Peaking..... Weigh In... - Thurs 19th July

Wednesday as we all know is weigh in and I was literally peaking through my fingers hoping to see something good.  PHEW!!!! 400gms down.  I'll take it.  It's been a full on week with the kids ALL FINALLY back at school.  I have done a lot of cardio based things so was really hoping for a good result but thinking that my body really needed a body jolt into reality!

Yesterday I also got to catch up with a very good friend.  We meet at Macca's so I was sooo looking forward to getting a coffee there and a piece of raisin toast as I had planned that for my breakfast.  I realised once I got home however I forgot to ask for 'skim milk' in my coffee. Eek! I wonder how many calories that is... (will look on calorie king and add it in don't worry).  

Then today (Thursday) we started our usual morning routine however when we got to my son's swimming we found that the place is still closed for the fixing of the roof so I took him to school.  I came home as I wasn't feeling quite feeling the best with the start of a head cold so can you believe I came home and slept for nearly 3 hours!  I was toying up with the idea of going to Zumba (11am session) but when I decided that I should get ready to go (with my foggy head) I realised it was 11.10 so figured yeah not today LOL.

I did make it to Zumba in the evening and of course that was great as I got to help with a song on stage!  I love being up there!!!  I only burnt 500 calories but I didn't push it as much as my head was still a little foggy and also Dave is quite unwell so we took the tempo down a bit.

Also a trip to the Chiro today to make sure everything is well in place.  The chiro seemed quite interested in my injured ankle and said that it is pulling on my back muscles as they were quite tight.  She played around with my leg and wiggled it a bit and magically my back just seemed to go into place! Wow I do realise that everything in your body is connected and one thing affects another but to see it / feel it / it's completely amazing!

Zumba Pants are here! Hoorah! - Tues 17th July

Well loads to tell you!

Firstly my very first pair of ZUMBA pants are here!!! Hoorah!!!! Thanks ebay and 12wbt for the fact that I can fit into them.  They are a little squish but with some more hard work I will be able to fit a bit easier.  I think it makes me dance better I'm sure of it as I see the tags swishing around and I think woo hoo I look like 'The Flash' LOL.  Now that's another 'goal' I can cross of the list now.... maybe I'll now go for the goal of fitting into a pair of XL as I'm in an XXL now (which in reality is a small size 16 still pft - designers these days they think everyone is skinny)!!!

Monday night at Zumba I got called up on stage to help with a song not sure because of my pants but you work so much harder when your up there OMG.... My HR went up to 210 it was quite difficult to breath!!!!  Also pretty interesting to be on stage as the physio said 'take it easy'..... hmmmm easy / zumba ... ??? sorry I don't understand.... LOL

Monday arvo I had my physio review and she is impressed with it but would like to see me one more time to make sure I'm still travelling alright.  Got her to strap it so I could see this thing called '6's that she was talking about and it was NOT what I thought I was doing when I strapped it by myself so glad I got a good look at that.

It's been great having it strapped because I physically am having trouble moving my ankle in that side to side direction so I feel it pull on the tape and I don't force my foot as much.

Interesting that I can't move it as much as I have been SMASHING out PB's for Zumba.  The best was a PB for Glitz (without my shoe sliders) I did 810 there.  I got told that I have been working really hard lately so that has made me feel better.  This morning was 750 and I had another instructor tell me she was impressed with the way I can move around so there is always a way of going around an injury - just wish that I would have worked on that sooner.... LOL

Weigh in day tomorrow and I can feel it lurking and it's not looking good... I have a few sneak peaks through the week and I'm getting  bit sick of seeing the same number..... so sending it out to 'positive happy vibes and the universe' that I'd REALLY LOVE a great number tomorrow - a loss, any number I'll take but as long as it's a LOSS!!! Thank you weight loss god's....

Mindset Lesson - Sat 14th July

I had to write about a mindset lesson that holds true for me so I decided to write about Robot Mode.  I've written about it before and even had a reply from Michelle on facebook about it so that has inspired me to just keep going, one foot infront of the other and just do it no matter what... here is what I submitted...

Organise your Robot

The biggest mindset I have learnt from12wbt is being organised and going into what Michelle describes as Robot Mode or JDFI.

So I say that you need to organise your Robot! Robot's are programmed to just what they are told, the don't argue or question your motive's so if I program my plan of action with what I am doing with my workouts then I just follow the plan!

It's true there are days motivation leaves you, or days where you never seem to have enough time to get everything done! The days that you are sooo sore that you can't contemplate getting up! If you have a plan to just get up, go into Robot Mode and JFDI then we don't need to think we just do. Then the workout is done, you won't be waiting for the perfect moment to go or you could be waiting for a while...

I have a diary which I bought for $3 at the start of 12wbt and I love it, I can't live without it! I write down at the start of every week all of my workout times and set them as 'appointment's' so I KNOW I will ALWAYS have the time to do my workout. No matter what happens it's an appointment that I have with myself.

Also if it's booked in I know I don't want to miss it because I might not be able to find the time or energy to reschedule it! Make yourself a priority not an option!

No more guilt of missing a workout, no more wasted opportunities. You came, you did, you conquered! Your important and you deserve it!

Don't wait till it's perfect... - Friday 13 July

We learn a lot in 12wbt about going into Robot mode and just doing and not waiting until things are perfect.

Yesterday was one of those days where I should be turned into a Robot and just done.

I wanted to go for a walk to the shops to do some errands and was excited for the exercise and time I would get to do a few things.  First I just needed to organise some music on my phone so I could have some good fast pumping music to keep me going.

I must have tried for nearly 3 hours to try and get everything happening and organised and nothing was working the next thing I knew it was 4.30pm and I had to now drive to the shops because I had other things to do and now was fast running out of time.

I was quite annoyed with myself for having wasted time trying to make sure I had the 'perfect setting' to go for a walk which was for exercise but also just to go to the shop it wasn't like I was planning on going for a hour smash it out walk on the treadmill or bike.

It's day's like this I either have to say stuff it and just move on, I've coped without mysic before it's not like it's going to make me a star athlete on this one single walk for all of 15 minutes.  I know now that all these trival things I should keep for evenings when there is nothing better to do.

The other news I have to report is that last night I went to Zumba with my best-friend Anne and I had the best time.  Even though my ankle is still quite sore I figured I would give it the same gusto and move the upperbody as hard as I could and I SMASHED through another 789 calories.  Pretty impressive why haven't I been able to do this before?  I guess we get lazy in our day to day workouts like these.

I remember watching ages ago Dancing with the Stars and one girl said I feel that I danced the best tonight than I have ever done even with a sprained ankle because I felt that I had something to proove.  Not to mention that it was strapped so tight she could barely move it and had some great pain relief but still she said she wanted to show that she could still give it her best effort and I thought about that a lot tonight.

Wednesday Weigh In - 'The Same' - Wed 11th July

Sorry it's been a week since I last wrote.  It's been school holidays here so nothing too exciting is happening here.  I got the clearance to to go back to Zumba although it's really a mental hurdle that I have to overcome now.  So I figured I go and at worst my feet don't move and I smash it out with my upperbody.

Saturday I went and I barely moved I only burnt 500 calories but still I'm happy with that.  My heart rate was going fast just from pure adrenalin - not for the workout scared that I might hurt myself again.

Sunday - my ankle was really sore and throbbing so I thought I would give it a rest day.

Monday night I went to Glitz zumba and after watching a few youtube videos on the weekend of how they move I thought I'd give it a go.  I absolutely SMASHED through 780 calories I was so excited and totally out of breath too!  It was great!

This week for weigh-in I stayed the same which is just fine because it's 'ladies time of the month' and so I am bloated beyond belief.

I find it interesting now that I have lost some weight and I am a bit smaller I can actually feel it.  Where as being a bit bigger I just took it that it came with the territory of being larger.  Also I probably ate way too much sugary treats so figured that I've made myself full with food and diet coke drinks hence the bloating.

Now I have been SUPER good all week knowing that I was trying to combat this.  I was hoping for a loss of 100gms just to say I bet it but staying the same is better than a gain.  It's my one goal this round to not have a gain at all.

I just love this picture because it's so true sometimes weight is just a number and it doesn't tell you anything of how special or amazing you are xoxo

So now we have dealt with that it's onwards and upwards or actually 'downwards....'!

Wednesday Weigh In - Woot! ~ Wed 4th July

Another successful weigh in for me down 1.4kgs.  Bringing my percentage to 6.9%.  I am really happy as this week has still be quiet with taking the time off with my ankle.  It just goes to prove that it does all come down to 'diet' and eating clean!

Here is the pic of the email I got from Mish and the 12wbt team - so exciting!

Lunch today was a bit interesting.  I have a sick child at home and have been busy cleaning up the house and it's quite cold in my kitchen so I just had tuna on toast with melted cheese.  It came in at 380 calories but it was technically 'free' and better than a Macca's run.

Girl that I have met on facebook are posting some really good results too and now of course everyone is uploading some before and after pictures which are really cute.  Which inspired me to do this :

Yeah, I know, really 'out there' but that's how my brain works.  Everyone said it was a good laugh!

Oh and just one last picture that's been on facebook lately - all I can say is YUM!!!  One friend said it should release a chocolate smell when you press the buttons - I would never leave the computer ever again!!!

 

Yeah a bit sore today... - Sunday 1 July

I've been a bit of a whimp for the last week.  As you know I've done my ankle and found out that it's the ligament that runs onthe inside of my leg so I didn't do a traditional 'roll' of the ankle more a squash inside of everything that is there so having done that it's pulling in quite a few areas and making it sore to weight bear for long periods of time in some places. 

I am having trouble with doing some walking as when I go on the ball of my foot it pulls there too and twisting - well yeah we won't go there.  Even getting out of the car is difficult as you out of habit put your foot down and pivot on it, so I need to pivot my whole body which can be interesting too when your parked in a car park and the person next to you is parked so close they should leave a can opener to make sure you have access next time. 

I went to the physio on Friday for a review as my ankle didn't feel too bad but I wasn't expecting her to say I think you should have another week off.  I don't know how I feel about that.  Happy that I get a rest but I'm starting to feel a bit out of sorts not doing all the Zumba.

I have however as I stated earlier been a bit of a whimp and haven't been too quick to jump on the 'what else can I do bandwagon...' I'm naughty I know but I'm really scared I'm going to do something and 'ping' something will happen.  So I decided yesterday being Saturday I would go to the gym and give a few things a go.

I went onto the bike for 10 mins for a warm up which felt alright and it actually felt like it loosened up my leg a bit so that was good.  I did some upper body work on the machines that were there and attempted to do some other movements which my fab PT has shown me.  I also did a fair amount of crunches and yeah I'm feeling them today.  A last blast on the bike for 20 mins and I was powering it home.  I was really struggling to burn the calories today being a toning based thing so I thought I would stay till I had at least done 500 calories.  I finished the day with 535 so I was happy with that!  That's a quiet Zumba class for me.

As I have taken the road less travelled I have had to make sure that my food intake is clean and 100% as you can't have your cake and eat it too - however I can't have any cake because I don't have any spare calories for the cake so I'm being good and hoping that the scales pay off for me next week.  I also I guess quietly am glad that I have been home as I have had at least 2 calls all before 11.30am to 'come and get my son' so I would not have been able to attend the two gym classes I would normally have taken.  

This is proabably doing the whole 'phew I'm glad that came up it means I don't have to work out'!  Usually it means 'bugger' now when am I going to find the time to do it but I'm just happy for the moment that I have the ability to collect him from school.  It's an external excuse which we need to deal with next term.....

Last night I also discovered spotify where I can get a lot of music and so managed to download about 2 hours worth of music and an hour worth of zumba stuff so that's great for me.  My ankle was quite sore by the end of the evening so I didn't know if I had over worked it too much on the bike I'm just not sure but by sunday morning (as with most things it felt fine) But the rest of me ---- oh a different story...

My arms are quite sore today like I have been rowing across to china and my bum I can literally feel the bones in there.  I said to a girlfriend 'you know how you think you can feel bones' she just laughed at me.  I know there are bones in your bum but usually I've had way too much padding previously to worry about bones in my bum!

Have contacted a friend of mine who is a PT to see what she can recommend for me to do for the cardio days so I'm not on a bike for the rest of my days.

I'm not allowed to Zumba for another week so missing it terribly and it's also school holidays starting here so that will be interesting juggling children and the gym.  We shall see how I go!

Weigh In 'Woo Hoo's' - Wed 27 June

Well WOO HOO what a weigh in.  I've cracked my goal.  This morning I weighed in at 88.7 which marks quite a few things for me.

1.  I'm under the 88.8

2.  That brings a total of 15kgs lost

3. It's the lowest weight I can remember being for a long time now

4. My BMI is now 30

5. Which means I am offically now 'overweight' and not 'obese'

Also I did my body measurements and it's true apparently my bust is shrinking but so is my tummy so it's all good.  I have lost a total of

1. 16cms all over since the start of this round

2. I am under the 100 cms mark for my waist now

3. I can see some definition of my biceps now

So a total HAPPY DANCE (yeah keep dancing burn away the calories although I'm not allowed to dance the physio said so I'll just wave my hands around in the air LOL).

When I first told my husband that I wanted to see 88 he said 'Miles per hour'? As in 'Back to the Future' so I said yeah that's right.  Then this picture popped up on facebook.  So I said OMG M.J.Fox is coming to get me I'm 88 (although I'm 88.7 we don't need to count the second decimal) and as you can see this is the date that he's coming back however it's still ALL in america so he wasn't here in the westfield carpark or anything exciting LOL.

However then my hubby posts a link to say that the link is a hoax and this is the second time that it's been pulled.  First in 2010 and now in 2012.  When as the real date should be 2015. It's a big story in the US of course!  I still don't think however regardless we are any closer to getting hover boards in 2015 and clothes that dry in an instant or flying cars for that matter!

So I say to him I don't want to still be 88 in 2015 so I'm sorry but I'm going to be busy and weighing less I'm sure on the day that M.J. Fox comes to town! LOL