Back in Control

After a week from hell last week, this week is looking brighter (thank fuck).

I spent yesterday morning cooking.

Made a vegetable curry, a healthy pasta sauce and  a fruit salad. So I have no option but to eat healthy for the next few days.

Avah and I had the fruit salad for breakfast this morning and it was soooo good. We had it with yogurt, honey, cinnamon and almonds and I kept thinking how delicious it was and how can something that tastes this delicious be good for you and why don’t I do this all the time?

So, Avah and I made an executive decision that we are going to try to eat our healthy breakfasts out on that back patio a few days a week, or at least when the weather is as good as it has been lately.

Then my princess picked me some flowers from the garden.

We are off to my Mum and Dad’s now for the afternoon, then it is back here to workout, have dinner (which is already cooked due to me being awesome in the kitchen yesterday) and then do a job for a client.

Lovely.

Back on the treadmill tonight.

Thought I would ease back into things after a whole week of not working out with a 20 minute walk on the treadmill.

I got bored pretty quickly though so alternated walking and running.

It is good to be back into the swing of things.

Apologies for being off the radar for a couple of days.

When we got back from our weekend away on Monday, our family dog Buffy was very unwell. We arranged for the vet to come Tuesday but she passed away before he got here. We had her for 11 years so it was quite traumatic for us all.

Then on Tuesday night we were woken by a phone call through the night and we were told that David’s cousin’s wife had died unexpectedly. It has kind of thrown our world into turmoil. Liz was a couple of years younger than me and she was a mum to Ivy who is only 18 months old. Liz and Andrew had just bought their first home and were due to move in this weekend. We also found out that Liz was 11 weeks pregnant with twins. How fucking sad is that?

Needless to say working out has taken a back seat this week. But now the initial shock has settled I know that I need to get back into it and to get my eating back on track so that I am not sitting around thinking about all of this constantly.

I spent the day with Andrew, Ivy and Liz’s family yesterday and while everyone is in shock and so sad, I left there feeling much better because I know they are going to be ok. So I will be strong too.

I will hopefully get back into my C25K over the weekend. My heart just isn’t in it today.

Back from Road Trip

Back from our weekend away. Here is what I have to report.

• I ate shit all weekend. I should have planned better. We had takeaway for every meal (apart from our breakfasts) because there were hardly any cooking facilities in our room. Now I feel disgusting.

Avah and David eating fish and chips

• I did not drink. I came so, so close though. We were going to go out for tea last night but decided to get chinese and eat back at our hotel. Jayde and Renee got wine and I was so tempted to get some too. I went into the bathroom and talked myself out of it. I thought about how disappointed in myself I would be and how upset I would be on weigh day. Victory!!!!!! I also did not have an ice-cream when David and Avah did. Yahoo!

Here is Zoolander eating his ice-cream

• You know how when you start exercising and eating well, you begin to feel fantastic? That is how I feel. I have lost 17.4 kilos (38.28 pounds) but when I saw pictures of myself on the weekend I freaked out. I got sad. Because I cannot see any difference. I feel awesome and I am eating better than I ever have and getting much fitter than I have been in ages but my body does not reflect that. I still have so far to go.

• We had an awesome time. It was lovely and relaxing. But I am ready to get stuck into it again tomorrow

Zoolander at Lorne.

Chopsticks

Avah is freaking me out. She is an expert first-time user of chopsticks. She is a natural. I still can’t use them.

Lorne, Victoria

At Lorne. Absolutely gorgeous day.

Going on a Road Trip

First day of Spring here and it is absolutely gorgeous outside.

Today I started week 4 of the C25K - I had to run for 5 minutes. This scared me - A LOT - but I did it. I did it.

Yay!!!!!

So, it was very, very slow and yes I had to hold on to the rail thing on the treadmill some of the time, but whatever, I feel awesome!

Now, a few of us are heading down the coast (to Lorne, which is on the Great Ocean Road) for two nights. Dropping in to see my Dad first because I won’t be here for Father’s Day tomorrow.

I was worried earlier in the week about going away because I don’t want to drink. Well, I do want to but I know if I do my weight will not go down. So, I spoke to the others and told them I hate feeling like a party pooper but I really would regret it if I drank. So I feel much better about that being sorted out before we go.

I really love to have a drink of wine and I know some every now and then won’t hurt but I need to be in control of this. I hope I stick to my guns.

Have a great weekend everyone!