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.

Monday Day 27:

Porridge
Half banana
Half turkey sandwich
Oj
Chicken noodle soup
Mini yoghurt

Musashi protein drink

Beginning of Michelle Bridges' 12 Week Body Transformation

I feel prepared to begin this - I've cooked my meal for dinner, lunch is already in the fridge as well as snacks and my workout gear is sitting on my chair ready for when I wake up and jump up.

It's going to be a big week, essentially I'm going to do twice as much in some cases because I'm not counting derby training with Michelle's training - this is what I call a body blitz!

I can do this!

Sunday Day 26:

Porridge with berries
herbal tea
half a sandwich from food court, turkey, cranberry, mixed salad, tomato
grilled fish, handful of chips, salad, a fried muscle
two lindt balls
hot chocolate

Saturday Day 25:

porridge with berries
tea
two rice paper rolls
carrots/celery cottage cheese
noodle soup out

Friday Day 24:

Porridge
half banana
mint ginger tea
leftover chicken stir fry
mandarin
glass of nudie OJ
leftover roast pork pumpkin and potato
hot chocolate

Thursday Day 23:

Porridge
Mint ginger tea
Yoghurt
Leftover pasta tomato dish
Banana
Protein drink

Wednesday Day 22:

Porridge
banana
leftover stir fry
mint ginger tea
blue grenadier with broccolini and potato

Tuesday Day 21:

porridge
pork with pumpkin and potato
banana
chicken stir fry
scotch and coke

Camp conflict

Occasionally I take a group of children with disabilities away on camps for the weekend to give their parents respite and give them new experiences. I do this with the help of several volunteers and a second leader, and that's where I was on the weekend.

I was mostly organised. I took ingredients and made my special Tom Yum soup on Friday night, and joined everyone in yummy salad sandwiches on Saturday for lunch. Breakfast was covered with my porridge sachets and mint and ginger tea - which if you haven't realised I can't get enough of at the moment! - but dinner was more difficult. I hadn't had a chance to pick up a chicken breast as I was going to grill it with some steamed veggies. Alas, I ended up having some of the bolognaise sauce I made for the group, with steamed bok choy...crisis averted.

Then came the freddo frog ice cream cake to commemorate a long-time volunteer who was leaving us, and that's where I gave in.

I had a bit of the cake, and then when one of the volunteers brought out the midnight nachos, well it was about 10pm but basically after the kids go to sleep, I hadn't brushed my teeth and I fell head first into two big handfuls of Doritos smothered in salsa, sour cream, melted cheese and avocado. I felt gross.

I finished it off with two pieces of chocolate and a hot chocolate, but continued my bad eating after lunch on Saturday when everyone else had fish and chips and I chose to have pasta and bolognaise - but there were heaps of chips left over, so I grabbed two pieces of bread, whacked the chips in and made a chip buttie, before me and the other leader dug into the leftover ice cream cake with spoons so we didn't have to throw it out.

I figured I couldn't do anything but hop back on the healthy eating bandwagon. So I hitched my stuff and went to training that night to at least try and work off the chips and ice cream, planning for a better day tomorrow...

Monday day 20:

Porridge
Mint ginger tea
Pasta tomatoes mum creation
Hot chocolate
Banana with 2 tsp peanut butter

chocolate milk after training

Sunday day 19:

Porridge half banana
Mint ginger tea
Apple fritter
Pasta bolognaise
Chip buttie
Ice cream cake
Banana with peanut butter

Friday day 17:

Porridge
Raisin toast with butter
2 wraps lettuce tomato cabbage egg chicken
Tom yum soup with wombok carrot celery
Two pieces dark chocolate

Saturday day 18:

Porridge with half banana 1/2 tsp honey
Ham salad sandwich
Bok choy bolognaise
Ice cream cake slice
Nachos two handfulls
2 pieces chocolate

Thursday day 16:

Porridge with berries
Mandarin
Two small salad chicken wraps
Banana
Chocolate milkshake

Wednesday day 15:

Porridge with berries
Raisin toast with butter
Leftover meat and veggies
Bento box miso soup
Chai latte and choc tart with ice cream, both which I only had half/couldnt finish!