Published

So my story has been published in this months edition of women's health and fitness magazine :) very surreal to think its actually me really. I know I was big and unhappy but I don't really remember being that big and that wasn't even my biggest. 

So I decide I really want to lose this last 10-15kg so I have dropped most of the dairy I was eating and also cut out all snacking. It's been a hard few days but already it's paying off. Weighed in at 74.1kg this morning. Official weekly weigh in day is Friday so would be nice to be 73kg :) haha! I'm back to eating what I ate on the challenge except I'm snacking less. It's hot and since stopping myself from having a few biscuits with my cup of coffee I don't actually really feel like anything. I would like to be under 70 before Christmas and I can actually easily see myself reaching that now :) 

I have my 2nd mini triathlon this weekend. I am a bi nervous about it. Although I've been doing a lot of running I haven't been doing too much riding or swimming. My right shoulder has been playing up an old injury from so much sport like cricket bowling and softball etc at school. It's bony spurs or something in the socket joint so it's painful to lift past horizontal. Because of this swimming is hard. I do though find swimming easy other than this pain and every time I get in the pool I can do 1.2km (2 x 600m) so I'm sure I will be fine on sudsy but I HB been lucky to swim once a week lately. Riding on the spin bike at the gym is a little boring too. I get 15mins done or around 7.5-8km and I stop. I have all of 1km to go but agh lol. 

I'm really enjoying the weights though. I'm pushing heavier again I do need to search for some more just to vary it up a bit my body will be getting used to it soon. 

Might be time to bring out some HIIT style stuff with some trisets using plyometic moves again. It been a while since I did that kind of training. Maybe next week after the tri is done :) 

This is the article 

Off the beaten track

So confession time :( I have been a bit naughty with my diet lately. Not blow bad but not loose weight good. I still go to the gym every day and I can see muscle forming, I haven't gained any weight still sitting at 75.1kg but I'm annoyed at myself because if I had been diciplined I could have lost the last 10kg already. Agh!

I am struggling a bit because I feel in a limbo land. I want to put my head down and train hard and eat well but I also want to try for bub 4 in jan and we are swaying for a girl which is high dairy. Dairy is yuk and my body hates it. Even today I decided I didn't want to have any and I can feel my tummy bloat is going down. 

I also applied for a job a few days ago. A science job close to home. I probably won't even get an interview being a mum of 3 littlies 3 and under but I'm more than well and truly qualified although my back ground is in human cell tissue culture and this job is plant tissue culture the cells I cultures were the hardest and fussiest. I was also assistant manager in a commercial lab supplying cells to customers. I know I will be a great member for their team and it's not research so it's secure, it's 15mins from home. I would happily work there for the next 15years lol. Just have to get an interview. 

If I do get the job I will probably put back baby 4 so I can settle in and things. I wouldn't want to go on mat leave straight away even though I would probably only have 6-12weeks off and go back part time even just 1-2 days a week increasing to 3 days at 6 months. B might have to do the stay at home dad thing this time. My sister will probably be on mat leave too as they are trying for no2 so she might take bub for 1-2 days a week so it doesn't have to go to day care. 

It's all just a wait and see what happens kind of thing and that's the frustrating bit. I'm not the most patient person. I've been on this girl diet jeopardising my weightloss with the extra dairy and I may just be putting it back anyway. If I don't get the job it's go ahead as planned and that means I need to stay on this diet. 

I like to have plans and know where I'm going. Limbo land is so hard for me. 

Finally starting to feel myself

So the last couple of weeks have been really hard. 

I knew I had a cold thing when I did the triathlon. I thought it had passed but for what the last 3 weeks since then I had been completely exhausted. I would go to the gym and sit on the weight machines and stare into space, I couldn't run 3km. I had to lay down and rest on the couch every afternoon as I was too tired, my house was a mess, nothing was getting done. At first I thought maybe I'm depressed? Lost my mojo? It was very abnormal for me. On Monday I woke up feeling like I had energy. I went to the gym and ran 6km and I actually just felt good. So I'm thinking I was just sick with a lingering cold/flu. It was not nice. 

I weighed in a 75.4kg this morning so no damage done in tbe weight department but not the best start to the 12wc. No biggy though gettig back up and keeping going is what builds character. It will also help me suceed. I could easily go oh well and give up but where will that get me? Annoyed that a gave up and that's about it. 

This morning I did my first road ride as run since the tri. I did 16km on the bike and 6km run. I probably could have pushed harder but first really big day back after a light 3 weeks and after being sick I didn't want to push it too much and get an injury. 

Was extremely exciting on Friday I had a gift voucher my husband had given me for Mother's Day that I had been holding onto waiting until I had lost some weight. After getting frustrated that all my clothes were either too big or really haggered looking as they are from 5-6years ago well I decided it was time to go shopping.

I was a 16-18 the day Zach was born and although my 14's here at home were too big I still wasn't sure I would fit 12's. 

I took all 12&14's into the change rooms and well all the 12's fit nicely and the 14's were too big. I couldn't believe it. Then I went to another store and grabbed a heap of size 12 singlets. I had already had to return a 14from that shop as it was too big. Well the 12's are actually too big. I could have taken them back but as we have decided to start trying for no4 in January and won't be telling anyone till after the gender scan I figure that they will cover a 14week baby welly well. 

So yes that very big news from our camp. I'm nervous and excited. 4 is a big number. We did always want 4 but as this is our last I would love a daughter. 

So we have started the sway. It may not work and if it doesn't that's ok we would love another little boy too but we are going to give it everything we can to perhaps help get us our little princess. 

The girl diet is very high in calcium and magnesium. I am taking supplements but also increasing dairy. Oh how my body hates dairy. 

Exercise wise it's lots of cardio and minimum weights. I'm still doing weights but I've toned it down a bit. Building muscle increases ur testosterone. It's not much but they say it can affect it. I'm doing weight to still tone and maintain my current muscle but no heavy weights to build it. 

Lots and lots going on really. I receive the email to confirm I am the January 2015 body blitz winner so will appear in the January edition of women's health and fitness magazine :) that's exciting too. 

It does feel good to feel like myself again and get back into pushing myself when exercising. It really does make u feel amazing :) 

Starting another 12Week challenge

Last night I decided that I needed to start another challenge. unfortunately I can't find one to enter but if I put it on here it will hopefully hold me accountable. I have retaken photos and measurements and luckily (other than my butt which is likely a bit swollen from yesterdays workout seeing as my arse is KILLING me right now lol but that is what u want after a good new workout) all my measurements are pretty much the same as when I finished my last challenge.  You do worry that although I am still exercising a lot I have been a little lax on diet and there is risk to put on weight! How awesome will it be to start the new year at my goal weight :)

Start Date: 11th October 2014
End Date: 3rd Jan 2015

Weigh and measure in

Weight: 75.6kg
arms: 31cm
Waist: 82cm
Hips: 93cm
Gluts: 109cm
Thigh: 104.5cm (64.5cm)
Calf 39.5cm
Just above knee: 45cm

Goal weight 65kg

First enticer tri done but I've hit a slump

On Sunday I completed my first enticer tri of the season.

300swim/8km ride/3km run 

I did it in 49min in the end including transition which I am happy about. Being my first back an having only had a baby in march that's pretty good. 

Times wise I did 6:29min/20min/20:03min

The swim could have been better it was in a pool and I kept getting stuck behind slow people and having to over take them. 

The girl who came first did the times I would normally in a training session. My issue was the heat. I'm used to training at 5-6am this was at 8:30-9:30 and it was a hot day. 

The next one is in 8 weeks so it will be even hotter but I'm going to start training harder. 

So then comes the slump. It doesn't help I'm sick. I woke up with it the day before the tri :( it's just a cold but it's crap. It comes with a killer headache I just can't ditch and I'm so bloody tired. My body just feels exhausted. The boys have it too so they are miserable which adds to my exhaustion. 

My diet isn't 100% but it's not bad. I'm just mindlessly snacking. If I had the energy I would do a quick calorie count. Problem is I have plateaued in my weight loss and it's annoying me. I still have 10-15lg to lose easily. I'm working out 1 1/2 hours a day.y diet is 90% good. I know plateaues happen and u do eventually break through but they are certainly frustrating. 

How do I reel my mind back in? I'm struggling at the weight training bit but I think that's because I have upped my cardio so much. I'm doing that for the triathlons. I really enjoy cardio. I know most people don't but I do. I'm not enjoying the weights but is that simply just because I'm too tired? 

Then there is maybe I'm not fueling right? Maybe I'm not getting enough fuel for everything I'm doing? Then again I am sick and perhaps over thinking this. 

I need to sit down and reassess and refocus. Look at what I'm doing and what needs to change. Hopefully this cold thing passes soon. 

Busy little bee and WINNER!

So I have been a bit slack on here but things have just been so busy I've had my head down bum up and workin away. 

Things have been going great exercise wise. Diet well I'm still snacking too much. I haven't been organised enough due to slacking off just that little bit so I haven't had the required food. Breakfast lunch and dinner are great but I had no healthy snacks partly because I forgot them last weeks shopping. I have them now after today's shop though. Only problem was maltesers were on special. Those little malt balls of goodness are pure evil lol. 

I am still hoping to weigh in 1kg down this week. I ende up restarting this 12weeks. After Zach got sick then the other 2 boys and having a whole week of a max 1-2hours sleep at night I was searching for empty calories during the day. I actually went back up to 76kg :( I'm back down to 75.4 now but that's how easy it happens. 

Training wise things are good. I have my first mini tri this weekend :) I know I can do each distance easily. It's only short. 300m swim/ 9km ride / 3km run.

Now I have been doing these distances a lot over the last couple of weeks. 300m swim takes around 6 minutes, the 9km ride about 18mins and the 3km run i can do in just under 17minutes. But this is all separately. 

The swim I have trained to use mostly arm to ensure my legs aren't too tired. But it's the jelly feeling after the ride that gets u. I do have some big hills here that I do on my rode run which adds to the jelliness. This is the same course i did in 2008 so I know there aren't any hills so hopefully this reduces that feeling. 

I went out for my road ride and run on Sunday. Well it was kinda a mega fail day. I just couldn't get my body moving. I did keep pushing though. I think there were 2 big issues. Firstly I was on AF and I think my iron drops dramatically so I have started taking a supplement twice a day. Also te heat. I went just slightly later than normal and the spring heat is already setting in. I'm used to running at 5-6. This was 6:30-7:30 and it was HOT! My body is definitely not used to it and it hit me hard! 

I really have to hydrate this week. My race doesn't even start until 9am so it's likely to be 25 degrees and the sun has a kicker bite even at that time of day. 

I am a bit nervous about it all. It's been a very long time since I have done it and I'm doing it alone. No one I know is interested in this stuff. It's ok though. I will feel so good once I'm doing :)

Oh and I Nearly forgot haha not sure how but I was contacted by the magazine a couple of weeks ago and I am a monthly winner :) the lady said they are thinking of publishing my story in the December edition. I will update more details when I know. 

So the habit of exercise has well and truly set in. Most days are a blurry haze of busy activity. I missed a day last week as Zach had not slept. He screamed ALL night and I ended up getting him to bed at 5:30am. Although I didn't get to go to sleep myself there was no way I was pushing my body to go to the gym. I did how ever feel it. I just feel so much more energetic and motivated when I go to the gym or even just my road run and ride. Getting that done in the morning is a fantastic start to the day.

After a few months it really does just become habit and a way of life. Now to control my sweet snacking and I will be doing really well! :) 

I have settled in with the working but too. Most days I do 3-4hours of book work. I'm hoping to get it down to 2-3days only. It's hard working from home as u do always have ur little ones to attend to and if they are a little off they want lots of cuddles. It's a double edge knife really as working from home means I can spend more time with the kids and they spend less time at day care but it also means work takes me 4 times as long due to constant interruptions if I had a few solid hours a few days a week it would be so much more productive. The fact that I can do work now without them trying to touch my computer is a great start :) I'm sure once Zach gets Mobile that will change. 

I've also had a change of diet. Probably why the weight isn't coming off as quick as I would like. Hubby and I are going to start trying for no4 in January and we are doing a girl sway. If it's a boy we will be happy of course but this is our last and a girl would be lovely. A girl diet though involves lots of dairy for calcium. My body doesn't like dairy at all. :( but I'm doing it until we are UTD! 

I will go through my new diet and exercise plan next blog :) 

Down week

So I've had a bit of an off week. Little Zach has decided its time for a wonder leap and for the last 3 nights has woken 2 hourly. Agh!! I'm out of the habit of no sleep as we were at 2 wake ups. So I've been too exhausted to drag my butt out of bed at 5:30 to get to the gym. 

I've also been snacking too much. :( my main meals are great it's just the mindless snacking partly from being so tired and searching for the energy boost. 

I'm in week 2 of this second round and I haven't had the best start but thats ok. I'm going to dust myself off and pick myself up and tomorrow back into it. 

I have a bit of a cold too but that's never stopped me. 

Back to the gym in the morning and stopping the mindless snacks :) 

I weighed in at 76.1kg this morning. So that's up 700g but there is still 3 days until official weekly weigh in so still time to turn it around and at least break even. :) still 10 1/2 weeks until my birthday and end of round 2 and plenty of time to reach my goal of hitting the 60's so even 69.9 is reaching that goal. 65kg is my ultimate goal but being the last 10kg I know it's much harder to lose so I'm being more realistic about what I can achieve.