'Do you think we could be Beyonce's backing band while she's in Melbourne?'

I've been looking forward to work today for awhile, as I had  two hour rehearsal with all my woodwind students from two schools to prepare four items I'd arranged for a big concert in a couple of weeks. 41 flute, clarinet and saxophone students all enjoying their music together!

The four songs the students have been learning are 'Lady Madonna', 'Eye of the Tiger', 'Another One Bites the Dust' and 'Crazy in Love'. As Beyonce is currently in Melbourne, one of my flute students suggested that we could promote ourselves as her backing band for 'Crazy in Love'. Am very proud of how it all went and look forward to the concert :).

Food wise I had a great day too. We had a special morning tea at school so I had two Anzac biscuits and kept my yoghurt for tomorrow - no great problem there! Dinner was another Biggest Loser Club recipe too - Vietnamese Fish and Vegies.

My Tuesday workout is normally one of two things I really enjoy - boot camp or playing with a friend's netball team. Today I decided to do both :). Boot camp involved running up and down the stairs at Windy Hill and we won our netball game 31-17.


                                              1. Running up and down the stairs at Windy Hill

                                               2. We won 31-17 at netball and I enjoyed playing Goal Keeper

Tomorrow brings a long day of classroom teaching and my Wednesday free yoga class!

Setting New Goals

I've come a long way in my health, fitness and weight loss journey. This was reinforced to me a few weeks ago when I arrived home from Saturday morning run group to find that an online weight loss program I'd been part of in the past had published this before and after picture of me to motivate others.

 

I'm very proud of all my work and continue to set new fitness goals for myself. Some of the ones I'm most proud of recently include - completing my first half marathon, becoming a regular at a local run group, playing a few games of netball for the first time in years, trying anti gravity yoga and a new 'boot camp' style class at my gym. This attitude to life is not going change!

 

 

1. My Half Marathon at Melbourne Marathon Festival

 

2. Boot Camp on the oval at Windy Hill

 

3. Anti Gravity Yoga

 

 

However, if I'm honest, I know I've allowed some poor food choices to appear in an attempt to help me deal with work uncertainty. I love my work as a music teacher, but it's all casually paid and now only four days week with no Christmas holiday pay :(. I know I can find ways to earn money over the school holidays and fill my free day during term time; however, I've sometimes allowed it to worry me too much. While all my main meals are clean and healthy, too often a couple of chocolate biscuits, a muffin or chocolate are becoming my preferred snack for some emotional eating!

 

I've decided not to do Round 4 of the 12wbt and put aside the money I could have used for fun runs and yoga classes. However, I am going to do it on my own! Starting with some one month goals for fitness and other things as well as a weekly food and exercise plan that I actually keep to.

 

So, my goals for the next month are....

1. Set myself a balanced and healthy Food and Exercise Plan each week - and stick to it!

2. Make particular time for workouts I enjoy (eg. running, yoga, favourite classes)

3. Lose 3kg to start heading back toward my goal weight 

4. Keep searching forwork - and celebrate the positives along the way! 

(eg. I have a week's work at a Music Camp in January)

5. Make time for things other than exercise that I enjoy (eg. films, playing music for

myself in ensembles and on my own, spending time with friends and family, reading)

 

Here is my Food and Exercise plan for the next week.... I will definitely keep to it too!

 

 

 

 

Have a great week everyone :).