Rework

Well a disappointing result this week – a gain of 200g. My weight has been jumping up and down a fair bit this week but this morning it was up! As anyone who works with me knows I hate rework – it just seems such a waste and here I am having to lose the same weight twice!! Actually I think it’s just a fluid fluctuation as overall I’ve been pretty good this week but nonetheless I’m taking it as a bit of a wake up call. I’m still doing all the right things but probably not quite as thoroughly. I remember saying to my Mum many years ago that you always could tell when I was really focussed on weightloss as my scales would be sitting on the kitchen bench – not in the cupboard. Methinks it’s time to get the scales out on to the bench and just do a bit of a reality check on weights. It’s amazing how your judgement extends over time. Reviewing the week : Alcohol – none Points – good but not great Track – good during the week but slacker on the weekend Steps – 67,500 – averaging about 9,600 a day so that was really good Walk – 2 days C25K – 3 days – Wk 3 for 1 day and Wk 4 for 2 days (see the story below) Gym – 3 days Water – good during the week but not enough on the weekend So already I can see some areas for improvement. But I must say that my exercise has been good and I feel fantastic because of that. I’m really enjoying C25K and had an interesting thing happen last week. As I said last week I planned to repeat Wk 3 due to the fact that I’d been ill the previous week and only done 1 day. So Monday morning I did Wk3. Wednesday morning I slept in by half an hour but really wanted to run so shot out of bed, pulled on my clothes, downstairs, let out Zanna who was doing donuts round my feet, and I’m trying to find the track for Wk 3 on my MP3 player (bearing in mind that it’s half dark in the carport and my arms aren’t long enough these days). Anyway set off and discover once I’m going that I’ve got Wk4 and since it’s 5am and pitch dark on the track I’ve no hope of changing it so I just carried on. Wk 3 has two 1.5min and two 3min runs…..Wk 4 has two 3min and two 5 min runs …. a major increase!!! But I did it and then did Wk 4 again on Friday. I felt really quite comfortable on Friday so have progressed to Wk 5 today – three 5 min runs and still feeling good. Have been working hard at the gym and finish up with 15mins on the cross trainer each time which I think has been really helping with my running. So on the exercise/fitness front I’m doing quite well I think. Went to the hairdresser on Saturday and have gone blonder again. I haven’t had my camera all weekend as I had lent it to a friend otherwise I might have included a photo. Promise I’ll try to do one soon. Had some bad news about my regular hairdresser. I’ve been going to her for about 8 years so she feels like family (she’s only a year older than No 1 son). I’ve been going to her from when she first married, had a daughter (5 1/2), marriage broke up, met lovely new man, remarried, had a son (2), bought her own salon, then two years ago was diagnosed with bowel cancer so went through the whole round of chemo and got the all clear at the end of it. Anyway last week they discovered a secondary cancer on her liver. This has been further complicated by the fact that she was newly pregnant and the hormone changes were causing the cancer to grow much faster so she has had to have a termination so that they can do further tests and start her on some treatment. All this and she is only 30. Sometimes you think that life just isn’t fair – why on earth should all this happen to her – a wonderful bubbly caring person. Makes you do a bit of reassessing of your own life and what your priorities are – 200g gain seems pretty small fry !!! On a completely different note – have seen this young woman at the gym – I’m guessing she’s around 30. She’s very pretty with beautiful auburn hair with blonde foils (a la Nanette) works incredibly hard and has a beautiful toned body – probably weighs around 55kg. You know the kind of person you look at and think she’s never had a weight problem. Anyway yesterday morning we got chatting and she was telling me she was doing this 12 week Body Blitz campaign which involved lots of gym work and a very specialised eating plan (and she reckoned she was very close to being ‘over it’). But she then went on to tell me that she had been on a weight loss plan for the last 12 months and had lost 35kgs!!!! I was telling Bloss and said that it just confirms that you can never judge at face value – everyone has a story of some sort. OK guys and gals I’m off to tighten my belt (actually I have already been able to tighten it a notch) as far as points and tracking are concerned. Hope I can report better things next week. Have a great week everyone.