Gear Up: P-S Task 3

Now this task is easy as pie!  I already have my gym membership and I even have a back-up ‘at home’ Super Saturday Session thanks to one of my fellow Rockhampton 12wbt’ers!

But I do have a few loose ends to tie up to really complete this task!  I need to re-charge my Polar HRM so I will be sending that off to done.  I also need to think about whether or not I will be spending the money to get 15 cross fit sessions.  On top of that, there is the shoe issue.. I need new ones!  And long pants from Mish’s new clothing range… Well, let’s just say I could send myself broke!

But the reality is, I don’t need anything!  Money is just not a good enough excuse.  I don’t need a polar, I don’t need cross fit, I don’t need $300 shoes!  I just need to do it.

I’m ready to go!

Jeni

Goal Setting: P-S Task 2

I’ve done goals before.  I forget them.

The things with goals is that have to mean something.  REALLY mean something.  They have to mean enough for you get out of bed at 5:30am, to head to the gym after a 16hr slog of housework, studying, and running around after kids, to miss out on late night television so you have enough energy to do your super Saturday session!

No stuffing around now.. let’s get honest. I want a shit hot body!  I want to be strong because it is FKN sexy!

I want to impress the blokes with a few pull-ups, do a handstand push-up, the splits, rock the chest press and squat my body weight. I want to be better.  Better then average, better then above average even. I want to impress people. No, I want to impress myself!

And I have a date for it.. October 28th I will be marrying my sweetheart of 20yrs.. exactly 20yrs since we first started ‘going out with each other’.  I want to be the sexiest 37 year old bride that ever walked down an aisle!

To make this stay in my mind I’ve created an iPhone wallpaper of my goals!  That way I will see it every day, several times a day, and I will not get off track!

Excuses: P-S Task 1

So here I am again!  Yes!  Once again! 

My last two rounds have been complete flops.  Why?  What are my excuses for not doing the program even though I signed up and paid?

It was pretty simple really.  I didn’t think I had to… I am special after all.  I can still get results even if I don’t do it 100%, and if 80% is okay, then 60% is okay, and if that is okay, well.. let’s just say it is a slippery slope!

The fact is, I am back at my pre-round 2, 2011 weight.  Yup, back up to 58kg as I have tried to ‘maintain’ and just failed miserably.  I hit rock bottom this week when I started smoking again.  Today is Quit Day and I am already finding it difficult even though I’ve only had about 6 smokes in the last couple of days.  The habit is so strong and ingrained, I spent a good 15years of my life smoking so it feels so normal.

I also knew that I wasn’t going to the finale party.  It made such a huge difference going the the party in Brisbane.  Knowing I was going.. and knowing that I would be held accountable I guess.  I was no longer invisible. This time I have extra motivation.. my wedding!  That is right, I am getting married in early November and I want to have some glamour photos done for D as a wedding gift (some nude pictures as well!).  I am booking these in.  They need to be confirmed so I have the motivation to go.  If the party is in Brisbane this round.. I am going to that as well!

So here I am, yet again, nutting out my excuses.. internal or external, controllable or uncontrollable.  But it all comes down to one simple thing.. choice.  I need to choose for me, each and every day, to take the action that will lead me to my goal!

 

Jeni

PB&Co Muffins

Trying out a new recipe today.. Peanut Butter and Chocolate Oat Muffins!  a.k.a. PB&Co Muffins.  Before  you go and cook these though.. they need sugar!  Next time I will be adding some honey and banana to the mix!  For now, I am taking a teaspoon of honey to go with these!

• 1 cup of Oats whizzed through the blender (or Oatmeal)
• 1 scoop Choc Protein Powder
• 1 tablespoon baking cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 eggs (or 6 egg whites)
• 2 tablespoons of organic peanut butter (crunchy)

Mix dry ingredients followed by wet, makes 6 muffins and bake at 180C for 10-15mins (check regularly).

As they are, these are about 200cals once you add a teaspoon of honey (which is seriously needed!).

Full body Workout 1

What I did tonight!

To warm up.. 3 rounds of

400m on rower

2mins at 10k on the tready

followed by (3 x 8-10) supersets of

Squat (15kg of squat rack) + Bent over Row (12.5kg)

Dumbbell incline Chest press (6kg) + Crunches

Then a low weight, high rep (12) superset of

Shoulder Press (7.5kg) + Static Lunges (each side)

Back to (3x 8-10) supersets of

Seated Hamstring Curl (30kg) + single arm French Press (4kg)

then a low weight, high rep (12) set of

bicep curls (4kg)

Then a 3 x 8-10 superset on the pulley machine (/4)

Overhead Tricep Extensions + trunk rotation (each side) at 30kg

Finishing off with a quick cardio

2mins at 10k on the tready

And my food Totals..

Would have been fine aside from finishing off the chocolate!

Goals.

Yes, we are back to these again.  I need to reassess.

Immediate Goals

• Drink more water
• Track my calories and get to net of 1200cals each day
• Exercise for a minimum of 30mins each day (Saturday is rest Day)
• Enter the 5k race on Sunday

1 Month Goals

• Enter in June 3 Rock River Run 10km
• Lose 2-3kg
• Re-do my VLA test in the week ending 8th of June
• Be doing meal plans and shopping

3 Month Goals

• Lose 10kg total reaching 49kg
• Photo shoot for Dave’s wedding present (1st week of Sept)
• Wedding Dress Shopping!

Motivation takes on Excuses!

1.   A lack of workout clothes. The cold weather means my shorter workout pants are out, but I only have one longer pair that fit.  Why?  Because the XS pants I bought when I had lost some of this fat no longer fit me.

Answer: My goal this week is to plan out my workout clothes for the week so that excuse doesn’t wash (pardon the pun!).  I’ve pulled out my old $10 Big W pants and they will be spares for when the others are in the wash.  Washing Day will be Sunday, Wednesday and Friday night where my workout pants will be tossed in with the kids school clothes for the afternoon wash and with my work blacks on Sunday.

2.   It’s getting dark!  My normal run time is 6-7pm in the summer time. It means I can have a light dinner before I head out but now, it is dark by 5.30pm. 

Answer: Time to change that run time back to 4-4:30pm and be back in time for dinner.  It will mean making sure I have afternoon tea when I get home from picking up the kids at 3pm.  On Friday night however, I will have to eat a bit later given it starts at 5.45pm so I want to have a good feed at around 4:30pm to sustain me.  A late dinner won’t matter as much as I will probably stay up a bit later on the Friday night given Saturday is my rest day.

3.   But I’m tired. Yes, I am still having sleep issues. Well, it isn’t really a sleep issue.. more of a “but I wanna stay up late because I’m controlled by my inner child” type issue.

Answer:  Time to suck it up Princess!  Bedtime is 9:30pm, wake up at 6:30am.  I might even try using my sleep app for the week and see how that goes!

4. Water!  We need it and I don’t get enough!

Answer:  I will be washing out my water bottles and pick up a new box of water this week.  I know it is bad for the environment but I do get quite a few uses of the bottles.  I just haven’t found a re-usable water bottle I like.  I don’t want an aluminium one, or a plastic one, I need a small one I can take running with me, and a big thermos style one for everyday (so it doesn’t get condensation on it and wet everything).  So that is my other mission.. to get a thermos for my cold water!