tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256478152024-03-06T19:48:22.435-08:00My JourneyThis blog is a place to talk about all my fitness and weight loss goals and aid as a tool to become the happy healthy me.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-22414212093329229122011-07-14T06:05:00.000-07:002011-07-14T06:20:34.530-07:00Michelle Bridges ChallengeI have had a good few weeks and I do not have gallstones which is good, still not 100% but better. I have been more aware of what I have been eating, but I have decided to kick it up a notch and complete Michelle bridges 4week challenge from her book " lose the last 5 kg". <br /><br />I really feel I need something more at the moment to be more focussed. I have pre planned with scheduling next weeks meetings, personal commitments and outings, training and figuring out potential times that will be challenges. I have also gone through the recipes and written a list of what I need. I am 100% committed and it feels good. It does not mean I can lose control over the next few days but I have been trialling her workouts and they are tough- I have been sore, but the good type of sore. So I will do the pre fitness test to find out my base line so I can monitor my progress as well as do my measurements on Sunday.<br /><br />I can not believe it is Friday tomorrow and half way through the month!<br /><br />Amy<br />XxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-44726405847603085412011-07-04T05:32:00.000-07:002011-07-04T05:58:42.663-07:00It has nearly been two years since my last post!Wow how time passes!! My last blog was in August 2009 and a lot has changed since then. I have still been following many blogs but needed a break from blogging myself. I now have the need to write again and blog my journey.<br /><br />I was married earlier this year to my beautiful partner Ben. We have been together 10 years in December and he really is my better half- he truly is a wonderful person who treats me like an angel. I am so lucky to him :)<br /><br />I still have good days as well as having some not so good days but I finally took the step to getting some help before the wedding. I did not want to take my body/food issues into this marriage especially pass anything to on to my future children. I want to feel confident and feel good in my own shoes. I am getting there but it will not be something that will change over night. I found it hard to completely open up but starting to make some progress in that department. The one thing that I really wanted was to feel beautiful on my wedding day and look back at the photos and love what I see and not criticise every last detail. I can successfully say I achieved this and my wedding day was an absolute dream. <br /><br />Since the wedding I have been having some huge problems with my stomach, with pain after eating and lots of bloating. I am scheduled for an ultrasound later this week as well as blood tests to see if I have gall stones. I hope I do not have this but I hope they do find out what is going on. I just feel "blah" all the time. I have put on a few kgs since the wedding and the bloating is not helping so I really want to focus on losing this the right way. I am trying to not be so strict on my self and listen to what I have been told but some demons get in the way. I am only allowed to weigh myself once a week. I ask my other half to hide the scales so I can not be tempted and so far this is working. I also think that this weather is making it tough for me, because I really crave warm comforting food.<br /><br />My training these days mainly consists of running. I ran the Perth city to surf half marathon last year and I am planning to do the same again this year. This year I have also convinced my two good friends to join me and we have been doing our long runs together every weekend. I then try and run 2-3 times plus this long run every week and some resistance work in between. I am also going to get some help with the resistance training so I can keep strong and possibly change my shape slightly.<br /><br />So my goals for the remainder of this week are:<br /><br />1. Track my food everyday (I also need to do this to see if any food triggers a strong pain)<br />2. Not snack before and after dinner (I tend to snack when I get home from work and after dinner so I am really going to try hard to keep myself busy to avoid this).<br />3. Drink 8 glasses of water a day.<br /><br />So small achievable goals for the remainder of this week. <br /><br />It is nice to be back :)<br /><br />AmyAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-27681464509007303362009-08-09T06:16:00.000-07:002009-08-09T06:31:21.654-07:00My weekWell what a week I have had. It all started on friday night when I had very few hours sleep from my friends going away party. I had a few too many champagnes and had to be up at some ridiculous hour to get up to northam for the beginning of the avon descent. However the lack of sleep had only started!!<br /><br />So I was the support crew with another one of my OH friends gf for the whole event. The first day was a 60km paddle and the sunday is a 72 km paddle or something very close to this. Well at the first stop they looked really good but from then on the my OH was looking terrible. Each stop he looked progressively worse. Poor thing had been off all week with some nasty bug and had hardly eaten much- or no where near enough for this type of endurance race. He did however manage the first day for his mate who mentally kept him going. Well he was up all night being sick and at about 4am started having chest pain and shortness of breath. We had had no sleep but I just wanted to keep him home so I packed up his things and got him home asap. Thankfully both his parents are doctors and gave him pain killers. Over the next hour or so he got no better so off to the hospital we went. So xrays and ecg and echo latter they diagnosed him with pericarditis- which is inflammation of the heart. He looked terrible but thankfully the pain was controlled once the pain killers had kicked in. I had two sleep over the two nights so I absolutely crashed on Sunday night at 6:30.<br /><br />So my 100 day challenge did not get to the best start. I would say in that time I would be down about 4 bones. Today was start of phase two so I am going to put in a 100% effort. I did not eat lots in this period- If anything less but some of the not so good choices.<br /><br />So recapping my goals I did eat bread once in the first phase, I definitely did not blog 4 times, I did do my cardio and missed out one weights session, I did not binge. <br /><br />So today I started on a really high note and went for 11km run with one of my closest friends. This put me in the mind shape to eat well for the rest of the day. <br /><br />So my aim for the next phase is to concentrating on not eating bread and getting all my training in.<br /><br />Will post again soonAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-88203285435016498552009-08-04T07:43:00.000-07:002009-08-04T07:45:05.633-07:00I will post a full update tomorrowI have had a terrible weekend and so much has happened with only 2 hours sleep over 2 nights. I am all ok but am exhausted and must get to sleep this evening. Will post my full update of events and goal trckings tomorrow sometime.<br /><br />AmyAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-65040340443255223602009-07-29T07:05:00.000-07:002009-07-29T07:12:18.254-07:00I actually started today!So the 100 day challenge started today for me! I know I said I was going to start tomorrow but I thought this morning why can't I start today. I have already written down my goals and printed out a chart to tick off on my fridge, so I really could start today. I will however take my photos and measurements as of tomorrow when I have time to take them.<br /><br />So my goals for each day are:<br /><br />1. No bread- bread always makes me feel heavy, bloated and just generally yuck so I am going to give it up for the 100days.<br />2. Minimum 2litres of water day<br />3. To have protein with every meal<br />4. To do 3x weight sessions and 4x cardios a week<br />5. Blog 4 times a week minimum.<br />6. No binge eating<br /><br />So today I have achieved all of my goals. I did a 20min run this morning followed by an 1hr athletic pilates this evening. IAs I said I will weigh and do measurements tomorrow and then will not do again for another 10 days.<br /><br />I am feeling great about this added motivation. I have also given myself some treats if achieve goals along the way. I will post them in the next few days.<br /><br />Amy<br />xAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-90798785544593134562009-07-28T06:30:00.001-07:002009-07-28T06:36:46.753-07:00100 day challengeMy hundred day challenge will start on Thursday. I have Thursday afternoon off so I will set aside some time to plan, chart, write my goals ect. Feel free to follow other inspiring people by seeing Katie Posts http://thin-enough.blogspot.com/ . She is very inspirational!!<br /><br />So my other challenge is still continuing this will just add to the motivation and keep me even more on trackAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-37230957055720024242009-06-28T21:49:00.000-07:002009-06-28T21:55:26.837-07:00My 12 week challenge that I was doing has taken a slight turn with starting from week one again due to be lucky enough to do another challenge with Sue. So I am in a really good frame mind at the moment at at the beginning of week 2. The last week got me thinking and really focussing on my hunger signals and learning to understanding them. I felt really good all week and managed the weekend well.<br /><br />So I lost 1.9kg in this first week. I know I won't lose this every week but was very impressed by this number.<br /><br />On other news my finance has been all approved for my house and settlement will be in about 6 weeks. My OH and I are so pleased and we made our first big purchase of leather couches on theweekend. Since Myer was having a fab sale I cleaned up and my kitchen is pretty much set now.<br /><br />I am house sitting for the next 7 weeks so we will be moving in when I leave here. I adore my parents but it is nice to be independent again. After coming home from london living at home was bliss- mum really does so much for me and takes the stress out of everything. It is about now that I am really ready to leave again though.<br /><br />So that has been my little update for the last few weeks. Till next week<br /><br />Amy<br />xxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-23255398407620106202009-06-14T02:20:00.000-07:002009-06-14T02:27:35.780-07:00Well it has been very very busy week because ........<br /><br />I have bought my first house!!<br /><br />We had our offer accepted on Tuesday and now going through the processes to get finance approval. We should have no problems there as our finance brocker has been very thorough and he seems to think it will be fairly straight forward. So we have fingers and toes crossed till then. It is my ideal first home. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, double carport, nice court yard and in a location we have been looking in for the last 8 months. We are both very happy.<br /><br />So besides the emotional ups and downs and stresses of putting in an offer ect ect. I have had a very good week. Training has been spot on. Food has been pretty good. One of my free meals was homemade scones with jam and the other one was homemade chocolate pudding. Besides that I have been spot on. Scales are coming down slowly. I always get to a certain point and then they decrease by a snail pace. I just need to keep being consistent and I know the results will come. <br /><br />I have 5 weeks till bali so I am super focused on having a hot bod for that and being very comfortable in a bikini. I think I may need a spray tan before I go so I am not so white! <br /><br />Hope you all have had a lovely weekend. <br /><br />Amy<br />xxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-14752766996199795512009-06-10T05:34:00.000-07:002009-06-10T05:35:33.371-07:00I am still hereI just wanted to say I am still here and doing well. Some very exciting things have happened to me this week but I have been so busy so will update everything over the weekend.<br /><br />xxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-17443040484052848322009-05-26T05:30:00.000-07:002009-05-26T05:42:40.094-07:00The Honesty PostI have spent a lot of time procrastinating with writing this post and have kept telling myself I will blog tonight. Then tonight comes and goes and I still haven't written down my feelings. I have spent the last few weeks doing some serious thinking and I have embarked on a 12 week challenge. I am currently in my second week.<br /><br />This all came about because I was just plodding along away nicely and quite pleased with myself with weight loss and tone. However the last month I have hit a plateau and it is time to mix things up a bit. I became very disheartened when my weight wouldn't budge any more and this lead to a few poor choices, lack of tracking and the viscious cycle started. However I did not stop exercising but was not losing anything because of the lack of tracking and extra calories. I know the scales can do eveyone's head in but my measurements were staying the same as well. The guilt then set in because I have been hear so many times before. I know I have come a long way compared to about 3 years ago when I lost too much weight the wrong way but I know I still have a way to go to get this head in the correct space!<br /><br />So with my OH sister wedding, and myself being a bridesmaid in October, a trip to Bali in July and a few trips to Melbourne as well I have decided to do this 12 week challenge. I am tracking my food and eating 5-6 small meals a day, increased my protein and commenced a new training program. I am having one free week. I am going to have weekly weigh ins and measurements and post on my blog to keep me accountable. I have been so inspired to all the girls that have competed recently. I really draw inspiration from you girls and have been following your journeys for a long time. So here to my 12 week challenge- the more confident Me!!<br /><br />So in my first week weight loss was 1.2kg. I was pretty happy with that. So we will see on Thursday what my measurements ect. are.<br /><br />I fly to Melbourne this weekend with 5 other girlfriends. I will have everything prepped and ready to take with me. Planning is a big thing for me and so far every meal and work out has been planned to the T. So I am very positive at the moment and I hope to stay that way. I have promised myself I will blog each week no matter what- good or bad, but main thing is being true to myself.<br /><br />So I will post Thursday to up-date.<br /><br />Till then<br /><br />xxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-78073681013009979842009-04-29T22:51:00.000-07:002009-04-29T22:58:05.875-07:00Where did April Go?I can't believe we are at the end of another month yet again. Time just flies by and especially with a few long weekends thrown in their for us Perthies. I am actually getting use to having a monday off every few weeks!<br /><br />Everything has been going fairly well for me. My weight has plateau and I don't like it. I keep losing the same 500g. I have been really strict this week with food and exercise and saw a nice drop today so hopefully it keeps going down in this direction. I put on a little bit over easter but suprising not as bad as I thought. We went away over this period and I planned most of my meals and didn't indulge too much. We went to wineries down south and ate a few times- oh so bliss!<br /><br />Training for my half is going great guns till I found out that the date I was supposed to be running is on the same weekend I have to be in Melbourne for my Grandma's 80th! I will not let this stop me though. I have found another one that is tougher and earlier by about a month. I am going to train hard to hopefully achieve this. We will see. I have bought new sneakers and they have felt good till two days ago when I did my long run and gave me huge blisters. I ran 10km today and the blister was killing me by the end.<br /><br />Not much else to report. I am going to Melbourne in June too with 5 of my girlfriends for a weekend of footy, shopping and going out!<br /><br />Can't wait!<br /><br />xxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-91064536793415664182009-04-07T06:39:00.000-07:002009-04-07T06:48:23.179-07:00Over DueI am so bad at keeping this blog up-to-date. My intentions are always there and I always read the blogs but I need to learn to contribute more. I think I get too involved reading everyone's and then by the time I finish doing this I run out of time to update or I am too tired to do so. So from now I will type before I read.<br /><br />I have been going really well. I down to my last 1.5kg to my goal weight. It doesn't sound like much but over the last 2 weeks I drop a little and then put it back on- I have really hit a plateau. I have been changing a few things this week so I hope to see a nice change.<br /><br />Training has been going well. I had a half about a week and half ago with another lot of tonsilitis followed by a chest infection. Even walking had me coughing up a lung. Not a pretty sight. But since then I have been going really well. My boss knows I am a keen runner so he has challenged me to do a half marathon with him. He has done one before also but would like the challenge to do another and wants me to inspire him. I think we will be feeding off eachother. So the training has started for that. There are a few in Perth so it just is a matter of deciding on which one to do.<br /><br />I have also been doing a lot of pilates and bikram and this has helped out so much. I am getting less back pain and have increased my flexibity so much. I am hoping to continue this throughout my training to keep me injury free. I don't want to be like the last time I trained for the half and tear my hip flexor about 3 weeks before the race.<br /><br />Work like usual is super busy but looking forward to having four days off. I am going away with bf for some much needed relax and wind down time. I will hopefully get some scenic runs in there too.<br /><br />So happy easter to all!<br /><br />Love Amy<br /><br />Ps. Thanks Selina and Hilary for messaging me- it made me get a move on and up-date my blog!!xxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-26075266389402662392009-03-11T18:22:00.000-07:002009-03-11T18:28:49.269-07:00Morning RunI'm feeling great at the moment. I got up early this morning and went for a 30minute run along the river. I love this time of the morning. It is so peaceful, the water is like glass, no wind around- just really pleasant. Initially when the alarm goes off and it is now dark at this time I shudder but I quickly get up, put the runners on and get going. I thank myself for doing this by the end. It is a time to clear my thoughts and get prepped mentally for the day ahead. I try and do this about 4 mornings a week. I wish daylight saving finished last month because it so dark when I get up. But ten again I love the long evenings! I think if it finished at the end of Feb it would be perfect.<br /><br />I am only working this morning so I will go to the gym straight from work and then I have a bit of shopping and stuff to do. It should be a good day!<br /><br />On the weight front I am now down 7.5kg. I have been gettig heaps of comments and feeling good. Everything is just fitting nicely!<br /><br />xxxxxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-79443073180149218052009-02-14T00:01:00.001-08:002009-02-14T00:08:04.344-08:00Weight- Total loss of 6.9kg<br /><br />Feeling- I have been feeling great with a big loss of a kg this week. I have felt really low, tired and not into much the week before and put on 0.1kg. It was nothing but I felt bloated and yuck so to speak. This week I have changed a few thing around and feeling great again. I am really happy with how I am looking of late. I am getting definition and getting some really lovely comments. I think that in itself just gives you a nice confidence boost. So I am 2kg of my weight that I was aiming for. <br /><br />We went bridemaid dress shopping today. I tried on size 10 but that was often quite big so i had to get an 8. I was chuffed. I haven't been a size 8 for a little while. These dresses were quite loose and flowing on the bottom half. I felt really good looking in the mirror. <br /><br />I am really enjoying my training at the moment. I have been throwing pilates and bikram yoga into the mix and I have this being a great benefit. I feel like I recover a lot better, especially after my weight sessions.<br /><br />Will update again soon!!<br />xxxxxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-61421075135931935652009-01-24T04:53:00.000-08:002009-01-24T05:26:36.201-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeX243fVg-52GvkNVugjNXNyULoOurpKQdSWSw8_0hTUX-AwCpuEqF6JFl_zgCuMRF3fz1Es6NiFYx2_VwWEEG2xo1GTDgeEdlEMXGA9i_K-HD-sC2Ap26ExM-naHpudrrtKJs/s1600-h/P1010520.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeX243fVg-52GvkNVugjNXNyULoOurpKQdSWSw8_0hTUX-AwCpuEqF6JFl_zgCuMRF3fz1Es6NiFYx2_VwWEEG2xo1GTDgeEdlEMXGA9i_K-HD-sC2Ap26ExM-naHpudrrtKJs/s320/P1010520.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294850582581410898" /></a><br /><br />A photo taken at a really good friends weddingAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-28583149159070439162009-01-24T04:35:00.001-08:002009-01-24T04:42:59.618-08:00Feeling a bit blah todayWeight: up 0.2g today (total loss 5.9kg)<br /><br />Exercise- 30 min run this morning and walk around the bridges from my house (11km walk).<br /><br />Feeling- I just feel exhausted today. I couldn't sleep this morning. I live near the south perth foreshore and the cockatoos start calling before the sun isn't up. They are really starting to do my head in! So I got up and got going. I went for a really good run this morning. I felt energised and ran well. I love this feeling when you could run forever. All up probably a bit over 5km. So after this I had to have a blood test. My iron levels are still low and Dr needs to find out why. I have results they are low, go on a course of iron supplements and still low- no wonder i feel tired! So they took what felt like 100's of vials from me today. Felt very light headed at one stage. I could hear the blood being expressed into the vials. Not pleasant. Did my fruit and veg shopping, did the bathrooms, vacuumed and mopped and hung out two loads of washing all before 10:30. Now its 9:30pm and i'm zonked. Not up for doing anything tonight. So I might curl up with a good mag and get some shut eye. Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone. So glad it is a long one!!<br />xxxxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-83472465122793752432009-01-17T18:55:00.000-08:002009-01-17T19:01:44.936-08:00Starting Fresh.I have decided I am going to blog my weight loss (hopefully not many gains!) and what I have been doing every couple of days so I can record how I am feeling and see how I am going. Since October last year I have lost 5kgs and would love to lose the last 3kg to be very happy at where I am. I am not worried about the number of the scale and have learnt how my body reacts with certain foods, time of the month, stress. It really has been interesting. I am feeling great but could still see a few more improvements.<br /><br />So today:<br /><br />Weight- down 0.3 from yest<br /><br />Exercise: 30mins on interval training and stretch and few leg exercises<br /><br />Feeling- Feeling good. I am a little bit tired but all is well. I had a big day yesterday and because work is so busy had to go in yesterday to sort out a few new contracts. Going to see a movie this arvo and then catching up with some friends at a friend's going away party (she is moving to sydney)Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-68075230796917134192008-11-16T21:29:00.000-08:002008-11-16T21:37:28.935-08:00Mondays come around too quickly!!I had such a lovely weekend. I went to down south to Gracetown with a whole heap of people from work. One of the girls goes back to the Aberdeen Office so we decided to all get away and have a weekend away. This way they could see what we were all talking about with the our wonderful wineries. The house was right on the beach and was just so peaceful. My good friend who got me my job had to drive back on Saturday afternoon to celebrate our friends engagement. We managed to fit in a really long walk along the beach and some tracks up some hills to a beautiful lookout. So I was tired on Sunday and enjoyed a nice sleep in and a lazy morning with my OH and then had coffee with the girls in the arvo. Bliss.<br /><br />I have been training really hard of late but weighed myself from after the weekend and put on 0.5kg. Not to worry. I think it were the few drinks, the salt and the lack of intense exercise over the last few days. Back to controlled eating today and feeling better already. It really got me thinking to how a number on the scale can really dtermine how you feel. I know it shouldn't and it is only a number and knowing my weight I can easily flucuate depending on the time of the month, or not having enough water ect. So I just kept telling myself that today and it has just made me think to get back on the right track and not undo all the hard work of late. <br /><br />As I said in my last post my boyfriends sister got engaged. She asked me last weekend to be her bridesmaid, so all very exciting. Now this is even greater incentive to look fabulous. We are going dress looking after christmas so this is one little goal to keep me going!<br /><br />Hope you are all well. Take care<br /><br />Amy<br />xxxxxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-52951350050861186202008-11-03T20:04:00.000-08:002008-11-03T20:29:24.602-08:00So where have I been?Well I have been running around like a chicken with no head!!<br /><br />Life has been a whirl wind for the last 6 weeks and I hope now it is starting to settle down. I can't believe that my last post was so so long ago. I will not bore you with what I have been doing but it has been a combination of many things. I have officially finished uni for the semester and now have evenings free again. Uni has taken up so much of my time. I was there 3 nights a week for classes and then the multiple hours that are required for assignments. It has been nice having no exams but the stress of finishing assignments with balancing work and a chance of a life has been hard. I don't think I will do 3 units next semester but just 2 as work is becoming more and more busy and demanding. All over now so it is nice to just be working full time. I have had other stresses in this time period and has probably been more the reason for having time away from blogging. Everything seems to be improving there so I should have less stress from now on.<br /><br />I have still managed to keep training going well. It seems to be the one thing that I can do to release tension and stress and just have some quality 'me' time. It really is my saving grace. I have lost 3.6kg in this time and feeling really good again. Another couple wouldn't go astray but all in all am feeling happier with the way I am looking. All my clothes are feeling nicer. I have been doing a lot of rpm as this class is offered the most in the early morning. I feel so good after it. I can feel that I am getting fitter also. I have also joined a fitness/boot camp on saturday mornings. This is fab. It is run by an ex army guy who is super fit for his age of 70. He really pushes you. The first time I went I felt like throwing up from the intense work out he put us through. It goes for about an 1.5hrs and I am totally beat after I finish. I do it with my good friend. We lived in london together and she was doing the classes before she went over. I promised her I would join when I ghot back so I have. It mixes the routine up a bit and thoroughly enjoy the challenge.<br /><br />With uni, training, work, the rest of the time has been spent with friends and family. It must be the time for weddings and engagements. I have been to two weddings in the last 4 weeks and have had 3 engagements in this time period. Something must be in the waters. My bf sister just got engaged last weekend and it was all so exciting. We found out the news while we were at his cousins wedding. She is one of these people who has everything organised to the last detail. She has an organised file with tabs on them and has already booked all the big things like church, venue etc. I couldn't believe it! She was planning it all the day after! If that was me I would definitely be enjoying it and not even thinking of this!!hahaha<br /><br />Well I best go get some work done. Everyone else is out of the office for Melbourne cup. I drew the short straw and has had to stay back. I will be joining them all later.<br /><br />Till next time,<br /><br />Amy<br />xxxxxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-71754672883897745942008-08-26T05:31:00.000-07:002008-08-26T05:40:15.185-07:00I am still here!I have been very absent of late and so much has happened. My life felt like a rollercoaster the last few weeks. I felt like I jumped on and couldn't get off. Too much to explain in the post but am doing much better now. <br /><br />Uni is going very well and really enjoying it as well. It really helps that I am doing HR a few days a week and the people at work have been fabulous with helping out. I am already on a week off. Uni students have it great!! 4 weeks on, one week off. I don't have exams so I finish at the end of october for this semester. Very nice!<br /><br />I am still going really well with food and training wise. I have managed to lose about 5kg in my challenge and I would just like to lose another 2 and I would be really happy. With all this added stress, instead of eating too much I tend to forget to eat. All on track now and eating nice healthy regular meals. I am really enjoying rpm, running in the mornings and few weight sessions as well in the week. I really see my training time as my escape and some "me time". <br /><br />I will try and update more often and thanks for those who left comments. I really enjoy reading other people's blogs and I don't always leave comments but will hopefully do this more in the future.<br /><br />Amy<br />xxxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-58291443999102875542008-07-27T21:51:00.000-07:002008-07-27T22:00:38.075-07:00Due for an update...Well It definitely hasn't been the best two weeks food and training wise. I have been so ill we two lots of tonsilitis. This is the 5th lots in about 8 months or so and I am totally over it. I got to the first one early and OH parents are both specialists so they got me onto antibiotics straight away. Felt feverish and my throat like razors but after about 3 days of antibiotics got back into the training again and was starting to feel good. Two days after I finished that course of antibiotics I woke up in the middle of the night with what felt like razor blades in my throat and I was drenched in my own sweat. Felt awful again. So had anoth lot of antibiotics and this time blood tests to find out what was going on with my body.<br /><br />So the outcome was that I was ridculously low in iron. Mine was 1 and it is suppossed to be around 8. So I had the choice over injections or tablets- of course I opted for tablets (I am such a wuss!!). I am feeling a bit more normal now and less tired but today was my first day back at the gym after about a week and have just been doing some light walks as I couldn't handle anything else without the feeling of fainting. I felt a bit shaky with some weights today but did take it pretty easy.<br /><br />The thing is though with hardly being able to swallow and just feeling so tired I have been not eating no where near as much as I should as I just have had no appetite. I am sure now that I am getting my mojo back I hope to get to eating my planned meals. I was doing so well in my challenge that this has really taken me a few steps back from what I was. I feel I have lost strength that I gained. I still have 4 weeks left so we will see. I do weight lighter because of being sick but it is not for the right reasons.<br /><br />So I am planning for a full week of training and nutrition ahead. I also start uni tonight so quite excited but anxious at the same time. I have planned all my meals around this and am prepared as I don't finish uni till 8:30 at night. I hope I can cope with it all. We will see!!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-85508643979089542842008-07-11T00:03:00.000-07:002008-07-11T00:14:53.813-07:00So happy it's FridayWell so much for writing every week. I have been a bit slack the last few weeks. Partly because I have been busy but also that when I get near a computer I love to read people's blogs and then too tired to update mine. Poor excuse hey!!<br /><br />I am going still really good with my 12 week challenge. I have been spliting it up into 2 week intervals. It is so much easier to manage and feel a sense of achievement earlier. I am still losing gradually. On average about a half a kilo a week. I am so happy with that. I have never been able to lose huge amounts except for my first week or so of doing challenges.<br /><br />I have been keeping a food diary which has been super helpful. It really keeps me 'real' but also catches out where I am going slightly astray as well. All in all I have done very well and no chocolate since my last little bit about 3 or 4 weeks ago. I know that and dried fruit are my downfalls so I am staying well clear and not even having them for my free meals till I feel really in control and know how to stop myself!<br /><br />On other news I had my enrolment for uni on Tuesday and it really hit me that I was going back to study. I had a mini freak-out that I would not be able to cope with it all but thank goodness my mum is on school holidays and she talked some sensible sense into me! hahahah. So from july 28 I will be one busy busy lady. The company maersk I have been working for want me to work for them as much as possible as they are really ahppy with what I am doing and even spoke about possible full-time work after my first semester of uni if I was interested. So all very exciting.<br /><br />I am finally feeling happier and more myself again with my body and work wise. I came home from overseas so unsettled but I am now finally feeling happy about all aspects of my life again.<br /><br />So to the rest of these week- I hope all goes well.<br /><br />xxxxxxxxxxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-60720067969020953612008-06-23T01:41:00.000-07:002008-06-23T01:52:50.777-07:00I can hardly walk!I am in total agony. I did my leg work out yesterday followed by intervals for cardio. I increased all my weights for legs and today I can hardly move. Walking even hurts. I dropped a pen on the floor today and I nearly cried picking it up.<br /><br />So today I have done my back/shoulders training but cardio will not happen today. I think i'll be lucky if I can do it tomorrow even. hehehehe<br /><br />As for the rest of my week last week it is still going well. I lost some more in both weight and centimeters but not as much as I hoped. I felt like I was retaining some fluid but I have been drinking so much water so I am hoping for a big loss this week. I will doing everything in power to make it a fantastic weight loss week like my first week. I managed to get 4 weight sessions in and the 5 cardios in as well plus one extra walk. I forgot how hard Sue's program was! I am feeling stronger and better for it every day.<br /><br />I am working and getting paid this week for the mining company I have done work experience with. I went in last week and went through all there testing and they are very pleased with me, so they asked when am I free?? So I have re-arranged with my other work so I can work a few days with them this week. Very exciting!!<br /><br />My aunty and uncle have been here from Auckland so I am a bit familied out with all the family do's that we have had. I have loved every bit of it though really! hehehe<br /><br />Till later,<br /><br />Aims<br />xAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-56908035384387125622008-06-16T03:27:00.000-07:002008-06-16T03:36:20.848-07:00Day 14And going fairly strong. The first week of a challenge you are always raring to go, second week not so much. Read lots of inspirational stuff last night and very focused again!<br /><br />So the past week has been fairly good. I had a few minor slip-ups but nothing serious. I still had a loss of 0.5kg this week and lost cms so happy. I just must get my mojo from week 1 again and all will be good. I love doing my cardio outdoors (I can't stand to run on a treadmill!) and the weather has been really crappy here in Perth. I just read Shar's blog about running in the rain. You very rarely have huge down pours like the weekend and I too got wet!! I have been doing more rpm classes for some of my cardio instead. I have been working really hard in my weight sessions and have been pulling up sore the next day.<br /><br />I really hope my computer is all sorted again. My posts were not coming up and none of the other blogs I read were getting updated too. I think I have it fixed so I don't post a thousand times of the same one and get totally frustrated!<br /><br />Other good news last week- I got accepted into uni for postgrad HR. I start on the 28th July. Very happy and excited. I also got contract work with the mining company that I have been doing work experience for. Very happy!!<br /><br />have a great week and thanks for all your messages.<br /><br />Amy<br />xAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25647815.post-72749937800414906062008-06-12T04:07:00.001-07:002008-06-12T04:07:35.769-07:00day 10Please post!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12094896583221370750noreply@blogger.com3