So check out my progress yesterday:

June 2

Food - 1318 calories
Exercise - None

Verdict: I was incredibly impressed with my food. I stuck to clean food all day (Ashy Bines would be proud of my food choices!), and even discovered a new delicious healthy food - gluten free muesli. With lite soy milk it is incredible! Tomorrow I'll try it with almond milk I brought to site. I also managed two green teas, and only one coffee. I'd like to do this every day.

However, the catch came when I got home from work last night. It was pouring with rain and freezing outside, and that kind of weather just makes me want to curl up in bed and watch a movie. I was keen to do a workout until I wimped out and went straight in for dinner instead. And what did I find? A bain-marie full of stuff I love (it's always all or nothing). So my dinner of roast pumpkin, steamed spinach and mexican beans (i.e. healthy) was then tainted with the penne carbonara and cottage pie (i.e. fatty carby goodness). But be-jesus was it amazing.. so I had the same for lunch today. Naturally as I walked out I had to grab raspberry jelly with chocolate mousse, something Annette got me into.

The lesson learnt - skipping the gym and then going in for dinner will likely add 800 calories onto my day. The 400 I eat at dinner and the 400 I didn't burn off in the gym. I have not yet learnt the art of resisting delicious food which ain't so supportive of a slim figure.

On the up side a very cute guy was giving me the eye in the mess the whole way through dinner. Hope I see him again ;)


I'm glad this happened as I can now reflect and tackle it. Tomorrow I will do a shorter workout and then go for dinner straight after the gym. As my appetite is reduced after exercise I won't go straight for the pasta or chips. I will ask the chef to grill me a chicken breast and then have that with steamed veges.

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Today's progress is looking better. I craved sugar multiple times throughout the day and managed to distract myself with a walk or a toilet break or a gossip magazine. I cannot believe I didn't consume the cream biscuit that was staring me in the face all day!

June 3


45 minutes strength training
Interval training - 10 minutes cross trainer, 15 minutes treadmill
Food - 961 calories

*Pats self on back for fluke perfect food and exercise*

Now I know the calories are too low. I was planning on going for dinner but the mess shuts at a stupidly early time of 8.30pm which allows me sweet f-all time to get home, change, gym, dinner. I missed cut off. And still can't find my goddamn protein powder! Why is the one thing you're looking for in the last box you go through?

I have been visually a hot little size 8 body all afternoon.. walking along a beach in Thailand on my 30th birthday and looking like I'm 24... I realised the time I feel my happiest is when I look in the mirror and love what I see. It's the closest thing to making me feel as good as actually being in love with someone.

Self love is the best thing we can do for ourselves as it filters through the other areas of our lives too. So getting fit and healthy and sticking to it is so very important to me.

Bring on tomorrow.. this is kind of getting fun!

A successful start

Each day I will be tracking my food and exercise with My Fitness Pal (username: mewmip) and posting calories eaten and exercise done each done on here.

1 June - I've still got it!
45 minutes of strength training - legs, back, chest, triceps, biceps, core, glutes
5km run - 26:53
Food - 1188 calories

Verdict: Very happy with my exercise. Since uni started in March I have only done one long run and one big weights session (hence the 3kg weight gain and clothing size 8 -> 10) and last night I did both. Stuck to my food goal but did succumb to eating two Cadbury Favourites in the evening before I went home from work. I also felt like I just snacked all day because I was bored. I need to reduce the mindless snacking and have a small protein shake after the gym  instead (but I couldn't find my protein powder last night).

I'd like to go cold turkey on sugar as I know its the only way I can ween off my addiction. Yesterday was difficult though, I believe the constant yawning and restlessness I was experiencing was due to lack of the sugary treat I am used to. Today will be my first no sugar day, and tonight I'll also be making an effort to find my protein powder before I leave for the gym so it's ready to drink before I go to bed.

I have this miraculous ability to, when I put my mind to it, go full steam ahead with my exercise and eating and drop weight really fast. I've done it oodles of times. I've dropped 4kg in a month more times than I can remember - my body just responds very quickly, especially to weight training. But once I look in the mirror and grin proudly I suddenly allow myself to go back to my old ways. It's like "Oh I've achieved that goal, I no longer need to exercise 6x a week". This is something I'd like to change. I'd like to make this a lifestyle, not just a series of missions to get back to a size 8.

2013 is the year of achievements and that includes getting a kick ass healthy body. My fitness goals are:

Run 10km comfortably

Complete a 5 minute plank (and then keep it up)

30 push ups on my toes

Check out this body. I will work my ass off until I look like this Miranda Kerr style body. Perhaps not the six pack but I want to be toned, taut, and fit. I want people asking me "Wow what did you do to look like that!?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmrxWug5d4k

Life is what you make it, and I say it's going to be AMAZING!

"Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only scarcity of resolve to make it happen." - Wayne Dyer

Today is the day I start documenting life's journey again. Look at my last post - four years ago! I have repeatedly attempted to start writing again since then and things always got in the way. Wordpress and Blogspot both kept crashing on me despite trying them on multiple computers and browsers. However life doesn't just happen to you - everything, good or bad, is a result of our thoughts, our vibration, and sometimes, our resistance.  

I am blown away by reading 2009's posts. I was actually wiser than I remember. I reckon that girl was pretty switched on back then. However.. I guess in from 2009 to 2011 I was still doing stupid things and not really paying attention to what was going on around me. I remember still being a kid at 21, and then growing up at 24 and starting to consider the future and the concept of "responsibility", but I was still young and naive. Then at 27 I went through an extremely difficult few months and came out the other end with an extreme clarity, ephiphany, of what I valued, what was important in life, and who should always come first - myself. Gone are the days where I put others first, where I sacrifice my own happiness for the sake of someone else, or where I rely on anyone for anything really. I know my happiness, and everything else in my life, is in my own hands. I love that feeling - it's the ultimate empowerment.

It's interesting how I refer to my life as a 7/10 in those posts below. I had no idea how interesting life was going to get back then. I surpassed my 100K income at 30 at 27 - three years early. Similar to the weight loss goal I set myself in January this - 4kg in 6 weeks became 4kg in 3 weeks. The Google Challenge I was so excited and passionate about.. well our team came 10th in the World, and Top 5 in our Region. I think we all underestimate our own potential, big time.

The success we achieve is only limited by our own self belief. The common denominator through all three of these situations is that the focus was less about the end result and more about the fun achieved along the way. When you forget that you are trying to get somewhere and just enjoy the journey, it's not only more rewarding at the time, but you actually accelerate your own success. Anyone who has lost weight can tell you that very quickly it became less about trying to look good and more about the feeling you get from exercising and eating well. It's an addictive feeling and you suddenly forget that you even had a "problem" in the first place!

I set two goals for myself on New Years Day. Two goals, that if I acehived, I promised myself I would be the happiest girl in the world.

#1 Getting my health and body up to scratch
#2 A new job where I was fulfilled and had a more clear career path

#1 - happened by the end of January
#2 - happened by the end of March

Now what? Well I've gone and created new goals for myself. As you do.

#1 - Clean eating and regular exercise - lose 4kg by Mid July (6 weeks)
#2 - $0 debt by September
#3 - Enrolling in 3 units at uni for Semester 3 and achieving HDs on all of them
#4 - Kicking major ass at my new job and blowing everyone away with my skillz and smartz

Tomorrow is Day #1 of this new journey and I am documenting every step to ensure I am accountable to myself and the universe for my actions

2013 is the best year of my life and the first five months have been spectacular, bring on the next seven!