New Blogspot

I am so over trying to fix this site,so I have started another.

I will take me a couple of days to get it in order, so bare with me.

http://www.gymjunkidoris.blogspot.com/

Shute!

I have stuffed my blog completely now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ARRRRRGGHGHGHGHGHGHGHG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

HHHEEELLLPP!

I need some blogging expertise help??

How do I set/change my blog to show that it gets updated almost everyday on other people's blog list. I have noticed that under my name, it says that I have not update for 5 months.

I have gone through everything and ticked off everything and I am still at a loss.

Doris X:(

And so the week ends!

Well, what a week it has been and currently I have a headache.
I have had a good week gymtime wise, getting almost pretty much back to normal, missed thursday though. Had an early start, hoping to get auditors out the way and get to Balance. But as always, best laid plans always goes astray. Bonus for thursday night was son getting dinner ready for me and he got it right with salad and very lean steak.

Trained back and biceps this morning, chest muscle hurt a little on some of the back and once on the biceps - when I tried to go heavier than I did. So backed it down, so as not aggrevate the injury. Looks like I may have back it down for a while. Always a good thing anyway.

So revelations from the past week?? hmm. I got good training, some good quality cardio. Increase my vege intake a lot. Managed 5 good clean days of eating except for tonight. I left work around 6.15pm tonight, auditors just didn't get the hint............it's Friday dog damit! Shute they are young ladies, don't they have a social life! So after driving home 45mins later, did the same thing I need to break habit from, got lazy with dinner and just made some open toasted sandwiches. Roast beef, tomato, onion and cheese. I had 1 and 1/2 slices. So why do I do that. I should have made the effort and had roast beef and veges instead. Not that there is a whole lot of veges left in the fridge!! but apart from tonight, the rest of the day was pretty darn good.

Not going powerwalking this weekend, an opportunity to give the body a weekend off. It did a lot more this week than it has done in almost 3 months.

But the goal is to have a least one perfect day this week, if not 2. Make sure I get all my veges in, try to incorporate more into my breakfasts as well. The idea is to rev my metabolism out of this world!

Did my head in a bit this morning, stupid me jumped on the scales at the gym and it showed that I had put on 3kg in one week, yet my clothes are getting back to that loose stage that it was before I went away to europe. Stupid box with numbers and springs in it. Over it! Travis was watching me (trainer at my gym) and laughing hard as I walked away muttering under my breath, swearing and cursing..............stupid devil's tool, I was calling it.

Come on veges, do your stuff!

Well have a great weekend everyone, will let you know how I go with keeping it perfect and real.

xx
Ciao!
X:D)

Oh boy Hump Day!

I am sitting here elating in my gym time but on the other hand, aching all over! and it is only hump day, still have 3 days of training left to do. WOOT WOOT!

So Monday started with a supa dupa shoulder workout, shoulders are still a little tight today, but man I should re-think doing shoulders before Tuesday if I am going to keep doing boxing!!!

Tuesday - what a huge day - Morning - 20mins flat spinning, 20 xtrainer, then 50 mins weights - chest and tris. I think I have slightly injured myself when I was doing bench flyes with DB - just a little too much depth with 12.5kg dumbbells. Normally they are okay and often I do 15kg, but I thought I would try and get mor pull/depth. afternoon, got back to gym and did an hour boxing session then jumped on and did 45mins spinning class. Yep I was pretty flat by the time I got home but felt great with the fatigue.

This morning I did a good leg session, similar along the lines of last week, just a few different things and then finished of with the supaset of leg raises and stair runs. I would like to say sprints, but my leg has been playing up lately, so I took it a little easy - no sprint, just runs - still hard enuf to be out of breath on the 2nd set of stairs. I think I am going to get sore tonight - as I am starting to feel it now.

Food has been great, trying my hardest to get in a lot of vegetables. Trying to average 300gms per meal, of greens. Today was a day of broccoflower.

Busy days at work of late, have been getting ready for auditors and now they are here today.

Well got to go, have a great day everyone. Bring on Friday!!!!

Long Live Fitness!
ciao!
X:D)

Picture of the day

and the light bulb went on!!!!

Self Awareness! the capability to become aware of my thoughts, feelings

and actions. It is to know why you do what you do and the motives behind it. Self awareness is my understanding of my responses to events.

Finally I am able to stand apart and observe my moods and involvements in my life, I now am more accountable and responsible.

The discovery that what I am made up of, how I am able to deal with challenges and stress. I need to unclutter my life and focus within.

How am I going to improve my self awareness? Take the time to capture snap shots of my daily life that affects in a positive or negative way. Look at how I reacted to those moments on my time. Like, why did I not get up with the alarm to go to the gym. Why did I have a euphoric feeling after a massive leg workout on Friday. Hopefully this will help back track and understand the history from which problems arise and how am I going to ensure that I will better this every time.

Liz Nelson left me a message on my last post that just so says it all. One meal, One workout and One Day at a time. I must take action immediately and impose self discipline to continuously develop the habits of right thinking and feeling. It takes courage and self control to change and leave behind something that is hindering your personal growth and success. Having a clear vision allows me to continue finding workable plans and solutions to move forward.

Life gives you choices to either stay in bed or go out and make a place for yourself. Take the effort to learn, practice and discipline yourself to follow through regardless of how others think of you or the past disappointments.

long live fitness

Ciao!

X:D)

So Where's my head at??

I am in a good place at the moment and will stay that way. I have done solid mornings everyday at the gym this week, finishing today with an awesome leg workout. Now I just need to get back to my old routine and start going morning and night!!!!

Started with Leg squats on the standing calf/leg squat machine
Warmed up with 20kg - deep squats - butt touching calf type of squat - 15 reps
2nd set 40kg - 12 reps - maintaining good form and deepness
3rd set 60kg - 10 reps - able to keep the depth - NICE!

single leg press on 45degree - 60kg each side - 15 reps - 2 sets then finished of with a set of pulses - 30 reps

Seated Leg Press - Strive - Wide feet position - felt it in the adductors - 98.5kg at level 1 - 15 reps, level 2 - 12 reps, level 3 - 10 reps, level 3.2 - 8 reps. Owww!

Finished of with a massive supaset on the leg raise and stairs - 50kg - 8 reps - run the stairs twice - did this 5 times. When I finished my face was very red and I was wet!!! Phew. next week with try and run the stairs 3 times on the supaset. Amazing the very last set of stairs, my legs felt like they were so heavy, that I have concrete shoes on. LOL.

Eating wise has been easy, trying to get more veges in. I am trying to keep my head straight and not wishful think that I want to see results faster!!! I have got to get that out of my head, so I am occupying my time more with calorie counting and journaling my food. Why calorie count????

I was reading an article on the Lindy Olsen website about calorie counting and these were the topics covered.
It puts you in touch with reality - in terms of how many calories you actually need each day.
It's completely flexible - You won't have to eat separately from everyone if you want to eat the same, you just need to ensure you don't exceed your needs and have smaller portions.
It educates you - you start learning about how the things you eat and drink affect your weight.
For me it is about the education and the ability to see that certain things you can eat a hell a lot of and the calorie count is low, like cauliflower and broccoli, now I know why body builders eat so much of these veges.

ATM I am thinking big but focusing on the small things - visualising my ultimate goal but using smaller ones to motivate myself everyday and allowing myself to appreciate my progress rather than be overwhelmed by how far I have to go to my BEHAG! So this week was to go to the gym every day and I managed that! Wahoo. I did some awesome workouts and not suffering DOMS that bad - must be the ZMA tablets I take every night. I know that when my head hits the pillow I don't wake up until 1/2 an hour before my alarm is due to go off at 4.30am.

I need to find a plan B and use it when obstacles like work comes up. I have enuf equipment at home, so I should start using it.

I have started as you know from above tracking my daily energies in and out, but I also need to start tracking my progress I think.

Thinking positive at all times - believing in myself and my abilities - surround myself with people who believe in me.

and most of JUST DO IT!

Long Live Fitness!

Ciao

X:D)

Inspirational picture of the day

And does it ever stop!

Well after much self instruction not to work so hard, guess what I get lumped with this week!!

I have a presentation to do for the Directors meeting - quite a complex presentation and the company is having its first audit next week. I thought I had left that behind at my old job, but the group has decided to consolidate and that of course means Audits! Man I thought I was so over this. AArrgghhhhh! I had planned an extra fantastic afternoon at the gym! I had a weights session, boxing session and spinning session...........................guess what I did! I got home at 7.00pm, put dinner on and then jumped on treadmill for 30mins. Boohoo.

Good eats today and I did manage 30 mins cardio and 30 mins heavy chest session.

So thats today in a nutshell, going to go do a load a dishes, get my clothes ready, pack my gym bag and go to bed.

Long Live Fitness
Ciao
X:D)

Inspiration for a "Feeling Blue" Day!

Yeo you got it, Marilyn Monroe even did weights!!!

A weird day?

Hey Hey

Well the alarm went off this morning, I woke up, had to rush to the toilet. Had a funny wheezy/tickle in the throat and got scared, same sort of symptoms as I used to get when getting pnuemonia. Went back to bed, slept in an extra hour, did not go to gym. Got up, went to work and the funny feeling disappeared. Wahoo! I was so worried, because I didn't even feel sick???? Wonder what it was. Any how, had a bit of a slow day at work, feeling hungry. Ended up eating half of my Meal 4 with my Meal 3, admittedly, I could have eaten more for Meal 3.

food for today:

Meal 1 1/2 cup of oats, 3 egg whites and 2/3 cup green beans - 1 soy coffee
Meal 2 12 strawberries and 150gms yoghurt
Meal 3 100gms lean beef strips and 1&1/2 cups salad made into vietnamese beef salad.
then I had 4 corn thins because I was so hungry
Meal 4 1 small tomato and 95gms of tuna, 10 almonds
Meal 5 130gm chicken breast, 1 cup of green beans, 1/2 cup of peas and a couple tablespoons of gravy.

Sups Morning: CLA, folate, L Tyrosine, L Carnitine, Muscle Ease, Tresos B
Lunch CLA
Night CLA and ZMA
Nil exercise - maybe a good thing feeling a bit bluish - hard to explain - maybe a cycle thing happening. Let me explain - I have only had my periods once this year in the beginning and have not had any since. But I have noticed that I get feelings and bloating just like if I am about to start my periods. I did do a series of tests in the beginning of the year to see if I was menopausal or not, and each time it gave different reading. I am not worried about it, and truthfully it is really nice not to have them month to month. About the only thing I don't like is unknown factor, just in case they happen out of blue while I am out. "An accident so as to speak"

Anyway moving on, have a great day and looks like a nice warm weekend heading our way after 2 days of rain.

Long Live Fitness
Ciao!
X:D)

Inspirational picture.

Got my groove in!

Another great day. Started with gym time again, this time did awesome back workout:

Free weight Lat pulldown
3 sets - 15 reps each set - 10kg, 20kg & 30kg each side.
Cable Lat pulldown close grip
3 sets - 15 reps - 45kg, 50kg & 55kg
Bent over cable row with hand grips
3 sets - 12 reps - 40kg, 50kg & 60kg
Single arm Lat pulldown
3 sets - 12 reps - 35kg, 40kg, 45kg
Single arm archers cable pullback
3 sets - 15 reps - 30kg, 35kg, 40kg.

I then rowed my little heart out for 30 mins. I managed to row 6kms. I grazed one side on my ass cheeks...........lol... ... I rowed so hard and sweated so much, I grazed my skin, it is like a carpet burn for those who know what I am talking about!! (nudge nudge wink wink)

My shin splints are still giving me curry. I have been self massaging every night and rubbing tiger balm in. They will settle down as soon as I get my pattern in (my groove in! hence the name of my blog)

Food has been tight again today

Meal 1 1/2 oats 4 egg whites 1/2 cup mushrooms
Meal 2 4 corn thins, 1 small tomato , 1 x 95gm salmon
Meal 3 roast beef and salad multigrain sandwich
Meal 4 10 strawberries (yummmmy) and 150gm yoghurt
Meal 5 100g beef made with carrots, celery,onion made into a goulash served with cup of green beans.

1 small hiccup - I had a piece of multigrain bread. I usually don't crave bread but I just need to have a piece with vegemite.

So off to have my night suppliments another glass of water and time for bed! Up early again tomorrow.

Long Live Fitness

Ciao!
X:D)

another picture for the inspiration wall in the kitchen!

Check Cindy's Bi's!! Nice. I want me some of those!

Today has been a great day. Got up with alarm again this morning (4.30am) packed bag with clothes, breakfasts, snacks and lunch, drove to the gym and did 1 hour of cardio. 1/2 hour spinning to my own music, running through some spinning routines, ie jumps, hovers, jockey, hill climbs, hill sprints etc etc etc. then rowed for 1/2 an hour but my shin splints are back again and they were giving me curry! Then did 1 hour of weights and what a workout - chest and tris.

We did so many supasets, it was truly painful in the end. Here we go:

Pec Dec with supaset normal pushups 4 sets

Bench Press with tricep pushups 4 sets

Chest Press with weight assisted dips 4 sets

Cable Tricep pullover with DB kickback 4 sets

Cable Tricep pulldown with bench dips 4 sets

Phew I got tired just writing it, let alone how I am going to hurt tomorrow or the next day.

Eats were good today

Meal 1 1/2 cup oats 2 eggs and 1 cup of spinach 1 cup of coffee

Meal 2 4 corn thins 1/4 avocado

Meal 3 100gm very lean lamb rump and cup of lettuce

Meal 4 150gm yoghurt and 1 yummy juicy apple

Meal 5 150gm Steamed barramundi and green beans.

Got to get my water intake up again. I have been failing on this one. Today I have managed 1.5 litres and I have 1.5 litres to go. got to get it in early so I am not up all night peeing.

Just about to pack up and go home from work - got 45mins of spinning lined up tonight when I get home. Talk to you all soon

Long Live Fitness

Ciao!

X:D)

Inspiration

Enuf!

Boy last week when i asked for things to pick up, it went from zero to 17 hr days 6 days straight. I had no gym time, no down time, all work time and I am sooooooo over it!. We had our Annual Executive Meeting at work on Thursday and I had to prepare the reports on the Agenda. Well I have since come to realise that i have some poor managerial skills. Heres how the last fortnight affected my life!



Well we got through organising the funeral for David's mother and ended up organising the wake as well. Hubby had a bit of a bad week with siblings and the "clearing of the house" . A few different colours appeared from his siblings and he was not liking it................but he does need to learn to 'let it go'! right we got over that and was all excited about going to a "BodyTune" seminar at Goodlife Graceville presented by the lovely Lindy Olsen, booked in and everything, was on my way over there and got a phone call..............something pressing came up and I missed it! Silly me though - should have stuck to my guns and just gone, now I am kicking myself for missing and giving in to everyone else. What happened to "me time". Okay okay over that now............then worked Sunday through to Wednesday night (7.30pm) finish getting all reports and presentation ready for the boss. Spent the day and night at the Marriott, AEM went off like a charm. Finally got to go to the gym Friday, gosh it felt so good! Was talking about my two weeks with somebody and griping away (as you do) about having to do all the work for the AEM and she said something that smacked my in the forehead! "sounds like poor management skills"................................wow, you know she is so right. I had poor managerial skills and ultimately it was my just reward for having that, that I ended up doing all the work! Soooooo things have changed, put new practises in place and all will get better for next year. Reflection over the weekend!!

I have jeopardised my goal yet once again! I am not concentrating on what vision I have, instead just flailing madly, arms waving madly in the air and legs going every which way but the right way! so what have I done since the reflection.

BREATHED!

I managed a good powerwalk on Saturday morning. Shin splints started to play up but self massage and icing will cure that. Saturday afternoon spent some quality time with good friends on the riverfront watching the fireworks. Isn't Brisbane a beautiful city. I took this picture from where we were seated on the other side of river at Kangaroo Point - down the bottom on the waters edge. You know for someone who was born in Melbourne and travelled around a lot as a child, Brisbane actually feels like home. Anyway getting back to the story,





nibbled on some very healthy snacks and have a few drops of vino. Sunday had a great breakfast - 1 slice of multigrain toast, steamed mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and crumbled feta (30gm) on top of that, 2 poached eggs and 1 slice of bacon that had all the fat cut off. This was all stack on top of each other. Should have taken a photo of it. Topped it off with a homebrewed coffee (stovetop perculator with flavoured beans - yummo - I do love a good strong coffee). Spent the whole morning and mid afternoon chopping, baking and getting a weeks worth salads, veges and meat ready so there is no thinking about it.
So rocked up to the gym again this morning (gosh it felt good) did an extra long session on shoulders - they have been neglected for about a month. I have 45 mins of cardio allocated tonight no matter what. Everything else can wait.
Today eats have been very good:
Meal 1 Oats, 2 eggs steamed
Meal 2 4 rice thins, 1 small tomato sliced ontop
Meal 3 100gms lean beef and celery chopped into a salad
Meal 4 20 of the yummiest strawberries around and 150gm yoghurt
Meal 5 125gm steamed barramundi and mixed salad

Then a good nights sleep

Hey Tara, we do seem to miss each other all the time.
Yes Lia, thank you I am a-okay! How about you? I certainly have been missing blogging and lurking but just didn't get time to stop and write. Time for changes.

Will continue, I promise!

Long Live Fitness
Ciao!
Doris
X:D)