Here we go again...

I feel like this is a never-ending road...it is really. Unfortunately I am one of those people that always need to keep on the track. So, I am hoping I am back on the track now. The last couple of months have been tough and I knew summer was going to be, but I have thrown all my work to the wind and eaten with careless abandon!

I am back from a one-week vacation with family where we gorged on fresh oysters, clams, crab and prawns with renewed vitality for exercise. I was injured for a couple of months (pulled calf muscle) and I let this weigh me down, literally! So, Saturday I started back on the treadmill, grocery shopped for only good things to keep in the house and pre-made some meals so things are easy to grab. This way, at least during the better part of the day I am eating well and then hopefully also at dinner when I cook for myself.

I have a ball tournament this weekend and this will be a challenge, but no drinking - personal choice and I will be packing some snacks so that I don't have to grab bad stuff... I have 4 weeks until the Nanaimo tournament and I want to be in better shape for running by then with my leg and health-wise in general. 5 weeks until Beer Fest and I have a lovely dress that I would like to wear..so we'll see how that goes and how comfortable I feel in it...if it doesn't work I have a back up and I can save that dress for the end of Sept...I am hoping to do a little vacation when I have 2 weeks off, so we'll see what kind of money I have and where I might go.

So here we go again, and in one month I will be back at yoga and boot camp. Go girl, you have until March to get bikini ready for your winter vacation!! YOU CAN DO IT!

Persistence

Well, I think I have figured it out. The more you exercise, the more you are motivated to exercise more. I seem to be in a zone right now and I think I can stick with it. It's crazy, but I actually enjoy working out. Claudia has really helped me see the other side of things and how important "I" am. I do a lot of cardio now and I am starting a boot camp in mid april. This is how my week will now look come April:

Monday - training, then yoga
Tuesday - boot camp
Thursday - training, then softball
Sunday - softball
** Cardio everywhere in between that I can fit it in **

My clothes are fitting better and I have had to buy new jeans because none of mine fit and jeans are a staple!! However, I am sure the pair I just bought will be too big before long with how things are going. I did the Wild Rose Detox and it went really well. I haven't stepped on a scale in 2 months and I think that really helps...Claudia just lets me know if things are up or down and they have been down the last 6 weeks. YAY!! I am going to be the biggest loser and look great and feel great and be healthy. Remember the main goal...healthy and strong!

March 2009

It's been a while since the last post, so here's a big update! Costa Rica was fabulous and I had a lot of fun. Lots of suntanning, a few cute boys and major relaxation. I even ziplined for the first and probably last time in my life. We'll just check that one off the bucket list...

Since I've been back from holidays though, I have a whole new outlook on things. I am really unhappy with me being unhealthy and being heavy is the major part of that. So...I have given up alcohol for a few weeks to help my system speed and clean things up. It hasn't been difficult at all. I thought it would be harder and maybe it will be come baseball season, but I would like to be able to have one beer or one glass of wine and not binge all night and feel terrible the next day...not a hangover, just bloated and heavy again. I am also eating much more regimented meals. I have breakfast at 7am (porridge oats, flax seeds, oat bran mixed with applesauce and topped with yogurt on top), then cottage cheese and fruit at 9:30am, a good lunch with protien and veggies and maybe one carb, a snack in the afternoon which sometimes consists of an apple and 10 almonds, or 1/2 protien bar, or a protien shake, a good dinner with protien and veggies and maybe one carb again and then some protien with fruit in the evening if I need it. It seems like a lot of food and it is...but I am losing weight!!

Tomorrow I am going to start the Wild Rose Detox. I have done it before and it really feels good. It won't be too much different than what I am doing now but cutting out ALL of the dairy and breads and sugar. It is 12 days, I think I can manage it :)

Cardio is going well, I have more energy. I try to get in at least 2 days of cardio on top of my 2 days of workouts with Claudia. I am trying to increase this and as I get more energy I feel it is easier to increase. Need to keep on it, because I am only 36 and I want to live a long life and if I am not healthy, I won't make it!!

Remember that you come first, no matter what happens!

January 2009

Well, no resolutions this year for my health...I made those in September and am sticking with them. I signed up with Claudia for a year so I feel like I am really making an effort. Although, I gotta tell, it's all about the accountability because when you are at home, it is so easy to just not exercise. I do it there because I am paying to and because I enjoy my time with her.

As for the food...well, I flubbed that up over the holidays, but Claudia is making me more accountable to that too and she gave me a meal plan and I am going to really try and follow it as best I can. I am also going to journal what I am eating and bring it to her every session, so we can see where my fallouts are.

I am leaving for Costa Rica next Thursday and although it is an all-inclusive and I will definitely be drinking..can't not drink!! I have promised myself to not go crazy on the food and to try and keep to a healthy eating pattern. I am sure there will be lots of choices...if I chose the drink as my vice, then I have to do something good along with it!! I don't think I am going to comfortably make it into the jean capri's I was hoping for, but I have some other really nice outfits and I know I am going to have a memorable time.

Will write more when I get back...for now...happy excercising and eating well for 2009!!

I have Motivation!

Ok, so since the last time I have really been kicking it up with the cardio. I have been doing 2 to 3 times per week and I am really feeling better. I have more energy and I have noticed that I feel happier...maybe it's just me, but I don't feel as negative as I have for a long time! I need to keep the cardio up because the motivation I am getting is mostly from the fact that I do really want that healthy and strongness!

The biggest motivation on top of that is the trip I have booked to Liberia, Costa Rica on January 15-22, 2009. So...I have some lovely cute tops and these jean capris that are my goal outfits! I have 7 weeks to make this happen and I know I can do it. The Christmas season is coming but I have been really getting better at Clean Eating and I think the hardest thing will be the alcohol and not the food.

So get on the treadmill girls...because if I can do it, you can do it!!

PS - the fact that I am flirting with a new cute guy helps too!! ;)

A Little Success

Ok Ok, I know it's been a while, but I have been busy..and I have to admit I forgot I started this blog! I have been at this for 18 sessions as of today and have lost about 8 lbs and around 12 inches!! Yay!! It is hard work and I am still having trouble motivating myself, but I think I have an action plan. I am going to pay myself $20 every time I do cardio and I can't buy any new clothes until I hit $150 - that is only 2 and a half weeks of cardio!! I can do this and it will prepare me to save some money for a hopeful trip to Costa Rica in January. Happy Birthday to me!

I am really nervous about how I am going to look after all this weight training and cardio because I don't think I will look like myself...I guess a better me! But I have been the same for so long that it will be a big change. I just don't want to get to 40 in the shape I'm in and if my sister gets married I want to look great too...what if I get asked to be in the wedding party. I want to be healthy and strong and not having trouble with joints and bones as I get older.

So here goes everything! I am signing up for 12 months with my trainer and I am going to be a whole new better me!! It will be a great journey and I know I am up for the ride!

Progress!

Well, today I weighed in and there was a 3.6lb weight loss! Yay, that means this is working, and let me tell you, it is hard work!

Claudia got a new elliptical and I like it less than the last one, but as she says, I am sure I will grow to like it. It burns...ah, but that's the point isn't it? I really like the Bosu, it has lots of uses and apparently works your whole core. Anyone who hasn't tried one of these should check it out. I did some wall sit ups with it and my upper abs felt it for days!

The eating is going better and I am spending more time at home in the evenings cooking and trying new things to help incorporate them with the old things and take some of the old things away!

Keeping on keeping on....next challenge, being away with friends next weekend and trying to eat healthy and avoid all the drinks!