Acceptance
Facing the thoughts and issues that you may have been hiding from. Instead of resisting them, embrace them. Acceptance. Acknowledge the things you can't change.
Resistance or denial go hand in hand with negativity (thoughts and emotions).
Achieving positive changes seems overwhelming.
If you don't like something - change it.
If you can't change it, then change the way you think about it.
In our emotional state - we can go completely in the wrong direction. Once you can accept where you're at, put logic into it rather than emotion - then you can move forward.
List 5 things you love about yourself.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Week 5 - lessons
Self Sabotage
Self sabotage vs lack of pre-empting or poor planning.
Self sabotage is unthinkingly doing something to punish yourself. Ugly internal dialect. You don't deserve it, you're not good enough. This is different to being disorganised.
Honest realisation is the first step.
Tasks that we are most resistant to completing - these are the ones we learn the biggest lessons from.
You either continue down the same path - or you make changes. The choices you make have implications attached to them. A certain size, fitness level. Choose to do something about your health, fitness, size and go about what you need to - to change it.
Don't say you will if you no you probably won't. Be honest. Free yourself from the torment - go one way or the other. Do it with love. Freely decide which way you want to go.
Injury and Exercise
Sedentary activity is like plaque on your teeth. You got to work on it, keep chipping away from it - otherwise leads to back pain.
1. Start small, and work towards it.
2. Warm up and cool down properly
3. Seek advice. If you're not sure - ask a question.
Running tips:
- shoes
- surface
- style
Foam rollers are good for "niggles" - improving blood flow. Speed up recovery.
Make sure you stretch - to improve flexiiblity. Dynamic before and static after.
Self sabotage vs lack of pre-empting or poor planning.
Self sabotage is unthinkingly doing something to punish yourself. Ugly internal dialect. You don't deserve it, you're not good enough. This is different to being disorganised.
Honest realisation is the first step.
Tasks that we are most resistant to completing - these are the ones we learn the biggest lessons from.
You either continue down the same path - or you make changes. The choices you make have implications attached to them. A certain size, fitness level. Choose to do something about your health, fitness, size and go about what you need to - to change it.
Don't say you will if you no you probably won't. Be honest. Free yourself from the torment - go one way or the other. Do it with love. Freely decide which way you want to go.
Injury and Exercise
Sedentary activity is like plaque on your teeth. You got to work on it, keep chipping away from it - otherwise leads to back pain.
1. Start small, and work towards it.
2. Warm up and cool down properly
3. Seek advice. If you're not sure - ask a question.
Running tips:
- shoes
- surface
- style
Foam rollers are good for "niggles" - improving blood flow. Speed up recovery.
Make sure you stretch - to improve flexiiblity. Dynamic before and static after.
Week 4 - lessons
Blame Game
Stop being a victim and a blamer. "It's not fair, its not my fault..."
Lurking behind each excuse is the real issue.
Deal with the issues - this takes work.
Organisation, flexibility...
Victims/Blamers are giving all their power to others. Take it back. You don't want to feel helpless.
Look at the areas of your life where there is blaming going on.
Be in control of yourself. Look at the logic behind the results, rather than the emotion.
Remain calm, and in control.
Write down all the excuses - identify the blaming/victimisation that is going on. Identify when you are giving away your power and control.
Clear the blamer/victim talk, and remove the roadblocks. Get back in the drivers seat of your life.
Emotions and Willpower
Where there is expectation, disappointment can often follow.
Extreme good or bad scenarios - extreme way to live. Emotions are like the waves of an ocean. They rise and they fall. Ride the wave, knowing that it will eventually be back up.
Often we try to rid or supress our negative emotions - which isn't very helpful in the long term. Be ok about sometimes feeling bad. The more you try to block it out, the bigger it gets. There will always be emotions and craving.
Recognise and accept your emotions - know you don't have to eat to make it pass, or try to make it pass. It will eventually subside. Accept that its there and try not to suppress or get rid of it. The less troublesome it will be.
Understand the outcomes before they occur.
Instead of eating something to feel better, go for a run.
Willpower muscle. Train it to get stronger. Take back your power. It will weaken if you stop your training. But you could potentially weaken your willpower too. Overuse is bad. Make your new habits - habits, instead of draw on your willpower. Be consistent.
Gift of health and fitness - that you give yourself. You have to nurture it every day. Don't let the treats slowly sneak back in.
Be consistent and lay down habits. Make it automatic reflex instead of having the flex your willpower muscle.
1. Let go of the good/bad conversation. Become more aware of the meaning/emotion you are attaching to your thoughts. Look at what the reality is. Fact vs fiction. Labelling your thoughts as good and bad. Get bogged down in the story of it all. Stop passing judgement.
2. Remember the wave of emotions. They will rise and fall. Ride the wave instead of fighting it.
3. Flex that willpower muscle, so that whilst riding the wave, you don't fall off the surfboard.
Get your mind sorted, and your body will follow.
Stop being a victim and a blamer. "It's not fair, its not my fault..."
Lurking behind each excuse is the real issue.
Deal with the issues - this takes work.
Organisation, flexibility...
Victims/Blamers are giving all their power to others. Take it back. You don't want to feel helpless.
Look at the areas of your life where there is blaming going on.
Be in control of yourself. Look at the logic behind the results, rather than the emotion.
Remain calm, and in control.
Write down all the excuses - identify the blaming/victimisation that is going on. Identify when you are giving away your power and control.
Clear the blamer/victim talk, and remove the roadblocks. Get back in the drivers seat of your life.
Emotions and Willpower
Where there is expectation, disappointment can often follow.
Extreme good or bad scenarios - extreme way to live. Emotions are like the waves of an ocean. They rise and they fall. Ride the wave, knowing that it will eventually be back up.
Often we try to rid or supress our negative emotions - which isn't very helpful in the long term. Be ok about sometimes feeling bad. The more you try to block it out, the bigger it gets. There will always be emotions and craving.
Recognise and accept your emotions - know you don't have to eat to make it pass, or try to make it pass. It will eventually subside. Accept that its there and try not to suppress or get rid of it. The less troublesome it will be.
Understand the outcomes before they occur.
Instead of eating something to feel better, go for a run.
Willpower muscle. Train it to get stronger. Take back your power. It will weaken if you stop your training. But you could potentially weaken your willpower too. Overuse is bad. Make your new habits - habits, instead of draw on your willpower. Be consistent.
Gift of health and fitness - that you give yourself. You have to nurture it every day. Don't let the treats slowly sneak back in.
Be consistent and lay down habits. Make it automatic reflex instead of having the flex your willpower muscle.
1. Let go of the good/bad conversation. Become more aware of the meaning/emotion you are attaching to your thoughts. Look at what the reality is. Fact vs fiction. Labelling your thoughts as good and bad. Get bogged down in the story of it all. Stop passing judgement.
2. Remember the wave of emotions. They will rise and fall. Ride the wave instead of fighting it.
3. Flex that willpower muscle, so that whilst riding the wave, you don't fall off the surfboard.
Get your mind sorted, and your body will follow.
Week 3 - lessons
Motivation Myth
Like a bad boyfriend - never there when you need it.
Motivation is like any emotion. It comes and it goes. It's an easy excuse.
People who don't do well:
All or nothing, On or Off, relying on emotion.
Consistency is the key. Be consistent and you will achieve.
Don't think, just do. Take the emotion out of it, and go into robot mode. Just get on with the task.
Tools for this:
1. Flex your willpower muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.
2. Don't think. Just do the action. Don't start negotiation, playing games.. recognise the internal conversation/debate that goes on. "Don't think, just do"
3. The 10 minute rule. I'm going to do 10 minutes of training, and if I really don't want to continue I'll stop. Usually once you get going, you'll keep going.
4. JFDI. Stop the paralysis by analysis.
Like a bad boyfriend - never there when you need it.
Motivation is like any emotion. It comes and it goes. It's an easy excuse.
People who don't do well:
All or nothing, On or Off, relying on emotion.
Consistency is the key. Be consistent and you will achieve.
Don't think, just do. Take the emotion out of it, and go into robot mode. Just get on with the task.
Tools for this:
1. Flex your willpower muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.
2. Don't think. Just do the action. Don't start negotiation, playing games.. recognise the internal conversation/debate that goes on. "Don't think, just do"
3. The 10 minute rule. I'm going to do 10 minutes of training, and if I really don't want to continue I'll stop. Usually once you get going, you'll keep going.
4. JFDI. Stop the paralysis by analysis.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Totally sick of being sick!
After getting back from 2 weeks away I got sick. I'm in week 3 of being sick and totally over it. I tried lots of vitamins, rest, went and got antibiotics in week 2 and that didn't seem to make any difference. Have had 2 weekends of doing bugger all and it's really boring! I've still tried to keep up with walking the dogs but that fell by the wayside for the past few days.
With only 3 weeks left of the Round I had been hoping to really get stuck into the exercise but at the moment I'm struggling to do much at all :(
With feeling crappy I let myself eat crappy food. Lots of chocolate, a lunch of cheesy pasta and chocolate milk, and back to eating ice creams or ice cream and ice magic. With a wedding to go to in just over a week - time to stop eating the junk!
Will save off the workouts and get started again once I can shake off this virus.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Week 4 - started off good!
So I'm a bit behind this week. Didn't get washing, grocery shopping, food planning done over the weekend. I was going to order internet groceries but I'm not sure what night I'd be home to accept a delivery so at this stage hoping to hit up the market on Tuesday and make do with what meat is in the freezer.
Monday:
Chobani strawberry yoghurt (the smaller size tub)
Boiled Egg
Quakers Nut Bar
Leftover chicken and mushroom stirfry with vermicelli noodles.
8 Grapes
Pear
Peppermint Tea
Body Combat 7:30PM
OMG Why does this guy keep focusing on shoulders lol. I really struggle with all the cardio - I think he's doing a really customised version of a body combat program so it seems pretty hardcore - all high energy stuff. Unless I've forgotten what classes used to be like :)
Tuesday:
Belvita Breakfast Biscuits
Small Mocha
Uncle Toby's Oat Slice bar
Leftover pasta bolognese
Chobani passionfruit yoghurt
I managed to say no to the 4 easter eggs put down on my desk though :)
Boxing in the park 6:30 PM
(managed to do an ad hoc workout based on a bunch of printed out workouts after meeting ran late - glad we didn't cancel). Maybe only 243 calories burnt but we got a really good arm/shoulder workout.
Dinner was Asian style turkey rissoles and noodles. I thought it was yummy. Turkey mince, zucchini, onion, garlic, oyster sauce, rolled in breadcrumbs and served with noodles and bok choy. Jase thought it just tasted like meat and noodles.. so he gave it the thumbs down.
Was bad and had a mars bar ice cream. I would have been happy with a bite, maybe, but I got a whole one and I ate it. Tasted so good.
Wednesday:
Morning: Go for another run
(didn't happen - slept terribly and woke up with a headache)
Chobani strawberry yoghurt
6 grapes
Quakers chewy oats bar
Leftover Asian style rissoles and noodles
Pear
Pretty much melted on the way home on the scooter so didn't go for a run.
Chicken and vegetable stir fry with rice vermicelli and hoisin sauce.
Mars bar ice cream.
Thursday:
Was going to go for a run this morning but late Wednesday night managed to trip over the cat stand and stub my little toe really badly drawing blood! So hobbling at the moment.
Someone had been given a sample pack of cereal at the station so I grabbed that and had breakfast - woohoo!! Was actually really tasty once you got past how odd the bits looked.
I think Quakers bar (chewy oats)
Uncle Tobys Apple bar
Chobani passionfruit yoghurt
Pasta bolognese with high fibre pasta
Jam donut from the market truck (was a not very good excuse for getting outside briefly as had a lunchtime meeting)
Pho evening with Alison - glass of sparkling moscato, 1 bowl spicy beef stew with white roll, 1 combo chicken & beef pho, 1 bowl chicken pho, 1 drink with coconut milk and jelly stuff.
Friday:
Chobani strawberry yoghurt
Mini chocolate croissant, Mini muffin with sultanas
Chucked out my chicken stir fry lunch as it tasted really blegh from the microwave
Ate a spicey lamb borek, and got a raspberry ripe smoothie
Mars Bar ice cream
Planned Pilates 6:30PM
I was so hot and bothered by the time I got home - that I just sat in air conditioned comfort. For dinner we ended up going to a winery - and were their only customers (as everyone had finished). But they were nice enough to keep the kitchen open for us and kept coming over the chat and share their life story. Ate too much:
- Tasting plate full of things like arancini balls, spinach balls, meatball, oyster, eggplant, potato ball.. tasty but was pretty full after this
- entree sized pasta which was chicken and cheese filled big kinda ravioli type things (can't recall the name of them)
- glass of sparkling moscato
Saturday:
Corn Cakes with Salsa
Mocha
Half of a hawaiian pizza from Gusto
Glass of pinot noir I think
Leftover bolognese that I found in the freezer
1 piece of garlic bread
Rest
Sunday:
Run 10km - as part of the grand prix run, I really enjoyed it as the crowd spread out so you had your space to run it, but it was super hot with 33 I think forecast. We ran at 9am and by 5km I was really tired and had a stitch. By 7km I'd gotten rid of my stitch but was doing walking stints. So glad they had water stations every km it seemed. I used them to try to cool down for the second half of the race. From the water station after the 9km mark I got running again, but at a slow pace. I had a couple of people pass me and I decided not to contend, but then I got closer to the finish line and had a couple of spectators support me with comments like "awesome effort" and I got the lift I needed to stretch out my legs and pick up the pace. I think I was running a 3:15 pace over the finish line, and overtook about 4 people - so I'm happy about that. Overall I got 1:02:15 which I was a little bummed about - wanting to do it in an hour, but I hadn't run for a week and had only done 2 training runs of that distance before that so I can't really complain :)
Food wise:
Banana smoothie with almond milk
Gatorade x a few
Small pack of assorted jelly beans (from the fun run)
Mushroom Omelette on wholegrain toast (only ate half the toast)
Chocolate milkshake
Coconut water
1/3 Pringles can (by this stage I had a killer headache -ttotm)
Dinner was out at Bok Choy Tang - atmosphere was a casual family restaurant so wasn't really to our liking
:(
2 x duck spring rolls
Some sechzuan chicken
1 piece x beijing duck (like peking duck but different sauce)
Some grilled garlic king prawns
Special Fried Rice
Deep Fried Flaming Ice Cream
Glass of Pinot Noir
Long weekend and my eating didn't really improve.
Monday:
Breakfast bun (with bacon, tomato, avocado, fried egg)
Mocha
Burrito Bowl with Spicy Pork slow cooked meat, black beans, guacamole, cheese, salsa and white rice
Powerade (still had a headache)
As the burrito bowl was at like 4:30pm I didn't really feel like dinner. I was going to go to Body Combat once I heard it was still on, but checked at the last minute and it had been cancelled :( Was bad and bought a take home pint of ben & jerrys so I had half of that for dinner. :)
Time to get back on the healthy eating wagon.... and I still haven't caught up on the videos from the site. Time spent in front of the computer at home last week was trying to decide on the last details of our holiday... but I need to sit down and catch up.
Monday:
Chobani strawberry yoghurt (the smaller size tub)
Boiled Egg
Quakers Nut Bar
Leftover chicken and mushroom stirfry with vermicelli noodles.
8 Grapes
Pear
Peppermint Tea
Body Combat 7:30PM
OMG Why does this guy keep focusing on shoulders lol. I really struggle with all the cardio - I think he's doing a really customised version of a body combat program so it seems pretty hardcore - all high energy stuff. Unless I've forgotten what classes used to be like :)
Tuesday:
Belvita Breakfast Biscuits
Small Mocha
Uncle Toby's Oat Slice bar
Leftover pasta bolognese
Chobani passionfruit yoghurt
I managed to say no to the 4 easter eggs put down on my desk though :)
Boxing in the park 6:30 PM
(managed to do an ad hoc workout based on a bunch of printed out workouts after meeting ran late - glad we didn't cancel). Maybe only 243 calories burnt but we got a really good arm/shoulder workout.
Dinner was Asian style turkey rissoles and noodles. I thought it was yummy. Turkey mince, zucchini, onion, garlic, oyster sauce, rolled in breadcrumbs and served with noodles and bok choy. Jase thought it just tasted like meat and noodles.. so he gave it the thumbs down.
Was bad and had a mars bar ice cream. I would have been happy with a bite, maybe, but I got a whole one and I ate it. Tasted so good.
Wednesday:
Morning: Go for another run
(didn't happen - slept terribly and woke up with a headache)
Chobani strawberry yoghurt
6 grapes
Quakers chewy oats bar
Leftover Asian style rissoles and noodles
Pear
Pretty much melted on the way home on the scooter so didn't go for a run.
Chicken and vegetable stir fry with rice vermicelli and hoisin sauce.
Mars bar ice cream.
Thursday:
Was going to go for a run this morning but late Wednesday night managed to trip over the cat stand and stub my little toe really badly drawing blood! So hobbling at the moment.
Someone had been given a sample pack of cereal at the station so I grabbed that and had breakfast - woohoo!! Was actually really tasty once you got past how odd the bits looked.
I think Quakers bar (chewy oats)
Uncle Tobys Apple bar
Chobani passionfruit yoghurt
Pasta bolognese with high fibre pasta
Jam donut from the market truck (was a not very good excuse for getting outside briefly as had a lunchtime meeting)
Pho evening with Alison - glass of sparkling moscato, 1 bowl spicy beef stew with white roll, 1 combo chicken & beef pho, 1 bowl chicken pho, 1 drink with coconut milk and jelly stuff.
Friday:
Chobani strawberry yoghurt
Mini chocolate croissant, Mini muffin with sultanas
Chucked out my chicken stir fry lunch as it tasted really blegh from the microwave
Ate a spicey lamb borek, and got a raspberry ripe smoothie
Mars Bar ice cream
Planned Pilates 6:30PM
I was so hot and bothered by the time I got home - that I just sat in air conditioned comfort. For dinner we ended up going to a winery - and were their only customers (as everyone had finished). But they were nice enough to keep the kitchen open for us and kept coming over the chat and share their life story. Ate too much:
- Tasting plate full of things like arancini balls, spinach balls, meatball, oyster, eggplant, potato ball.. tasty but was pretty full after this
- entree sized pasta which was chicken and cheese filled big kinda ravioli type things (can't recall the name of them)
- glass of sparkling moscato
Saturday:
Corn Cakes with Salsa
Mocha
Half of a hawaiian pizza from Gusto
Glass of pinot noir I think
Leftover bolognese that I found in the freezer
1 piece of garlic bread
Rest
Sunday:
Run 10km - as part of the grand prix run, I really enjoyed it as the crowd spread out so you had your space to run it, but it was super hot with 33 I think forecast. We ran at 9am and by 5km I was really tired and had a stitch. By 7km I'd gotten rid of my stitch but was doing walking stints. So glad they had water stations every km it seemed. I used them to try to cool down for the second half of the race. From the water station after the 9km mark I got running again, but at a slow pace. I had a couple of people pass me and I decided not to contend, but then I got closer to the finish line and had a couple of spectators support me with comments like "awesome effort" and I got the lift I needed to stretch out my legs and pick up the pace. I think I was running a 3:15 pace over the finish line, and overtook about 4 people - so I'm happy about that. Overall I got 1:02:15 which I was a little bummed about - wanting to do it in an hour, but I hadn't run for a week and had only done 2 training runs of that distance before that so I can't really complain :)
Food wise:
Banana smoothie with almond milk
Gatorade x a few
Small pack of assorted jelly beans (from the fun run)
Mushroom Omelette on wholegrain toast (only ate half the toast)
Chocolate milkshake
Coconut water
1/3 Pringles can (by this stage I had a killer headache -ttotm)
Dinner was out at Bok Choy Tang - atmosphere was a casual family restaurant so wasn't really to our liking
:(
2 x duck spring rolls
Some sechzuan chicken
1 piece x beijing duck (like peking duck but different sauce)
Some grilled garlic king prawns
Special Fried Rice
Deep Fried Flaming Ice Cream
Glass of Pinot Noir
Long weekend and my eating didn't really improve.
Monday:
Breakfast bun (with bacon, tomato, avocado, fried egg)
Mocha
Burrito Bowl with Spicy Pork slow cooked meat, black beans, guacamole, cheese, salsa and white rice
Powerade (still had a headache)
As the burrito bowl was at like 4:30pm I didn't really feel like dinner. I was going to go to Body Combat once I heard it was still on, but checked at the last minute and it had been cancelled :( Was bad and bought a take home pint of ben & jerrys so I had half of that for dinner. :)
Time to get back on the healthy eating wagon.... and I still haven't caught up on the videos from the site. Time spent in front of the computer at home last week was trying to decide on the last details of our holiday... but I need to sit down and catch up.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Week 3 - how it went...
One of my hurdles to healthy eating for a week is planning out a weeks' worth of food. It just seems like it's so much effort. So on Sunday afternoon before going to the supermarket I was sitting there feeling a bit meh about the meal plan for the week, trying to figure out what I wanted to eat for the week and so I didn't really plan out my meals. I had to go down the street to buy crickets for my bearded dragon and doing that I decided to do a small grocery shop and just order my main groceries online. I was feeling seriously tired - lack of sleep, and hours trying to trim trees with a heavy tree trimmer.
Meals I can make:
- curried sausages (Sunday night)
- chicken tacos (as I still have some taco mix from last week as I'd accidentally bought a family pack that thankfully contained 2x everything (apart from guacamole spice) rather than just having everything bigger.
- lamb rogan josh (forgot the natural yoghurt that goes with it)
- beef mince for what was going to be shepherds pie but I'm missing carrot, onion, celery
- chicken. Could be paprika chicken with sweet potato wedges, or it might be stir fry (but I'm lacking vegetables for that)
Meals (out) already organised:
- Tuesday lunch with a friend
- Friday lunch with work team
- Friday night dinner with the 12wbt nw crew
Monday
Plan: Print out L&S workout 1 from week 1. Go to gym by getting up at 6am. Lunch pizza. Dinner tacos or lamb rogan josh.
Actual: Alarm set for 6am, which I switched off as I wanted to go back to being asleep. I *think* I slept a little better but still woke up in the middle of the night asking for the aircon to be turned off as I was freezing. Breakfast was boiled egg and vegemite toast, Lunch was leftover pizza slices from Saturday night (made the mistake of putting glad wrap on it, which then melted. I had thought it was attached to itself, but no there were bits of it on the pizza. As I only noticed on slice 2 I'm wondering if I actually ate some on slice 1 :( Whilst I had planned to be good about not eating sugar I ate the cadbury sensations bar I had stashed in my drawer (thanks to the "buy an extra 1 for $1" at 7-11 the other day). Work stressful with someone resigning and another person off with his wife having a baby - design documents they're both working on needed by Wednesday. I feel a bit useless as I don't have great knowledge of the area being touched.
Tuesday
Plan: Pilates 9:30PM
Actual: Pilates 9:30PM
Work got stressy as I got given the design to do with little knowledge. Lunch with my friend got cancelled, got some steamed dumplings instead. They never used to give you any sauce, now I got Soy Vinegar, Soy Sauce and Soy with chilli! Dinner Lamb rogan josh. As a plus I got time to go the market to get some vegies for the week.
Wednesday
Plan: Get up go for a run
Actual: After work went for a 9-10km run in just over an hour (conflicting gps devices)
Breakfast - boiled egg & vegemite toast. Can't recall Lunch. Dinner Lamb shepherds Pie
Thursday
Plan: Body Pump 6:30PM
Actual: Sore and tired but went anyway. Didn't do awesomely should have taken rest day
Breakfast - boiled egg & vegemite toast. Lunch spicy Sambal Fried Rice (usually a big fan, but this had way too much chilli in it, awful :( ), Dinner chicken stir fry with udon noodles
Friday
Plan: Rest
Actual: Rest!
Belvita breakfast biscuits, Yum Cha with work people with tea, Dinner was duck and porcini pasta and 2 ciders. With a hot chocolate to finish it off.
Saturday
Plan: SSS
Actual: 8km run + SSS. Had a big nap in the afternoon. Had an awful night's sleep and found myself naturally awake at 6:30 so I dragged myself out for the pre SSS run.
Breakfast Banana Smoothie, Lunch was pasta with chorizo and kale (bit too oily), a chocolate milkshake and a iced mocha (iced mocha was disappointing), Dinner lamb shoulder with roast potatoes, pumpkin, steamed carrots, corn and broccoli and gravy, sparkling shiraz.
Sunday
Plan: Rest
Actual: Rest (although lots of walking trying to find bathers!!)
Breakfast - blueberry ricotta pancakes (little disappointing), mocha, missed lunch as shopping took longer than expected, at 5ish I went and had braised beef rib (slow cooked) with two gyozas and asian slaw and white rice (thanks to White Guy Cooks Thai). Also went and had a glass of Pinot Noir in williamstown and part of a flourless orange cake and scoop of ice cream, followed by a hot chocolate.
Missed out on submitting something for this week's challenge. Shame as I'm sure I had "sweaty workout photos" to post. Also hadn't visited the site so I still have to catch up on the mindset videos. Probably because I haven't been eating to the meal plan or doing her workouts I have forgotten to visit the site :(
Meals I can make:
- curried sausages (Sunday night)
- chicken tacos (as I still have some taco mix from last week as I'd accidentally bought a family pack that thankfully contained 2x everything (apart from guacamole spice) rather than just having everything bigger.
- lamb rogan josh (forgot the natural yoghurt that goes with it)
- beef mince for what was going to be shepherds pie but I'm missing carrot, onion, celery
- chicken. Could be paprika chicken with sweet potato wedges, or it might be stir fry (but I'm lacking vegetables for that)
Meals (out) already organised:
- Tuesday lunch with a friend
- Friday lunch with work team
- Friday night dinner with the 12wbt nw crew
Monday
Plan: Print out L&S workout 1 from week 1. Go to gym by getting up at 6am. Lunch pizza. Dinner tacos or lamb rogan josh.
Actual: Alarm set for 6am, which I switched off as I wanted to go back to being asleep. I *think* I slept a little better but still woke up in the middle of the night asking for the aircon to be turned off as I was freezing. Breakfast was boiled egg and vegemite toast, Lunch was leftover pizza slices from Saturday night (made the mistake of putting glad wrap on it, which then melted. I had thought it was attached to itself, but no there were bits of it on the pizza. As I only noticed on slice 2 I'm wondering if I actually ate some on slice 1 :( Whilst I had planned to be good about not eating sugar I ate the cadbury sensations bar I had stashed in my drawer (thanks to the "buy an extra 1 for $1" at 7-11 the other day). Work stressful with someone resigning and another person off with his wife having a baby - design documents they're both working on needed by Wednesday. I feel a bit useless as I don't have great knowledge of the area being touched.
Tuesday
Plan: Pilates 9:30PM
Actual: Pilates 9:30PM
Work got stressy as I got given the design to do with little knowledge. Lunch with my friend got cancelled, got some steamed dumplings instead. They never used to give you any sauce, now I got Soy Vinegar, Soy Sauce and Soy with chilli! Dinner Lamb rogan josh. As a plus I got time to go the market to get some vegies for the week.
Wednesday
Plan: Get up go for a run
Actual: After work went for a 9-10km run in just over an hour (conflicting gps devices)
Breakfast - boiled egg & vegemite toast. Can't recall Lunch. Dinner Lamb shepherds Pie
Thursday
Plan: Body Pump 6:30PM
Actual: Sore and tired but went anyway. Didn't do awesomely should have taken rest day
Breakfast - boiled egg & vegemite toast. Lunch spicy Sambal Fried Rice (usually a big fan, but this had way too much chilli in it, awful :( ), Dinner chicken stir fry with udon noodles
Friday
Plan: Rest
Actual: Rest!
Belvita breakfast biscuits, Yum Cha with work people with tea, Dinner was duck and porcini pasta and 2 ciders. With a hot chocolate to finish it off.
Saturday
Plan: SSS
Actual: 8km run + SSS. Had a big nap in the afternoon. Had an awful night's sleep and found myself naturally awake at 6:30 so I dragged myself out for the pre SSS run.
Breakfast Banana Smoothie, Lunch was pasta with chorizo and kale (bit too oily), a chocolate milkshake and a iced mocha (iced mocha was disappointing), Dinner lamb shoulder with roast potatoes, pumpkin, steamed carrots, corn and broccoli and gravy, sparkling shiraz.
Sunday
Plan: Rest
Actual: Rest (although lots of walking trying to find bathers!!)
Breakfast - blueberry ricotta pancakes (little disappointing), mocha, missed lunch as shopping took longer than expected, at 5ish I went and had braised beef rib (slow cooked) with two gyozas and asian slaw and white rice (thanks to White Guy Cooks Thai). Also went and had a glass of Pinot Noir in williamstown and part of a flourless orange cake and scoop of ice cream, followed by a hot chocolate.
Missed out on submitting something for this week's challenge. Shame as I'm sure I had "sweaty workout photos" to post. Also hadn't visited the site so I still have to catch up on the mindset videos. Probably because I haven't been eating to the meal plan or doing her workouts I have forgotten to visit the site :(
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