Its only when I squash them into something that they clearly don't fit into!!! Not to say that they're not there - they are lurking under there - just spread out evenly!!!
Just to clarify .......
Monday, January 16, 2012
Just to clarify
Even though I rant and rave about my unwanted and unwelcomed long term borders aka muffin top and gut, I need to clarify something about my previous photo of said culprits in my white jeans. I do not look like this normally - see photo below.
Just to clarify .......
Just to clarify .......
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Goals 2012
I don’t feel
like its a race against time to get in shape for an occasion this year. I’m not going to continue with Bodytrim at
the moment. I will focus on a 4040/20
macros for my diet but if the carbs are stalling my weightloss I might try
50/30/20 for a while. So, I have an
ultimate goal in my mind and as soon as I find a photo that depicts my mind’s
image I will post it!
Phase 1 – to fit into these:-
So, 12th March will complete phase 1 and I will set phase 2 before then!
Bring it on!
But, in my
first goal I am including my skin. It
was really great before we went away but with the sun, beach not so good diet, lots
of alcohol and not drinking my usual 2-3 litres of water a day, my skin has
suffered. I have worked hard to reverse
the damage caused by sunbaking and smoking as a teenager and in my 20’s and have had fantastic results (no “procedure”
or botox or fillers! – just good health, exercise and some fantastic, albeit
expensive, face creams). So working on that is a must!
I have
recorded my stats – not stressing on
these – just as a comparison for later on. I will post them next blog.
So, goals for
2012 - Healthy, Healthy, Healthy!Phase 1 – to fit into these:-
Nothing special
about these pants. They are a size
10. When I bought them before Christmas
they were just a tad snug – no real serious muffin top – if I wore a hip length
top there was no probs. Can’t say that
now !!! Yikes!!
I am aiming
for 8 weeks – I’ve really got to start my metabolism firing again. I am doing a
4 day split lifting weights with 30mins interval cardio – xtrainer or
tready. Clean eating and maybe a cheat
of a couple of low carb beers. I'm hoping that because I'm not dieting for a specific date I won't feel so pressured and anxious about it and not become obsessed about it. I want this year to actually enjoy the ride and feel the benefits and be encouraged by the healthy aspects and just feel great.So, 12th March will complete phase 1 and I will set phase 2 before then!
Bring it on!
Back to the real world
We are back from hols today and back to work for me tomorrow - boo. But more importantly - back to the gym tomorrow night. All in all I didnt do too bad these hols but i'm really looking forward to getting back into it. I want to feel energised again and strengthen up my back and shoulders as I am suffering from extreme back aches. So, I am going to set out my long term goals and break them down into mini goals and check them off as I go. I will post this in the next few days.
I am also doing a Project Life inspired by Libby and Jackie and will post piccies of this as I do them.
The kids still have 2 more weeks of our Christmas hols so things wont go back to normal until February. I will also devote more time to blogging this year! and post more pics coz I think blogs are pretty boring without pics so i will finish this post with a piccie of what we saw everyday on hols ...
This was taken at Corrimal beach around 6.30pm on an overcast day - very peaceful for an afternoon walk
Cheers,
Amanda
I am also doing a Project Life inspired by Libby and Jackie and will post piccies of this as I do them.
The kids still have 2 more weeks of our Christmas hols so things wont go back to normal until February. I will also devote more time to blogging this year! and post more pics coz I think blogs are pretty boring without pics so i will finish this post with a piccie of what we saw everyday on hols ...
Cheers,
Amanda
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Holidays
We are on hols - yay - the first of the year for me. We are down the coast, on the beach, lots of sun, sand, cheese plates and beers. I am doing surprisingly good this year. Usually by the end of the hols I cannot fit into any of my shorts and have gone from bikini top to tankini top to cover the bloated bulges!!!
This year (apart from christmas/boxing day) i'm sticking to bodytrim diet (one serve of carbs a day) and am drinking low carb beer. Have only had one cheese plate so far and didnt eat the crackers. However, my cal intake is higher than normal due to the beers. Each Tooheys White Stag beer is only 3g carbs, 0 fat, 100 cals - not bad until you have half a dozen!!!! thats half my daily cal intake!! beer free day today (I hope).
This year (apart from christmas/boxing day) i'm sticking to bodytrim diet (one serve of carbs a day) and am drinking low carb beer. Have only had one cheese plate so far and didnt eat the crackers. However, my cal intake is higher than normal due to the beers. Each Tooheys White Stag beer is only 3g carbs, 0 fat, 100 cals - not bad until you have half a dozen!!!! thats half my daily cal intake!! beer free day today (I hope).
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Don't Faint !
I am posting - don 't faint !!! i am such a bad blogger but really i have made no progress weight loss wise and in fact am worse off. My reason - not excuse - is socialising and drinking. Being a busy mum of 3 and working nearly full time (like many women) who would want to pass up an opportunity to kick back, unwind, catch up with fab friends, have a few drinks and have some fun?????
So i find myself in the predicament of running out of time. Its just over 4 weeks til chrissy and for us aussies that means kids are on school hols for 6 weeks, its our summer and its bikini time. We will go away to our van down the south coast and literally live on the beach for a few weeks. Eeeeeeeek!
So i'm going back to what works for me - Bodytrim. An aussie personal trainer is making a bomb with his no/low carb programme and ive done it before with success. It basically getting your body into ketosis. This is for fat loss only - not for building. I will do a bit of weight training just to keep the muscle i have but concentrating on the fat loss. Its also non cardio - he recommends only walking. All the work is done in the kitchen.
Day 2 and a piece of cake (hahahaha) so far. This is what i'm eating:-
M1 6 egg white omlette with onions, zuccinis and mushrooms, coffee
M2 mini protein bar and coffee
M3 100g slice of chicken meatloaf (chicken mince, egg whites, spices and bake in loaf tin) and brocoli
M4 fat free chilli tuna and cauliflower mash
M5 beef casserole (extra lean rump steak strips, capsicum, zuccinis, spice, curry powder in croc pot til tender) with brocoli
M6 mini protein bar and tea
you can have one serve of carbs a day and i have opted for allbran cereal (to keep me regular) but i didnt have that today. I will probably have that 1 hour before my workout to give me energy. Tomorrow i will include flaxseed oil, glucosamine tablets and super krill oil tabs and maybe a multi.
I did a 45 minute incline interval treadmill walk at 6.4kmph and a few heavy sets on the adducter machine for my inner thighs.
I feel good and confident as i have done this successfully before - its a race against the clock!
So i find myself in the predicament of running out of time. Its just over 4 weeks til chrissy and for us aussies that means kids are on school hols for 6 weeks, its our summer and its bikini time. We will go away to our van down the south coast and literally live on the beach for a few weeks. Eeeeeeeek!
So i'm going back to what works for me - Bodytrim. An aussie personal trainer is making a bomb with his no/low carb programme and ive done it before with success. It basically getting your body into ketosis. This is for fat loss only - not for building. I will do a bit of weight training just to keep the muscle i have but concentrating on the fat loss. Its also non cardio - he recommends only walking. All the work is done in the kitchen.
Day 2 and a piece of cake (hahahaha) so far. This is what i'm eating:-
M1 6 egg white omlette with onions, zuccinis and mushrooms, coffee
M2 mini protein bar and coffee
M3 100g slice of chicken meatloaf (chicken mince, egg whites, spices and bake in loaf tin) and brocoli
M4 fat free chilli tuna and cauliflower mash
M5 beef casserole (extra lean rump steak strips, capsicum, zuccinis, spice, curry powder in croc pot til tender) with brocoli
M6 mini protein bar and tea
you can have one serve of carbs a day and i have opted for allbran cereal (to keep me regular) but i didnt have that today. I will probably have that 1 hour before my workout to give me energy. Tomorrow i will include flaxseed oil, glucosamine tablets and super krill oil tabs and maybe a multi.
I did a 45 minute incline interval treadmill walk at 6.4kmph and a few heavy sets on the adducter machine for my inner thighs.
I feel good and confident as i have done this successfully before - its a race against the clock!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Dinner Recipe
new recipe i tried for dinner and it was yum:-
steam and mash 1 small sweet potato (yam)
mix in 1 tab of fat free plain yoghurt, 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 tsp dijon mustard, onion powder, pepper and mix well to get a creamy orange sauce.
saute onion, chopped carrots, chopped zuc and a few button mushrooms (as much or as little) in olive oil (optional) til soft. add 2 cups cooked brown rice. add this mix to the orange sauce. add 200g drained tuna and mix well.
transfer into a baking dish and bake for 20 mins on medium. serves 4. original nutrients per serve were excellent but i tweaked the original recipe to make it lower in fat and more in veg so not sure exact numbers. Its a good base - you could add herbs, curry, different veg, less rice, chicken instead of tuna etc.
This fits in with jamie's serve of protein, complex carb and veg meal. I hope someone tries it - let me know what you think (even my 12 yo daughter loved it !!)
seeya!!!
steam and mash 1 small sweet potato (yam)
mix in 1 tab of fat free plain yoghurt, 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 tsp dijon mustard, onion powder, pepper and mix well to get a creamy orange sauce.
saute onion, chopped carrots, chopped zuc and a few button mushrooms (as much or as little) in olive oil (optional) til soft. add 2 cups cooked brown rice. add this mix to the orange sauce. add 200g drained tuna and mix well.
transfer into a baking dish and bake for 20 mins on medium. serves 4. original nutrients per serve were excellent but i tweaked the original recipe to make it lower in fat and more in veg so not sure exact numbers. Its a good base - you could add herbs, curry, different veg, less rice, chicken instead of tuna etc.
This fits in with jamie's serve of protein, complex carb and veg meal. I hope someone tries it - let me know what you think (even my 12 yo daughter loved it !!)
seeya!!!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
I really dont know how people can eat junk food all the time! I have been pretty slack lately, well ok, really bad lately and boy how i'm paying for it now. Headaches, tired, listless, thirsty, unmotivated, sore stiff muscles, bloated stomach, yuk. Hubby is away for a week for work so I cant go to the gym. My plan? Home workouts - pumped up the swiss ball that will act as my bench and incline bench so i can do any exercises for dumbbells. I am roughly following Jamie Eason's 12 week challenge (jumping in at phase 2) so I will adapt her weights to dumbbell exercises. The only thing I cant do is cardio (with my back/pelvis problems I can only do tready or xtrainer) so I will plonk myself in front of the telly (in between car pooling for kids sports etc) and do lots of weights.
Food will be a bit different. I basically did Jamie's diet previously and it got so monotonous I got bored and craved something tastier (aka junk). I just did meat/chicken and steamed veg - I dont know how you comp girls do it - a big hats off to you all !!! So im trying some recipes out of Aussie oxygen mag and its basically within the parameters of her diet. For example, orange quinoa salad - cold cooked quinoa with onion, celery, tomatoes and any other veg and the dressing of orange zest, juice, flaxseed oil, pepper - basically its complex carb and veg. Also chicken florentine - fillets baked in a tin of crushed tomatoes, italian herbs, garlic, a few olives, baby spinach, topped with a little parmesan cheese (optional). Add that to the orange quinoa salad and its protein, complex carb and veg! It just doesnt seem like it! I'll post the good recipes. I also stumbled upon the blog The Bikini Baker so i'll try some of her recipes. So, lots of prep, inspiration and motivation needed to get on track. I didnt lose the plot totally! I still fit into my jeans, they're just a bit snug !!!! Here's some inspiration ......
Have a fit and fab week everyone !
Food will be a bit different. I basically did Jamie's diet previously and it got so monotonous I got bored and craved something tastier (aka junk). I just did meat/chicken and steamed veg - I dont know how you comp girls do it - a big hats off to you all !!! So im trying some recipes out of Aussie oxygen mag and its basically within the parameters of her diet. For example, orange quinoa salad - cold cooked quinoa with onion, celery, tomatoes and any other veg and the dressing of orange zest, juice, flaxseed oil, pepper - basically its complex carb and veg. Also chicken florentine - fillets baked in a tin of crushed tomatoes, italian herbs, garlic, a few olives, baby spinach, topped with a little parmesan cheese (optional). Add that to the orange quinoa salad and its protein, complex carb and veg! It just doesnt seem like it! I'll post the good recipes. I also stumbled upon the blog The Bikini Baker so i'll try some of her recipes. So, lots of prep, inspiration and motivation needed to get on track. I didnt lose the plot totally! I still fit into my jeans, they're just a bit snug !!!! Here's some inspiration ......
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