Two Days Rest

I have now officially completed 10 sessions in 8 days! Go me! 4 spin classes in one week.... I am addicted to spin at the moment. I ended up doing the second class yesterday and it rocked. I am having an 'I miss my Mum' week this week - going to Melbourne to see her tomorrow - so have made an effort to keep myself busy. Each night I have either been at the gym or had someone over for dinner. Tonight going to the movies, even though I am sooooooo tired and have a 7am flight. The idea is to get home at a point when I am ready to go to bed, then I won't sit at home, sulk and eat.

Bring on the weekend!

Sleeeeeeeep

Oh so tired today! Getting up at 5.15am every morning to go to the gym is just not quite right! I feel like I could go back to bed and snooze the whole day away... I wish I could. Did a spin class this morning and just didn't feel on form. Had no energy and kept yawning the whole way though (sorry to the instructor... it's not you, it's me!). Definitely in need of a rest day. All I need to do is get through tomorrow and then I have 2 days rest. Although I still have to get up at 5.30am on Saturday to catch a plane.

I was thinking of doing another spin class tonight... it's my favourite one. But maybe I should go home, eat my fish & vegies for tea and curl up in bed. I'll see how awake I am when I get home.

More training

I have had a massive training week this week... Friday will make it 8 days straight. I'm in Melbourne this weekend so Saturday and Sunday will be rest days, back into it on Monday. I have managed to keep my training varied and have really enjoyed it.

Here's what I've been doing:
Friday - 60 min cardio & weights PT session
Saturday - 60 min spin class
Sunday - 30 min cross trainer intervals & 60 min pump class
Monday - 45 min spin class
Tuesday - 60 min boxing and weights PT session
Wednesday - 60 min weights & cardio PT session
Thursday - 45 min spin class
Friday - 60 min weights & cardio PT session

Have pulled up pretty sore from boxing yesterday - my lats right down to my lower back are quite sore. Yesterday it was my legs from spin class so it is nice to have a different body part to whinge about! At least I can walk down the stairs today without having to go sideways.

Diet has been improved, but not fabulous. All my meals have been good clean food - all fresh and healthy. Planned snacks have been good but I can't kick the chocolate. I think I have had chocolate every day this week except Sunday. That has got to go!

Now a piece of random news for you... I seem to have come into work with my top on back to front. Off to the toilets now to sort myself out :)

Spin Spin Spin

Had my favourite instructor for spin last night - the class rocked! One thing I find strange though... at the end of the class we had to measure our heartrate. Mine was 190 (yep I worked hard!!), then after 1 min recovery do it again... mine was 100. Our instructor said if you have over 30 difference you are doing OK, 60-70 is excellent. So what is with 90???? I am certainly not in that elite bracket as my recovery rate might suggest.

Did boxing and weights this morning and now I am exhausted. I feel like crawling back into bed for a nap - I wish I could! Working is soooooooo over-rated.

Training with an Injury

It has only been a week since my SI joint problem was diagnosed and I am already finding it difficult. Mostly I have to force myself to run - I don't particularly enjoy it, at least not until I get half way through and start to see views of the harbour or something! I am now feeling the need to run... I want to get out there! I am bored with modifying my exercise plan already.

I did a spin class Saturday, cross trainer intervals and pump yesterday and today am doing spin. Usually I would do Basic Training on a Monday but there is alot of running and side stepping etc, in that class which I wouldn't be able to do. Even my PT sessions have to be modified - often we do intervals on the treadmill in between different things... cross trainer for me which I usally enjoy, but I've replaced one of my running sessions with cross trainer intervals... so I'm bored with that.

Lost 0.2 this week. Not a great loss, but given I dropped 1.3kg last week I guess it has just evened out. I am now wearing the smallest jeans I own - haven't been wearing them for months as they were too tight. Feeling good about that at least!

Off to try and come up with a fabulous exercise plan for the week... lets see what I can come up with that doesn't involve running, fast walking or rowing...

The verdict

I went to the osteopath last night and discovered that my pelvis is causing my hamstring pain. The left side of my pelvis isn't moving properly (sacroiliac joint), which is making my hamstring do all the work in lifting my leg when I run. As I have strained my hammy twice I have scar tissue across it which needs to be massaged out. So lots of stretching for me, no running (I can do a slow jog), no fast walking, no rowing - basically I can't do anything that fully extends my leg. The osteo works inside Fitness First so he is going to show Rusty & Dan some of the stretches I need to do so they can help me. I need to go back in 4 weeks to check it is all back moving the way it should be.

I have mixed feelings about it. I am glad to actually get a proper diagnosis. After the session I felt heaps better - I had heaps more movement in my whole body. A bit sore this morning though. The bridge run is only 4 weeks away so I don't think I'll be able to do it - the more I push myself, the longer it is going to take to heal. So I may as well behave myself and get it over and done with. 4 weeks of cross trainer and spin classes for me - lucky I love spin!

Still here

Went for my first run since C2S yesterday. Did 5km quite comfortably before the hammy started to feel a bit sore, so stopped and walked the rest. Seeing the osteo tomorrow night so will see what he says then.

Had a massive weekend - a big drinking day on Saturday followed by a hangover breakfast of poached eggs, toast & bacon. Not that I ate much of the bacon, but I forgot to ask for no butter on the bread. That was all I ate until my stirfry for dinner last night so my calories were still under for the day. Didn't calculate the calories from Saturday though - I wouldn't even know where to start with how many drinks I had!!! Managed to lose 1.3kg for the week so very happy with that. I like what happens when I concentrate on my diet :)

I was in there somewhere....

I am in recovery mode from City2Surf and have been sulking ever since. I had a really disappointing run - I didn't get close to my goal time as my hamstring packed it in about half way through and I had to walk heaps of it. I did it in 136 minutes when I was aiming for under 100.

Yesterday I had myself convinced that I am not built for running - never have been, never will be. Today I am not quite so negative - I am going to try seeing an osteo (3 months of physio didn't work), get my hammy completely better and train hard to do it easily next year. Bridge run is in 5 weeks - hoping to be up for that one.

Low GI

I have decided to try to include more low GI foods in my diet. It is something I 'kind of' do - eg I have Basmati rice instead of white rice, but I haven't really been concentrating that hard lately. I think my biggest downfall comes with my snacks. I am going to include more low fat dairy, nuts and soy & linseed breads in my snacks and see if that helps with the sugar cravings.

All I want is chocolate DAMMNNNNITTT!!!!

Food Amnesia

Here is what happens when you stop religiously tracking what you eat - you gain 1kg in a week. This is despite 6 or 7 intense training sessions - sometimes twice a day. This morning I was in total disbelief when I saw the scales at home that I weighed myself at the gym as well. Yep they were right the first time.

I spent the next hour wondering what was wrong with me - was I not eating enough, or was there actually something medically wrong with my metabolism and it's ability to process the healthy food I had eaten all week and burn fat? Should I go and see a nutritionist again - maybe someone different this time?

Then I saw the light - I have amnesia! I haven't been tracking my food and I have been allowing myself little treats here and there. Afterall, I've been doing so much training, right? WRONG!!! I can't remember exactly what I ate, but I can now tell you that the last week included and apple & custard scroll from Baker's Delight, a block of Lindt Intense Orange dark chocolate, 2 x caramello koalas, pizza for lunch on Friday, a packet of Pods, 1 small packet dinosaur lollies, 2 x skim hot chocolates, french toast cafe style (as in white bread and maple syrup)... I am going to stop now. You get the picture. I think every day last week must have been a treat day.

So the good news is that there is nothing wrong with me - I have just had a week of eating waaaaay to much crap. I now have some work to do.

Flying along

I am really happy with where my head is at at the moment. It has been a week since my last Diet Coke - yay!!! Even broke my Sunday routine of getting the paper and a DC by getting a paper and mineral water. With the exception of a packet of Pods on Friday night, eating was pretty good over the weekend. Yesterday I stocked up on vegies for the week - they are all chopped up in the fridge and ready to strifry. I cooked up some Basmati rice as well. I'm going to do a few more days of double training this week so need to be prepared with easy meals.

Trained with Rusty Saturday morning and then went for a run in the afternoon. Went around Cremorne Point which is my all time favourite place to run. Here's why...




Went out Saturday night for Dan's birthday. Heaps of people from the gym went - I met some new people as well. I love hanging out with people who have the same goals - and it always helps to have people to do classes with. Had a few vodkas (quite a few actually!) but took myself home just after midnight, drank some water and woke up Sunday feeling just a little average. The others got home at 4am so I did quite well! No training yesterday, but I went for a walk instead.
Here's Rusty, me and another friend...


Only 6 days to City2Surf.... arrrrggghhh

It's Friday!!!

Usually waking up on a Friday morning I think 'THGIF!!!'. Not today...I thought about the training to be done over the weekend. I've changed my bigger training days to the weekends as I have more time, and the thought of an early morning session stops me from going out drinking, which would then lead to crap eating. PT this morning, PT tomorrow morning, a long run in the afternoon and then Sunday is yet to be determined, but will be 2 sessions. Monday morning I'm going to do the Basic Training class again, cause that rocked! The bit I can really look forward to is spending a couple of hours Saturday afternoon reading my book on the couch, which could possibly lead to a nap.

We have a whole heap of new equipment at the gym. The cross trainers are great - all new ones, instead of 2 good ones and a whole heap of really bad ones! Didn't get to test out much of the new weight stuff this morning - it is a bit overwhelming and hard to find the things I wanted to use as everything is in a different place or missing.

Didn't over eat at all last night. Yay me!