Time to start again?

It's pretty much been a year since I began this, and ive fallen into a comfort hole,  or lazy hole or something. I miss running, miss skating...

Sunny Queensland

I say sunny, but today is the first day it's rained since moving to Gladstone. Everything is in limbo at the moment while I'm house-hunting, but that doesn't mean my diet has to suffer. Driving up there was a bit of Maccas involved, but now that I'm here and able to cook in the Backpackers, things are a bit easier. I don't want to buy too much, because I'll have to take it all when I move into a place, but little things even just boiled veggies and chicken make a difference to the $20 pub meals that often have chips on the side and a poor excuse for a side salad. I did have a nice thai beef salad in Tannum yesterday, but even then I don't know how it was made or with what ingredients for the marinade so it still may not be the best for me.

I went for a run yesterday, first in a while and it felt so good. My new job allows me free gym use and swimming pool, but im just itching to get my skates out of the packed to the brim car! It's definitely a place where people should be active, but i get the feeling a lot of people drive everywhere and then go to the gym. Ick. I can't wait to get outside more and utilise the weather :-)

Week 3:

Day 42 saw me break my coffee hiatus because, after all, you can't say no to Polish hospitality. But I wish I did. The headache following the filter machine coffee was enough to put me off for another 40 days at least!

Today was also my week three weigh in. While I haven't been following the exercise plan to the T, I've still had plenty of derby training and a few runs on the weekend and still managed to lose a kilo.

I've also not been eating to the T, because I can't follow the plans when I have lots of leftovers so I end up having food lasting for an extra week, so I really need to sit down and plan what will make leftovers and then not buy for the next meal.

I've kind of put things on the backburner - and I don't mean given up, because that I definitely haven't - but I am saving all the workout plans and nutrition information to follow it when I get up to Queensland, because this whole changing jobs, changing states thing is a bit of a challenge.

Week 2 Weigh In

I can't believe this - even though I had a week that was kind of active but not the full 12WBT program, I still lost 1.5kgs! This makes me happy because it shows how important the food side of things is, not just the exercise.

With personal issues in the last week it's been really tough, but I tended to eat less than go overboard. I chose to eat dessert tonight and I wish I hadn't because now I just feel sick. :-(

Wednesday Day 29:

Banana smoothie
Leftover chicken penang
Mandarin
Skinny Chai latte
Chicken and salad
Pumkin seeds
Tea
Dark chocolate
An orange slice

Tuesday Day 28

Porridge
Tea
Leftover chicken noodle soup
Four mouthfuls bun
Chicken penang on broccoli and beans with capsicum - a-maze-ing!

Healthy eating, healthy being

Tonight is just proof I need to organise myself better.

I had planned to leave work at 3.30pm (these plans NEVER happen...phone calls and other issues to sort out AND my car got blocked in grr) but I wanted to stick to my plans for when I got home.

So I kicked Dad off the computer and logged in to the 12WBT, ready for Mish's first workout video - it was great! I was pleasantly surprised with how much I got out of it - and to my delight and horror Dad also got into it too!

He's got bad knees, had both reconstructed, but he still tries to walk - he just eats too much and won't control his portions.

So it was great to see him bopping along to Mish and the girls, and having the option to do the beginner moves, while I was working on the intermediate and sometimes advanced moves. It really got my blood pumping and sweat going strong!

After that it was my turn to cook dinner, Mish's Penang Chicken. It was a really simple dish that tasted great with the mix of red curry, coconut milk and peanut butter, but all natural and home made. I had mine with steamed broccoli and sugar snap peas, mum and dad had veggies but also on rice, and I even had enough for lunch tomorrow!

What I didn't plan was having enough time to cook tomorrow night's dinner...after dinner tonight I had a meeting to attend so I didn't get a chance. I have to leave straight from work to the meeting tomorrow so I should have had it ready to take with me in the morning...my great dilemma and how to deal with it? Choose a healthy option I can put together quickly in the morning and take with me and organise next week better!

I am hoping that by default both mum and dad will get something out of me doing the program, but so far I have been enjoying the challenges and the change for a better, healthier life.