Wednesday, October 18, 2006
8 km in under an hour.
 
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
EXERCISE PLUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CRAZY WOMAN I AM
As usual had a busy week at work and things with the kids but also squeezed in a lot of exercise. I find I am driven by the need to stay focused on something I can control and exercise is it. Takes my mind off worrying about my health and makes me feel good at the end. On Friday I went to a circuit running training session which absolutely killed- 50 minutes of non stop activity that left me hardly able to walk when I woke up Sat. On Sat morning though we had our running trials. So I went and did them in a slower time than normal by about 1 1/2 minutes. Strange thing is though I have lost the ability to run much. I am having trouble breathing when I run so do a lot of interval running/ walking. I used to be able to run 2km non stop but can't now. Luckily I am a very fast walker but maybe I am giving up too easily because of this. On sunday went to the 8km funrun in the city with 2 trainers. Of course they took off and left me in their dust. I was aiming for and pushed myself to get under the 1 hr mark. Just made it in under 57 minutes. I was pleased with this but again I walked a lot of it. My time was faster than previous runs but running was less. Not sure if this is related to not feeling well or just a mental giving up. A lovely lady asked m eto run part of it with her and told me I needed to slow down so I could maintain. tried to do this and it helped a little. I need to learn to stop rushing at everything. Running is so alien to me and I have bad technique. Saw Kathryn in the line which was great. She appeared to be having a good time. Monday morning went to kick boxing with every muscle screaming at me to stop. Then Monday night had fitness testing. This consisted of 2km run, 2 minutes sprinting, 30 push ups, 60 squats with weights, 1 min 45 hover, 50 shoulder presses and 60 crunches. I exceeded all my past efforts except for the run which was slower than last time. I was pleased with that but very exhausted. Yesterday I had 3 hrs of tennis which was great, even though we lost by 3 games. Then last night I went for a short bike ride with E. Trying to master that as it is something I have not really done, except for 2 short rides this year, (in over 15 years). This morning had running training again which consisted of 50 minutes of running shuttle combinations.
I am going to try to find 1 hr tonight to go for a longer bike ride. Just want to keep at it to see if I can toughen up the bum muscles which kill me when I try to ride.
Tomorrow cannot make training as we have a funeral to go to. Very sad as our elderly engineer died on Friday. This man has been like a mentor to us for over 20 years and although we knew he had little time left it was still a great shock. He was another old fashioned gentleman like my dad.
Friday I am off to Newcastle to visit Bri... I am sooo excited. I desperately need a break and a hug froma friend. Lucky me I am able to go.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.
Got this quote from sparkpeople. Think it was written for me.
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CAN YOU BEAR IT?
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
21ST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Last Sat the weather gods were extremely kind to us and we had the most wonderful party. Everything went off without a hitch and the kids grooved the night away. The band sounded fantastic in the open air and a good time was had by all. I feel very blessed to have such wonderful children and this was definitely a night for the memory book.
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006
HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN
Have been feeling very proud of myself with my challenge. For 2 1/2 weeks I have exercised everyday and eaten within points. Planned and tracked, drank water, eaten fruit...
On Monday night felt the urge to binge. I was exhausted and tempted by DD lollies. After eating a few I decided to go to an evening step class to ward off the binge. Felt much better after that strenuous class.
At work we have these lovely stairs at the entrance to our office. Some mornings after strenuous training sessions I feel done in just going up them. However this week having been such an exercise queen and being at work on my own I decided I should use them to exercise at work. So up and down them 5 times. Have trouble breathing after but good for the calves. This morning training was very intense with 50 minutes running including up and down 2 hills , 10 times. They turned into mountains after the first 2 times! So not sure whether I would do my stair climbing today.
Today I had to go to the back of the factory via our ugly but straight stairs.
No problem. Except obviously paying no attention I fell on the 3rd step and smashed my watch and cut my wrist. Luckily no men were around to laugh at my clumsiness but then again maybe they could have helped if I was really hurt. ALso luckily this is my old watch. I thought of wearing my normal one this morning but was too lazy to have to do it up. This one just slips over my hand. Not any,more though!!!!!!!!
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Monday, October 02, 2006
BLINGY THAT REFLECTS MY ATTITUDE FREQUENTLY
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Sunday, October 01, 2006
THE WEEK IN REFLECTION
Pulled my act together last week after feeling miserable over the weekend and the week flew by in a haze of frantic activity. The week before I had set myself a 4 week challenge. Drew up a spreadsheet to record points for doing the right thing. Points are rewarded for good eating, for water consumption, eating frut and vegetables and exercising. Set a target to exercise every day for the 4 weeks. I have now changed the challenge to 5 weeks. Not sure what the reward will be but with a little bit of luck and a lot of effort I will be off this plateau I have been hovering around all year. The focus however is not about the scales but on basically living in a healthy way and feeling good each day when I can record positive results.
EXERCISE THIS WEEK:
Kickboxing class, step class, 1000 stairs, 60 min running session x 2, 4km walk, tone and sculpt class, 30mins trampoline, body pump class.
Also many hours gardening, cleaning out the garage, cleaning out the gutters, etc, in preparation for DS2 21st Birthday party next sat night. Still a lot to do to get organised for that.
I need you all to use whatever influence you have to keep the good weather till after the party as we are having it outside. DS1 band will be entertaining us from the garage and we have made a huge balloon net canopy for the "dance" area. Not sure what we will do if the weather turns bad.
My office girl was off sick most of last week which was difficult as I had wnated time off to spend with DD as she had only the 1 week off from school. The office girl is now on Annual Leave so I have her work to do as well as my own so I am definitely keeping busy. This allows little time for worrying so I am sure the time to the Drs visit will fly by. I have so many great things coming up to look forward to and the best course of action is to just deal with whatever comesnd I was again spoilt and quite overwhelmed when another blogging friend sent me a beautiful flower arrangement that arrived at my office 10 minutes BEFORE I posted my whingy post. Mental telepathy knowing I was feeling down and bothering to do something about it. It just amazes me how caring some people are. THANKYOU!!
As I said to my trainer when we did the 1000 stairs life is a rollercoaster and the ups are made even better by surviving the downs.
Had a lovely dinner for my sisters birthday on Sat night at a winery in Sunbury. Food was simple but delicious. I had made my sister a scrap album about my dad who is deceased and we had a wonderful time sharing our memories. He was a very special man and we both miss him every day. The album took hours over a few weeks and I made one for myself as well. It really was good though looking back through old pictures and then producing the album was like celebrating his life and our love for him.
Well better get back to work. Have a great week everyone.
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