Right, well I haven't been very good at blogging in the last week or so, I know its a crap excuse but I have been busy...
Busy working, busy selling our house, busy buying a new one, and busy turning 27.
And yeah all that stuff has meant that exercise has gone out of the window, I'm not even walking home from work anymore because I'm still here most nights when Mr D is driving home so I just get a lift with him. All this is bad news seeing as I've got a Half Marathon to worry about in ... oh FOUR MONTHS.
This weekend I've got a wedding, one of my best friends is getting married and I'm going to be a bridesmaid which I'm massively excited about so Saturday is going to be my last day enjoying myself this Jubilee weekend because on Monday the half training starts. And if I don't start you can all officially KICK MY BUM! Ok??
I think half the problem is that I'm terrified of starting the training because - what if I'm rubbish? What if I genuinely can't run for 13 miles? I can barely manage 3 at the moment. I might look into joining a running club because right now I have no idea what I'm doing.
Food is poor at the moment too, not because I'm eating bad things but because I know I'm not eating enough, and I also have no idea what I am supposed to eat when I start this training, if I eat anytime near exercising I was to puke so that's not ideal either. Will do a bit of reading up tonight I think but if any of you out there have any advice then I am all ears.
On a better note I'm making my own falafel burgers - thanks Hanahbella for the inspiration - tonight. If they don't look a total mess I'll take a picture to pop on here tomorrow.
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Friday 18 May 2012
Namaste
Today is weigh in day, wasn't overly optimistic having only done yoga this week (no I didn't get round to doing ANYTHING last night - was deep in spreadsheets working out what to do about houses) but I hopped on the scales anyway.
Scales told me I was 7st 11lbs (109lbs) which is a pound down from last week..... I think yoga definitely has a place in the weekly exercise schedule, I think when the half training starts that will be what I do as my cross train session.
So food yesterday was average, ryvita slice with organic pb for breakfast, lunch was falafel salad and for dinner it was indeed beef stew with loads of veggies and served with jersey royals. Today breakfast was 2 handfuls of organic blueberries with 150ml of organic vanilla yoghurt and a heaped teaspoon of mixed seeds, lunch is falafel salad again and for dinner its baked cod with new potatoes and baked beans (guilty pleasure - not clean and lean).
After posting the other day about having lost motivation a friend, fellow clean and leaner and Shiva addict tweeted me with a picture which has become my inspiration:
Let's be honest - who wouldn't want to look like that????
Scales told me I was 7st 11lbs (109lbs) which is a pound down from last week..... I think yoga definitely has a place in the weekly exercise schedule, I think when the half training starts that will be what I do as my cross train session.
So food yesterday was average, ryvita slice with organic pb for breakfast, lunch was falafel salad and for dinner it was indeed beef stew with loads of veggies and served with jersey royals. Today breakfast was 2 handfuls of organic blueberries with 150ml of organic vanilla yoghurt and a heaped teaspoon of mixed seeds, lunch is falafel salad again and for dinner its baked cod with new potatoes and baked beans (guilty pleasure - not clean and lean).
After posting the other day about having lost motivation a friend, fellow clean and leaner and Shiva addict tweeted me with a picture which has become my inspiration:
Let's be honest - who wouldn't want to look like that????
Thursday 17 May 2012
Moving on Up?
Apologies for lack of blog and being generally rubbish at keeping this up - but I've had a few things on my mind this week, like selling our house. Today we accepted an offer and now the mild panic of "now we have to find somewhere to buy" is setting in. Got our eye on something but don't want to get too excited about it in case we can't afford it or it ends up being sold before we've made up our minds - nothing is ever easy is it?
Exercise has been a bit lame as a result, 2 nights of Shiva Rea yoga but that's it, not sure what I'll do tonight but it has to be something with a bit more impact - maybe gym or a run around the park, not sure yet I'll let you know tomorrow.
Food has been ok but not exactly clean. Last night we had the stuffed pasta shells which you might remember from Day 11 of the RI30 journey. They were delish but in no way good for me. Today has been much better, forgot my yoghurt so for breakfast I had an oat and pumpkin seen ryvita slice with a heaped teaspoon of Whole Earth smooth peanut butter (no salt no sugar) spread on top with 3 Brazil nuts. Lunch was a falafel salad which had Fresh and Naked mixed leaves, cucumber and pepper sticks, a drizzle of olive oil and 4 falafel - yum!
Tea tonight will be some kind of beef stew, depends what I've got in the fridge but its likely to contain celery, carrot and new potatoes. Not exactly inspiring is it? Getting stuck in a bit of a rut for dinners that don't take an age to prepare and lunches that I can have cold seeing as there is no microwave at work. All suggestions welcomed!!
Exercise has been a bit lame as a result, 2 nights of Shiva Rea yoga but that's it, not sure what I'll do tonight but it has to be something with a bit more impact - maybe gym or a run around the park, not sure yet I'll let you know tomorrow.
Food has been ok but not exactly clean. Last night we had the stuffed pasta shells which you might remember from Day 11 of the RI30 journey. They were delish but in no way good for me. Today has been much better, forgot my yoghurt so for breakfast I had an oat and pumpkin seen ryvita slice with a heaped teaspoon of Whole Earth smooth peanut butter (no salt no sugar) spread on top with 3 Brazil nuts. Lunch was a falafel salad which had Fresh and Naked mixed leaves, cucumber and pepper sticks, a drizzle of olive oil and 4 falafel - yum!
Tea tonight will be some kind of beef stew, depends what I've got in the fridge but its likely to contain celery, carrot and new potatoes. Not exactly inspiring is it? Getting stuck in a bit of a rut for dinners that don't take an age to prepare and lunches that I can have cold seeing as there is no microwave at work. All suggestions welcomed!!
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Recap
Well Thursday's circuit turned out to be a good length but a little easy so on Friday I popped to the gym to have a run and then some weights afterwards.
I'm not sure what it is at the moment but I don't feel very challenged. I think its because I am deciding my own workouts and if when I'm running it gets really tough I carry on until i can't go any more and walk. It makes me wonder though whether really I am going to the limit and stopping or knowing that I can just stop and its laziness?
I think I work harder when its someone else deciding what comes next and how long for so it looks like I'll have to go back to my Jillian stash for now and get some discipline back before the half training starts in June.
I'm not sure what it is at the moment but I don't feel very challenged. I think its because I am deciding my own workouts and if when I'm running it gets really tough I carry on until i can't go any more and walk. It makes me wonder though whether really I am going to the limit and stopping or knowing that I can just stop and its laziness?
I think I work harder when its someone else deciding what comes next and how long for so it looks like I'll have to go back to my Jillian stash for now and get some discipline back before the half training starts in June.
Thursday 10 May 2012
Focus
Something I'm severely lacking at the moment. I read a few blogs and have noticed most people talk about their goals .... I do alot of talking I think but not necessarily about anything that is useful or helpful, so I'm going to get some focus.
Tonight I'm off to the gym with Mr D and after Tuesday's shoddy performance on the treadmill I'm giving running a rest and will look elsewhere to get my cardio fix. I spent lunch time today working out a little circuit for afterwards and its going to go a little something like this:
- Lunge w/bicep curl x 15 each leg
- Squat w/shoulder press x 15
- Burpees (30 seconds)
- Romanian deadlift into upright row x 15
- Jumping lunges (30 seconds)
- Chest fly w/leg raise bridge x 15 each leg
- Superman with shoulder press x 15
- Jump squats (30 Seconds)
- Crescent lunge w/ tricep extension x 15 each leg
- Plank jacks (30 seconds)
- Tricep dip with leg raise x 15 each leg
- Oblique/plank twists x 15
- Mountain climbers (30 seconds)
- Plank (hold to failure)
Hope that's about right, will make Mr D do it along with me to see how much it kills him or if it's too easy and I'll report back tomorrow.
Tonight I'm off to the gym with Mr D and after Tuesday's shoddy performance on the treadmill I'm giving running a rest and will look elsewhere to get my cardio fix. I spent lunch time today working out a little circuit for afterwards and its going to go a little something like this:
- Lunge w/bicep curl x 15 each leg
- Squat w/shoulder press x 15
- Burpees (30 seconds)
- Romanian deadlift into upright row x 15
- Jumping lunges (30 seconds)
- Chest fly w/leg raise bridge x 15 each leg
- Superman with shoulder press x 15
- Jump squats (30 Seconds)
- Crescent lunge w/ tricep extension x 15 each leg
- Plank jacks (30 seconds)
- Tricep dip with leg raise x 15 each leg
- Oblique/plank twists x 15
- Mountain climbers (30 seconds)
- Plank (hold to failure)
Hope that's about right, will make Mr D do it along with me to see how much it kills him or if it's too easy and I'll report back tomorrow.
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Its all about balance?
So yesterday was good and bad.
Food was an actimel when I got up, breakfast at work of oatbran, mixed seeds, blueberries and organic whole milk, no morning snack, lunch 12 mini chicken satay (not home made) and one organic carrot, afternoon snack before gym was an oat and pumpkin seed ryvita with whole earth organic smooth peanut butter, a protein shake after the gym, and dinner was a bowl of pea and lettuce soup with another ryvita slice.
That's only 4 of my 5 a day and calories wise I sucked: 1134/1802, a seriously poor effort, but what are you supposed to do when you genuinely aren't hungry???
The gym was also bad. Before I started running outdoors I never thought I'd like it and ran quite well at the gym, now that I love to run outside I cannot focus at all on the treadmill, I can't get a rhythm going and all I seem to do is stare at the clock wishing the minutes away. So after ten minutes I changed to HIIT training and ran for 30 seconds at 9mph (which if you are small like me feels like 100 mph) 30 seconds at 6mph and 30 seconds at 3.5mph and repeat. I did that for ten minutes and I thought I was going to die. My fitness needs to improve .... fast.
After the poor effort on the treadmill I hit the weights, push ups, sumo squats with tricep dips, plank rows with a push up, kettle bell swings, hollowman (37 seconds hold - pathetic) plank (1m 7secs - could do better) mountain climbers, jumping lunges, sit up with torso twist, burpees, lunges with bicep curl, side push ups, tricep dips with leg extensions, pike push ups.... PHEW I was pooped.
Hoping that tonight when I get home my yoga dvd will have come and I can see how much I suck at that too.
Food was an actimel when I got up, breakfast at work of oatbran, mixed seeds, blueberries and organic whole milk, no morning snack, lunch 12 mini chicken satay (not home made) and one organic carrot, afternoon snack before gym was an oat and pumpkin seed ryvita with whole earth organic smooth peanut butter, a protein shake after the gym, and dinner was a bowl of pea and lettuce soup with another ryvita slice.
That's only 4 of my 5 a day and calories wise I sucked: 1134/1802, a seriously poor effort, but what are you supposed to do when you genuinely aren't hungry???
The gym was also bad. Before I started running outdoors I never thought I'd like it and ran quite well at the gym, now that I love to run outside I cannot focus at all on the treadmill, I can't get a rhythm going and all I seem to do is stare at the clock wishing the minutes away. So after ten minutes I changed to HIIT training and ran for 30 seconds at 9mph (which if you are small like me feels like 100 mph) 30 seconds at 6mph and 30 seconds at 3.5mph and repeat. I did that for ten minutes and I thought I was going to die. My fitness needs to improve .... fast.
After the poor effort on the treadmill I hit the weights, push ups, sumo squats with tricep dips, plank rows with a push up, kettle bell swings, hollowman (37 seconds hold - pathetic) plank (1m 7secs - could do better) mountain climbers, jumping lunges, sit up with torso twist, burpees, lunges with bicep curl, side push ups, tricep dips with leg extensions, pike push ups.... PHEW I was pooped.
Hoping that tonight when I get home my yoga dvd will have come and I can see how much I suck at that too.
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Half arsed to half marathon
So I've been away for a little bit, been logging away on MyFitnessPal and my weight is still sitting around the 8 stone mark so I'm happy (7st 11 5/8 at last weigh in) but exercise has been slack and that's not on.
Broke out Ripped in 30 last week and apart from a little bit of hamstring tension I didn't die so I'll take that as a positive..... still a bit soft around the edges compared to the last time I finished it though so that's not so hot and with another wedding less than a month away its time to step it up.
This brings me neatly to the start of my half marathon training. I've downloaded a few plans from the Internet and I was sent one with my pre race pack so I'm just into researching diet and best times to run etc and then its full ahead with that. I won't lie, I'm pretty terrified. The longest I can run without stopping at the minute is about 30 minutes, I want to finish the race in about 2/2.5hours which means I'll have to run the whole thing at 6 miles an hour without stopping. Right now I'm not very hopeful about this - obviously I'll be blogging in here to keep up to date with how I'm getting on.
Food lately hasn't been ace but that's what a bank holiday is for right? We went to the chippy on Friday night, it smelt amazing so I had sausage and regular chips.... I think eating clean and lean has ruined my appetite for that sort of stuff a bit though because I must have eaten about 3 forkfuls of chips and half the sausage and I just felt so full and sick (thank you James!)
On Saturday we went to pizza express for dinner (starter, main and pudding - bad) Sunday I made beef stroganoff and wild rice for dinner (good) but had homemade brownie for dessert (bad) and yesterday dinner was Chicken Filo Pie which I know isn't clean and lean exactly but its not the worst meal in the world and was yum, brownie for afters was also yum but BAD.
So today marks another fresh starts (i.e. no brownies) breakfast was 40g oatbran, 10g 4 seed mix, 70ml whole organic milk and 50g blueberries. Lunch will be chicken satay with an organic carrot and for tea tonight (hopefully after the gym) its pea and lettuce soup which I'll tell you all about tomorrow.
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Broke out Ripped in 30 last week and apart from a little bit of hamstring tension I didn't die so I'll take that as a positive..... still a bit soft around the edges compared to the last time I finished it though so that's not so hot and with another wedding less than a month away its time to step it up.
This brings me neatly to the start of my half marathon training. I've downloaded a few plans from the Internet and I was sent one with my pre race pack so I'm just into researching diet and best times to run etc and then its full ahead with that. I won't lie, I'm pretty terrified. The longest I can run without stopping at the minute is about 30 minutes, I want to finish the race in about 2/2.5hours which means I'll have to run the whole thing at 6 miles an hour without stopping. Right now I'm not very hopeful about this - obviously I'll be blogging in here to keep up to date with how I'm getting on.
Food lately hasn't been ace but that's what a bank holiday is for right? We went to the chippy on Friday night, it smelt amazing so I had sausage and regular chips.... I think eating clean and lean has ruined my appetite for that sort of stuff a bit though because I must have eaten about 3 forkfuls of chips and half the sausage and I just felt so full and sick (thank you James!)
On Saturday we went to pizza express for dinner (starter, main and pudding - bad) Sunday I made beef stroganoff and wild rice for dinner (good) but had homemade brownie for dessert (bad) and yesterday dinner was Chicken Filo Pie which I know isn't clean and lean exactly but its not the worst meal in the world and was yum, brownie for afters was also yum but BAD.
So today marks another fresh starts (i.e. no brownies) breakfast was 40g oatbran, 10g 4 seed mix, 70ml whole organic milk and 50g blueberries. Lunch will be chicken satay with an organic carrot and for tea tonight (hopefully after the gym) its pea and lettuce soup which I'll tell you all about tomorrow.
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