Every experience I have benefits me. I am in the process of positive changes.

Today is a great day, despite of DOMs. I just did the morning spinning class with Nikki and I feel great and like I can do another round. Even from the soreness of the massive shoulder lift and leg workout that left my legs shaking! Maybe today is just an invincable day because it's my birthday??? Who knows! I am really looking forward to balance tonight and hopefully get to the gym in time to do a 30 min powerwalk on the tready first to warm up the joints.

My mindset must be in a good place too, I have had the best 3 weeks eating - the cleanest no straying at all. BIG TICK! Exercise wise, I have also been extremely active and ensuring I have 6-7 cardio's and at least 3 weight sessions plus the one leg circiut. ANOTHER BIG TICK! I feel like I am on top of the world at the moment.

have a great day bloggers, talk to you all on another day.

Ciao!

X:D)

Lifting like a Man!

I lift like a man, that is what I was told this morning. I was doing weights with J my trainer, back, bis and shoulders. I was doing seated military press on the smith

machine and J put on 25kg each side. I said what the!!!!!!!!! He said I could lift it no worries, he could do it! To which I replied, J I am not a man, then in a cheeky voice another trainer, Jane pipes up and says but Doris you lift like a man! I was gobb smacked. Getting back to the 25kg, I actuallly did lift it, 8 reps then again 7 reps as part of a drop set! Wow an absolute huge PB. My shoulders are very tight and I know I am going to hurt tomorro. Funny my sports massage therapist said to me only on Saturday, how do you get such tight shoulders.................I think I know now!!

I backed that up this afternoon with an hour leg workout, my legs were actually shaking at the end of the session, I am glad I had 15min break before boxing and thank god the trainer decided not to put too many sprints in the session. But she did put step ups and wall squats!!!!! Nasty and then a 45 min session of hovers, sprints and hill climbs in spinning. Man am I beat. I normally don't do 2 weight sessions in one day, but just happened. I worked it out that I BURNED over 2000 calories today in exercise. WOW!

I now need to finish making my lunches for tomorro and get my clothes ready. So I will sign off and talk to you all another day.

Ciao!

X:D)

Jinxed Myself!

On Saturday I was only saying after my powerwalk around the hills of Ormeau, that my shins and calves felt fantastic and I haven't suffered shin splints for over 2 weeks!!!! Lordy, did they come back with a vegence today. Went for a powerwalk this morning (forgot I was having a day off exercise) and my shins (tibialus anterior) and calves just absolutely cained. I had to stop every 15mins or so and stretch jus to try and get them to relax. I had a super sports massage Saturday, but Anthony worked on my hammis, back and shoulders more than the calves, so I didn't think it was a problem. But I was on my feet all day yesterday cleaning around the house, barefoot on tiles. Maybe thats what did it. So hard to pin point why they actually do this?? So I think I jinxed myself when I said not more Shin Splints Yahoo! So I am sitting here typing with ice packs on both TA's wrapped in teatowels.

Still going strong on a clean eating regime, not even going to go near that stupid box with springs in it, it only tells lies!!!!! I am going for a shower in a minute then into to visit a couple tile places.

Our ensuite is leaking and leaking badly, so I have decided to revenate it and pull out the current shower, extend that into a walk in robe and move the shower to the other side where there is a provision for water tajps (was originally going to have a spa, but over that), thought I would make a shower there with a glass return, no door shower. There is a 1900 x 1900 window there, that I am going to pull out and put in glass bricks (which fit perfectly as they are 190 x 190 in size). That was we can pull out the wood and gyprock which has waterrott and mould set into it. I need a bigger wardrobe anyway.

Well best get to it, I am starting to smell myself after my sweaty walking session and starting to offend myself!!

Talk! to you soon bloggers

Ciao!

X:D)

Then dig deep and set out again and again and again until you make it!

Hey bloggers, how are we all?

My friday end on a very pleasant note. My "feelings" moved to a happier place with the help of some very good friends. First, Carolyn, who has an awesome way to make sense of a lot of little situations. Thanks. My dear friends who spent Friday night with me. What a great bunch of friends. We went out to dinner and then ten pin bowling (to which I have never experienced) and really enjoyed it. I even got a strike. Some of the guys there were awesome and Sabine, who is very good at bowling as well. She got the most strikes out of the girls and held her own with the boys. My first game was a funny experience, a lot of gutter balls, but my second game, I manage a couple of cleared pins and one strike. It was sort a going out for my birthday which is next thursday. Oh yeah, Happy Birthday Carolyn for last week. The bowling alley was in fluro lights and some of us wore fluro shirts and we glowed!! I had an awesome time, the bomb! Thank you my very dear friends.

Talk about strange things, I jumped on my scales yesterday morning, and I had lost 3.2kg in the last fortnight, then I jumped on this morning which is my usual morning and I had put on 2 kilos from yesterday. Stuped box with springs in it!!!!!! Doesn't matter, I feel really good. I had 2 good weeks of eating and exercising - 7 cardios and 4 weight sessions. Absolutely clean eating, and continuing. I am really enjoying my new protein shake, Syntha 6 Banana flavour. It is like a treat, like I am drinking Banana flavoured milkshake. YUM.

It is absolutely amazing how stupid your feelings can get, one day I feel blue and then in a flash it goes away. Oh well, we are having a great days at the moment so this can only be a very good thing. My legs are going to hurt tomorrow, I did a new leg workout which is like a circuit cross weights cross bootcamp.

Well I am very tired from cleaning, so I am going to sign off and talk another day. Thanks all for being so special.

Ciao!

X:D)

I grow beyond my family's limitations and live for myself. It is my turn now.

I am feeling a bit funny at the moment and it is nothing that you can solely pinpoint to?? I thought I was able to shed it last night when I did Balance but no luck. then I thought the heavy duty weight session on chest and tris and bis, (as these are my favourites) would clear the feelings. No they did not go. But I did get a sore chest.

Depressed is not the word I would describe as I am not depressed, just blue. Not sad yet break into tears just at someone talking to me or emailing me??? What is that? I was thinking......................maybe that is just it, I think too much? Is this all? Am I to do this for a long time?? Maybe I am like the women in my crazy pyscho family, but fight it all the time and this is my let down?? Who knows how the mind works. I tried talking to friends and it just comes out sounding like I feel sorry for myself (and I don't) and I tried talking to professionals but same deal when they ask,' so what is really wrong?' I don't know, it just happens!!! Does that make sense to anyone??



I was on Craig Harpers site, as many blogs refer to him and wow, there is a whole lot of motivational thinking there!!! Anyway he was talking about issues with weight loss and I copied the following chapters from his blog. Makes sense doesn't it?

"Conventional thinking tells us that losing weight is essentially a physiological process; lift this, run there, stretch that, get your heart rate up, decrease your calorie intake, no carbs after three (crapola) and increase your energy expenditure. Mostly good advice.

And traditional approaches (by the medical profession and the fitness industry) tell us that weight loss is essentially about three key variables; exercise, food and lifestyle.Oh yeh, and more education. And to a point, they are right.

But only to a point. I'm here to tell you that while exercise, food, lifestyle and education are indeed important variables in the process, without doubt, the biggest determinant of weight loss (or gain) is what's going on in that nine pound (four kilo) thing sitting on the top of our shoulders" THE HEAD



Soooo now I can relate to the 'head' and mindset thing. it is really a mind game that we play, and it is up to us to control that mind game or it starts getting carried away with 'what if.............' 'have you tried...............' 'What if you did this...........' 'Are you sure you are being good'. What I need to do is take a deep breath, and allow myself to relax. My whole body will calm down and maybe things will fall into place. So what if Average Joe Bloe does less and has a great loss , but you bust your butt, stay truthful to your plan and you see minimal change. You are still going to have a healthy lifestyle anyway! Mindset! I know in myself that I am being true to my game plan, that my diet is clean, my exercise is good.
Well now that I have blurbed a bit , I will go and have my lunch now.
Catch you on the next post
Ciao!
X:D)

If you're too busy worrying, you don't focus enough on what your goal is!

Hubba Hubba! I have never been to a spin class like this in the picture. Where can I find me a class like that. We would be lucky to get one guy in the class let alone

that many! Our spinning class this morning was a killer again! Nikki put some heavy duty paces on our legs................bloody sprinting jumps! My quads are so sore.

Oh well I can relax and go stretch at balance tonight. Yeh no hiccups at work so I am about to leave on time and go and do 30mins cardio then to a 60min session of total stretching. I walk away from balance totally drenched in sweat. It is really hard work on core and strength if you are doing it right. I then get cold in the 10 min relaxation at the end, because I am wet.

I still have 1 more weight session to go, 2 cardio's and the new leg workout. Interesting. Looking forward to that. will tell you all about it when I have actually done one.

I am lethargic this afternoon and I don't know why????? I keep yawning. Food still on track and is at 150% clean, cardio 150% on target and weights 150%. Well I am off the gym, wish me luck in the traffic.

Talk to you all soon

Ciao!

X:D)

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got!

Pyscho Tuesday again.
Started with 50 mins of weight workout on legs, then 60 mins of boxing finishing with spinning! Nice. My butt is actually sore. But that also is from the fast powerwalk on Monday night. so far 2 really good weight sessions, 4 really good cardio sessions and only Wednesday morning! this morning I did an interval training on tready/stationary bike. 5 mins at 9% incline @ 6rpm - no hanging on edges and then 5 mins sprint on bike level 10 maintain rpm at 90-100. Do the routine for 4 sets then cooldown walk of 10 mins at level 6. Owww! nice ow but!
I am trying to find a nice set of stairs that I can do some cardio on. I found some but someone told me there are better ones, so this weekend I am checking the conservation park at Springwood.
Not much else to report but eating very clean and training as good as it can be for the moment.
so food 150% weights 150% cardio 150% so that is a big tick!

Ciao!
X:D)

Where does time go??

Hello bloggers, how goes it for the end of the weekend??

I was on Tara's blog and she has a You Tube connection to competitors posing on stage. There are many australian ones, so this is a good thing.
I also read Stacy's blog and honestly there are just some plain stupid people out there. Poor Stacy is trying to prepare for competition and she gets cut down with a nasty comment from her OT's brother. Tosser! Heres to hoping that it will make Stacy more determined to make him eat his words. If you get a chance, hop on her blog and leave her an encouraging note.

I am so proud of myself this week, I did an awesome amount of cardio and weghts, my food was 150%. I did everything to plan. TOM is visiting and I am not grumpy. Wahoo!

Friday was a little better, but young receptionist is still pretty sick. She spent thursday night in hospital. She is home now, but has a lot of problems to sort out. Poor little one. I figured that the senior accounts clerk does not have the same work ethics as me and I should not expect so much. My error will keep that in mind next time I need certain jobs done, and follow through with checks. My friend says I should have sent the task to her in writing (email) cc'ing the GM. Will also keep in mind.

Next week is a pretty full on week. I did some awesome house today, cranked my MP3 player connected to the surrounded system - amazing what a usb port can do - and swept, mopped, vacummed, cooked, packed lunches, prepared dinners, chopped veges, grated salads all in the name of preparation for next weeks food. Also did a good load of clothes washing while the day is clear of rain, but alas the perfect day must end, the plastic opening lock on my front loader has crapped itself, so I have to get it fixed.

I am trialling a new protein powder - Syntha-6 by BSN - banana flavour. YUMMMY! It has to be the most creamiest protein powder on water I have yet drunk. I am in love and it is not high in calories. 200 cal per serve, 22g protein and only 14gm of carbs.
Well I best go I have to fold my clothes, pack my bags and get some sleep. Big week ahead.
Ciao!
X:D)

So Tired! So Sore! So Angry!

TOM is coming! I can tell!!

What is it with people who give up when it gets a little tough! Hard a tough day at work. Young receptionist is off sick for a few days, she is not good and in hospital............mending though. The senior accounts clerk decided it was all too hard and rang in this morning................'Not coming in she says!' I wouldn't normal be pissed about it but when checking on some work I had asked her to do, I discovered a whole nest egg of issues and uncompleted work. So on top of my work, young Haylee's work, I had to do the work I had asked someone else to do last week. Grrrrrrr! Now I have vented I can move on. I missed balance and now I am really unhappy. I love my balance.

Bike class was awesome and hard as per usual. Is ABT really easier than Nikki's class, Hiliary?? I have not done an ABT class yet. Not actually interested either? Don't know why???

I am sitting here yawning trying to blog. I best be going. I need to get my clothes ready and go get some sleep.

Report: Food 150% exercise 120%. So far a really good week. Wahoo

Ciao!

X:D)

Quick HI!

Hey there gorgeous people! Psyching myself up for the psycho spinning class tomorrow morning at 5.45am - 45mins of pure hell with Nikki. Nikki is a beautiful person who is gorgeous outside and in. She did her first novice competition (Nikki in the hot pink and Marissa in the watermelon) last October and now is hooked, already first week into her stripping down. So when she pushes on the bikes, she takes us for the ride as well.

Did a perfect hour of cardio this morning - 30 power walk on tready - Yah no shin splints this time, slowly does it. and 30 mins on the xtrainer. Every minute I would increase by 5 levels, maintaining rpm between 50 - 70. Goes to level 20 then work backwards every minute drop 5 levels. After 30 mins, you are just dripping sweat. the xtrainer said I burnt 490 calories in 30 mins, but you really can not go off those readings as it does not take in your body composition in nor your weight. You would think I would give my legs a break -- guess not, I want pins like Carolyn, hell I just want nice pins! Had planned to do another powerwalk this afternoon at home but did not leave work till late. Have to rethink that, what did I say a few blogs ago ........... I will not be chained to my desk, but Ahhhh the life of an accountant with staff who are clock watchers and just appear not to have an interest in matters at hand. My responsibility to bear! i have broad shoulders, I can carry it.

So I have balance tomorro night, this will be good for a stretch, looking forward to doing the splits or part there of. I am about 6 inches from touching the ground. Then final circuit on friday morning, concentrating more on legs and shoulders as they are not suffering from DOMS at the moment.

Now TOM is trying to visit me I think???? I have the sorest breasts, and I have not had that since I was pregnant with my son 19 years ago! Go figure, is my body regressing in hormones???? After I finished cardio this morning and I was driving to work, they just ached so bad????

Well my eyes are starting to nod, so I better go prepare my clothes for tomorro. Already done my food.

Report: weights 100%, cardio 120% Food 150%.......WAHOO!

Ciao!

X:D)

Pain is my friend! so they say?????

I luv boxing!! It is the most awesome high/low intensity training. If you get an opportunity to do a freestyle boxing session with a PT, do it. Got to love it! I was boxing with one of my usual partners, I have 2-3, depending who turns up, and another lady said to me why do you smile when you box. I didn't know I did but obviously I do and the only thing I can put it down to is I just love it. It is a good session of pad work and gloves and some days it has high cardio both lower and upper body and some days is it high cardio upper body and strength training lower body. Today we did high intensity upper body and shitloads of squats off steps and knee raises.

It was particularly hard to back todays session with a spinning class, which what I usually do on a tuesday afternoon - hour of weights, hour of boxing and a 45min spinning class. By this time I am struggling at home, cooking dinner, preparing lunches and breakfasts, packing my clothes and getting gym gear ready for tomorrow. On top of it, I am still so sore from the sports massage on Saturday. Yesterday I got and it felt like I had done a major leg work out on the weekend!

Any way, food is 100%, exercise so far is 150%, so heres to keeping the great work up for the rest of the week.

Talk to you another day bloggers,

Ciao!

X:D)

Water is my favourite BEVERAGE!

Weighed and measured!
put on kg but lost 5.5cm???? go figure? Skinfolds a little crazy, thinking that they were not done right, take thigh for example, was 33 now 52????? yet dropped 2cm in measure...............something doesn't add. Thinking I may to do my own skinfolds. Should be able to all except Tricep and Subscap. Bit disappointed but over it. Keep at it!
Very clean eating last week, very proud of myself.
i am going to find myself a long set of stairs and do that for a cardio session one day this week. I know of this set in a park, but getting to them is the challenge. I know how to get to them the long way around through walking in the reserve, and there is a road where to stairs are, but I have to work my way backwards on the referdex to find them.
Just had the other half of my breakfast, the yummiest pancake yet, 3 egg whites, 35gm of oats, cinnamon and a little bit of sugarine. I prepared the mixture last night and made it this morning. The egg white soaked into the oats, which made it more like a pancake mixture instead of egg whites with oats in it. the cinnamon just topped it off.
Had a super sports massage on Saturday, to try and work on my tight glutes and hammis and my shin splints. Anthony worked on me for 2 hours, could have stayed there forever. He did back, back of legs, butt muscles, front and back cavles and my foot. I got up and was extremely nauscious. He said that is all the toxins that has been pushed around that does that???? But was i sore yesterday, could hardly walk and today I still can not touch my butt without hurting. But highly recommend him. He is moving into the spare room at the gym with his wife, who also is a therapist. Nice!!!!!!
Well must get on and do some work, will catch all of you during the week bloggers!
Ciao!
X:D)

If they can do it, I CAN DO IT!

No boobs!

That is what I want the most, no boobs!

Feeling a little off today, had plans to go into gym at 5.30am to do another circiut and cardio, but alarm did not go off or probably more to the point it did but i turned it off in my sleep and kept on sleeping! I didn't get back to my posting last night either! After balance i was so tired, that I barely ate when I got home but did make myself a quick ham and salad, scoffed it and went straight to bed. I am sure I was snoring by the time my head hit the pillow. Anyway, getting back to this morning, I was so out of sorts that I packed my lunch, got dressed and left to go to work, when I realised on the way I did not eat breakfast. So normally i just give it a miss, but this time I seriously gave it some thought, thinking what would my mentor say to me, asking myself what would she do, stopped at a corner store, purchased some eggs, some oats and when i got to work made myself an oat and egg white pancake, so I totally kept on track of my game plan! Wahoo! But still feeling guilty about non gym time! Maybe if it stops raining, I could go for a walk around Logan Village tonite after work.

Back to my goal of No Boobs! anyone who has had or has big boobs, can probably relate. I hate mine with a passion and if I was ever offered to have something removed, they would be the first thing to go. Makes running hard, you have these big lumps bouncing all the time, but get a sore back if you wear several crop tops and sports bras from the shear weight bouncing. Yugh! what stupid male god decided to hand out big boobs. They even get in the way when you do yoga and body balance!!!!!!!! Give me a flat chest anytime. My apology's to those who wish the opposite!

Anyway must be the rain today or just the fact of mess up this morning, but I am feeling out of sorts if you haven't worked that one out. I needed to vent! Now I need to go and eat some lunch. Will catch up with you over the weekend.

Ciao!

X:D)

My body represents perfection! I need to show my perfection!

I am so sore today................3 circuits, 5 45-60min cardio sessions & 1 set abs, and it is only Thursday morning.

Nice to be back!!!! My hands are even sore??? My butt, my back..... oh heck just everything. Looking forward to body balance tonight to just stretch everything out, expecially my hammis and butt when we do the splits.

Eating 100%, noting everything on journal on Calorie King website. Great tool and it is for free, always uptodate with the latest foods etc etc. I was told about the journal you can download onto you computer but it costs $49.95 per computer, but if you are like me and use many computers and record at different times of the day, like work, late at night on my laptop, it is easier to just log onto the CK website, and you can use the journal for free. All you do is set up an account and away you go. Exercise is up todate with the latest trends as well.

Well I had better get some work done, I will continue with this post later this afternoon! Catchalata!

I am back again for a small post............funny isn't it. I am here at work, got my music going (on computer - loaded a lot of songs on) and it comes accross a fitness track - Hungry Eyes, I am up dancing around wishing I was at the gym....................is that normal??? anyway will be back, gotta go as boss is looking at me funny bouncing in my seat!

& so it begins! I eagerly look forward to the future.

hey bloggers, well back into it all over again. This year I will not be chained to my desk. I will only work normal hours and I spend more time on myself!

Gym start back at 5.30am....wahoo! did a circuit ! yuck but I did and boy was it hot this morning! I had sweat dripping off my nose. Carido and abs tonight. food measured and in my new lunch bag........I bought a new pink cooler bag that will hold several containers of food and ice buddies.

Shin splints are still bad but working on them getting better. No running for a while and trying to walk on all pressure points of my feet. My physiotherapist calls it my 'tripods'. Icing and self massaging is the best and only treatment persae to do. Yep Kerry, exactly what your son has to do. I am not a fan of running but when I did run, I do like running out in the back blocks with the music blaring. I would like to do that again.

Well i guess i had better start work. Talk you all soon

Ciao!

X:D)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A little late I know but I have had computer problems. It appears some joker got me with a spyware virus and I have been madly trying to fix my laptop since then. Still not quite right but safe. Why do these jerks so it!!

Any way Happy New Year everyone.

Have done two good solid days at the gym which has gone back to normal hours thank god!

Did chest and tris yesterday with 1 & 1/2 hours cardio. Trained with a friend and we did the uneven pushups on medi balls. I don't hurt as much as last week but Chris is really feeling it, same doms I had last week from the exercise.

I do have however have a problem with my legs. I have been suffering from shin splints of late and even when I am walking around the house. Tuesday I had really tight calves and shin splints and I did no exercise. Anyway to cut a long story short, I think we have discovered with some isolation issues I have some problems with my feet rolling out, I believe I am compensating for something totally different and have developed this habit of rolling my feet out, which in turn obviously affects my calves and feet. I am booked in with one of the trainers at the gym father, who is a sports massage therapist. I am going to get him to deal with my hammis, calves and shin splints. I also purchased today an insert for my shoes that cost $200. They are supposed to correct my feet placing back to its natural form and supposedly stop me from rolling my feet out. Only thing is it will take me about a week to get used it. I wore it for an hour and my arches were screaming at me saying "what the hell.......""hey I'm in pain down here". So I am supposed to wear these for a few hours every day, progressively longer each time to the point where I can wear them fulltime.

Eating not so good..................not that I am eating bad, but get carried away with what I am doing that I forget to eat. Last 2 days I have packed meal 2 & 3 but have forgotten to eat them, as I am either doing something or training at the gym. I actually can not wait to go back to work as I kept better track of my eating times then.

New Years resolution:

Eat my set planned meals at required time.

Exercise a minimum of 30 mins a day, aim for 120mins a day.

Feel comfortable with myself and be positive with my attitude.

Save money.

Ensure my friends know that they matter to me.

Don't let my family get to me.

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful new year and 2008 will bring you what you wish for. I know it will for me.

Ciao!

X:D)