So far not so good

So I am sticking to the exercise (to a point) and burning some calories, and I am down in weight. But I am soooo not sticking to the program. All up I am down 2.2kg, and I really want to be down another 2, that puts me into the next weight decade. If I work my butt off tomorrow and Tuesday and eat cleanly, I could be close to it.

My plan for tomorrow is 20 mins on the bike and 20 mins on the elliptical, and then 10mins doing squats, situp, pushups etc. From tomorrow I will also start going for a walk at night with hubby at night and look at a situp/pushup challenge. I want to increase my fitness firstly, and then I want to drop this weight.

A big fear of mine is excess skin, I have sort of come to the acceptance that I will have lots of it, but I have been trying to find ways to minimise the amount. So far I know about body brushing and toning exercises. Other things that I have been found out about, apparently dropping body fat down to around 10% and then putting the weight that you want back on. I'm not 100% on that option, 10% seems a little unattainable, but also pretty unhealthy. otherwise...Im still searching. Im thinking that maybe saving money for a whole lot of surgery seems like a better idea ;)

So tomorrow I also need to start moderating my food intake. I guess I better send Dave to do some shopping on Tuesday. ick

Weigh-in Number 1

Soooo weigh in day...I am down 0.2kg in 2 days...wooohoo

haha it would be so much better if I was super awesome at this and stuck to it like glue.

well wasnt very prepared but I will be for tomorrow and the rest of the week.

Still a big woohoo on 0.2kg down.

Now for the world not related to weight

I got a call today for an interview...I have it at 2pm tomorrow. Sweet...wish me luck.

Hubby is struggling with getting a job and was offered one by his uncle in NZ...he is thinking of going over there. That will be hard. But could be worth it.

Weekend was good...I have decided once hubby is working, making clothes is going to be my new hobby. I love love the idea. First thing to try will be some underwear. Just waiting for some dollars to buy material and elastic, then I will pull apart a pair of each of ours and make duplicates. Should make for an interesting weekend lol.
I will post a finished product.

Day 1 - done and dusted :)

ok so it wasn't the perfect starting day...but I started.. YAY ME!!!

Total calorie intake as of 8.10pm tonite - 1722 (only 500 over!!) and total burnt 186. so Net of 1541. Im still happy with that.

I did the fitness test today...omg!! Bad results, but at least its a starting point.

1km test - 14.25min
16 pushups
0 cm reach
20sec wall stand - I wasnt 100% sure on this one, cos I did it just after the treadmill and wiggle machine. I will definitely be doing more of this daily.

oh and blood pressure high for yesterday 122/112...um yeah. OMG!!

But we are only at day 1 - it should all get easier and better after today :)

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...