Why God hates me and puppies

80kgs. Farking 80kgs. Couldn’t have dropped another 100g. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I’m pissed because it’s TTOM and I normally lose at least 1kg so I figured for sure I’d see those elusive 70’s this week but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo not this month. 80kgs. I know I could have been better this week. GB bought lollies so I was hoeing into those like no-one’s business. And I only exercised twice this week (Wed & Thurs). But I wanted it REALLY bad. I was sick on Monday with a UTI and gastro – you’d think that alone would do it.

Tuesday & Wed I spent with GB who had 2 wisdom teeth and lesions on his gums removed under general aneasthetic. Poor love was swollen and grumpy but is on the mend now.

Only used the Wii Active once this week. It’s just pure laziness and my dread of lunges that puts me off. Will try harder this week. Have been using my Polar HRM at the gym and doing the HR workout on the bike. Working MUCH harder now. Also did 20mins on cross trainer last night which I haven’t done in ages.

End of Financial Year is doing my head in as per usual for this time of year!!

Cara – glad you found my blog again! I will post pictures of THAT dress after Saturday night when I get all dolled up for my sister’s engagement party. In the meantime, here’s one of me and Westie from a couple of weeks ago.

 

Hope everyone else is well, drop me a comment to say hi!

Water

Just read this article on ninemsn

Watering Your Can:

Eight cups of water a day need no longer be pie in the sky. Try these crafty ideas for drinking more, every day.

When your body’s water content drops by as little as 1 to 2 percent, you’ll feel tired, fatigued and possibly even hungry. Essentially, your body just won’t be functioning at its best.

In his book, The H-Factor Diet, nutritionist and personal trainer Andrew Cate offers these snappy ideas for working more water into your day:

1. Drink one or two glasses of water before breakfast, lunch and dinner. The extra fullness may also help reduce your portion sizes.

2. Don’t wait to feel thirsty. Try to make drinking water a habit by adding it to other habits, such as after going to the toilet or after brushing your teeth.

3. Drink a little extra water if it’s hot, if you are active or if you work in an air-conditioned office.

4. Have a water bottle on hand at your desk, in your fridge and in your car.

5. Drink water to quench your thirst, and only drink other kilojoule-laden beverages in small amounts for taste.

6. Cool fluids are absorbed quicker by the body, so keep this in mind on hot days. There is also some evidence to suggest that iced water takes a few more kilojoules to absorb, and it may cause your stomach to shrink slightly, making you feel fuller faster.

7. If you take large amounts of caffeine from tea or coffee (more than four cups a day), drink a little extra water to overcome the diuretic effect.

8. Drink an extra glass of water for every standard alcoholic beverage you consume.

9. Be more aware of your water intake as you get older. Between 60 and 70, people start to lose their appetite and as a result, get less water from foods in their diets.

10. If you take medications that have a diuretic effect, or if you use fibre tablets, include an extra glass of water in your day.

 

Hope it helps!

FARRRRKKKKKKK

Put on 200g. Grrr. I have to be a bit more sensible on weekends and make sure I exercise at  least once because I seem to have to work hard all week just to undo the results of the weekend. And I can’t get out of these farking 80’s. Meanwhile GB is STILL losing!!!

On Tuesday I had workout palooza. Did pilates at lunchtime (having missed last Thursday’s session), did 30mins on bike after work using HR program which nearly killed me! Then came home and did 30mins on Wii active (I hate lunges), and then we went to our dancing class for a bit of cha cha cha, waltz and rhumba! All on a kinda dodgy heel/ankle.  Wednesday did HR bike, weights and wii active, and Thursday was feeling pretty sore so just did pilates and took Westie for a quick walk. Our Auslan classes finish next week which I’m glad about as I’ll be able to work out on Mondays again.

Thrilled to have updated to the new 3.0 software for the iphone. Can now send and receive mms! Although yesterday they were taking between 30mins and 3 hours to come/go through.

Work is narking futs. Always is this time of year but my life is made exponentially harder when I’m not receiving the information I require to balance the regional outturn from one of our districts. My head is about to explode. Today I’ve had to shut my door and put on some music to try and harness my chi (hehe) and settle down a bit before I blow my stack.

Shizen, thought I’d lost this blog coz IE crashed but luckily it seems wordpress had saved it as a draft. I don’t think I had written anything else!

GB is having his wisdom teeth taken out and some “skin flap lump thingo’s” removed from his mouth in hospital next Tuesday so I’m sure my stress levels won’t be getting any lower. At least I’ll have a couple days out of the office, even if I will have to work from my laptop in the hospital and at home while I babysit the poor boy.

OK I’m going to fill up my water bottle now.  I’m on the countdown to wine o’clock.

Em