week three and 1.7 kilos lost

Hi All,

This is so hard to keep up, I spend so much time either at the gym, packing my gym back, researching recipes, meal planning, calorie counting and then shopping and endless hours cooking, I don't have my energy left for my poor old blog.

I have lost 1.7 kilos so far, I'm a bit dissapointed, but will work harder this week.  I am exercising well 5 days a week, but need to do 6 days.  My Basal Metabolic Rate is only 1440, and with ten kilos to go, it is only going to get lower, so this means that if I eat the 1200 calories per day, I only have a deficit of 220, so I really need to eat about 1000.

This does scare me though, what will it be by the time I have lost my weight? I'll be eating 1200 calories just to maintain as I'm so short! ripped off!  It makes me angry though when you read in passing things like 'women need 1800 calories a day to maintain a healthy weight' etc I can't remember where I have read things like that, but I know they are out there, and so I wonder how many short woman are gaining weight, thinking they are doing the right thing?

Anyway, off I go to continue my slow journey.

its been a while...

So, I now see why other 12wbter's haven't kept up with their blogs! busy busy busy.

I have finished all the pre season tasks and started 'properly' yesterday.  I did my normal body pump class at lunch, and today at lunch will do Michelle's first cardio workout.

Oh and I'm wearing size 12 pants right now!

A great work out today

I had a great work out today. I did pump class, and then fifteen minutes on the cross trainer. I had those good endorphins going, and only left as i had to go back to work. I think i will use the cross trainer a lot during this challenge. The treadmill seems to upset my hip which is dissapointing.

Ill go back tomorrow and i cant wait for the challenge to start in a week. I have already met my first goal, to fit into size 12 pants before it starts, one more week and i will be able to wear them to work.

The difference between a treat and falling off the wagon?

Today we went out to lunch at grilld. Then we bought some groceries and i bought a 45 gram dark choc bar to share with my husband.

I am not sure if this is bad or not...i havn't started the challenge yet, but even then we are allowed a treat meal once a week.

I actually feel a bit yuck, i think my burger had a lot of salt...

Readers: what are your thoughts? Ok treat, or did i crack?

stupid pants fell down

I quit today cause my pants fell down.

Am on my way now to get new pants. I'd better not have to pay $80 for a new pair!

not a good morning, but I'll JFDI

Why oh why after a week of good eating as per crunch time (except two nights of weight watchers recipe pizza) and 3 great gym sessions do the stupid frigging scales say I've gained 100 grams.  Talk about de motivating.

No more weight watchers pizza's for me - maybe its the Lebanese bread at dinner time or something? Or maybe my combined breakfast, lunch and dinner had to many carbs in it? oats, pumpkin soup and then Lebanese pizza?

Maybe last week I was really dehydrated so the result wasn't 'real'? Maybe since being back at pump I've gained muscle?

All I know is I want that stupid number to go down.  This is what happens in the past, I look on a friday and see that I've not lost much weight yet and say 'well what does it matter if I have a ...' and I eat loosely on the weekend and then get back to being strict on the monday.  I will not eat anything not approved by Michelle this weekend. There I've said it, now I'll stick to it.

Am meeting friends from out of town at a bakery tomorrow.  A BAKERY.  I didn't have the heart to suggest somewhere else as I didn't want to be a pain in the ass.  I hope they serve coffee! otherwise I'll eat nothing and watch my son eat a lamington. yay. oh can you hear the sarcasm in that yay?

My first run today

Hi,

Well today I started C25K. I ran at 9km/h and then finished it off at 10km/h! then I stayed and did the bike and rower until I hit 560 calories burnt.

Also, I liked 'Creme Brulee' flavour tea from T2.  It gets me to 3pm so I can have my snack, and it smells divine.