Well it is more than a week since I last posted. So much has happened in that little week. From an eating and exercise point of view it has been pretty good. Weighed in this morning to a 1.2kg loss, so down to 75.8kg now, less than 2kg from the upper end of my healthy weight range.
Swimming has been really good this last week. Have fitted 4 swims in each of 2km or more, and getting faster and fitter too. Lots of walking as well only painful hip is restricting me from increasing the distance and time taken.
With the colder weather I have been eating soups, especially my favourite - pumpkin soup - . Otherwise my daily food diary is very similar to previous postings. And I have to say they work if I can stick to my plan.
Fruit is changing too, now that summer fruits are over, am enjoying the first navel oranges, and apples.
This week I plan to swim 3 times each increasing speed or distance, including more and longer sprint sessions. With only a few months till the World Games in October I have to seriously start training. Although I do want to be at goal before I really push myself to the limit. I'd like to be maintaining my weight whilst training as hard as possible.
That's about it for now, will post again soon, might even put some photos on the blog.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Difficult week, much to learn!
Well, I haven't posted for a week. The past week has been extremely difficult - I don't know why - if I did I wouldn't have made so many bad choices with food. It was busy, but that hasn't stopped me in the past.
Today I have looked really hard at my goals. I don't think I need to change them - maybe I have to reduce them.
It was weigh in morning and my weight stayed the same, but I do expect my follys of the past week to show up next week. You can't eat whole blocks (not just 1) of chocolate and not have some repercusions. However, it is too late to worry about what is past, and I must move forward.
On an exercise note - I swam twice last week, both good tough workouts the first of 2.1km the second of 2.5km and I will swim thisafternoon too and aim to swim 2.5 again as I've had 2 days off, my body should be relatively fresh.
Walked 4km thismorning - and might stick to the 4km for a while - 5km was taking too long and making it too difficult to deal with children issues, homework, getting to school on time etc!
It is now 5 months until the World Masters Games. I have to up my swimming just slightly from 2 times a week to a more regular 3 times a week.
Todays food plan:
Breaky: 1 crumpet with jam followed later by 1/4 cup natural muesli with 1.5 cups sliced rockmelon and 80g low fat fruit yoghurt (6)
Lunch: 6 rice thins with small spread of philly extra lite spread and vegemite. 1 cob of corn and pumpkin soup. (7)
Dinner: last nights leftovers - delicious beef stew with carrot, onion and mushroom. (recipe later). Mashed potato on side (mashed using skim milk - no butter). (5)
Snacks: apple (1), carrot and cucumber sticks (0), small banana (1).
Today I have looked really hard at my goals. I don't think I need to change them - maybe I have to reduce them.
It was weigh in morning and my weight stayed the same, but I do expect my follys of the past week to show up next week. You can't eat whole blocks (not just 1) of chocolate and not have some repercusions. However, it is too late to worry about what is past, and I must move forward.
On an exercise note - I swam twice last week, both good tough workouts the first of 2.1km the second of 2.5km and I will swim thisafternoon too and aim to swim 2.5 again as I've had 2 days off, my body should be relatively fresh.
Walked 4km thismorning - and might stick to the 4km for a while - 5km was taking too long and making it too difficult to deal with children issues, homework, getting to school on time etc!
It is now 5 months until the World Masters Games. I have to up my swimming just slightly from 2 times a week to a more regular 3 times a week.
Todays food plan:
Breaky: 1 crumpet with jam followed later by 1/4 cup natural muesli with 1.5 cups sliced rockmelon and 80g low fat fruit yoghurt (6)
Lunch: 6 rice thins with small spread of philly extra lite spread and vegemite. 1 cob of corn and pumpkin soup. (7)
Dinner: last nights leftovers - delicious beef stew with carrot, onion and mushroom. (recipe later). Mashed potato on side (mashed using skim milk - no butter). (5)
Snacks: apple (1), carrot and cucumber sticks (0), small banana (1).
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Always come back on track
Well if I don't all the hard work will be undone. This morning was an eating disaster. Started out well, but soon found myself finishing off a loaf of home made bread (thankfully I left off the butter), but it still equated to 160g of bread (equivalent of about 6 normal slices I think). Then I felt so bad I even got into the cooking chocolate - I haven't eaten chocolate like that for more than 3 months. So that was bad.
Why did I do it? It is so silly, even more silly is to give in and do it again just because I've done it once. Well I won't. Not even tomorrow, starting right now. I will eat my alloted lunch (rice thins and vegemite), I will just have to live with the consequences of thismornings failings on the scales next week.
To get over it and move on - I will win this battle - for once in my life I will get to be a healthy weight, and it will be Before September this year, not the next or the next!
I lost 400 g this week so down to 76.8kg, but next week I don't expect to show a loss after this mornings effort. However if I don't get back on track - all is lost as far as weight loss is concerned. So I forgive myself, I will move on - the rest of my healthy life starts right now!
OK that said and done.
Exercise today - walked 5.2km in a slightly faster time than usual (55 minutes - so I am going faster than 5km/hr - that is good, when I first started a couple of months ago the same walk took 1 hr 10 min. Today is not a swim day, but yesterday I swam - 2km in 45 minutes - so I am swimming faster too.
500m freestyle,
2 x 400m medleys
500m alternate breastroke (easy), freestyle (flat out).
200m cool down (doggy paddle).
I taught Scripture today - the children are just gorgeous and so interested. Unlike us adults they haven't learnt to be so sceptical or complacent, they love to learn about creation and are happy to ask tough questions that involve very thoughtful answers. Today's lesson was the ressurection (can't spell).
Jesus is alive, God has power over death! as the headlines. Most of these children have heard this before, but they still ask relevant questions and want to know more.
Well it's off to work soon, so I'd better save and run.
Why did I do it? It is so silly, even more silly is to give in and do it again just because I've done it once. Well I won't. Not even tomorrow, starting right now. I will eat my alloted lunch (rice thins and vegemite), I will just have to live with the consequences of thismornings failings on the scales next week.
To get over it and move on - I will win this battle - for once in my life I will get to be a healthy weight, and it will be Before September this year, not the next or the next!
I lost 400 g this week so down to 76.8kg, but next week I don't expect to show a loss after this mornings effort. However if I don't get back on track - all is lost as far as weight loss is concerned. So I forgive myself, I will move on - the rest of my healthy life starts right now!
OK that said and done.
Exercise today - walked 5.2km in a slightly faster time than usual (55 minutes - so I am going faster than 5km/hr - that is good, when I first started a couple of months ago the same walk took 1 hr 10 min. Today is not a swim day, but yesterday I swam - 2km in 45 minutes - so I am swimming faster too.
500m freestyle,
2 x 400m medleys
500m alternate breastroke (easy), freestyle (flat out).
200m cool down (doggy paddle).
I taught Scripture today - the children are just gorgeous and so interested. Unlike us adults they haven't learnt to be so sceptical or complacent, they love to learn about creation and are happy to ask tough questions that involve very thoughtful answers. Today's lesson was the ressurection (can't spell).
Jesus is alive, God has power over death! as the headlines. Most of these children have heard this before, but they still ask relevant questions and want to know more.
Well it's off to work soon, so I'd better save and run.
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