespoon, promise :)

I have also been having a coffee (skinny cap) each day which I get from a fantastic place on the way to work. I am still losing inches/weight but I think I may need to cut them out soon :)

Stuff

I am feeling very positive about my training and diet and progress so far. I very much love my new trainer and the diet he has me on. No wander I was such a mess last time and found it hard to stick to the diet and lose the weight that I wanted (no carbs for all that time was no good). I really feel I am going to look fantabulous on that stage in 7.5 weeks woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So tired....

2009-03-24T16:00:00.002+09:00

Not too sure what is wrong but I have been feeling a little off since Sunday. We had a great workout on Sunday and I felt really pumped but by the time I got home (about 3pm) I was shattered. I hadn't had my vitamins or usual coffee that morning so I thought maybe that had something to do with it but...yesterday and today has been the same.

Yesterday I had an upset stomach too and missed my arvo meal as I just couldn't bring myself to eat anything.

Did a shoulders/bi workout at lunch, I didn't have a lot of energy but I feel better now, hopefully this feeling lasts :)

Fingers crossed I am not coming down with anything.

Happy Training
xxxxxx

Posing videos

2009-03-23T17:38:00.005+09:00

2009-03-23T09:19:00.001+09:00

Happy Monday :)

I had a really nice and relaxing weekend.

Friday night was uneventful, as I was looking after my friends kids as she was unable to find a babysitter after their nanny cancelled on them! Got home just after midnight and slept really badly which was a pain. Kept tossing and turning all night and was hot then cold…..

Saturday morning I was feeling crappy after the late night and not much sleep so just did went for a walk in the morning to try and wake myself up. Got stuck into the housework and washing whilst hubby was out watching his brother play in the cricket grand final. Took another walk in the PM before my sister and her hubby were due to arrive for the night. They were coming over for quiet drinks and a dvd. The movie we picked was pretty bad and we talked through most of it.

Sunday I got up and went for a run before all the girls arrived for our group training session. I had the best run….35 mins and it was a really strong run right to the end. The girls arrived a short time after and we headed to the park. One of them had pulled out so it was only the 4 of us. I organised a circuit style workout with 5 stations, running, boxing, resistance band, abs and squats/lunges. I have no idea how many times they got around but we were working out for 45 mins and the girls were puffing and sweaty, it was great :) My eldest sister was one of the girls and she hasn’t worked out in over a year. She just joined a gym last week and is really getting into it which I love. She is so unfit though and was still sore from her pump class on the Thursday.

I don’t know if I have written this before but my other sister who is younger is a fair bit overweight. She is always asking me to help her with diet and I was training her for a while but she is very hard to keep motivated and if she doesn’t see results in a week or two she gives up. I have given her so much information and tried to keep her on plan but it can be hard. FINALLY I think she has got it. One of her friends husbands is a trainer and he has been getting her motivated to do more exercise and really pushing her. I think it was exactly what she needed. I think because it was me training her she took the easy road all the time and thought that what I was telling her was just my opinion. If she started feeling a little sick she would give up and there was nothing I could do to get her to keep going. To have someone else (unrelated) telling her the same things, she is getting it, yay!

At our training session yesterday I noticed such a change in her. She pushed through right to the end….she was even encouraging my older sister to do more.

Then my little sis and I went to visit my mum and dad and we all went down to the beach for a walk, the weather was awesome and it was good to be exercising whilst catching up.

I did do some posing yesterday afternoon. I did also video it but I couldn’t yesterday work out why when I loaded the video I could hear it but couldn’t see it. I brought it to work today to have another fiddle and I need to download something from the net to update it. I will have to do that when I get home as work will not allow me, bummer!!!

Training

So as above….

Saturday – walk AM and walk PM
Sunday – Run AM, training session, beach walk PM.
Monday – nothing as yet as I had to be at work for 7.30am, just not enough time. Going for a walk at lunch and then a run tonight after work. Chest/tri workout if I have time

Diet

Diet on Friday night wasn’t the best. I had my chicken salad and then had some chocolate and a glass of wine that night. My cheat is on a Saturday so I was a bit annoyed with myself that I couldn’t wait. So Saturday night I really didn’t have a massive pig out. We had a BBQ so I had a lamb chop with salad and potato and then we had some Toblerone mousse which I had made. it was so yummy but I only ate about a third of it. So very sickly. I also ate about a handful of thai chilli and kaffir lime cashew nuts which are my all time favourite.

Stuff

You’re gonna laugh at this but last night hubby made a great comment about my ass. He rarely makes comments like that or if he does comment its just an overall “you look beautiful today” kind of comment. So I was really chuffed last night when he said he could really notice a difference….it is much more firm and round yay!!!! It never ceases to amaze me how much a little comment can make such a difference :)

Friday woo hoo

2009-03-20T09:57:00.003+09:00

Well, we just got a bombshell dropped at work....no pay reviews this financial year because of the GFC. Damn it. Makes we want to start a family sooner so i can get out of this place. Soooooooo over it :)

Anywho, week has been great, training and diet pretty darn good if I must say so.

Training

Wednesday - cardio AM walk, PM hamstrings and 70mins on bike
Thursday - cardio AM run, PM boxing and sprints
Friday - nothing ehm, slept through my alarm, whoops. PM Walk 60min

Saturday morning will be shoulders/bis and x-trainer
Sunday morning I am training a couple of girls and will join in as much as I can.

Diet

Diet has been good. Loved my high carb day this week. For some reason I really needed it and yesterday was great cause I didn't seem as hungry after the carb up. A little hungry at the moment but that's cause I am overdue for my next meal. I am a little behind time today as I slept in!!!!!

I haven't had any cravings lately but today I really feel like a blueberry muffin. I will have to see if that craving continues and I can have it for my cheat tomorrow. I already have a small piece of fudge for tomorrow night. Hubby bought some when we were away last weekend and I have had to hide it so I can have it tomorrow night. Yummo, can't wait.

This weekend

Not too much on this weekend which is just the way I want it. As we were away last weekend I want to catch up on washing and housework as we have people over on Saturday night.

Sunday, as I mentioned above, I will be training my sister and her friend. I really hope they are keen to put in some effort and not give up after 20 mins. I try to push my sister but I think cause it is me she seems to give excuses and just walk off which makes it hard for me to make sure she gets a great workouk if you know what I mean. She did complain that last time she felt like she was going to throw up and then that was it. Fingers crossed she (and her friend) will push hard!!!!!

Hungry

2009-03-17T16:32:00.000+09:00

My lord am I hungry today. I have only two meals left for the day, chicken and vegies and then egg whites (and I am hungry, AGAIN!!!). I can’t believe it but I am thankful that I can have egg whites tonight after dinner. At least it is a good sign that my metabolism is burning, burning, burning. Bring on high carb day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Work is bleh again, so bored. I think my boss will be in tomorrow arvo for an hour or so and then he wont be in until Monday!!!!!!

My hubby is off to the post office to pick up my protein powder. They tried delivering it yesterday but as I wasn’t home they have taken it back to my local PO! A bit of a pain with working full time and not being able to get there. Thank god my hubby is so great and left work early to pick it up.
Training

Monday – 60 min walk am, 50 min walk at lunch;
Tuesday – 40 min run am (including hill interval sprints)
Back/abs at lunch-
* seated row;
* lat pull-down - wide;
* lat pull-down – close;
* straight arm pull-down – close;
* rear flye;
* db rows;
60 min walk pm after dinner.

Tomorrow will be cardio am, either walking or machine (x-trainer, bike), lunch - boxing class.

Mands

2009-03-16T16:31:00.004+09:00

I had such a lovely weekend. Margaret River was just awesome...we had the most beautitful weather. It was very relaxing, visiting wineries, going to the beach, eating at lovely restaurants. I did not eat "to plan" but I still ate clean and either ordered chicken or grilled fish and salads.

One day for lunch i had a beautiful salt & pepper squid salad with a beer, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm So I didnt have my planned 2 hour cheat like I usually do on a Saturday and was just a little bit more relaxed with my diet when we went out as it was quite hard to order exactly what I should be eating if you know what I mean. Much better to do it now then closer to the comp.

Here is a pic of my friend and I at lunch at Flutes restaurant. It was so gorgeous and a really lovely meal.

My friend had promised to do a boxing cardio workout with me one morning but she slept in and when she awoke she couldn't be bothered. I was a little annoyed. I have new gloves that I want to try out. Hopefully I can catch up with her during the week for a session.

I did a beach workout. Some soft sand walking/running some swimming etc. Man my calves hurt yesterday. Still a little tender today :)

Thank god today is almost over, work has been torture!!!!!!!!

Hopefully my protein powder has arrived.
xxx

2009-03-13T08:58:00.000+09:00

Friday woop woop parrrty

Feeling so great this morning, mainly cause I only have 4 hours of work and then I am off down south for the weekend with some friends.

I got all my clothes and food prepared last night so I am all ready to go when I get home. I really hope my protein powder I ordered arrives today cause I only have enough for this arvo and them I am out  I don’t usually let it get this low….time just got away from me.

Training

Training is going great, great, great.

Wednesday – chest/tri/abs

• push-ups;
• presses;
• flyes
• incline presses;
• rope extension;
• rope push-down;
• dips
• bicyles;
• crunches with 10kg plate

AM Cardio – walk 60 mins PM cardio – run 25 mins

Thursday – cardio day

AM sprint session

• run 800m
• rolling 50m x 3
• sprint 50m x 9
• run 400m
• walking lunges x 100
• run 400m
• walk 5 min home

walk 45 mins

Friday – cardio

AM Run 45 mins

Saturday

Boxing cardio 50 mins

Stuff

I had an endoscopy (camera down the throat) to check out my small intestine and stomach as I have had problems with certain foods. I had blood tests done years ago and was told that I was wheat intolerant. I have been avoided as much wheat as possible but noticed over the past 4 months that other foods had been setting me off.

The gastrosocpy came back clear although they took a biopsy from my stomach as my stomach was severly damaged. I have been told I have chronic gastristis and it has been developing over a few years and is quite serious. I have been put on medication for 6 to 12 months and will have to go back to hospital in 6 months to see how my stomach has repaired. Fingers crossed I don’t have to be on the meds for too long. My hubby and I were wanting to be pregnant by the end of the year/beginning of next year so I am worried about being on the medication. I have an appointment with my doc in two months to see how I am going and I will ask about falling pregnant.

The good thing is that I am not wheat/gluten intolerant and the foods that upset my stomach previously should be ok to eat within 2 months of being on the medication!

I did a carp deplete this week for 4 days. Very happy to see that I was actually holding quite a bit of water weight and went down to 61.3kgs and felt quite tight which was what I was hoping for. Back to my normal carb cycling now. On a medium day today and already ready for my second meal….hungry, hungry, hungry 

Have a great weekend xxxx

Motivational pics - Monica Brant

2009-03-10T10:53:00.007+09:00

video update

2009-03-10T09:15:00.003+09:00

My first video blog, sorry about the quality. I promise next one will be better.

xxxx

2009-03-06T09:49:00.001+09:00

Well, it’s the end of the week, and what a weeks its been!!!!!!

Busy again and I have been fighting off a cold for the past couple of days, which has unfortunately effected my training. Hubby has been sick since Monday and I have steered clear of him as much as possible. I took some Echinacea tablets as soon as I felt a little off and I have managed to stay cold free, yay!

I haven’t done anything overly exciting this week. Pretty much just working and training. I trained my friend again on Wednesday. We did a boxing cardio workout (I was so sore from boxing at the gym on Tuesday). She is getting so much fitter and really motivated which is great for me….makes my life easier. She has been going for a run in between visiting me which is good…not much extra cardio but at least she is doing something.

I bought myself new pink (LOL) boxing gloves as my old ones were splitting and I hate using the ones at the gym. No support and oh so sweaty and stinky inside :(

This weekend we are out for dinner tonight with hubby’s family for a cousins birthday. I am glad they have picked a decent place so I will be able to get a grilled fish and salad. Tomorrow morning I am playing tennis with a friend then heading to the gym for a shoulder workout and then yucky food shopping. I am in desperate need of getting some broccoli and egg whites! Saturday night out to a friends house for a bbq and a couple of drinks, night off yay! Sunday just gym and not much else planned and hopefully it will stay that way. I have some magazine reading to catch up on.

Diet

Food has been ok. I have not had much of an appetite this week due to fighting the dreaded cold. My high carb day was torture….I really was struggling to eat all the meals. I missed the last meal as I fell asleep on the couch purely exhausted.

Today I am feeling my hunger come back and I am grateful for that. I have won!!!!!!!!!

Training

As I said above, training has not been great. I did a boxing class on Tuesday, did cardio on Wednesday which was just a walk at lunch and then training with my friend after work, Thursday 60min walk in the morning and then a 25 min run at lunch, this morning was walk and then after work I will go for a run before I have to head out for dinner. So mainly SS cardio this week and not a lot of it.

I will definitely be making up for it over the weekend now I have my energy back.

I will also post some progress pics that I took the other week.

Happy Training xxx

I love long weekends

2009-03-03T16:08:00.001+09:00

What a great weekend I had. Very productive. I managed to clean the house inside and out. And when I say clean...I mean CLEAN. Oven, microwave, fridge, washing machine and dryer, windows, tracks, bbq, table and chairs etc. Nothing was left untouched LOL!!!

We have a big 50kg Rottweiler and he loves to lean on our cream walls so we have had a black smear about knee high which has been building up over the past few months along most of our walls so...I was on my hands and knees washing and washing and washing.

It took me 5 hours on Saturday and 4 hours on Sunday to do it all and man it feels (and looks) fantastic. I think hubby thought I was mental or on some sort of drug.

So Monday I was quite content having my parents and nan over for afternoon tea and then lying on the couch reading a book until all the good shows started on TV.

So no working out as such on the weekend, although all the house I put in working on the house was a very good workout in itself. My heart was pumping quite a bit as I was cleaning the windows and scrubbing.

Diet

Diet has been great. My cheat on Saturday consisted of two pieces of pizza and 3 glasses of champas. I was at a friends house and she doesn't cook. She has the best life....doesn't cook or clean as hubby is a little anal and prefers to do it all himself. If only......................

Training

Training today has been a 60min walk in the morning and I did a boxing class at my work gym at lunch. i haven't done the class since before Christmas and forgot how much I love it and what a great workout it is. I felt a bit sick after I got back so I know I pushed myself quite hard. I have definitely improved my strength...my poor girlfriend was struggling towards the end holding up the mits for me. The trainer took me for the last couple of rounds and was very impressed, yay for me :)

other stuff

Tomorrow will be a run in the morning and then weights, back/tri. Then that night I will be training a girlfriend. I have drawn up a boxing/cardio workout and thankfully she is excited about it.

I also had an email from a girlfriend in Melbourne asking me to help her with diet and training for a competition she wants to do in October. Heaps and heaps of time for her and she is very excited about having a plan and focusing on building a bit of muscle and then the dieting down.

I really will have to start charging for all this work I am doing, but as I am not qualified I dont feel I can. I really want to be qualified by the end of the year.....too much to do :)

2009-02-26T12:24:00.000+09:00

I am so much better now that I have caught up on sleep and this week isn’t as hectic as the last :)

We have had some changes at work and within a couple of months my workload is going to pick up and I will probably be run off my feet most of the days. I suppose it will be good in a way as I will be getting extra cardio in LOL

I am very happy that this weekend is a long weekend. My husband and I haven’t planned too much as I wanted to keep it quiet and relaxed. In saying that we already have bookings for Friday and Saturday night and I also need to fit my parents and some other friends on the Sunday or Monday!!!!!

Diet

Diet has been 100% clean. I asked my trainer on Tuesday night if I could possibly lower some of the grams of chicken/potato etc as I was really struggling to get all the food in. He gladly complied and reduced my protein and some of the carbs from each meal. On my high day he really wants me to get in the 7 meals but I have been struggling. Yesterday was a high day but unfortunately I didn’t get in the last meal of egg whites…..I ended up falling asleep on the couch cuddling hubby, whoops! I am hungry today which is great....that is a given after a high carb day though. My little stomach gets used to all that food.

I will be starting estrogen blockers in two weeks. I used them last year (different brand) but I really am not too sure how they effected me, but have been told they will be of benefit last year was the first time I had ever really dieted down to such a low body fat percentage so I am not really too sure what helped me reach my goals.

Training

This week, so far, has mainly consisted of cardio.

Monday – rest day (I was so exhausted after my big weekend)
Tuesday – AM cardio run, PM cardio skipping
Wednesday – AM cardio run/abs
Thursday – AM walk/ PM full-body workout and cardio
Friday – AM cardio; PM walk
Saturday – AM shoulder/bi, cardio, PM walk
Sunday – AM cardio, PM cardio

Ciaoxxx

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2009-02-24T11:11:00.001+09:00

Busy busy weekend. I am still tired today!!!

I have been so tired that yesterday I didn’t do any cardio at all and this morning I still couldn’t wake up early enough to do anything. I was quite disappointed in myself that I was too exhausted to exercise yesterday and also didn’t get all my meals in and I had a couple of cheats. I know it is because I need more sleep!

I pretty much flaked last night as soon as I got home. I had a couple of mouths full of yoghurt and just watched TV. I soooooooooo couldn’t be bothered eating or even cooking dinner for hubby and just wanted to go to bed. I managed to get into bed around 9.30 which is quite good but still tired this morning. I really hope by tomorrow morning I will be good again.

I have to go out tonight for dinner with the in-laws for their wedding anniversary and not very happy that it is at a Chinese restaurant! They always seem to pick places where it is really hard to order something clean! (last week was Mexican!!!) So there will be no chicken breast or fish on the menu and I will have to eat something before I go and just nibble and push food around my plate.

I am supposed to go out tomorrow night too but have cancelled (I have to train someone Thursday night and we are going out Friday night). I can’t have another week like last week. I need to spend some time at home and get to the gym to make up for last week.

I am hoping it is just tiredness as I have been pretty down the past couple of days. Even more so after not doing anything yesterday and not eating on plan!!!!

Anyways, today is a new day and I have to pick myself up out of this poo mood and get on with it.

I am going to work through lunch today so I can leave early and get a workout in before I have to go out tonight. I need to see my trainer too and get a new diet drawn up. I think I will be eating the same things just changing the grams of food.

12 weeks out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-20T14:06:00.002+09:00

I can’t believe how busy I have been and how quick this week has gone. I have only had one night at home this week and my poor doggy has not been happy :(

Although I have been extremely busy, I have been great, workouts really energetic and diet has been 100% clean.

Training

Monday- AM, 60 mins of walking, PM skipping 25 mins; Wednesday – AM 25 min walk, 20mins sprints; Friday – 50 mins cross-trainer and abs

Tuesday I did shoulders and bis. The same as last weeks shoulder/bis workout although I did add a cable lateral raise.

Thursday I trained my girlfriend and I joined in. She has not trained in about 3 months and has asked me to help her get fit and build a bit of muscle.

I decided to do a full-body workout:

· 2 x 30m jog;
· push-ups;
· squats;
· shoulder presses with resistance band;
· walking lunges;
· 4 x 30m jogs.

I had hoped to include, burpees, bicep curls, tri dips and some ab work but after the second set of runs she was feeling sick. I tried to push her but I thought it best to leave it for now, it was only our first session. I am meeting up with her again tomorrow morning to do some more cardio and the exercises that we missed from yesterday’s session.

Doing something like that makes you realise how fit you are when you train someone who hasn’t had a good workout in about 6 months!!!!!!!

Weekend

I am going to be so busy this weekend. I am out tonight at a friends for a Tupperware cocktail party. Tomorrow, training my girlfriend again, then getting waxed, then seeing my parents, then coming home doing a bit of cleaning then getting ready to head out to dinner for another girlfriends birthday. Sunday I am training in the morning than a bit more cleaning and then getting ready for a wedding. Why or why do people have a wedding on a Sunday when it is NOT a long weekend??????????????

ahhh my legs and butt.....

2009-02-15T13:39:00.003+09:00

yowza, am i hurting today :) I did a massive leg and glute workout yesterday and I am seriously feeling it. Took the doggy for a walk in the morning then hit the gym.

I did a 10 minute warm up, then went straight into it:

squats, no weight, 25kg, 25kg, 30kg, 35kg
step-ups superset with plie squats 20kg all sets
deads 25kg, 25kg, 25kg
seat curl 20kg, 25kg, 25kg
45 leg press 40kg, 60kg, 70kg, 60kg
seated calf 45kg, 45kg, 45kg

Finished with a 30min walk and then some stretching.

This morning I slept in and man it was so nice. I got up aroun 9 and then went out for a walk. It was already hot by 9.30. We are only heading for a 30 degree day but the humidity is high, I think around 90%.

I had my planned cheat meal last night which consisted of steak, salad and some wedges with a glass of red wine, than for dessert i had bubblegum icecream, yummo!!!

2009-02-13T14:21:00.000+09:00

Its Friday yay!!!!

I don’t think I have ever been happier to see the end of a week (well, I probably have LOL). I got a wisdom tooth out on Wed arvo, 2 fillings and its that TOM L There is an upside to my week, its pay day today – I hate monthly pay and it has been an expensive month! But, like I said, its Friday, woo hoo. Thank god for weekends J

Training & Diet

Wednesday morning I did a run and incorporated some sprinting. I couldn’t do anything that night or the next morning because of having my teeth done. So Thursday night was my next workout and I hit the gym for my back/tri workout. It took me a while to get into it. I didn’t have too much energy but after about 15 minutes it was fine and feeling the burn and pushed myself even harder.

seated row 35kg, 35kg, 40kg, 40kg
lat pull-down 35kg, 35kg, 40kg, 40kg
standing straight arm pull down 35kg, 35kg, 30kg, 30kg
seated upper row 25kg, 25kg, 30kg
assist. pull ups 15, 8, 5

rope tri pushdowns 25kg, 30kg, 30kg
- superset with
dips 30, 28, 25

overhead rope ext 25kg, 30kg, 32.5kg
machine tricep pushdown 40kg, 45kg, 45kg

Did 20mins skipping after dinner.

Diet has been 95% clean. I did have some yoghurt (not too bad) and a mini twirl chocolate yesterday (bad). I really should have saved myself for my planned cheat on Saturday but with it being that TOM I really wanted it quite badly!!!! I managed to stay away from a yummy morning tea with the works!!! High 5 for me hahahhha

I might have another wee bit of chocolate on Saturday and a glass of wine with dinner as part of my 2 hour cheat. I also love that my current diet includes pineapple and kiwi fruit everyday. With my previous trainer I was only allowed 1 apple in the mornings after a workout but then that stopped by the time I was 10 weeks out from my comp. I also wasn’t allowed any cheats which did my head in after a while.

The weekend

I am out for dinner and bowling tonight with my hubby’s work. God knows what I am going to be able to order. I don’t really like the place they have booked and might find it hard to get something healthy so I will probably eat before I go.

Saturday I will be heading to the gym in the morning for a leg workout and cardio then not too sure what I am doing after that. Kind of hoping that hubby will surprise me with something for Valentines but I really don’t think he will as we don’t tend to celebrate it. Sunday will be a bike ride with my girlfriend in the morning and then another one in the arvo.

I bought some new bathers so I will take some progress pics this weekend.

Happy trainingxxxx

Great workout

2009-02-11T10:32:00.000+09:00

Woo hoo, what a great workout. I had a good nights rest and had heaps of energy for my high intensity work out.

I started with a 5 min warm up on the treadmill then jogged for 20 mins flat at 9.5km then upped the ramp to 5% incline for 5 minutes then upped it again to 8% incline for another 5 minutes. Walked for 4 minutes on 10% incline then did 1 min sprints on 8% incline for the next 8 minutes then cooled down.

Cardio tonight and some stretching....still trying to master these side splits.

Eating has been great although I did indulge last night and had a piece of rocky road. I really enjoyed it :) I made it for a morning tea we had this morning to raise funds for the Victorian Bushfire victims. I am proud to say that I steered clear of everything. It always amazes me the excuses that people can give. Some people had their plates piled high with cake, biscuits, fried foods and they were all saying something similar “You have to its for a good cause”!! Then they complain that they need to lose weight and ask me how I manage to stay slim!!!!

Come eat some of my chicken breast and broccoli instead, that ought to do it hahahhaha

The weekend

2009-02-09T10:39:00.003+09:00

I am feeling really great today. Well rested after a relaxing weekend. Friday night was quite low key. I went to the gym and did Shoulders and Bis, and then on the tready for some HIIT. I felt awesome when I got home and did a bit of housework (boring I know but I still had energy to burn which was surprising).

Saturday I woke and was supposed to go for a bike ride but decided that I needed to do all my housework and washing as I was away the weekend before. I was in one of those cleaning moods when you just want to clean out everything. I did my closet, the kitchen, my study and my bathroom. I think I worked for 5 or so hours non-stop. Then went to my parents place to see all the family. My brother was back in town for his birthday. It was so good to see him and my little nephew. What a little cutie. He is 14 months old and just adorable. I have attached a pic below.

Sunday was quite relaxed too. I didn't end up training my back and went for a walk with hubby. I have been really tired lately and have to go and get some iron tablets today as my blood tests showed that I am quite low.

Hopped on the scales this morning and I have lost 2 kilos for the week. It is mainly water weight due to me having to eat a fair amount of wheat/carbs for the tests I was having done. I am feeling heaps better after eating normally again. I really think my body is thanking me. It is also noticeable. A lady at worked asked if I had lost weight which is always nice to hear!

Training

Today will just be 90 minutes of cardio. 60 min walk AM and 30 min run PM.

Tomorrow HIIT AM on tready and PM Back/tri/abs.

Comp

I am 14 weeks out and chowing down some chicken breast and pineapple as I post this! I am very excited about training with my new trainer and seeing how different my physique will come in this time around.

First posing class will be on Saturday 21 February and I can't wait. I have still been practising at home in front of the mirror and can notice how different my body looks compared to last September. Even though I have a fair bit of "fluff" at the moment, you can still see the muscle definition underneath screaming to be seen :)

The Start

2009-02-06T12:54:00.004+09:00

This blog is a track of my training and dieting and also competition prep. I will post every couple of days.

My next comp will be on 17 May 2009. The NABBA/WFF WA Championships. I have been putting on a bit of size since I last competed in September last year. Some muscle but quite a bit of fat LOL!

At the moment I am just over 14 weeks out. I started a diet two weeks ago to ease myself into it. At the moment I am 64kgs and will be getting down to 56kg by comp day.

I have not taken any progress pics for a while and will take some over the weekend so I can track my progress. I will also be meeting with my trainer formally every second week. He is the owner of the gym so I see him quite regularly.

Training: I do cardio every morning and most nights for about 45 mins at a time. I do a 4 day split with my weight training - chest/tri, back/abs, shld/bi, legs. I also do 30mins of cardio after each weights session.

Diet: is a low/med/high carb cycle. Most meals are the same:

M1 - oats and egg whites
M2 - chicken, vegies and pineapple
M3 - fish, vegies and kiwi fruit
M4 - Protein shake
M5 - chicken and veges

Last night was leg training. Did a lot of plyo work. Today I did cardio in the AM cross trainer for 50 mins. Tonight I will do shoulders/bis and a bit of cardio.

Weekend will consist of a 30km cycle tomorrow morning. Sunday I will do back/abs and hopefully a run. I haven't been able to run for a week due to sore breasts. Not pregnant and really have no idea what is going on there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!