Blood Pressure and other health problems...

So mum has been at the doctor due to blood pressure issues. Her doctor sent her home with a blood pressure monitor to keep track of it, and for fun we all decided to try it. So yeah not good!
My results
Yesterday - 146/98
Today - 129/105
hmmm...so I will do this all week but I do think I need to get myself a monitor and keep an eye on this. This blood pressure is WAY too high. By going off a chart I found online, ideally with blood pressure this high I should be on medication. So I will have to speak to the doctor about this next weekend. It could explain why I always feel crap. So that is my first goal, I need to get my blood pressure down to an ok level.

Besides exercise and change of diet which I will already be starting on Monday, (actually probably from Friday as we get the plans tomorrow), there are a couple of other things I am going to try.
Apple Cider Vinegar - a tablespoon evening and night
Green Tea - Replace my beloved coffee :(

All this with healthy eating and exercise and we will see how it goes. For the rest of the week with the monitor though I will cut out coffee, and start with the vinegar.

I am definitely starting to see major issues because of my weight. It started with fertility, then back pains, and general blah ness and now the blood pressure. It is definitely time!

In other news I also seem to either have a bug or allergies. Well I know I definitely have allergies, but also seem to still be running a temp, and just feel really lethargic and run down, and have sore ears.

grr well hopefully with the vibration machine arriving on saturday it will help with lymphatic drainage and possibly boost my immune system...well that would be nice.

Loving the Support

Well something is a little different this time...usually when I try something my father is very quick to tell me that I should just eat healthy and it will be fine....well this time he has gone all out. Last night he managed to spend $700 on ebay on gym equipment for mum, hubby, lil sis and I. So after hubby picks it all up this week, we will have the treadmill,  a recumbent bike, rowing machine, eliptical training, vibration machine and spin bike. A very very good haul! (The treadmill I already owned). So yes I am super excited. We are cleaning out the garage and it is going to be our gym.

Plan Plan Plan

So I really want this to work...the whole 12WBT thing. So next thing I really HAVE to do is to get organised. 
Food
Exercise
and well make sure I have NO EXCUSES


So firstly how and where am I going to exercise. 
Well I have a few options with this one. I have a heap of exercise DVD's that I want to try out, but in all honesty I dont have much space and D is not really working so he'll be at home. Um probably wont do them. So next option is treadmill, I will need to clean that this weekend. So its Treadmill for now, Exercise DVD is D is not home and I can make some room, otherwise, Treadmill it is. I am keeping an eye out for another exercise bike, I have killed mine. Then that gives me two options for cardio. Next thing is toning. I am going to do the whole Calisthenics thing, you know, push ups (girly ones) sit ups, lunges, squats, all the things that make u look awesome. And for stretching, that will be pilates. The biggest thing to start with is being able to stay at it long enough. As soon as things start to hurt I give up. As soon as I start to feel the burn I give up. As soon as I get bored, I give up. EEEEK I GIVE UP. Ok so yes I HAVE to change this. 


Ok so Calisthenics workout dets


Pushups (Girly ones)
Tricep Dips
Back Extentions
Sit Ups
Reverse Sit Ups
Lunges
Squats
Jump Rope
Jumping Jacks
 3 sets of 10-15Reps


Ok so I think Thats a pretty good plan, now to work on food. I wont really know what food or what to organise until the menus come out. But as long as i eat ok until the 4th, I should be ok. I will be starting exercise next week. Definitely from Monday, but Im still undecided about earlier. 


We have our neice saturday and sunday, so it might be nice to take her for a walk and play in the park. And good fun to tire her out :)


So I think that's a pretty good plan. With preparing food, I will organise for Saturday to be shopping day and sunday prep day, so that the week ahead is all set. Now to start writing all this in my diary, and start thinking about anything else I have missed......oooh milestones...

Im struggling

I'm struggling a bit with life at the moment. Having a bit of anxiety and not so much in giving up on the world, but more just dissatisfaction of where I am at. I know that I can change it, I know I will, but it all seems too overwhelming.

My ideal me
Making $80-$130K a year...yes I am aiming high..I capable of this
Settle into a career - do I want to continue with counselling or do I want to do project management?
I want to be thin....ok so not super thin, but fairly thin. a size 10 would make me very very happy
I want to be elegant and graceful...
I want to have a wonderful marriage where the same issues dont keep coming up and not get fixed...(beating my head against a brickwall)
I want to live life...not just watch it rush by. We are nearly in June..I have no idea where the first 5 months have gone, I don't even have photos...I always have photos :(

How can I get there...
I need to work out what I want to do and GO FOR IT. Have confidence I CAN DO THIS
Career...yeah I have no real definite answers to that. Once I have my counselling certificate I will reassess
Being thin...I am doing the 12wbt...This is going to get me there
I want to be elegant and Graceful....keep working at it sunshine.
I think hubby and I need counselling together. Its not going to resolve itself..obviously. The only problem is that the counsellors keep telling us that its his problem he has to work on it, thats not going to help our marriage...we both need to work on this, and we need to work on our marriage. Dont get me wrong..its a pretty good marriage...I just dont like having the same trust issues coming up over and over again because he keeps lying.
living life....that one I reall do have to work on and work on finding a solution

My Commitment

My Commitment

My commitment to My hubby, My future babies, Mish, the 12wbt family and most importantly to myself.
I COMMIT to the full 12 weeks of the 12WBT Program
I COMMIT to following the food plan at least 95% of the time
I COMMIT to getting back on track if I fall down
I COMMIT to exercising, even if just for 30minutes 6 days out of EVERY WEEK
I COMMIT to losing 10kg's by the end of the 12 Weeks

I COMMIT to a better to continuing this journey after 12 weeks.
I COMMIT to a better life for my family and for me
I COMMIT to reaching my most important goal of a BMI under 30 in the next 18 months
I COMMIT to a sustainable journey that means that I live the next 18months of this journey, enjoying life with my husband, and it not being all about my weight loss
I COMMIT to making changes that are sustainable and will see me reach my goals.

This is a lot to commit to, but It all comes back to two things. Committing to the 12WBT and committing to getting into the game and off of the sidelines.


with love

xxx

Excuses

HI Im Kat....and I am the Queen of Excuses

Up until around 7 years ago when I met my hubby, I was sitting at a 16, but was still fairly active and pretty fit. I definitely proved being big didn't mean unfit. Then I met hubby and I was so absorbed in him that I didnt put myself first. Then came a very very rocky relationship while we worked out he had Bi-Polar, and without using it as an excuse it was difficult. But I let my unhappiness, my need to spend time with him, or my want to zone out and read to escape the world as an excuse to eat whatever and no longer exercise. I also matched my food portions with his already over sized food portions. Yup eating way too much and not exercising. So I started putting weight on, then PCOS really started to rear its ugly head and show all the painful horrid symptoms. So now 7 years later, I have pretty much all the symptoms of PCOS, I still eat badly, using the excuse that PCOS makes it impossible to lose weight anyway, and dont exercise as I have issues with my feet, and back issues from having a car accident. The funny thing is, the weight causes all of these things to be a problem.

Here come the next excuses, I work full time and study full time. Yes its busy. BUT...like everything I leave studying til last minute so I actually have heaps of time. And the latest one..I drive an hour each way to and from work...oh boohoo, Im home by 5 most days, that's heaps of time.

so here I am, nearly 30 and way too unhealthy. Hubby and I desperately want a family, but now suffer infertility, and we kept saying we needed to make changes, and after 6 years of pining for a child we are so far away from there.

I have now started making changes..and I want this to work. I want children, I want to be back in a size 12-14, and a want to have the energy to do all the things I want to do. eg hiking, exploring, kayaking, jogging, walking, cycling etc oh and a gorgeous wardrobe

I want to stop being lazy...cos that what it comes down to..I need to stop being LAZY.

The adventure starts now...

moby
xoxo

ok so I found them

I think my blog was chucking a hissy fit, I couldn't see any new blog posts...but they seem to have reappeared.

Ok so today I am up a few kgs, I think this is Aunt Flo. I am up 4.5kg from my usual. I have been doing a protein detox for the last three days (a la Body Trim) and hope to hit ketosis by tomorrow morning. I am low on water today, have only downed about 1L, and still need to cook something for tomorrows lunch.

I have sent mum out to pick up salad, some chicken breast and taco seasoning. I will cook them up for tonight's dinner and then some for tomorrow also.

I am pumped..I want this done, I want the weight gone and I want babies. I have some great goals and I need the weight gone to achieve them.

I love the idea of being elegant, and proper, but it's hard work, and I need to be thinner to achieve the look. I will never be as regal as a princess, or as proper as the queen, but I have no doubt though that I can definitely improve.

So while I will be losing weight, I need to also be making some changes in other areas. But for today...the weight is the issue.

So dinner tonite, Chicken in taco sauce, with salsa. lettuce and a tbspn sour cream. with diet coke.

tasty.....

moby xoxox

umm missing blog posts

I know I have done these...i wonder if they are hiding in my drafts???