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 :).
Feel free to ignore - but it seems a shame that you're eating healthy but still having Coke Zeros every day :) a) the chemicals, and b) they probably encourage your taste buds to want sweet stuff.
ReplyDeleteI used to be a mega-coke zero fan.. but managed to get off them R3 of 12wbt last year :)
Good luck for smashing your goals!
I'm actually not a big fan of Coke anyway, but was thinking I'd try something with a little sweetness to stop mid afternoon snacking. Am having a fruit tea today which is working so that might be solution instead :).
ReplyDeleteYou could always try water with some fruit mixed in or soda water. I sometimes find a herbal tea helps. Although largely not having unhealthy stuff around to snack on is the best solution for me. Hehe :) T2 have an awesome range including some fruit flavoured tea.
ReplyDeleteHey Agent K ..... loving the blogspot, go YOU! Defs try the soda water with lime, my kids looooove it! Have a superb week!
ReplyDeleteLove T2 :).
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