One of my new years resolutions and 101 in 1001 things was make new friends/join a bookclub.
Tomorrow is my first meeting, we all need to bring something to share, so I made brownies. Its only my second time making them, and they look good. Soft with a bit of crunch!
It;s good to have a baking outlet...other than my belly ;-)
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Numbers and Planning
I've had nearly over a month of not going to ww. I went back today, and happy with my 700g gain, considering I went awol with cupcake making, and more wine than normal over the pre christmas period - I don't normally drink that much, so points wise its never been something I have had to actively count.
I've worked out a little chart below that has me on average aiming to loose 600g a week. I'll be happy with 500g though. It's just that the 600g will get me to ww goal by the end of the year :-) it's more for my reference. But I will put one up to update either at the end of each month, or beginning of the next depending on when I weigh in.
Jan - 1.2kg = 102.9
Feb - 2.4kg = 100.5
Mar - 2.4kg = 98.1
Apr - 3 kg = 95.1
May - 2.4kg = 92.7
Jun- 2.4 = 90.3
Jul 3 = 87.3
Aug 2.4 = 84.9
Sept 3 = 81.9
Oct 2.4 = 79.5
Nov 2.4 = 77.1
Dec 3 = 74
Looking back on the past week, I've been keeping a food, water and exercise diary since monday. Some interesting things have popped up.
If I do not bring my breakfast into work, my choices go south. Prime example was yesterday, when I didn't bring my oats in and ended up going for a coffee around ten, and discovering toasted banana bread. I used to bring a ration of oats into work for the week, but we are had a mouse about...and now i'd rather just bring it in on the day. Not that I leave oats out or anything, but gross! This problem could be solved by prepping my oats the night before as at the moment, I do it just before I leave for work. And keeping and emergency stash in a container inside a container at work.
I've had lunch out twice this week, once was a vegie salad with no dressing and a little bit of feta and avocado. The other one was this amazing sounding turkish vegie sandwich, it was HUGE, but more to the point it was packed with all the fresh vegies as listed, but along with the swiss cheese (which was advertised) there was additional cheese. Argh!
I've only had one meal out this week. And this was hilarious. I don't ever drink wine during the week, so I stuck to water whilst a group of us waited for a friend who was running late, four bottles of water between us and still waiting for the friend, we caved and got hummus and turkish bread and dived in. When the friend did finally arrive, we ordered our meals, mine came with turkish garlic bread (if I had been smart, I would have asked for it without). And then it came down to the sweet menu, which again I try not to have so much anymore, but that night I had the chocolate pudding with icecream, it was worth it taste wise just for the sauce! But it was a huge meal.
So there you go!
Exercise this week, it hasn't been as consistent as I would have liked, only swimming and spin. Boxing got pulled on Tuesday because dinner came up. And yesterday, I'm not sure...which would conclude that I was a lazy tool. I will admit I am loving my mini sleep ins this week.
My aim along with tracking and consistent exercise is to have water when I get home, and a glass before I leave in the morning. I'm hitting 6 glasses at work, and then I don't think about it at home. I'd be happy with 8.
The next few weeks I have social things, and trips on, so I'm going to have to show more restraint so I can still enjoy things whilst I'm away and not feel guilty!
I've worked out a little chart below that has me on average aiming to loose 600g a week. I'll be happy with 500g though. It's just that the 600g will get me to ww goal by the end of the year :-) it's more for my reference. But I will put one up to update either at the end of each month, or beginning of the next depending on when I weigh in.
Jan - 1.2kg = 102.9
Feb - 2.4kg = 100.5
Mar - 2.4kg = 98.1
Apr - 3 kg = 95.1
May - 2.4kg = 92.7
Jun- 2.4 = 90.3
Jul 3 = 87.3
Aug 2.4 = 84.9
Sept 3 = 81.9
Oct 2.4 = 79.5
Nov 2.4 = 77.1
Dec 3 = 74
Looking back on the past week, I've been keeping a food, water and exercise diary since monday. Some interesting things have popped up.
If I do not bring my breakfast into work, my choices go south. Prime example was yesterday, when I didn't bring my oats in and ended up going for a coffee around ten, and discovering toasted banana bread. I used to bring a ration of oats into work for the week, but we are had a mouse about...and now i'd rather just bring it in on the day. Not that I leave oats out or anything, but gross! This problem could be solved by prepping my oats the night before as at the moment, I do it just before I leave for work. And keeping and emergency stash in a container inside a container at work.
I've had lunch out twice this week, once was a vegie salad with no dressing and a little bit of feta and avocado. The other one was this amazing sounding turkish vegie sandwich, it was HUGE, but more to the point it was packed with all the fresh vegies as listed, but along with the swiss cheese (which was advertised) there was additional cheese. Argh!
I've only had one meal out this week. And this was hilarious. I don't ever drink wine during the week, so I stuck to water whilst a group of us waited for a friend who was running late, four bottles of water between us and still waiting for the friend, we caved and got hummus and turkish bread and dived in. When the friend did finally arrive, we ordered our meals, mine came with turkish garlic bread (if I had been smart, I would have asked for it without). And then it came down to the sweet menu, which again I try not to have so much anymore, but that night I had the chocolate pudding with icecream, it was worth it taste wise just for the sauce! But it was a huge meal.
So there you go!
Exercise this week, it hasn't been as consistent as I would have liked, only swimming and spin. Boxing got pulled on Tuesday because dinner came up. And yesterday, I'm not sure...which would conclude that I was a lazy tool. I will admit I am loving my mini sleep ins this week.
My aim along with tracking and consistent exercise is to have water when I get home, and a glass before I leave in the morning. I'm hitting 6 glasses at work, and then I don't think about it at home. I'd be happy with 8.
The next few weeks I have social things, and trips on, so I'm going to have to show more restraint so I can still enjoy things whilst I'm away and not feel guilty!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Like a fish
image from thom999manson
I went back to swim squad today, I say go back because when I was 15/16 I used to go to a swim squad 2-3 times a week. I loved it. So I hadn't been to a formal squad setting in a while you could say.
I'm slow! Edurance good, sprinting, bad. I'm not that bothered, it was my first one and so I'm going to work on building up my speed. At the moment, I can only go one day a week, I've got too much other stuff on, run training, boxing, my beloved spin class, plus interval/circuit work and strength. I'll be glad when my fun run is done! But then after that is camp boot part three.
and no, I have not used the juicer, yet...
But i'm still making my bed!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
To bed I say
I ended up taking the whole week of any sort of structured exercise. I didn't get anymore worked up about it. More importantly I kept and eye on what I ate, whereas normally I would just eat more than I would if I was exercising. Progress!
I also have a new queen size bed, which I bought from a friend of a friend moving away. It's very comfortable, and as my old bed was a double, I'll need to get onto some new linen for it this week, and a new duvet. Getting it made me wonder why on earth I hadn't done this before. My bedroom since I've move here has been very very basic, and not very personal. Now I want to make it a little sanctuary. I'm going to go with a green theme, and that is about as far as I've got.
I heart this
In keeping with one of my resolutions, I'm all booked in for swim squad tomorrow. It excited and nervous at the same time. I must remember to pack my bathers!
I also have a new queen size bed, which I bought from a friend of a friend moving away. It's very comfortable, and as my old bed was a double, I'll need to get onto some new linen for it this week, and a new duvet. Getting it made me wonder why on earth I hadn't done this before. My bedroom since I've move here has been very very basic, and not very personal. Now I want to make it a little sanctuary. I'm going to go with a green theme, and that is about as far as I've got.
I heart this
In keeping with one of my resolutions, I'm all booked in for swim squad tomorrow. It excited and nervous at the same time. I must remember to pack my bathers!
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