This weekend I did my third parkrun and got my third PB. Since we started we have cut 2 minutes off our first time, we've started making friends with the other runners, and we've become super supportive of other runners on the course.
It's pretty freaking amazing.
Saturday 14 February 2015
Tuesday 10 February 2015
Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!
In this caper that I call my life, one mantra comes out more often than the others, and it is by perhaps one of Disney's most lovable offsiders in a long time.
'Just keep swimming', Dory keeps saying. That's how I'm feeling at the moment.
Calisthenics has gone crazy - I've taken a much bigger role in the running of the club, as well as teaching two sections this year so I'm well and truly entrenched in the swing of it again. Two nights a week plus weekend time is beginning to take it out of me and we're only two weeks in!
Work is going well - I'm still only a temp worker but it doesn't look like I'll be leaving any time soon. The girls I work with are great and I feel like a part of the team. Such a change from the last couple of workplaces where I have really felt alone or on the outside.
Fitness is improving - my friend and I have been going to parkrun (done it twice now!) and I've been walking or riding to work most days. I'm loving that exercise is something that happens without much thought. I just do it, I don't agonise over it, it just happens. Of course I need to work out my schedule and which days I have a bit more time (walking), a bit of time (riding) or no time at all (driving) between work and whatever else is happening.
Food is swinging wildly between reckless abandon and sticking to the program. This is one area where I need to stop and think before I make a rash decision because I am super bad at reigning myself in. I'm still on a downward trend weight-wise, but if I don't get some control back, it could get way out of hand. I need to trust in the Isagenix system and stop making excuses to stray from it. The times that I have deviated, I have really felt it the next day - sometimes almost like a hangover! Both sugar and fat make me feel a bit gross, and I need to remember that. Breaking habits from 10+ years of being on my own is hard, but it will be worth it in the long run. I need to think more about the big picture.
Health is key. Just keep swimming.
'Just keep swimming', Dory keeps saying. That's how I'm feeling at the moment.
Calisthenics has gone crazy - I've taken a much bigger role in the running of the club, as well as teaching two sections this year so I'm well and truly entrenched in the swing of it again. Two nights a week plus weekend time is beginning to take it out of me and we're only two weeks in!
Work is going well - I'm still only a temp worker but it doesn't look like I'll be leaving any time soon. The girls I work with are great and I feel like a part of the team. Such a change from the last couple of workplaces where I have really felt alone or on the outside.
Fitness is improving - my friend and I have been going to parkrun (done it twice now!) and I've been walking or riding to work most days. I'm loving that exercise is something that happens without much thought. I just do it, I don't agonise over it, it just happens. Of course I need to work out my schedule and which days I have a bit more time (walking), a bit of time (riding) or no time at all (driving) between work and whatever else is happening.
Food is swinging wildly between reckless abandon and sticking to the program. This is one area where I need to stop and think before I make a rash decision because I am super bad at reigning myself in. I'm still on a downward trend weight-wise, but if I don't get some control back, it could get way out of hand. I need to trust in the Isagenix system and stop making excuses to stray from it. The times that I have deviated, I have really felt it the next day - sometimes almost like a hangover! Both sugar and fat make me feel a bit gross, and I need to remember that. Breaking habits from 10+ years of being on my own is hard, but it will be worth it in the long run. I need to think more about the big picture.
Health is key. Just keep swimming.
Thursday 5 February 2015
More results, new things, and some revelations!
RESULTS
Yesterday was Day 41, so weigh and measure day. Boy was I excited to measure up... waiting 11 days and 20 days respectively is proving tough, but well worth the wait it seems.
I'm now 8.5kg down, and 102cm smaller over the 10 or so measurements that get taken. Pretty bloody chuffed.
NEW THINGS
I'm making an effort to do new things, and I've done a couple this week.
Firstly, I ran my first parkrun at Lillydale Lake. It's a 5km course (2 laps of the lake) and I wanted to do it in under an hour. I smashed that and finished in just over 45 minutes. Super happy! My friend did it with me and we challenged each other to 'run to the next pole', pick up the pace, and go a bit slower when we needed to. It was awesome. Because it's free, we're aiming to do it every week, and volunteer a couple of times too!
Next, I took a practice walk to work. Looking at the map, I found a bike path that runs pretty much directly from my house to my work. The walk took just under half an hour each way, and I decided that I would now walk or ride my bike whenever possible.
Monday morning came, and I rode my bike. Ten minutes each way. Tuesday, I walked. Half an hour each way. Wednesday I had to drive as I have class straight after work. Sad face. And today, I walked again.
REVELATIONS
I don't really feel like chocolate much any more. I mean, I can go to the supermarket, stand in the choccy aisle staring at all of the bars, and I walk away, because it's really not worth it. If I can't decide which one I want, why should I eat one at all?
I've exercised every day this week, and not once has it been a chore. It's amazing how good it feels to WANT to do it, and to ACTUALLY do it without really thinking about it. In the past, I've psyched myself up to do something, spent hours thinking about it, and not really done it. Or started, and stopped fairly quickly. This time I really want to do it, and I'm thinking about ways to work exercise in to my life, instead of working out ways to get out of it.
And the final revelation.... I will NEVER get sick of squishy bread rolls smothered in butter. Life cannot be complete without them, and I will figure out a way to enjoy them responsibly. Eventually.
Find your local parkrun here. What a brilliant initiative!
Yesterday was Day 41, so weigh and measure day. Boy was I excited to measure up... waiting 11 days and 20 days respectively is proving tough, but well worth the wait it seems.
I'm now 8.5kg down, and 102cm smaller over the 10 or so measurements that get taken. Pretty bloody chuffed.
NEW THINGS
I'm making an effort to do new things, and I've done a couple this week.
Firstly, I ran my first parkrun at Lillydale Lake. It's a 5km course (2 laps of the lake) and I wanted to do it in under an hour. I smashed that and finished in just over 45 minutes. Super happy! My friend did it with me and we challenged each other to 'run to the next pole', pick up the pace, and go a bit slower when we needed to. It was awesome. Because it's free, we're aiming to do it every week, and volunteer a couple of times too!
Next, I took a practice walk to work. Looking at the map, I found a bike path that runs pretty much directly from my house to my work. The walk took just under half an hour each way, and I decided that I would now walk or ride my bike whenever possible.
Monday morning came, and I rode my bike. Ten minutes each way. Tuesday, I walked. Half an hour each way. Wednesday I had to drive as I have class straight after work. Sad face. And today, I walked again.
REVELATIONS
I don't really feel like chocolate much any more. I mean, I can go to the supermarket, stand in the choccy aisle staring at all of the bars, and I walk away, because it's really not worth it. If I can't decide which one I want, why should I eat one at all?
I've exercised every day this week, and not once has it been a chore. It's amazing how good it feels to WANT to do it, and to ACTUALLY do it without really thinking about it. In the past, I've psyched myself up to do something, spent hours thinking about it, and not really done it. Or started, and stopped fairly quickly. This time I really want to do it, and I'm thinking about ways to work exercise in to my life, instead of working out ways to get out of it.
And the final revelation.... I will NEVER get sick of squishy bread rolls smothered in butter. Life cannot be complete without them, and I will figure out a way to enjoy them responsibly. Eventually.
Find your local parkrun here. What a brilliant initiative!
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