Well it's been a while.....
I managed to finish Tafe...finally now to finish my fitness diploma and I am all done.
We have our house for sale. It was a big decision but something we have wanted to do for a while. I managed to get myself a job with woollies doing nightfill, is a workout....good fun though and keeps me sane, otherwise I wouldn't be leaving the house too often at all. My research project turned out to be interesting. I was told that the due date had been changed and I now only had 2 weeks to complete it....I was stunned and very stressed....thankfully I got it done and handed it in within the time frame that it was required.
And it passed without the need for any changes so I was pretty happy with that!
The fabulous buildes next door have been driving me nuts again. They started at 6.10am yesterday and 6.30am this morning, tomorrow I will ring and put another complaint into the shire. By the time ingot home from work last night it was 12.30 and I finally got to sleep at half one, so I was tired and to be woken up so early is really pushing the friendship.
Anyways enough for now.....more later....off to buy some groceries.....fun stuff... Better at this time of day I hope!

Week 3 and going ok

Week three has finally rolled around....week one and two have been ok, a few things need tweaking, especially my portion sizes. Boot camp is progressing nicely! My fitness has improved a lot! My measurements are definitely going down, but the numbers on the scales are dragging their feet! I managed a walk today, being a public holiday there was no class, which meant I had to do my own thing, waking up with a headache and aching joints didn't really make me feel like pushing through a big workout so I decided a walk would be adequate, better than nothing at all.
I am still suffering from a bit of sleep deprevation, I woke up at three am and laid there stressing about all my study that I know I am capable of finishing! I do worry about my capabilities with everything, which sometimes makes it much harder. It is hard to balance things sometimes. So I need to re centre, put some time into planning and get everything together. Then just do it and finish it and move forward. I have a lot of plans for the end of the year and next year!
Work is progressing slowly, time constraints make it difficult to juggle work and study and fitness. But I know that without my fitness I would be struggling worse than I am at the moment. Tafe is an interesting place at the moment. I am grouped with some terribly difficult people for a group assignment, another group where only some of them turn up on occasion, and one friend who i have become a good study buddy too. I have found my research topic for my big research project, it is going to be difficult but should be doable. My sister in law is a geneticist and knows where to find information on medical applications so I think I will be borrowing some of her time.
The 12 week bt this time is much more successful though, I seem to be able to follow it with more dedication, more motivation and have my head in much better place.
I think the next three weeks will be improved, tomorrow I will start keeping a food diary to rope in my portions and ensuring that I am not overdoing the caloric levels that I should be adhering to.
Well that's it unti the end of the week.
Cherio
Freddy

Day 2

well today is day 2... day one was a triumph, food went really well, exercise was successful. So day three here we come...
Day one was interesting - smaller portions and some food that looked pretty but was extremely difficult to eat. But oh well ended up just the same in my stomach I guess. Dinner was fantastic, I love the salmon, especially the marinated stuff - that stuff is rather good and terribly morish. Probably a good thing it is healthy fish. We managed to go shopping yesterday and buy a new lounge.... am rather looking forward to it's arrival tomorrow yay... not that I should be doing too much sitting in it, rather should be exercising as per the plan...
well until tomorrow... me signing out... lunch is calling my name!

New month, new goals, new way forward

It seems to be something that I say quite often, a new start a new beginning, a new plan a new goal a new way to get from point a to point b. I have been going to bootcamp for 2weeks now doing exercise 4 days per week and making sure that I do more on my rest days. I am going to print out the 12wbt and follow the plan, work through my excuses and my reasons for not being a success and make it through, the constant exercise is really good, I definitely feel happier and more certain about continuing my journey this way. I think I will continue bootcamp with these guys for a few months more after this month, build some habits and do something that is close to home and that I don't have to think about.....something that I just do!
Well here we go, close the door on the airplane and prepare for take off..... Cruising altitude is going to take some time to reach but once there things should be substantially easier.
Tafe next semester is much less load, thankfully! I need the extra time for my fitness stuff. That will be able to fit in much better!
Cherio for now, update will be done on Monday after my official take off date, fri, sat and sun are preparation days, filling the hold with good food, changing the oil and beginning taxi onto the runway!
See u Monday
Freddy

A new start

Well the last 2 months has been nothing short of ridiculously busy and hard to keep up with.
My study is improving or my application to my study is improving. I had a fabulous weekend at the uni doing wet lab. Learned so much, considering I was absolutely terrified of the whole experience.
I have changed my eating and exercise a bit, I have been sick for near on 4 weeks now, first a flu thing like a head cold, now I have a head cold that is twice as bad. It comes with a sore throat swollen neck and monster headache, hopefully that will nick off soon and I will be back to my exercise.
I have finally found a work experience placement at a gym, am really looking forward to it, though worry as my fitness levels are very low at present.
My work hours have decreased somewhat, with study, clinic at Tafe and work experience, there is a lot less time that I can devote to my client base.
This week is Tafe holidays, a good week to catch up on a lot of things that I am very behind with.
Hopefully this second term will see my work, study, clinic hours balance out a bit. Will see, at this point things don't look too promising, if anything the 2nd quarter is going to be much busier!

it's been a little while

It's been a while since I posted... Study and work, fitness and training have sort of been keeping me rather ridiculously busy. so I thought I should do a bit of a quick update.

I have lost another kg... which is good that is 4kg this year, slow but steady, faster would be better, but the last week with my diet being as bad as it was, probably not going to move any faster than that.

This week has been much better... boot camp monday, personal training today and then boot camp again friday morning. Boot camp is fun, you get out and do your exercise without really thinking too much about it.  Then it is over and your day begins, is good to get your exercise out of the way early!

Have a few sore bits, but that is to be expected. I would probably be worried if I didn't have a few sore bits, would mean that I was not working nearly hard enough.

My Michelle bridges plan is going well, Just need to nail the exercise component and the results would be  much better. My hip has started to settle down which is good, walking is not nearly as painful as it was previously. My left Hamstring has finally decided to be nice and stop hurting too, so will be interesting to see how pt goes this afternoon.... hopefully with a lot less pain than on previous occasions.

Well until tomorrow... or even friday - tomorrow is busy 9 - 9 at tafe... Moo gets a bit annoyed that I am not at home. Oh well she will be fine, she has me all day today....

Cherio

Run for a Reason

Just signed up for Run for a Reason... only 4.5km but am going to jog the whole way! My Pt is convinced that I can do it... So I probably should start believing in myself as well.... Am going to head off and jump on the treadmill shortly... energy permitting, have not had much lately.. I think the last week of hard core Tafe and work has really caught up with me.
Molly is asleep under the table, took her to visit my parents, she loved being in the car, especially on the way home when I put the window down and let the breeze blow her beared, mono brow and fascial hair around... I think she enjoyed it, it certainly looked like fun - if you were a dog that is...
oh to be a dog, she has plenty of toys, food at the ready, comfy bed, lots of hugs... no work to have to go to! doesnt have to pick up her own toys, mess, doo.... can have a nap when she wants one... ahhh..
Anyways onto that jogg.... probably should go and have a go I suppose... then do some much required study before hitting the kitchen to prep some dinner and releaxing in front of a good movie... Or I hope... Or I might do some study then hit the treadmill and then relax infront of the telly for a good movie... hmm slight delima... exercise probably should come first before I totally talk myself out of it and find something better to do... hehe...
cherio