Wednesday, May 27, 2009

It's been a crappy few days.

Cameron's had pneumonia and I've spent most of the last four days sitting in a chair next to her bed. My heart might have been racing some of the time but I don't think it counts as exercise. I've been eating whatever was to hand, mostly hot buttered toast and mandarins, lol - not exactly nutritious. But Cameron's home now and on the road to recovery so hopefully - once I get some good rest myself - things can get back to normal.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Bahahahaha, so much for my *pledge*.

I've missed a workout already. What's it been - one day? OMG. But I have learned from this - I HAVE to workout in the morning, otherwise I just can't be bothered. I'll make it up, and I won't let myself get caught out like that again.

On the plus side, I've eaten pretty healthily today, I'm quite impressed. Had some choccie, but come on, who can live without chocolate. Not I! Haven't had enough fruit but will try harder tomorrow.

I've also been trying to sort out my study options. I've finally decided what I want to do, which is pursue my computer skills further. Silly really - I've been racking my brains for ages, trying to figure out what it is I really love that I could do as a job, and it was right in front of me. I love typing, word processing, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, I'd even like to have a crack at web design. With my accounting background I think it would give me options. I'd like to extend on the accounting thing by learning MYOB and some other accounting software packages too.

There's a course at UCOL that kinda fits the bill but it's full time and I'm not sure I want that. Plus the old self esteem thing (or lack of) is kicking in - fear of the unknown etc. I need to at least ring UCOL and chat to someone about what would be the best course for me. Maybe tomorrow?

Right, off to watch people slaughtering songs I like on Stars in Their Eyes, lol.

Monday, May 18, 2009

So I did my first workout this morning ....

And it was ok. Not too strenuous, nothing I can't continue for the next 13 days, but I can still see it having a positive effect on my strength and energy levels. It's a start.

AND, in the interests of being accountable, I'm going to post my weight. OMG, I can't believe I've going to publicly *say* the number ..... 288 lb. As of this morning, that's my weight. More than Homer Simpson!! Fark me. I weigh myself in pounds because it makes the losses seem bigger, lol - but it also makes the weight itself seem huge. Which I guess it is. But anyway, if I want to meet my goal of losing 40kg by my 40th birthday I have to weigh no more than 200 lb at the end of July next year. That makes a weekly loss of just under 1.5 lb - VERY do-able.

As long as I stay on track that is. Which has always proven to be my downfall in the past. Sooooo .... strategies to get around that are needed. For now I'm gonna stick with making some simple changes that won't be too painful to implement, and go from there.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Time for a new plan, Stan ....

This ain't working. The only way I'm gonna do this is to commit to it properly. I was reading a post on TM earlier, someone wanting to lose 30kg by their 30th birthday. I turn 40 in a bit over a year; how cool would it be if I could lose 40kg by then? Friggen awesomely cool, that's how cool!

Soooo ... in the interests of making myself more accountable and making it more likely that I'll actually post here, I've made this page my home page. I HAVE to come here each time I log on now, so I might as well post.

I've got a new book on whole-body toning with a two week workout that looks just the thing for a kick start. You workout every day but it's only for about 10 mins at a time which is very doable. I'm making this pledge to myself that I WILL complete the two week plan, no matter what.

I'm also gonna cut down on my icecream consumption. This is gonna sound really bad, but I've somehow managed to get into the habit of having icecream every blardy night. Not good for the waistline! I'm not giving it up completely (I mean can you imagine a world without icecream? 'cos I can't) but drastically cutting down. Hehe, that alone will probably see some kilos fall off me.

That's all for now.