12wbt Blog Challenges

Just because I love them, here is the first of my bloggy challenges from Nutritionally Yours


Tell us a little bit about yourself. What makes you, you?
 - My name is Kat, I am 29, married to my wonderful hubby of 5 years and trying for a baby. I am a capricorn and a capricorn in every sense of the word. I am ambitious, strong willed, stubborn and loyal. I love my hubby and family, and love to be secure financially and emotionally. I was once a little overweight but fairly fit, now I am very overweight and very unfit, this has made me lose a lot of confidence, determination and strength. I want to change this.

Why did you decide to do the 12WBT?
- I chose to do the 12WBT as hubby tried it a year ago and lost weight, my next option is gastric banding, I dont want that, but I need motivation and accountability. I gather I will give this a go. If I fail, then gastric banding is it. I want a change and I think that 12WBT can help.

What are you hoping to achieve through this program?
- I am going to achieve a few things. Firstly at 5kg loss. That is the first goal. Secondly get into the habit of exercise and get fitter. I want to be able to walk 5km without feeling like I am going to die...hey I cant walk 100m without feeling like I am going to die. And lastly to get into the habit of healthy eating. I am doing ok with this, but I can get better.

Why have you decided to blog the 12wbt, what will be the main focus?
- I have decided to blog it, as its part of everyday life. It will focus on everything.

How will you be exercising this round? Gym, home, outdoors or a mixture?
- well Im sort of hoping gym, but I'm not 100% on paying the gym fees. I am wanting to save some money, but if thats what we need that's what we will do. Generally though, it will be a mixture of all.

What is your greatest strength that will help you?
- My greatest strength is probably my biggest weakness. I am an organiser, if I can use this to my advantage, then I will be steaming ahead.

What are you afraid of?
- I am afraid of failing, of being embarrassed. I am afraid that I wont be able to do this, that I wont be able to do anything without hurting myself.

What am I most looking forward to?
- I am most looking forward to getting fitter. Being able to spend a day not having backaches from my weight. I am sure I can lose those pains in the next 12 weeks, I am also sure that I can fit into one of my suits.

What is your downfall? Food? Exercise? How will you overcome this?
- Everything is my downfall. I love food, I am scared of exercise, I am bad at actually getting food prepared, feeling like eating what I make. I dont know how to overcome all of this.

If you had to pick one word to motivate you what would it be?
- babies

moby xoxo

Another adventure?

So I did pretty well with the detox. It lasted a week and a half and I was feeling amazing. But then it stopped, and while I have put about 2kg back on, I am starting to feel better and am a bit more aware of what I am eating. So now to the next adventure, we have signed up to do the 12wbt again. I am really looking forward to it, and I think we will be successful.
Actually, I really don't want to fail. I need to get this weight down, I am in the best frame of mind in years, and I am really hoping that this will be it. I am going to follow the program, do all the preseason tasks, follow it all to the "T" and see how I go. I want to lose 15kg in the first round of 12 weeks, if I take into account the 4 weeks of preseason, hopefully I can lose 20kg. But honestly even 5kg would be great.

Warm Up tasks:
1 - make a small change - my small change this week will be to go for a small walk during my lunch break, and to take lunch everyday.

2 - make 50% of all fluid intake water. working out my water intake by weight, I should be drinking about 4L a day. I will aim for this, I have already cut out anything else during the day. I will generally have a coffee of a morning and then water for the rest of the day. I just now need to up it.

3 - this is going to be the hard one. 30km of exercise in a week. working on 6 days of exercise, that 5km a day. I am going to organise a free gym trial, so tomorrow this will start. I will try 2km on the bike, 2km rowing and 1km walking.

But it all starts soon..I'll keep you updated :)

Detox Day 2

This morning I have been fairly lazy. I laid in bed, read a book (more details later) and stayed there til 10. Hubby has worked this weekend so that's been a bonus. Dad cooked a BBQ breakfast so I have resisted that, he also had a chiko roll and chicken for lunch, but that too has been resisted. I have had some pumpkin soup for breakfast, a protein shake (not fantastic) and a bowl of sautéed veggies. They were great :) I have drunk a coffee, and am just about to devour a litre of water, my goal is 2.5 by bedtime. This arvo I will need to pick up a bottle of juice for work (most likely beetroot or grapefruit) and then I'm set for tomorrow.
I have all ready seen a reduction in size, my pants are no longer tight, and the buttons on my shirt aren't straining :) I don't know how long I'll do this for, but I'm going with it. I'm getting nutrients, so as long as I'm losing weight, then awesome. It's a lot more food than if I was to get the gastric banding, which is my next option. I don't want that option!

I have put a layby on today for two suits, my goal is to fit in them when I pick them up. That's 6 weeks. Fingers crossed I will b taking them back cos they're too big :)

So my plan atm.. At least 2l water per day, at least 1-2 juices, a soup, and salad or veg as required. Add in protein shake if needed, and a cup of coffee.

Now I'm off, I have a book/movie review coming up :)

Blessed be

Moby xoxo

Detox day 1

Stupidly (well not really) I have decided to join my pretty ma and do a detox and try to lose this weight and reduce some swelling. I have gotten through day 1 ok and am not on day 2, but here's a recap.

I started my day out with water and a coffee (im keeping my 1-2 day a day coffee habit at the moment), we then did a bit of shopping, errands then came home and made soup. I made two. One with tomatoes and everything else in the fridge, and the a carrot, pumpkin,leek and sweet potato one. I'm pretty happy with the fact I made it through the day. To end off the day I had some steamed potato. I went to bed at 8, super exhausted and that's when I had some issues. Every time I got to sleep I work up within 10-15 minutes and I ached ALL over. About 10 I got up, had 4 squares of chocolate and the sugar did the trick. I fell asleep. Perfect!! I did wake up 2-3 times to use the bathroom, but I think it went well :)
This morning I woke up down 2.2kg, so even better!

Getting frustrated

I have no idea if I've created this problem or not, but my husband leaves everything to me. EVERYTHING. The only time it's not my problem is if I tell him to do something, then I have to nag him to do it. It's seriously starting to piss me off.


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My office design

so before I even have a house I am researching office design. I cant wait to get into a new house and have an office, ideally I would win the lotto this weekend and buy my dream house....until then Ill just dream.





I think its very obvious that I like elegant/glamourous style offices, now to start sourcing the products I want. I want my office very feminine, lots of photos, bling, books, flowers, etc. I have a big chair that I need to recover and modify, so now need a desk.

moby xoxo

Khloe Kardashian

 I have to say, I have a huge girl crush...Khloe Kardashian..you just have to love her! Despite being younger than my gorgeous self, Khloe is such an inspiration. She is REAL! That kick ass attitude, devotion to her husband, loyalty to family and struggle with weight. There is nothing about this gorgeous woman that I hate...well ok there might be...the baby voice...but I guess I do that too
***blushes***

My hubby loves her too, but he also tells me that I have a very similar personality to her...well I'll take that compliment!

But I will continue to see her as inspiration, ignore the negative criticism and hope that they stay in the spotlight for awhile, cos she is definitely a lil motivation.

Traits I admire:

Her business dedication -  she works hard, and takes her work seriously

her hubby comes first 

Their relationship is a work in progress always, everything she does she considers her marriage

she isnt afraid to speak her mind

she isnt afraid of someone disagreeing with her

she adores her family, and her lil sisters adore her and look up to her

she is open and honest

and yeah the crush continues....