Grim - am down with the flu - runny nose, sore throat, achy all over. Real bummer as I was just getting back on track after last week's wrist sprain. Not pleased in the slightest that I can't do my exercises - hope it's not going to set me back too much. All in, I've probably lapsed abt 7 days in total now...yikes!
But staying faithful to the diet though, well as much as I possibly can. Still find it tough to scarf down the before-bed vege snack. Am giving it a miss every other night. Again, my bad.
So with 49 days to go, I know I have to or rather, I would really like to give it my all once this latest set-back is done. There, it's in print now so got to be done.
Incidentally, I haven't stooped to any indulgence just yet - that has got to count for something, no?
Monday, 11 July 2011
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Day 39, 40 - Starvin
Tapping this out in bed, tummy growling. Am very tempted to raid the fridge but I know we've only got vegetables and fruit in there so not going to bother. I'm definitely missing the protein this week and measly egg whites just don't cut it...is it really a no no to substitute a bit of beef or chicken for the evening's egg white?? Feeling decidedly grumpy now...
On the subject of egg whites - dinner time yesterday and hubby pipes up that he prefers his hard boiled eggs hot instead of ice cold from the fridge. I go " you can't microwave hard boiled eggs, they'll explode". 2 mins later, our helper puts hubby's plate in front of us and POOF, this almighty explosion sprays egg shrapnel all over us and the living room - every inch of the coffee table, carpet and ceiling is covered in desiccated egg bits. See that is what you get when you don't listen to the missus.
Quote of the evening - "now we know".
Yoghurt - am finding it impossible to find organic low fat plain yoghurt in Hong Kong. Have only seen the fat free variety and they are rubbish. Like eating sour glue paste...urgh. Anyone having better luck out there?
Ok, so I'm largely only griping about the food aspect of things. The exercise half of the equation has been pretty good now that the wrist is almost back on track.
Decided to heed Patrick's email abt skipping in the morning to maximize the fat burn so groggily pushed through the jumps first thing today. Def not a convert yet - way way too harsh to start the day I say.
But I can report that the skipping has improved tremendously. Inspired by hubby's 600 a pop feat in Seoul this week, I managed to crank out 720 at a go yesterday, so did 300, 400 and 720 to complete yesterday's set...felt pretty pleased with myself after that, if I may say so!
Didn't quite manage 700 at a go today but 550 is not too shabby, no?
And the numbers for this week's weigh in - 50.3kg, 20.1% body fat. Think I started out with abt 28% body fat so a good result certainly.
Ok, enough of this... lights out time...night all.
On the subject of egg whites - dinner time yesterday and hubby pipes up that he prefers his hard boiled eggs hot instead of ice cold from the fridge. I go " you can't microwave hard boiled eggs, they'll explode". 2 mins later, our helper puts hubby's plate in front of us and POOF, this almighty explosion sprays egg shrapnel all over us and the living room - every inch of the coffee table, carpet and ceiling is covered in desiccated egg bits. See that is what you get when you don't listen to the missus.
Quote of the evening - "now we know".
Yoghurt - am finding it impossible to find organic low fat plain yoghurt in Hong Kong. Have only seen the fat free variety and they are rubbish. Like eating sour glue paste...urgh. Anyone having better luck out there?
Ok, so I'm largely only griping about the food aspect of things. The exercise half of the equation has been pretty good now that the wrist is almost back on track.
Decided to heed Patrick's email abt skipping in the morning to maximize the fat burn so groggily pushed through the jumps first thing today. Def not a convert yet - way way too harsh to start the day I say.
But I can report that the skipping has improved tremendously. Inspired by hubby's 600 a pop feat in Seoul this week, I managed to crank out 720 at a go yesterday, so did 300, 400 and 720 to complete yesterday's set...felt pretty pleased with myself after that, if I may say so!
Didn't quite manage 700 at a go today but 550 is not too shabby, no?
And the numbers for this week's weigh in - 50.3kg, 20.1% body fat. Think I started out with abt 28% body fat so a good result certainly.
Ok, enough of this... lights out time...night all.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Day 38 - Am Back!
Have been silent because I've pretty much had to sit out this PCP when I sprained my wrist last Fri - a very bad, almost tore ligament one. Wish I could say it was from a serious workout but nope, was grappling with a runaway baby stroller. The 20 pounder was in it so wasn't pretty.
Must confess, was a tad delighted at first - "good news, er, I mean bad news Patrick, sprained the wrist badly, looks like I can't do any skipping or use resistance bands for a while - bummer".
Patrick's advice was to do 30min of brisk walking and whatever I could muster pain free. So I did a couple of slow runs over the weekend- ok, 2 slow runs. Really couldn't do the bands at all and skipping was out. By Mon, I gave the exercises a wide berth - just couldn't be asked really.
But today with the wrist feeling almost 90%, and guilt running high at abt 200%, decided to tackle the day's workout. Did the skips (1600 to make up for the last few days - felt great!), legs and abs. Grappling with the bands still felt a bit off so didn't push it.
So long story short, I've not been entirely compliant on the exercise front and it has not been great. It's astonishing how slow and lethargic I've been in the last few days and I think it's entirely due to me slacking on the exercise front ( or it could be the less than invigorating diet we're on!). Absolutely remarkable how the last 30 days have somewhat reengineered my system - who would have thought I would miss exercising! So am back folks!
~ hmm, this slacking and then coming round seems to be a recurring theme on my blog...
Must confess, was a tad delighted at first - "good news, er, I mean bad news Patrick, sprained the wrist badly, looks like I can't do any skipping or use resistance bands for a while - bummer".
Patrick's advice was to do 30min of brisk walking and whatever I could muster pain free. So I did a couple of slow runs over the weekend- ok, 2 slow runs. Really couldn't do the bands at all and skipping was out. By Mon, I gave the exercises a wide berth - just couldn't be asked really.
But today with the wrist feeling almost 90%, and guilt running high at abt 200%, decided to tackle the day's workout. Did the skips (1600 to make up for the last few days - felt great!), legs and abs. Grappling with the bands still felt a bit off so didn't push it.
So long story short, I've not been entirely compliant on the exercise front and it has not been great. It's astonishing how slow and lethargic I've been in the last few days and I think it's entirely due to me slacking on the exercise front ( or it could be the less than invigorating diet we're on!). Absolutely remarkable how the last 30 days have somewhat reengineered my system - who would have thought I would miss exercising! So am back folks!
~ hmm, this slacking and then coming round seems to be a recurring theme on my blog...
Monday, 27 June 2011
Oh dear, just re-read yesterday's post - real woe-is-me stuff - pathetic! Sorry, hit a real slump yesterday.
Much better today - did the sets earlier in the day which def helped.
Still can't quite manage the V-sit but can report that I've done my first proper unassisted sit-up. Amazing! Think I mentioned in a previous post that I have never ever managed to crunch up unassisted in my life so today is nothing short of miraculous. 4 sets of 15 - feeling rather proud of myself :) Thanks PCP!
Feeling motivated again!
Much better today - did the sets earlier in the day which def helped.
Still can't quite manage the V-sit but can report that I've done my first proper unassisted sit-up. Amazing! Think I mentioned in a previous post that I have never ever managed to crunch up unassisted in my life so today is nothing short of miraculous. 4 sets of 15 - feeling rather proud of myself :) Thanks PCP!
Feeling motivated again!
Sunday, 26 June 2011
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly....
Not the best at blogging - been over 10 days since the last post and I can just abt hear Patrick's admonishment...so a quick overview of the last 10 odd days...
The Good
The Hubby - because he has been so darn dedicated to this project ( business travel/meals - don't think he has wavered at all, dahm it!), i've had little choice but to keep up. Just seems a little pathetic to use the little one as an excuse all the time...guess just abt everyone has a tiring day most days. So doing this together has been good - a big kick in the behind...
Less Mental Fog - Hubby and I were just commenting on how we seem to be thinking clearer, the senses more acute. Laying off the salt and sugar, cutting down on the red meat and heavy meals has been eye opening...nice to not feel ick after our meals.
Getting trimmer - starting to receive a few compliments from friends. Weighing in at 51.8kg now - yay! Some ways to go before pre-baby weight of 45kg but nice to feel strong whilst whittling down.
The Bad
The DREAD before each day's exercise. Me and exercise, we've just never been friends and I don't think ever will. So after 26 days, I still hate the excercises. I can't bear doing the sets in the morning and of course, by day's end, am so tempted to just call it quits. It's a daily fight....sigh....
The Ugly
Have thrown in the towel on 2 occasions now and honestly, don't know how I'm going to make it to day 90. The diet, I can handle but the exercises, sheer torture. And with the sets getting tougher each day, I'm just skipping some of the sets that are plain horrid....so the Pull Ups, V-Sit, the Creep are being conveniently ignored. There, I've admitted it.
So folks, it's been tough. I absolutely love how I feel each day after I've completed the sets, and can feel and see the good in the whole project but just dealing with the exercise part of it is tough! I just don't enjoy it! Am absolutely dreading the next few weeks.
But no, am not dropping out just yet....keeping Patrick's words in mind...be like a mule...head down, just keep going...anyone else feel the same??
The Good
The Hubby - because he has been so darn dedicated to this project ( business travel/meals - don't think he has wavered at all, dahm it!), i've had little choice but to keep up. Just seems a little pathetic to use the little one as an excuse all the time...guess just abt everyone has a tiring day most days. So doing this together has been good - a big kick in the behind...
Less Mental Fog - Hubby and I were just commenting on how we seem to be thinking clearer, the senses more acute. Laying off the salt and sugar, cutting down on the red meat and heavy meals has been eye opening...nice to not feel ick after our meals.
Getting trimmer - starting to receive a few compliments from friends. Weighing in at 51.8kg now - yay! Some ways to go before pre-baby weight of 45kg but nice to feel strong whilst whittling down.
The Bad
The DREAD before each day's exercise. Me and exercise, we've just never been friends and I don't think ever will. So after 26 days, I still hate the excercises. I can't bear doing the sets in the morning and of course, by day's end, am so tempted to just call it quits. It's a daily fight....sigh....
The Ugly
Have thrown in the towel on 2 occasions now and honestly, don't know how I'm going to make it to day 90. The diet, I can handle but the exercises, sheer torture. And with the sets getting tougher each day, I'm just skipping some of the sets that are plain horrid....so the Pull Ups, V-Sit, the Creep are being conveniently ignored. There, I've admitted it.
So folks, it's been tough. I absolutely love how I feel each day after I've completed the sets, and can feel and see the good in the whole project but just dealing with the exercise part of it is tough! I just don't enjoy it! Am absolutely dreading the next few weeks.
But no, am not dropping out just yet....keeping Patrick's words in mind...be like a mule...head down, just keep going...anyone else feel the same??
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Day 14 - Just Do It
Almost didn't make it today - was soooooo close to skipping today's jumps. Tough night with the lil one stirring a few times so was hardly well rested in the morning. By day's end, when I put the bub to bed, I was spent.
All I wanted to do was have ( the measly ) dinner, a hot shower and crawl into bed...but couldn't do it. The guilt just kept at it so at 730, put my shoes on and thwacked out the jumps.
And yup, it's all mental. Once I did the first 100, the rest were pretty easy.
What works for me is mentally counting them in sets of 50 whilst doing 150 at a go. When I count them in sequence, I find that at 120, I start to wobble. Keeping the count to 50 somehow makes them more bearable.
Felt FAB when I was done. As I sit here tapping this out, lesson learnt - Just Do It.
All I wanted to do was have ( the measly ) dinner, a hot shower and crawl into bed...but couldn't do it. The guilt just kept at it so at 730, put my shoes on and thwacked out the jumps.
And yup, it's all mental. Once I did the first 100, the rest were pretty easy.
What works for me is mentally counting them in sets of 50 whilst doing 150 at a go. When I count them in sequence, I find that at 120, I start to wobble. Keeping the count to 50 somehow makes them more bearable.
Felt FAB when I was done. As I sit here tapping this out, lesson learnt - Just Do It.
Monday, 13 June 2011
Week 2 - numbers....
I am missing my carbs...50 measly grams for dinner???! I kid you not, that's one slightly large new potato OR abt 14 pasta spirals ( I counted). And only 80g of protein for dinner - dreadful! I am so weak from hunger!
Patrick, you sure you got the numbers right? 170g of protein + 1 egg a day - seriously?! I feel positively faint from hunger. Not to mention a tad cranky...tried to sneak in a few extra pasta spirals, but my helper piped up "ONLY 50 GRAMS!!!". Spoil sport.
Safe to say, my thoughts have been drifting to our first indulgence day. Note, Patrick has not even mentioned it to our group yet, so it's clearly not anytime close but I've read it on the other blogs...gosh to be able to tuck into grilled sausages, chocolate chip cookies, fried chicken...sigh...
On a more positive note, a different set of numbers are cause for some cheer - am now 53kg. Started the program at 55, so Yay!
And have found my groove re working out - between 3-4pm is my sweet spot. I'm just not a morning person and evening's way too tough...too tempting to just bail.
So nipped into the gym today at 4 and slayed it - 35mins, done!
Patrick's email today on keeping the sets close made a huge difference - no sense in prolonging the pain so just went for it. Hopefully i'll be able to maintain this over the next few weeks.
And doing the sets at the gym was helpful - not the busiest time obviously so had one of the trainers help by keeping an eye on my form.
Think they were thinking, who's this weird chick with her resistance bands....oh, just you wait till day 90.
Patrick, you sure you got the numbers right? 170g of protein + 1 egg a day - seriously?! I feel positively faint from hunger. Not to mention a tad cranky...tried to sneak in a few extra pasta spirals, but my helper piped up "ONLY 50 GRAMS!!!". Spoil sport.
Safe to say, my thoughts have been drifting to our first indulgence day. Note, Patrick has not even mentioned it to our group yet, so it's clearly not anytime close but I've read it on the other blogs...gosh to be able to tuck into grilled sausages, chocolate chip cookies, fried chicken...sigh...
On a more positive note, a different set of numbers are cause for some cheer - am now 53kg. Started the program at 55, so Yay!
And have found my groove re working out - between 3-4pm is my sweet spot. I'm just not a morning person and evening's way too tough...too tempting to just bail.
So nipped into the gym today at 4 and slayed it - 35mins, done!
Patrick's email today on keeping the sets close made a huge difference - no sense in prolonging the pain so just went for it. Hopefully i'll be able to maintain this over the next few weeks.
And doing the sets at the gym was helpful - not the busiest time obviously so had one of the trainers help by keeping an eye on my form.
Think they were thinking, who's this weird chick with her resistance bands....oh, just you wait till day 90.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Start of second week - never felt so healthy!
I am so enjoying this program so far- have never felt so in control of my lifestyle! Love how there's a daily plan, and we have to nail it daily, no ifs, no buts...I feel so energized!
I've been banging on abt how great I feel and how fantastic that we are on this program that hubby is saying I sound like I'm in a cult...well at least I'm not talking abt it in public ( just yet anyway)...don't want to be "that couple"...
So it's been pretty smooth sailing so far - finally got the food scale yesterday and spent the evening planning and weighing out food portions. The interesting thing is that we're pretty much on the same menu plan as our 8 mth old daughter!
In fact, we were nicking quite a bit of her food last night! This no oil/salt/sugar plan, plenty of vegetables is pretty much what feeding a child calls for...our helper thinks it's hilarious, and that we've gone a little mad. We may well have....I mean, my husband happily tucks into punnets of blueberries now and at dinner on Sat, ordered a salad! That's a first, for sure!
Not much success though in getting the sets done in the morning...just too difficult with a lil one that gets up at the crack of dawn. And frankly, it's too darn hot even at 8am to do much outside. So have been largely doing them in the evening.
Am finding the sit-ups difficult - but that's just me. Confession - have never been able to do a sit-up, never. Weird but true.
The skipping's coming along nicely though..almost doing 120 per round now but have got to find a spot that's not concrete/stone....think I may just have to haul myself to the gym over the next few days.
Ok, so it's only the second week - I'm sure the ramp up will come soon and I'll be singing a different tune then. Telling myself to take it one day at a time, and for now, am enjoying this spate of clean living. Kinda nice!
I've been banging on abt how great I feel and how fantastic that we are on this program that hubby is saying I sound like I'm in a cult...well at least I'm not talking abt it in public ( just yet anyway)...don't want to be "that couple"...
So it's been pretty smooth sailing so far - finally got the food scale yesterday and spent the evening planning and weighing out food portions. The interesting thing is that we're pretty much on the same menu plan as our 8 mth old daughter!
In fact, we were nicking quite a bit of her food last night! This no oil/salt/sugar plan, plenty of vegetables is pretty much what feeding a child calls for...our helper thinks it's hilarious, and that we've gone a little mad. We may well have....I mean, my husband happily tucks into punnets of blueberries now and at dinner on Sat, ordered a salad! That's a first, for sure!
Not much success though in getting the sets done in the morning...just too difficult with a lil one that gets up at the crack of dawn. And frankly, it's too darn hot even at 8am to do much outside. So have been largely doing them in the evening.
Am finding the sit-ups difficult - but that's just me. Confession - have never been able to do a sit-up, never. Weird but true.
The skipping's coming along nicely though..almost doing 120 per round now but have got to find a spot that's not concrete/stone....think I may just have to haul myself to the gym over the next few days.
Ok, so it's only the second week - I'm sure the ramp up will come soon and I'll be singing a different tune then. Telling myself to take it one day at a time, and for now, am enjoying this spate of clean living. Kinda nice!
Friday, 3 June 2011
Recap of the First 3 Days - Not the Best Start
Ok, I'm going to just lay it out - this blogging thing, am not a fan at all. Am not on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin or any social media - it all strikes me as a terribly bad idea.
But this PCP - brilliant! I am so psyched to be on it - cannot wait for the new me in 90 days!
So if blogging is what it takes, so be it. And it's been fab to read all the blogs out there...very inspirational. So here goes...
A quick recap of the last 3 days then...not the must successful start I'll admit...
Day 1.
Plowed through the sets - easy peasy. Promptly coasted on that all afternoon till I realized we had dinner at Caprice that evening. Let's just say I didn't quite leave halves on my plate. I even shamefully had a few brioches (they were so good!), dessert and finished the husband's cheese plate...what made it worse was that hubby left half of everything on his plate.
Oh the guilt that evening :( Told myself that it was Day 1, so it technically didn't count!
Day 2
Had the worst night - the little one had a cold so was up half the night. Woke up feeling dreadful and couldn't really muster any work out. When the husband came home, had to confess that I hadn't exactly done the day's sets. Marching orders, did the deed and guess what, it wasn't all that bad!
Endorphin high ( how unfit am I? That was all it took??!), couldn't sleep till well past midnight but felt pretty triumphant. Note to self - get the sets done in the morning, ride the high in the day.
Day 3
Did not do my sets - with lil one ill, this week has been a shocker.
No excuses I know. Told the hubby that the weekend will be a new page. This is it - I'm ready to do this.
A few thoughts -
Reckon it's going to be very much a mental game, as with most things. Procrastinating is my kryptonite so going to have to be extra vigilant - nip it quick.
Food side of things - not so bad. Pretty good with my diet so not expecting that to be the biggest hurdle.
What, no girls in our group?? Yikes! So ladies, I'm probably going to reach out to you guys for some support at some point. Feel free to do the same!
Off now for my half breakfast - have a fab weekend all!
But this PCP - brilliant! I am so psyched to be on it - cannot wait for the new me in 90 days!
So if blogging is what it takes, so be it. And it's been fab to read all the blogs out there...very inspirational. So here goes...
A quick recap of the last 3 days then...not the must successful start I'll admit...
Day 1.
Plowed through the sets - easy peasy. Promptly coasted on that all afternoon till I realized we had dinner at Caprice that evening. Let's just say I didn't quite leave halves on my plate. I even shamefully had a few brioches (they were so good!), dessert and finished the husband's cheese plate...what made it worse was that hubby left half of everything on his plate.
Oh the guilt that evening :( Told myself that it was Day 1, so it technically didn't count!
Day 2
Had the worst night - the little one had a cold so was up half the night. Woke up feeling dreadful and couldn't really muster any work out. When the husband came home, had to confess that I hadn't exactly done the day's sets. Marching orders, did the deed and guess what, it wasn't all that bad!
Endorphin high ( how unfit am I? That was all it took??!), couldn't sleep till well past midnight but felt pretty triumphant. Note to self - get the sets done in the morning, ride the high in the day.
Day 3
Did not do my sets - with lil one ill, this week has been a shocker.
No excuses I know. Told the hubby that the weekend will be a new page. This is it - I'm ready to do this.
A few thoughts -
Reckon it's going to be very much a mental game, as with most things. Procrastinating is my kryptonite so going to have to be extra vigilant - nip it quick.
Food side of things - not so bad. Pretty good with my diet so not expecting that to be the biggest hurdle.
What, no girls in our group?? Yikes! So ladies, I'm probably going to reach out to you guys for some support at some point. Feel free to do the same!
Off now for my half breakfast - have a fab weekend all!
Thursday, 2 June 2011
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