Step 1: Health

My Stats: Starting weight: 91.8kgs Wednesday's weigh in: 83.2kgs Current BMI: 30.56 (almost down from the "Obese" class to the Overweight class) This week's loss: 1.3kgs Total loss to date: 8.6kgs!!!! AMAZING! What has been happening? I took last Monday off work and went up to Mt Tamborine for a long weekend away. The accommodation I was staying at didn't have cooking facilities so I was pretty restricted on what I could eat - being eating out. And I'm happy to report that even though I wasn't counting calories I still thought about every single thing I ate and made sure it was ok. I had a treat with some famous "home-made fudge" up there. But didn't eat any crap. And I still managed to lose over 1kg!!! Just goes to show it's not that hard to eat well even if you can't cook. You just need to make sure you make the best choice possible of the options you have, and you can still keep those calories low. I also did my “Super Sat

So today's weigh in didn't go too well. I didn't lose anything! On an upside I didn't gain anything either. So I'm still at a 7.4kg loss. Which is still pretty impressive. But to go from losing on average 1kg a week to nothing. Something was wrong. So I followed Mish's advice and did my "audit" of the week gone. I can pin point my non-loss quite easily. It is a combination of the following: I exercised once since the last weigh in - bootcamp. That is it. Not good! Friday night - a shitload of alcohol was drunk and a pizza for dinner - blew my calories way out. The only reason I got away with drinking last time is because I didnt eat dinner. So it is obvious now what works and what doesnt work. Last night - I binged on crap and blew my calories way out. It was pretty damn obvious when I put it down like that. I did some bad things this week. I let my busy-ness at work take me off focus from my goals. Anyway, I know I shouldn't of done those th

Oh gosh. I had my worst blow out yet tonight. 800 calories over our limit all eaten tonight. Just then actually. I couldn't stop eating. I haven't had too many blow outs on this program yet - probably about 3. So this being my fourth. I don't know. I know I've done the wrong thing. Why did I do it? I'm not sure. I've been busy at work and working evenings and on my weekend for the past three weeks. I keep thinking I won't exercise, I'll just focus on work, get it done, then can get back into the exercise program. Instead I've barely been exercising, and I had a blow out tonight and on Friday last week. I'm so tired from work. I'm just so tired. I'm not really sure what to do. I guess my weigh in tomorrow will bring reality to the forefront. I noticed someone on the forum mentioned that her "week 4" is happening in week 6. The week where the focus is going, the excitement and motivation is wearing off. Maybe now would be a go

I had a red flag day last night. Birthday dinner at one of my face Italian restaurants - the verve. Plus drinks afterwards for a friends going away. I ate a seafood pizza - should have done a salad. And drank ALOT!!! I only drank vodka, lime & sodas - only 60 calories a drink, however I drank a crap load of em!! I haven't calculated how many calories I went through yesterday - I'll work it out soon. However right now im slightly nursing a hangover and going for an afternoon of fishing to spend some time with the bf. He's been away all week. I hope I haven't blown it too bad.

My response to this week's blogging challenge: See the challenge here: Blogging Challenge #4 Theme of the Week: "Mini Milestone Week" 1. Describe in 25 words or less (why is it always 25 words) the you that you were before 12wbt Lazy. Tired. Sad. Down. Stressed out. Pretty depressed about my life to be honest. I hated where my life was and what I looked like . 2. Now - who are you now?? Happy. Thinner. Tougher. Someone who puts themselves first, goes running after work, and doesn't eat fast food. Someone who did the Mt Cootha Kokoda Trail!!!!!!!!! 3. What has the hardest been the hardest thing to make habit THIS ROUND? The toning days!!! I do not have strong muscles at all. I hate the soreness the next day. So I have not done my toning days very much at all. It has not been good and I am not proud of it. It shows in my fitness test - I was able to do the exact same number of pushups I could in a minute, four weeks ago. I did not improve at all in the stre

I forgot to mention in my previous post the enjoyable brekkie I had after my Mt Cootha trek. It was a recipe in Michelle's program that I adapted slightly because a. I don't like tomatoes, and b. It was only about 200 calories, so I still had at least 100 calories I could add to it as well as the calories of the food I didn't include. Oh my gosh it was so delicious!! It's called "Pocket Rocket's Big Breakfast". My version included: 1 x slice of mixed grain toast 2 x poached eggs (poaching them with 1 teaspoon of vinegar and in a saucepan making a whirlpool out of the water - look at them - made to perfection!!) 50g x lean shaved ham 20g x baby spinach leaves Sprinkle of cracked pepper Calories: 296 I definitely earnt that brekkie. It tasted so damn good and I washed it down with a coffee. Love the hot weekend brekkie's on Michelle's program. I can enjoy a good cooked breakfast without going and pigging out on fried crap at a cafe.

Yesterday marked the last day of week four of the 12wbt. And per Michelle's instructions, we were to take on a mini-milestone challenge. The Queensland 12wbt crew had quite alot of events planned around Brissy for me to choose from, or I could choose to just stick with Mish's planned programs per the site. I thought I better go to an organised event so I pushed myself to the extreme. I opted for the Mt Coot-tha Kokoda Track walk/jog. I had absolutely no idea what I was in for, apart from the fact that Mt Cootha is (stating the obvious).... A MOUNTAIN!! And it was named after the official Kokoda Trail, so that says something. I started the morning following my gps there, getting nice and lost on the way, only to turn up right at 7am - when everyone was getting the run down from the trainers and jogging to begin the warm up. I was slightly embarrassed to turn up late, but then again, at least I didn't give up when I got lost and just drive home and go back to bed. The o