My half way point

Unsurprisingly I weigh the same as I did when I started.

Really cross with myself. Really am. I had a good PT session today though and worked really hard. And we have decided that I will weigh in every week from now on since I need to keep a check on stuff. My PT would like me to stop eating bread, spuds and rice and eat lots of fruit/veg/protein with cereal for brekkie. Will be a HUGE wrench not to eat bread - what the hell am I going to have at work for lunch?? Nightmare.

I have my weekly challenges

1 - DO a body balance class
2 - Interval training on bike/treadmill/crosstrainer
3 - Abs workout

She also wants me to do some daily stretches as my calves and hamstrings are really tight.

So tomorrow it begins!!

Good day/bad day!

Great exercise day today. Went to the gym for over an hour. I did the 6 walk/runs and i thought I was going to die again. Then I did a 3 min 6Kph walk and then ran another 2 x 1min runs at 9kph!! Really pushed myself to do them and I didn't want to AT all. Felt good (and dead) when I had done them. I then did a weights circuit but it was a bit busy so I felt a bit uncomfortable. So I did 10 mins on the bike instead. I then met up with the kids/James and we went swimming.

BUT I still can't stop eating. It hasn't helped that it's the TOM which every month means I just want to hoover up all the food in the whole world.

Hurrah!

Managed a quick 45 mins in the gym today. I was crap though. Managed 6 of the walk 1 min/run 1min. Walking at 6Kph and running at 9Kph. Thought I was going to die after 6 times though.

Did 1 set of my weights circuit then I had to go home as I ran out of time.

Bugger

Supposed to be going to the gym both yesterday AND today. Doesn't seem to have happened. Work and life keeps getting in the way.

NOt a good start to my week.

Back to PT

OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH

Did PT today and it chuffing killed. I am EXTREMELY unfit having done basically nothing since I had mumps. Need to get my eating in gear as at the moment I can't stop eating.

Onwards and upwards...............

Must do better

Been to docs this morning as I am incredibly run down with everything that's been going on. I have coldsores all over my face and the doctor has given me some pills. They are basically zovirax in a pill form but stronger so hopefully they will start to do something soon. I WAS considering going to the gym tonight but am exhausted and have decided not to push quite yet. There is a Bootcamp session tomorrow at 4:30pm and I am going to aim for that one.

Am now a member of WW online (through Quidco - it was £32 with £30 cashback!!) so I can start to use Tracker. I definitely eat too much if I don't write it down!!

Well and truly off the rails

OOPS.

After yesterday's gym fun I have gone completely off the rails. Had all you can eat chinese last night (and I ate A LOT). Pint and half of lager as well. Then today I had bacon sarnie for brekkie. No lunch (i forgot) then MASSIVE tea. Roast beef, creamy cheesy leeks, carrots, peas, yorkshire pudding, gravy, creamy mash yum yum yum.

FOLLOWED by school dinners puddings. Chocolate concrete with PROPER pink custard and cornflake tart with custard.

THEN I have eaten 7 Thorntons continentals. And am currently drinking a glass of red.

Oh dear. I do feel quite depressed today - the whole of the area between my nose and mouth is filled with coldsores and it KILLS.

I know I will be depressed that I ate so much tomorrow. I am back on WW with a vengeance in the morning.

Very Disappointed.

Tried to go to bootcamp today. First real venture out of the house as well. I was in there less than 5 mins. I started a gentle warm up run and i could feel my face moving up and down - like the swollen part was jigging. It hurt. I stretched my face right out to stop it doing it but it was painful. Then I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. My face had started swelling up :(

I was gutted. I stopped and the PTs came over and said yes it is you need to stop because your blood pumping is making it swell again. She advised light bike but not to let my heartrate go over 130bmp. So I did that. 20 mins on bike at low intensity and kept heartrate between 120-140. After 20 minutes though I started to feel hot and could feel it swelling up again.

Really fed up. I also can feel 2 coldsores coming so I must have been more run down than I thought.

Sigh. Dr did say it would be 2 weeks before my face was normal but I hadn't thought that I might not be able to do stuff once quarantine was up. I was so concentrating on getting out of the house and back to it I never considered I may not be able.

Depressed. Oh well. Am out tonight too at all you can eat chinese for James' birthday. Looking forward to it but its REALLY bad for the diet!!

Help!

I really need an exercise bike to borrow - does anyone have one they can lend me for a week?  Feeling really down about the fact I will be back to square one when I finally get back to the gym.

Longer than anticipated :-(

Well been to GP this morning.  They are confused as to why I have mumps.  Not only have I been immunised against it but I already had it in October 1981!  You aren't supposed to be able to get it more than once.  Trust me eh?  GP has taken some blood to confirm diagnosis and for now I am in quarantine for at least this whole week.

I have let the personal trainers know.  I feel really really bad about the fact I must have been contagious when I had my PT session on Thursday.  I really hope this doesn't set me back too far because I really felt like I was getting somewhere finally.  Can't do anything all week though can't exercise or anything.  Can't even leave the house.

Here is a *lovely* photo of my massively swollen face.  Nice eh?

FATFACE

Well this has stalled a little as I have mumps :(  I actually feel alright in myself so far but I am contagious so I can't go to the gym until at least Wednesday/Thursday.  I also look absolutely ridiculous.  My face looks like Monica from Friends when she wears the fatsuit.  Or when Drop Dead Fred gets his face shut in the fridge door.

Its rather sore at the moment but if I am OK on Monday I will try and do some exercise at home.

Week 3 training session

Worked HARD tonight but you know what - I think I recovered a lot quicker!  We did 5 mins fast rowing on rowing machine to warm up then I did 20 mins on treadmill running at 10kph for 30s then walking at 6kph for 60s.  Thought I was going to die when it got to 10 mins.  I never usually run at 10kph - usually I run at 8 or 8.5 so it was quite a step up.  Then we did a weights circuit with shoulder presses/seated rows and all manor of tortuous things.  Then a whole raft of abs work.  Tired wasn't the word.

Anyway I got my challenges for this week which are:
1 - Treadmill run 30s at 10kph/walk 60s at 6kph for 20 mins
2 - Ab workout 3 times
3 - At least one class (in addition to bootcamp).  Preferably body balance.

The body balance is in there as I have no balance whatsoever.  I can lift whatever she asks me too but when it comes to standing on one leg or owt off centre I am a wobble merchant.  Hopefully this will help!

Then I ruined it all by going out for a meal directly after and stuffing my face silly.  I stuck to water to drink though because I didn't want coke as I need to sleep well tonight and I couldn't drink as I was driving.  Oh well.  Least the meal was after when I was still hopefully burning cals off!

Going it alone

Been to gym to do my challenges today at 3:30pm When I got there I had forgotten my bloody training plan.  I could remember that I had to do 2000m in less than 12 mins and to try to beat previous time but I couldn’t remember the long list of things on the run/walk list.  So rather than do nothing I went on the treadmill and did last weeks challenge of walk 1min/run1 min for 20 mins that I didn’t manage to complete last week.  Then I went on the rowing machine and managed to do the 2000m in 10:46mins this time!  A full 36 seconds faster than the first time.  Arms are KILLING me.  So are my hands actually.  I think I need to take my rings off next time.


Got a text about when next weeks bootcamps are.  Monday 6:45am, Tuesday 7:30am, Wednesday 2pm and Saturday 1pm.  I can make Tue and Sat no problem and possibly even wednesday with a bit of jiggery pokery with picking the kids up as I don't think Xander will be able to go to swimming lessons after his ear operation.  Not sure how doing 3 bootcamps will impact on my gym challenges though?  I guess will find out tomorrow night!

Week 3 Bootcamp

Bootcamp was this morning at 7:30am.  Was HELL as usual.  Must be said though – seems to be tiny bit easier than last week.  Dunno if I am very very slightly fitter or if they took it a little easier on us.  Who knows.  I feel a little tighter all over and my skirt did up a bit easier this morning.  Might be all in my mind though of course………….  I am very stiff and achy again though so must have worked hard.  It's my shoulders and triceps today that hurt most.  That damn weight bar.   


Next bootcamp session is on Friday at 5pm which I can't make cos of Alexander's operation.  Shame but there are more important things than my fat behind in the world.  I will try and make it to the gym Saturday and Sunday to make up for it. Am sure I will have plenty of chalenges to complete when I get to my PT session on Thursday!

Sicky piggy

Am rubbish.  Kept feeling sick on and off all weekend and so did James so neither of us has been to gym at all.  REALLY hoping I feel OK for Bootcamp tomorrow.  Need to keep this up.  Not been tracking my points either and I know I have eaten loads.  I made a tart au citron at the weekend and  it was amazing if I do say so myself!  Ate 2 pieces of it but in the end I dropped it off with my mum to stop me eating it all (she then ate it all!).