12WBT - 28/02/11

I'm starting off by saying how much fun I had at spin tonight!  It was awesome!  Even though I was fair knackered mid-way through, I kept on goin'.  The instructor ended with a few minutes of heavy climbs, which was so much fun.  Killed the legs but I'm sure it was all worth it :)


Otherwise.  Monday.  What else can you say about Mondays (short of 'thank God they're over' ;) )?  Work was work.  Home was home.  Never enough hours in the day when you get home - even if you're like me and get home at 4pm (or shortly after).


I'm starting to feel a bit hungrier through the days, which is annoying me.  It could be the temperature doing it - hard to say.  Might be because I'm not eating enough, too.  I know I should be (in theory) aiming for 2-2.5kgs of veggies each day but...excessive much?  No thanks.  I like them but sure as hell don't want to get sick of them ;)


Meals

Meal 1 (6.50am)

120g kangaroo rissole

Mixed seeds

Meal 2 (10.15am)

100g lamb fillet

mixed seeds

 

Meal 3 (1pm)

1 salad (spinach, onion, chilli)

1 boiled egg

1 tomato

 

Meal 4 (4.15pm)

90g chicken breast

Steamed broccoli & green beans

 

Meal 5 (7.30pm)

Grilled chicken (marinated in chilli, lime, oil & garlic)

Spinach

Exercise
Spin class, baby, yeah!
Time: 1:03
Calories: 1059
Average HR: 137
Max HR: 169
In zone: 38:42 (not bad - could be better)

12WBT - 27/02/11

Woke up feeling tired still but it was a different tiredness.  I think not having meat yesterday really helped me!  So over meat...


Poor Wifey felt like a sleep-in and I was restless.  The two don't work well together (as I've discovered in the past) so I got up and did the ironing.  Wasn't as painful as I thought it would be.  We'd decided last night to go to the movies this morning and off to the movies we went!


Black Swan, for those of you who haven't seen it yet, is not a bad movie.  I love the darkness (and Natalie Portman...well, need I say more?  Hmm, Kiera Knightly...mmm).  The storyline worked well and it was a welcome distraction from my grumpy mood (which I think Wifey was well pleased about!).


We never had breakfast this morning (oops, our bad) so after the movie finished around 1pm, we were feeling a bit peckish.  I was so tempted to chuck out the detoxing but I didn't.  I had a lovely wee salad (no dressing) instead.  Didn't quite fill me up but I knew what was on the cards for dinner :)

Had to go pick a couple of things up from Freedom and then get groceries.  Ooopsies - someone left the shopping list behind.  Pants!  Oh well, we managed to muddle through and - on the check when we got home - discovered we hadn't missed anything off.  Go us!


The evening was spent doing mundane things (watering the garden, cooking, dishes and helping Wifey out with some things for school).  It was actually a chilled end to what had been a terrible weekend (terrible in the sense of me being moody).


Have definitely decided to call it quits on this diet crap.  I'm not one for diets as a rule but thought I'd try it - I will see out the next week (bless my wife, she has the patience of a saint!).  I want something sustainable.  As this weekend ended up proving, having five meals a day isn't necessarily sustainable - life has a habit of getting in the way.  I'm happy for this to happen.  Eating specific things at set times is overrated, methinks :)


Meals

Meals 1 & 2

Didn't have as got up late & went to the movies.

Meal 3 (2pm)

Sumo Salad - cos lettuce, tomato, egg, chickpeas, beetroot (no dressings)

Meal 4

Didn't have as were out & about.

Meal 5

Veal meatballs with zucchini, eggplant, onion, green beans

Exercise

Walking around (well, meandering) counts for something...

12WBT - 26/02/11

Hmm, so after falling asleep early last night, Wifey informed me that I got up off the couch around 3.30am and came to bed (waking her up in the process).  Every time she was just about to drift off to sleep, I'd either roll on her or laugh in my sleep.  I'm good like that ;) What did concern her though was the way I apparently "slumped forward" when I fell asleep. She wasn't in the room at the time and when she did come in she felt the urge to check my pulse - just in case. My breathing was very shallow; much more than normal. I think she may've thought I went into a hypoglycaemic state. Who knows?


The unfortunate thing is, despite sleeping solidly, I still woke up tired.  This was a feeling I couldn't shake all day...


We had a relatively lazy day (which isn't unusual for us on the weekend).  Wifey had to go and get a haircut so I followed her up and thought I'd kill time before she finished her haircut (3 1/2 hours later...) and we picked up some framing we'd had done (which, I must say, looks awesome!  Thanks to the girls at In The Picture in Hornsby!).  It was a boring time, but I did manage to sit out in the sun reading, which was relaxing (and enough to keep me awake...just).


When we finally got home, guess what I ended up doing?  If you guessed falling asleep on the couch again, you'd be bang on the buck!  I'm over it!  The biosignature test may be one thing but the eating plan that comes with...  If I was an elite athlete in training - sure!  I'm not.  I don't profess to being one.  I don't want to be one.  This is where I think some of these "health professionals" (who are really more allied health professionals) need to realise that not everyone wants to be a bulky muscle-builder type.  I just want to lose weight and be more active, while leading a sustainable and healthy lifestyle.  I don't want to have to be spending in excess of $60 each week on meat (just for myself) - this is more than we'd spend in six weeks on meat for the two of us!  I also don't want to be told that an allergy is only "in your head".


A bee in my bonnet?  Hell yeah!


Meals

Meal 1 (8.30am)

Scrambled eggs (with bacon, chilli, garlic & onion)

2 x multi supplements

Meals 2-4

We were out & didn't have anything, besides which, I was still full from brekkie.

Meal 5

Stirfy - broccolini, spring onion, onion, capsicum, garlic, bok choy, snow peas, corn spears

Exercise
None.  Even though it should've been a super-Saturday session...naaaaaaahhhhhhhhh ;)

12WBT - 25/02/11

What an absolute shit day!  This "nutrition boot camp" sucks arse more than anything else!  I have been so knackered; no energy - nothing at all.  The tanks are sitting below E.  Following on from yesterday's experience of virtually falling asleep at work, today I had to sit and look alert through a meeting (luckily only an hour long).  Hmm.


What annoys me most about feeling this drained isn't just that I want to do nothing but sleep, rather more that when I'm tired I get well grumpy.  I feel a scowl come across my face and then all hell breaks loose.  Tonight was definitely no exception!  


We went to the gym for our PT session and I was in a foul mood.  I couldn't be arsed doing anything and I sure as hell didn't want to be told what I should be doing.  Not a happy camper!  I think what pissed me off the most was when PT told me that the bloke I saw about the biosignature testing believes that my seafood allergy is "all in [my] head".  Well FUCK HIM!  So much for being a "health professional".  He can take his queer program and stick it right up his arse!


That did not help my enjoyment (or lack thereof) of the session.  I was only doing a half-arsed job of things.  When we got home, I was so physically exhausted that by 8.30pm, I was dead to the world on the couch.  Poor Wifey tried to wake me to at least go to bed - wasn't a happening thing.


Meals

Meal 1 (7am)

120g kangaroo rissole

Mixed seeds

2 x multi supplements

Meal 2 (9.45am)

1 boiled egg

Meal 3 (12.45pm)

100g marinated tofu

1 salad (rocket/spinach, onion, chilli)

1 tomato

2 x multi supplements

Meal 4 (4.25pm)

100g kangaroo rissole

Meal 5

Nothing - fell asleep before Wifey even started cooking dinner!

Exercise
PT session at the gym - weights.
Time: 54:36
Calories: only 533
Average HR: 121
Max HR: 156
In zone: 30:46

12WBT - 24/02/11

What an odd day.  Started off normally but then as the day wore on, I became more and more fatigued.  At one point, I was sitting at my desk at work (admittedly I wasn't doing anything that required brain functioning) and nearly nodded off a couple of times.  BANG.  There it was, I was so knackered.  It'll be because I'm not getting any sugar or any of the bad things that I used to live off (and clearly still require to function, huh?).  I'm not liking the feeling though.


When I got home it was to change and get ready to head up to the gym for spin class.  Was really looking forward to it but just didn't feel like I had the...oomph.  During the class I couldn't help but feel how slowly the time was going - this is the first time (in the whole three weeks of me going to spin) that I've felt like this.  Most depressing.


When I got back home, I was shattered.  I think I was even asleep before my head hit the pillow (believe me, this isn't an unusual occurrence for me).  It does, however, annoy Wifey a bit - especially when it happens in the middle of a conversation ;)


Meals

Meal 1 (7am)

100g kangaroo rissole

1 boiled egg

Mixed seeds

2 x multi supplements

Meal 2 (10.30am)

110g marinated tofu

Broccoli & green beans

Meal 3 (12.45pm)

100g marinated tofu

1 salad (rocket/spinach, radish, capsicum, carrot) (only one radish & a wee bit of carrot)

2 x multi supplements

Meal 4 (4.25pm)

2 chicken drumsticks

Steamed broccoli & green beans

Meal 5 (7.30pm)

130g steak

Spinach

Steamed broccoli & capsicum

2 x multi supplements

Exercise

Spin class (RPM) - didn't have the oomph though :(

Time: 1:06

Calories: 1004

Average HR: 155

Max HR:175

In zone: 32:49

Oh, what I forgot to mention in yesterday's entry was that it was weigh-in day.  My weight hadn't changed from last week (87.1kg).  Hopefully a bit more will fall off over the next few weeks (from memory, last year started off like this too - if I gain next week then it'll be a case of following the same pattern...).

12WBT - 23/02/11

Happy birthday to me.  Happy birthday to me.  Happy birrrrrrrrthday ;) (okay, reading that is not as painful as listening to me sing it in my head - just sayin')


How utterly pants is it that my birthday coincides with not only the third official day of the 12WBT but also the silly nutrition bootcamp I signed up for...oh - let's not forget the dreaded weigh-in day :s  How is a bloke supposed to celebrate his 26th birthday in style?  Wait.  I don't celebrate birthdays...  haha.


A group of us at work went to Wagamama's for lunch.  As you might've guessed from Sunday's post, I love Wagamama.  I love it to bits.  I would say I love it more than I love myself, but that ain't never gonna be a happening thing ;)  Ended up having a beef salad - small dish.  Surprisingly, it was more than enough for me.  Even though I was good and didn't eat the kumara that was in it, I was naughty and had an apple, mint & lime juice.  Oh well.  You only turn 26 once in life (you might just happen to celebrate it more than that though...8 and counting ;) ).


When I got home I toyed with the idea of going to the gym.  Really?  On my birthday?  I'm not a sadist!  I may not enjoy my birthday but seriously...  Instead I treated myself to The Biggest Loser Cardio Killer DVD - the first time in 2011, I might add.  Just about killed me again, but I was doing much better in some exercises than I was at the end of last year.  Go team me!  I was paying more attention to my HR so that I tried to stay in the zone more (and I have to say, I think the zone has been lowered a little...  hmm).  Oh.  The HRM is cool.  Even though I'm not allowed a birthday cake, it has a picture of one for me.  Bless :)


Meals

Meal 1 (7am)

120g kangaroo rissole

Steamed green beans & broccoli

2 x multi supplements

 

Meal 2 (10.30am)

100g chicken breast

1 tomato

Mixed seeds

 

Meal 3 (12.30pm)

(lunched at Wagamama)

otsunaaji beef salad (marinated beef tenderloin in cumin, aniseed and ginger stir-fried with caramalised red onions, sweet potato, red chillies, eggplant and red capsicum in a coriander, lime and soy dressing served on a bed of baby spinach and chinese cabbage garnished with fried shallots)

Apple, mint & lime juice

2 x multi supplements

Meal 4 (4pm)

2 x chicken drumsticks

Steamed broccoli & green beans

 

Meal 5 (8.15pm)

Braised veges (zucchini, eggplant, onion, capsicum, carrot)

Marinated tofu

2 x multi supplements

Exercises
The Biggest Loser Calorie Killer DVD.
Time: 54:30
Calories: 734
Average HR: 145
Max HR: 166
In zone: 42:36 (yeah, baby!)

12WBT - 22/02/11

Felt knackered when I woke up this morning.  I think the fact that it's getting darker in the mornings is causing this (though people at work seemed to feel similar so not sure if it's just early in the week or it is the darkness).


Meals were a bit more bearable today - though still struggling to get through them all!  It's a hell of a lot of food when you think about it.  I'm not used to eating so much (or not all the time, anyway!).  I will admit though, I did get a wee bit peckish around 3.30pm - only 'cos I knew I'd be eating again when I got home :)  I had the fish oil crap before dinner was served.  Ohhhh, boy.  Was that like the world's biggest mistake or what!  I was fine for a good minute and then I was off (to revisit what I'd eaten during the day).  Hmm.  Here I was thinking it was putrid, but I could handle a little.  Wonder what PT will say about that?


Exercise didn't happen.  Had intentions.  Instead I tidied the house before the inspection in the morning.  Wahoo.  Don't I lead an exciting life - NOT! haha


Meals

Meal 1 (7am)

120g kangaroo rissole

Steamed green beans & broccoli

Mixed seeds

2 x multi supplements

Meal 2 (10am)

110g rump steak

1 tomato

Meal 3 (1pm)

120g chicken breast

1 boiled egg

1 salad (rocket/spinach & cherry tomatoes)

2 x multi supplements

Meal 4 (4.15pm)

2 x chicken drumsticks

Tomato

Meal 5 (7.30pm)

120g pork fillet

Cherry tomatoes

Spinach

1tbsp putrid fish oil

2 x multi supplements

Exercise

A bit of housebi*ch work and that's about it.

12WBT - 21/02/11

Nutrition boot camp started today and I'm already poxy with it.  Too much seafood in the example plan I have - and I don't do it.  Grr.  I think I'm more annoyed with the fact that the bloke's given me too much credit and thinks I know what's "good" and what's "bad" and can therefore substitute accordingly.  For the most part I can, but not with something like this.  No dairy; no gluten; no fruits - that's me f**ked ;)


Been in touch with PT re substitutions and she said that I need to have more fish oil (which is in a revoltingly sickly sweet 'lemon sorbet' flavouring to "hide" the fish taste - you can fool my head but you can't fool my stomach).  Ain't going to happen.  Have already cut it down because it's causing my stomach to churn for about two hours after taking it.  If they want me to take more then they'll have to see my daily food diary with the annotation, "threw up meals 1 & 5".  Hmm.

I was telling one of the women at work about it and she was laughing, saying I'd be asleep at my desk before the end of the day.  Come 2pm - I was almost asleep.  Had a second wind since, which is good.

The day wasn't too bad.  I feel a bit ill from the amount of food I've eaten (and it's not even as much as they're telling me to have!).  Not used to eating so much meat.  Seriously, I've almost eaten more today than I do in a week!  Yuck.  Oh, on the plus side, Skippy doesn't taste too bad (well, I don't think I could have a lot of it - at least the rissoles are only about 100-110g).

Spin, as always, was way fun.  After the break for a week I was well pleased to be back in the saddle, so to speak.  I didn't feel I had the oomph to put more in, despite wanting to.  This is reflected in my abysmal calorie count :(  Asked PT how the calorie count thing worked on the HRM and she didn't know.  I really only use it now as a guide as to how much to push myself as it seems to be fairly consistent.  Next spin class (Thurs) I will need to up the ante quite a bit!

Meals

Meal 1 (7am)

120g rump steak

Mixed seeds

2 x multi supplements

Meal 2 (10am)

100g kangaroo rissole

1 boiled egg

Meal 3 (1pm)

2 x chicken drumsticks

1 salad (rocket/spinach & cherry tomatoes) + white balsamic

2 x multi supplements

Meal 4 (4.15pm)

Chicken drumstick

Tomato

Brocolli

Meal 5 (8pm)

120g chicken breast

Cherry tomatoes & onion

Steamed green beans

1tbsp putrid fish oil

2 x multi supplements

Exercise

Spin class.  After a week it feels good to be back :)

Time: 1:07

Calories: 725 (grr - unimpressed)

Average HR: 129

Max HR: 167

In zone: 36:25

12WBT - 20/02/11

Ahh.  Gotta love Sundays - short of having to end the weekend, that is.  We woke up at our usual stupid o'clock for a weekend and vegged.  Yep.  Pure vegged.  Breakfast in bed.  A few episodes of The Tudors on DVD and that was our morning.  Kinda.  We did actually get up and shower and such and were out of the house at about 11.30am, so we weren't that lazy.


Went into town to have a gander at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Australian Museum.  We enjoy going to this - although it's sickening to see how talented some of the kids are ;)  Spent over an hour there (bit longer if you take into account having to walk the 500,000 miles from Wynyard due to blasted track works ;) ... and the detour into a couple of shops for Wifey :) ).  Such a nice way to spend a Sunday.


Walking back, we realised we hadn't had lunch.  Hmm.  Was it going to be a good lunch or a bad one.  Wagamamas all the way!  I love this place, as does Wifey.  What better place to have lunch than one that we both really enjoy :)  So full afterwards though ;)


When we got home I entertained Wifey by playing the keyboard.  The entertainment factor comes from the fact that I can't play it - haha.  After the fun comes the pain - groceries.  Ugh.  More painful due to the fact that I'm on my nutrition "bootcamp" for the next two weeks.  Not looking forward to it.


I'm pleased that I'm not an Australian though.  I bought some kangaroo mince for my meals (only because it was well cheap, mind).  I think I'd have an issue with eating one of the animals on the coat of arms if I was an Aussie.  Just seems a bit weird.  Mind you, I think we have the queen and a Maori on our one so the chances of eating either would be...wrong.  Am a bit wary of eating poor ol' Skippy though :s


Oops - just realised I forgotted to publish yesterday's post.  My bad!


Meals
Breakfast: cereal & LF Greek yoghurt
Lunch: spicy chicken itame
Dinner: gluten free pasta dish (a la Wifey)


Exercise
Just ambling about.  Nothing too physical.

12WBT - 19/02/11

Well, I wrote out my list of things to do.  I have achieved quite a few things on it - but not all.  Why?  Because I have this really bad habit of side-tracking myself with "good ideas".  Today's case in point was when I decided to get up and do the laundry.  I saw that the garden needed some water so went to get the hose.  I picked up the hose but instead of turning the tap on, I decided that I should sand back the outdoor furniture and re-oil it.  I actually started by sanding it all back, then figured I may as well do the kitchen island so went and lugged it out on to the balcony and sanded it back.  Rather than oiling everything, I went into the kitchen and moved the fridge to a new spot (as you do).  I wasn't happy so started to move it back when I realised I may as well give it a good cleaning in the old spot.  That, I did.  Then went out to oil everything - but not before starting to fold laundry and dusting.


Really.  That's how the morning started.  The afternoon was a mad panic of having to finish everything I started before Wifey got back from her conference!  I was fairly sure that she wouldn't be happy having the fridge in the middle of our pokey little kitchen.


Got an email from the Biosignature bloke.  Finally found out how much it had stung me (and it was much better than I figured).  I'm being given even more supplements to help with the toning of the jelly around the belly and with metabolism.  At least that's what I think they're for.  Big scientific words and I don't see eye to eye (I'm a humanities kid!).  He also sent through a nutrition plan for me - have to "bootcamp" it for two weeks (the first two weeks of the 12WBT - so I'll only be doing the exercising side of this for a couple of weeks).  Not looking forward to this!  5 meals a day - each with a lot of protein.  No fruit.  Nothing "beige".  A lot of seafood is in there as well.  While I appreciate that it's good for you, when are PTs going to appreciate that there are some of us out there who simply can't eat seafood (it's not just a matter of won't!).  Arrgh.


The other thing that came through with the info were my results.  I don't exactly know how to read them, but according to them I'm at 24.6% body fat.  I thought it was 28 that he told me (expecting it to be more into the 40s if not 50s!).  PT last night thought that 28% wasn't too bad (clearly not athlete material!!!).  I wonder what it would've been had I done it when I started the 12WBT last year?  Hmm.  Guess we'll never know!


Meals
Breakfast: granola & LF Greek yoghurt
Lunch: mountain bread with mint jelly & a slice of Swiss cheese
Snack: crackers with marmite
Dinner: *sigh* can't remember...


Exercise
Umm.  Broke into several sweats moving furniture and generally running around chasing my own tail.  That, my friends, was a bloody good workout!

12WBT - 18/02/11

I'm starting to have more days where I feel like doing jack all.  It's not that I don't have things to do - God knows I do!  It's more a case of not feeling arsed (well, that and my arse and legs were killing me from PT the other night - lol).  I'm trying to make a list of things to do over the weekends just so that I feel as though I'm getting on top of things.  I did it once and it seemed to work.  I'll try it again...maybe ;)


Went to see PT at the gym tonight.  During round 3, Fridays used to be my walk to the gym to meet Wifey after her session.  How times have changed in such a short period!  Because tonights session was at 6pm, I wasn't really in the mood.  Nor was Wifey.  Nevertheless, we still went up to have our hour of pain and torture (my opinion - not Wifey's).  Tonight was a bit of everything - upper and lower.  At one point I had had enough.  PT told me to do press ups and I stood my ground and said no.  This shocked her a bit.  She asked why and I gave her the simple, honest truth: "I can't be f**ked!".  I think, for a moment, she thought I was joking.  I wasn't.  We compromised with doing some incline work on the treadmill for the last 10 minutes.  I have a feeling that at our next session I will regret my decision.  Until then, I remain steady in the opinion that I was right and what would she know (short of a lot more than me ;) ).  


Ahh.  And now the day ends.  I'm pooped and not happy that we're having dinner at 8pm (all because of the later PT session).  Amazing what a difference 30 minutes can make to one's mood - haha.


Meals
Breakfast: apple & mandarin
Lunch: chicken fried rice
Snack: Danish pastry
Dinner: Buddah's delight - lovely stirfry with brown rice


Exercise
PT session.  Hmm.
Time: 1:25 (includes a 10min chat after the session where I forgot to pause the HRM, d'oh!)
Calories: 849
Average HR: 124
Max HR: 169
In zone: 42:33 (getting better...today...)

12WBT - 17/02/11

Did you know, it's only one month until St. Paddy's day.  I'm looking forward to that.  I'm also looking forward to April Fools, too.  Today I sent around a picture of a movie - modified to take the piss out of a couple of workmates.  It was well done (though I could've done it better had I not rushed it!), even if I did it myself ;)


Little things like humour in the office make work more bearable.  Given one third of our day is spent there - we need it.  It was sadly missing from my last job, possibly part of the reason I got stressed out so much there?  Don't get me wrong, I have stress at the moment too (e.g., crazy Russian lady who called me today and who I told was being rude and that I was going to ring off - she's a saga and a half!) but it's nothing like what I was at last year.  In fact, this time last year I was relatively stressed out doing the work of more than one person and getting no help from anyone else.  Ahh, it's nice looking back seeing how much better my life is...


I was going to go the gym tonight but when I got home I changed my mind.  My bum and upper legs are killing me (no, not literally).  That's not my excuse.  I had to prep for a teleconference at 6.30pm so wasn't able to get to the spin class at 5.30 (I could've made it - had I not prepped.  That would've made me late for the teleconference though - not a good look when I was to present the findings from two reports I've been working on...).


Was pumped to see that the 12WBT plans for week 1 are now up & ready.  Was a bit apprehensive going in to have a look though...


Meals
Breakfast: yoghurt & an apple
Snack: bag of crisps (ones supposed to be good for you...uh huh)
Lunch: left over risotto (which used to be completely unheard of as I loves me risotto)
Snack: one tim tam :(
Dinner: chicken pizza (on pita bread)
Dessert: icy pop

Exercise
Couldn't be arsed...  How's that for speeching the truth? :)

12WBT - 16/02/11

Productivity.  Really, what does it mean?  I thought that I'd had a productive day, but in the grand scheme of things - it wasn't.  Well, not work-wise, but who cares about that ;) haha


Left work at 3.30 today.  Wifey had an appointment with the physio so I figured I'd go up to the gym with her and play around a bit.  Ended up jumping on the treadmill (as I figured I would) and did a bit on there.  They need a warning for newbies like me!  I didn't know that they went into an automatic cool down period after 30 minutes.  Here was I, happily plodding along (at a reasonable rate of knots - not running, just walking) and then the bloody thing slows down and drops the incline!  Ugh!  Not impressed about that.  Mainly because I thought I'd broken it!  Seriously though, I was walking along with the speed on about 9.5 and an incline of 10 (nothing earth shattering).   For it to drop back to 5.5 and 0 incline was a bit of a shock.  EP swore.  Loudly. ;)


Anyway, after the 30 + 5 minute cool down, Wifey came up to laugh at me being all sweaty.  That wasn't the real reason, but she did laugh.  We then went off and did 10 minutes on the cross trainer before heading home.  I was happy with it all (despite the glitch on the treadmill).


The evenings are flying by and I'm not liking it - it means winter will be coming around to visit.  Let's not allow it.  When I take over the world, I'll be having something to say about that!


Meals
Breakfast: two boiled eggs
Lunch: salad (mixed bean, rocket, falafel, tomato, capsicum)
Snack: roasted chickpeas
Dinner: spinach & zucchini risotto (mmmmmmm)


Exercise
Playing on the treadmill & cross trainer.
Time: 1:18
Calories: 926
Average HR: 136
Max HR: 173
In zone: 30:47


Guess what I really need to start to focus on, where possible, is keeping within zone.  On the treadmill it was easy (once I moved my towel and discovered that it keeps a reading there...hmm)

12WBT - 15/02/11

EP doesn't cope well with late nights.  Getting up this morning was harder than yesterday - and I thought that was bad.  Not.  Happy.  Jan!


Work seemed to drag on - unlike yesterday.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the day, but crikey, it was as slow as the second coming...if not slower.  There's a few of us who sent group emails around for most of the day.  You'd think we had nothing to do.  I did.  Could I be bothered though?  Nah!


Not being bothered seems to have been a theme for the last few days.  I've not really been arsed doing anything that I want (or need) to do.  This will change.  I know it's just a passing fad.  Next week will be so different.  I say this with authority now...will most likely say the same thing this time next week, too - haha.


I was looking forward to the gym tonight.  If you hadn't picked up on it, I am loving spin classes.  Sadly, the bloke who was grabbing my fat rolls yesterday (I know, it's not a mentally pleasing way of describing it - and it's not entirely accurate either - but it sounds better) tells me I need to do more weights and less spin.  Pfft.  What would he know? (This is one of the biggest rhetorical questions in the world as, as lippy as I get with people, I would not ever contemplate saying this to him...EVER!)  Oh well.  I'm still going to go to two classes - hopefully PT will give me some things to do on my own.  If you knew me, you would know that those are words that I would never have said before - or even dreamt of saying.


Had to weigh in at that test thing yesterday.  Wasn't overly impressed with the result...mind you, I was fully clad.  That doesn't help much.  Be interesting to see what the scales say tomorrow.  Bet I end up having an argument with them.  Haven't done that for a few weeks - we must be due for a good ol' falling out again ;)


*grump*  PT sent a text.  I have a session with her tonight.  When will she realise that surprising me with things like this makes for a grumpy EP?  I don't have time to psych myself up for torture...


So.  How did the session with PT go?  It went OK.  Usual 5 minute warm up on the treadmill and then she gave me the option of what to do.  I think she knew it was a safe thing to do - I have no idea what I want to do.  I should've said weights, but instead shrugged.  She went for a mock pump class.  Having asked me if I would consider a pump class and getting my very blunt reaction she felt this would test me out - methinks it backfired on her as I'm adamant that I'm not going to do it.  I did kinda enjoy things though ;)


Meals
Breakfast: shredded chicken and a tomato (too lazy to get things ready last night)
Snack: mandarin and some mixed seeds
Lunch: 6" vegetarian sub (vege pattie, onion, tomato, capsicum, lettuce, jalapeno, cheese) - no dressing!  (lazy is not good...)
Dinner: falafel pita pockets (chilli, tomato, capsicum, onion, hummus)


Exercise
PT session.  Weights.  Ugh.
Time: 1:03
Calories: 639
Average HR: 125 
Max HR: 170
In zone: 22:27

12WBT - 14/02/11

Valentine's Day.  How does it start off?  With me really not wanting to get out of bed...at all.  Tired.  So very, very tired.  But wait, the day does get better (or worse, if you're me).  Went to see PT's coach for the Biosignature test thing.  Ohhh - having some sporty, muscular bloke grabbing my rolls of fat.  Such a romantic start to the day!


Seriously though, it wasn't too bad.  Short of having to be pinched by calipers, it was very painless - and quick.  First consult was only about 40mins.  We had a chat about the results and what they mean.  Was also told my body fat percentage.  Hmm.  I wasn't sure I wanted to know, but needed the shock to knock some sense into me.  I kinda zoned out a bit and think, but not sure, he said it was something like 28 or 29 percent.  I'm fairly sure I was expecting closer to 50 or 60 (remembering that when it comes to anything science-y, including physiology, I have no freaking idea!).  It sounds disgusting though!  I ended up being suckered into buying products, too.  Some pills - possibly vitamins ;)  Nah, they're a vitamin that will replace the multi-vitamin / vitamin C / magnesium ones I take on a daily basis.  There was also some seriously foul tasting (not even going to mention the look) liquid.  Fish oil apparently.  It smells and tastes like "lemon sorbet".  No bloody lemon sorbet I've ever had.  After a couple of hours of taking it, my stomach had stopped churning around.  I hope it's psychological and not a reaction to the fish oil (I don't do seafood at all).  Y'know, I even handed this guy my credit card and was too gormless to ask how much I was charged...


So, the chat we had was quite informative though.  Apparently I'm eating all the wrong foods - even though I'm eating what I thought was the right ones.  Damn, I don't get this fitness lark!  I need to really up my protein as what I'm eating is causing "insulin spikes" (uh huh - EP's brain switching off now...).  Just did a quick Google for 'insulin spike' and found this (not sourcing it as it's from a forum so can't say whether it's valid but it kinda makes sense to me...kinda in the sense that I was able to read it without wanting to switch off completely):

"In laymen's terms - it is essentially responsible for storing away the latent energy in the calories you consume. insulin drives glucose into your cells - it feeds your muscles as it were.


Foods that are high on the glycemic index (e.g., dextrose, or other "simple" carbs) stimulate a strong spike in insulin - "spike" just means that insulin levels rise and fall rapidly (good for a quick burst of energy but not for sustained endurance). Foods lower on the glycemic index (e.g., so-called complex carbs) stimulate a much slower insulin response allowing for a sustained release of energy. 

Generally speaking - bodybuilders desire an insulin spike only after a workout (they generally combine simple sugars with Protein) because they want the insulin surge to "feed" their muscles as quickly as possible (trying to use laymen's terms here!)."

The crux of the story is that he wants me to detox (I was really holding the tears back at this one as a friend at work had to do this kinda thing and it hurt her...and I laughed at her.  Bah!  Just desserts, huh!  Mmm...dessert... ;) ).  I'll get the plan later in the week.  Stay tuned.

Wifey and I spent our Valentine's Day evening out at the North Sydney Oval - they've got the Starlight cinema going so we went to see Breakfast at Tiffany's.  I love that movie.  More to the point, I love Audrey Hepburn.  Mmm.  Very pretty.  Of course, Wifey is too (but I can see her every day - shh, I didn't say that, you only imagined it :P ).  It was a great evening.  Very relaxed.  Everyone was happy.  The rain held off.  What more could I ask for (I know, a lot.  Let's leave that one for the time being - haha).


The walk home (only about 25mins) was quite refreshing.  It was a good night for a leisurely walk :)


Spin class tomorrow evening.  A different one to the one I usually go to (because I would've gone tonight, but was otherwise pre-occupied).  Hope I like it.  I don't do change.  Change is...annoying.  Just like me a bit.  Hmm...

Meals

Breakfast: cereal with linseed & LF Greek yoghurt

Snack: sesame seed, erm, thing

Lunch: sandwich (carrot, capsicum, Swiss cheese)

Snack: roasted chickpeas

Dinner: chicken salad (rocket, cherry tomatoes, cheese, grapes)

Exercise

Walked to the outdoor theatre (about a 30min walk).  Steady pace (as we were running late-ish).  Oh.  We walked back, too.  That counts.  Huzzah!!

12WBT - 13/02/11

Here's a lesson for you.  Mobile phones get dirty.  This is part of life.  Dirty mobile phones should not be put through the washing machine, m'kay!  They don't appreciate being submerged in hot, soapy water.  To be brutally honest, they don't f**king work after being washed like this.  *sigh*


First hand experience is a b**ch.  It does, however, teach you two things.  Firstly, don't leave your mobile in the bed.  Secondly, don't forget to check the bed sheets before throwing them into the laundry.  *sigh*


I was knackered today.  Being knackered led to a lazy day.  This isn't a bad thing.  We all need them once in a while, yeah.  We got up then went to the mall to see if Vodaphone could do anything with the waterlogged iPhone (they sent us to Apple, where an appointment had to be made for tomorrow *sigh*).  After this it was off to get groceries.  Only one thing could make this chore more bearable - coming home to do the ironing *sigh* ;)


Watched a couple more episodes of Kings.  I like this but am saddened it was only one season.  *sigh*  Uploaded photos to the book of face (the last of my Africa ones - still have about 500 more of Wifey's to go through *sigh*).  Not all of them - we are being selective.  So far maybe about 250 from the 4000 we took.  It was then time for dinner (yay for this one!).


Lazy, but productive.  The best way to sum up today, Sunday, February 13th in the year of our Lord, 2011.  <--I know, this is the crazy-loco side coming out again.  It happens...often...


Meals
Breakfast: muffin splits
Lunch: umm...possibly nothing, which would explain why I was peckish later in the arvo!
Dinner: mmm, chicken laksa (courtesy of the Round 3 recipe...mmmmmmmmmm)


Exercise
Hahahahahahahaha *sigh*