Well, it was almost a disaster! Everything started well with the wee one being super excited to go for a ride... important to note here that she is normally reluctant to get on her bike...pedal on her own...ride down hills...ride up hills...really she's just anti bike full stop!
But this morning she was EXCITED! HOORAY! We get on the bikes and off we go - she even pedaled the whole time! Not that it would have mattered as we had her bike connected to hubby's so he was essentially towing her.
So all was going swimmingly until about half way. And then a family (two adults and two teenage girls) were blocking the path...right around a bend so you had no pre-warning. We tried to avoid them and yelled for them to look out...but hubby ended up fish tailing and both he AND Abbey collided with the adult male. Who was on his phone. And couldn't have cared less. In the 10 min we were soothing Abbey and checking over our equipment, he didn't once get off his phone let alone ask if we were ok! No one offered an apology to us although we apologised for hitting them (although not really our fault) or asked if we were ok or needed help. I couldn't believe it! Then as they walked off (yes, WALKED OFF!) whilst we were fixing Abbey's bike, the guy hurled abuse at me! OH. MY. GOD! If Abbey had not been there, he would have copped an earful out of me!
Luckily Abbey was happy to keep riding. The problem was that her bike no longer wished to ride! The bloody connector thing between the two bikes had been damaged. Lucky hubby had bought a few tools with us in case something happened and he was able to fix it. And off we rode.
The whole ride was rather fun...for someone who isn't a fan of riding! It wasn't overly strenuous though - I didn't feel fatigued during the ride...not sure if that is a good thing or not! We purposely chose a flat track for Abbey's first ride. But the downside of that is it wasn't much of a challenge. I had envisaged burning 3-400 calories... I burnt 370 in 58 minutes. I'm hoping that next time we can chose a harder track and burn more calories.
When I got home, I was feeling it in my legs...nothing a good stretch couldn't fix!
SO, the ride was a success! What to do tomorrow?...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Going through the motions
So, after putting on half a kilo in one day (a moment on the lips, a life time on the hips!) I made sure I did a work out yesterday. My plan is to do an hour 5-6 times a week with at least 30-45 minutes of that as cardio....but to say I've been a bit lax with that over the last two weeks would be an understatement!
So, yesterday I was determined to train. I spent the morning with Abbey at dance class followed by housework followed by an afternoon of trapsing around the shops looking for a suit for the other half. By the time we got back from that - the last thing I felt like was training! BUT, off I went. The session wasn't my best - my leg and back still being sore from my session with Dale on Thursday. I got nowhere near my top speed on the treadmill. Of course, pushing myself past my limits most likely didn't help either!
I had this bright idea that, since I couldn't walk fast, I'd try some interval training of the running variety instead... ah-huh. Stupidity!!!! It hurt like buggery! But did I stop? Noooooooo - that would have been sensible! It got to a point where I couldn't even walk on it. Note to self: You are not super human! I managed a grand total of 15 minutes before the pain kicked me off the treadmill. A short 2 min break and the taunting of the treadmill was too much:
"Weakling!"
"I kicked your sorry ass!"
"Looooooser"
"PA-THET-IC!"
So I did was any normal person would do... I got back on! I pushed for another 10 min of walking and then got off - conceding that perhaps this wasn't my best move. I then spent another 30 min doing resistance training (squats, bicep curls, lateral lifts, push ups) and core work (The plank, Bird Dog) before having a really good stretch. Surprisingly, I wasn't too sore or walking too abnormally when I returned to the land of the living (my family). In fact, no one even noticed how sore I was! SCORE! No lecture! AND I burnt a brilliant 550 calories in that hour - considering it was by far my worst session in months, that's a decent result!
I'm amazed that this morning I am not more sore than I currently am. My hips are sore and I'm guarding myself a little more than normal when I bend and move...but I'm not super sore. The pain score (if I had to give one) is around 2/10... I was honestly expecting to be around 6 or 7 this morning. I'll do another big stretch session very shortly before heading off on a family bike ride. I had been super excited about getting back on the bike and taking our wee one with us (we've had to buy an attachment for the bikes so we can tow her along as she seems to be struggling with how to ride a bike!); but today is a gorgeous gorgeous sunny day (after weeks of bleak Winter weather!) and so I am imagining that the bike trails are going to be teeming with families out for some sun and fresh air! I'm not such a huge fan of crowds - especially when I'm cycling as I have this severe inability to fight gravity and worry I'll knock some poor kid or Grandmother into the bushes! Still, we will be heading off very soon! Excited!!!!!!!!
Until next time...
So, yesterday I was determined to train. I spent the morning with Abbey at dance class followed by housework followed by an afternoon of trapsing around the shops looking for a suit for the other half. By the time we got back from that - the last thing I felt like was training! BUT, off I went. The session wasn't my best - my leg and back still being sore from my session with Dale on Thursday. I got nowhere near my top speed on the treadmill. Of course, pushing myself past my limits most likely didn't help either!
I had this bright idea that, since I couldn't walk fast, I'd try some interval training of the running variety instead... ah-huh. Stupidity!!!! It hurt like buggery! But did I stop? Noooooooo - that would have been sensible! It got to a point where I couldn't even walk on it. Note to self: You are not super human! I managed a grand total of 15 minutes before the pain kicked me off the treadmill. A short 2 min break and the taunting of the treadmill was too much:
"Weakling!"
"I kicked your sorry ass!"
"Looooooser"
"PA-THET-IC!"
So I did was any normal person would do... I got back on! I pushed for another 10 min of walking and then got off - conceding that perhaps this wasn't my best move. I then spent another 30 min doing resistance training (squats, bicep curls, lateral lifts, push ups) and core work (The plank, Bird Dog) before having a really good stretch. Surprisingly, I wasn't too sore or walking too abnormally when I returned to the land of the living (my family). In fact, no one even noticed how sore I was! SCORE! No lecture! AND I burnt a brilliant 550 calories in that hour - considering it was by far my worst session in months, that's a decent result!
I'm amazed that this morning I am not more sore than I currently am. My hips are sore and I'm guarding myself a little more than normal when I bend and move...but I'm not super sore. The pain score (if I had to give one) is around 2/10... I was honestly expecting to be around 6 or 7 this morning. I'll do another big stretch session very shortly before heading off on a family bike ride. I had been super excited about getting back on the bike and taking our wee one with us (we've had to buy an attachment for the bikes so we can tow her along as she seems to be struggling with how to ride a bike!); but today is a gorgeous gorgeous sunny day (after weeks of bleak Winter weather!) and so I am imagining that the bike trails are going to be teeming with families out for some sun and fresh air! I'm not such a huge fan of crowds - especially when I'm cycling as I have this severe inability to fight gravity and worry I'll knock some poor kid or Grandmother into the bushes! Still, we will be heading off very soon! Excited!!!!!!!!
Until next time...
Friday, July 29, 2011
Way to go (not!)
Way to go undoing all your hard work fool!
Yesterday was not such a good day. Pizza for dinner. WHAT was I thinking? No, I wasn't thinking at all! Not only did I eat Pizza - I ate TOO MUCH pizza! And Garlic Bread. And Coke. STUPID STUPID STUPID! Paying for it this morning though - sick as! Bloated stomach, feel nauseated, the mere thought of food makes me want to barf!
Note to self: NO MORE PIZZA. And ensure killer workout today.
Yesterday was not such a good day. Pizza for dinner. WHAT was I thinking? No, I wasn't thinking at all! Not only did I eat Pizza - I ate TOO MUCH pizza! And Garlic Bread. And Coke. STUPID STUPID STUPID! Paying for it this morning though - sick as! Bloated stomach, feel nauseated, the mere thought of food makes me want to barf!
Note to self: NO MORE PIZZA. And ensure killer workout today.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Today's Lesson...
#1 Do NOT piss your Trainer off at the beginning of a session!
Or more to the point - don't let him piss you off! It did NOT make for a pleasant session... I wanted to kick him, he was frustrated with me, I counted down the minutes. Crap session all round! But at least I got some good cardio results - good way to work it out!
#2 I am not super human and still emotionally eat (see point 1). I ate a handful of hot chips and around 100g of chocolate (Thanks Dale). Still, in the past I'd have eaten an entire BLOCK of chocolate, bowl of hot chips... and goodness knows what else! So I guess I didn't do too bad...
Or more to the point - don't let him piss you off! It did NOT make for a pleasant session... I wanted to kick him, he was frustrated with me, I counted down the minutes. Crap session all round! But at least I got some good cardio results - good way to work it out!
#2 I am not super human and still emotionally eat (see point 1). I ate a handful of hot chips and around 100g of chocolate (Thanks Dale). Still, in the past I'd have eaten an entire BLOCK of chocolate, bowl of hot chips... and goodness knows what else! So I guess I didn't do too bad...
The Beginning of the end...
...the end of bad habits that is!
For as long as I can remember, I've been bigger than everyone else. When I look back on photo's of me as a child (the few I have), I don't consider myself to be fat. But at the time, I thought I was huge. Maybe it's just that I am older and bigger (fatter) now so I appreciate what I had back then more? Or maybe I just suffered from the same ridiculous body image issues as every other teenage girl. Either way, the insecurities of body image haunt me to this day.
Given that I am currently around 173cm and weigh 101Kg, I KNOW I am am fat. I can accept that...without accepting it. I've known I'm big for a long time. Kind of hard to ignore. When I starting dating my (now) husband in 2001, I weighed 80Kg. The most I've weighed is 116Kg (2011). That's a whopping 36Kg gain in 10 years! OUCH! Completely unhealthy!
So, knowing I was fat and unhealthy, I began a journey to change my life. I actually began it in March 2009. Started with a personal trainer a few times a week. And then I hurt my back. Initially I lost 8Kg... and then put it all back on plus an extra kilo. Then 8 weeks ago, I changed my life for good. I started an eating plan limiting my calories to 1500 per day. I soon discovered that it was still too much food for me (I had lost 6Kg in 3 weeks but I couldn't physically eat the food!) and dropped it down to 1200 calories. Over the last 8 weeks, I have lost 9Kg! Better than that, I've lost 5cm from my stomach and around 1.5 cm from my arms and chest (not too keen on the chest decreasing but guess I'll just have to suck it up!).
SO, this blog is a way to track my progress. Watch me reach my goals! My aim is to get down to 80Kg...maybe even 75 - but def 80! I have no time frame just yet - just that it needs to happen. I also want to have another baby (I have a 4 year old) so this is just as much about getting fit for another pregnancy as it is about changing my life around!
SO, here we go... My first mini goal is to be under 100Kg. I have my next weigh in with my trainer (Dale) on the 7th August. I am determined to be under 100 on that date! Yesterday I weighed 101.08Kg... lets get moving!
For as long as I can remember, I've been bigger than everyone else. When I look back on photo's of me as a child (the few I have), I don't consider myself to be fat. But at the time, I thought I was huge. Maybe it's just that I am older and bigger (fatter) now so I appreciate what I had back then more? Or maybe I just suffered from the same ridiculous body image issues as every other teenage girl. Either way, the insecurities of body image haunt me to this day.
Given that I am currently around 173cm and weigh 101Kg, I KNOW I am am fat. I can accept that...without accepting it. I've known I'm big for a long time. Kind of hard to ignore. When I starting dating my (now) husband in 2001, I weighed 80Kg. The most I've weighed is 116Kg (2011). That's a whopping 36Kg gain in 10 years! OUCH! Completely unhealthy!
So, knowing I was fat and unhealthy, I began a journey to change my life. I actually began it in March 2009. Started with a personal trainer a few times a week. And then I hurt my back. Initially I lost 8Kg... and then put it all back on plus an extra kilo. Then 8 weeks ago, I changed my life for good. I started an eating plan limiting my calories to 1500 per day. I soon discovered that it was still too much food for me (I had lost 6Kg in 3 weeks but I couldn't physically eat the food!) and dropped it down to 1200 calories. Over the last 8 weeks, I have lost 9Kg! Better than that, I've lost 5cm from my stomach and around 1.5 cm from my arms and chest (not too keen on the chest decreasing but guess I'll just have to suck it up!).
SO, this blog is a way to track my progress. Watch me reach my goals! My aim is to get down to 80Kg...maybe even 75 - but def 80! I have no time frame just yet - just that it needs to happen. I also want to have another baby (I have a 4 year old) so this is just as much about getting fit for another pregnancy as it is about changing my life around!
SO, here we go... My first mini goal is to be under 100Kg. I have my next weigh in with my trainer (Dale) on the 7th August. I am determined to be under 100 on that date! Yesterday I weighed 101.08Kg... lets get moving!
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