12WBT Week 3 Wednesday

Net calorie intake (calories in less calories burnt less BMR):  922

Exercise: Body Jam class

12WBT update

I'm going to be completely honest here, and admit I have completely "stuffed up" Week 1 and 2 of the 12WBT. 

My nutrition was ok until the past weekend when it was my birthday and stayed in the city with a friend for 3 days.  Exercise was practically non-existant.

End result: I put on a kilo in the past 2 weeks. 

I have no one to blame but myself for this, and as part of my reason for blogging is to keep myself more accountable, I'm going to start posting my stats each day (calories in and out).
 

12WBT: Week 1 Super Saturday Session - Coogee to Bondi walk

The one thing I was proud about in Week 1 was getting up before 5 (on a Saturday!) and meeting other 12WBTers for the Coogee to Bondi walk (Coogee to Bondi walk brochure). 

I didn't turn my Nike sensor on to check the distance, but have been told it's about a 12KM round trip to South Bondi, and 14KM to North Bondi.  In the end it took about 2 hours 20 minutes as I walked the entire way, but still hit the 1,000 calorie mark which is the aim for the Super Saturday Session.  I ended up burning 1084 calories. 

The views on the walk are wonderful, and ridiculous that I've lived in Sydney for over 2 and a half years and this is the first time I've done the walk.

Sun rising over Coogee

Looking over to Clovelly

Bondi Beach

12WBT Week 1 recap

Well, I will be completely honest and say I had a pretty pathetic start to Round 3. 
I didn't do any exercise until Saturday, when I met some other Sydney 12WBTers for the Coogee to Bondi coastal walk.  A great start to the weekend, but then I completely blew out my calories on Sunday. 

When I weighed myself last Wednesday, I had lost 300g, which I was happy with considering that was only in the first few days, and a result of keeping my nutrition on track even though the exercise wasn't happening.  But I weighed myself this morning, and I was back up to 49.5kg (my start weight)  Not happy! So hopefully I will at least re-lose that 300g by Wednesday. 

Tomorrow night I have a "red flag" - a tax discussion group (yes, I do such exciting things at night!) but there is always a lot of deep fried food.  Thursday night and Friday I have a 24 hour sleep test (I'll be doing another post on that), and then one of my best friends is coming down from Brisbane on Friday night and we are staying in the city for my birthday through to Monday, so a lot of eating out!

So, my plan for the week will be to switch up my exercise on Tuesday and Thursday to the morning since I won't be able to do it at night.  Nutrition wise I will need to accept that I will be eating out more this coming weekend, but not let it be an excuse to go crazy.  Healthy breakfasts and lunches and resisting the bread and desert at dinner times!

Round 3 Bloggers Challenge: Introduce Yourself!

One of the regular 12WBT bloggers has started up a new blog challenge for Round 3.  Find out more info here Each week, there will be a new topic, and the first one is Introduce Yourself. 

So... here we go .... all about me!

1. Describe yourself in 25 words or less. You can get straight to the point - or bring your creativity into play.

A bit of a geek, a big kid at heart, I’ve spent most of my life focusing on improving my mind and not my body.

2. What brings you to 12wbt? Getting fitter? Losing weight? (Gaining weight??) Are you first timer, a repeat offender??

After being a yo-yo dieter for most of my teenager years, I gained a significant amount of weight in 2007/08 due to medication.  I lost a lot of weight in 2009 but have never reached my final goal.  And, despite the loss of weight, I’m still incredibly unfit!

I was a Round 2 member, but due to a lot of factors, (travel, illness, injury), I didn’t meet my goals.

I still have a bit of weight to lose this round, but also want to get fitter and learn to run!

3. Why do you blog??

Lots of reasons.  In terms of the 12WBT, it will help hold me more accountable.  But I also post about my travels and other random bits and pieces.  I always kept diaries when I was younger so I feel that this is a continuation of this.

4. Who is your biggest inspiration in life and why (doesn't have to be weight loss)

One of my best friends, C.  She has 3 children and still managed to finish law school while working. 

5. What things in life bring you the most joy?

Laughing with friends, travelling, and hugs :)

6.What do you think your greatest challenge is going to be this round?

I’m having a tonsillectomy in week 7 of this Round.  In a way this is good, because part of the reason I didn’t achieve my goals in Round 2 was that I was sick for about 5 weeks (2 different occurrences) of tonsillitis.  However, I have been told by my surgeon to not to exercise for 2 weeks after the surgery.  In this case a short-term setback will be worth it for my long term well-being. 

7. What are you most excited about 12wbt?

Trying new things – whether it be new recipes, new forms of exercise, and meeting other 12WBTers.

8. And what scares the pants off you?

Actually reaching my goal.  I’m worried it will be a case of “now what?”

9. Tell me - right now - today - how do you feel about exercise in no more than 10 words

A necessary evil.  I’m hoping by the end of this round I’m actually ENJOYING exercise!

10. Complete this sentence - in 12 weeks time - on the last day of 12wbt I am going to be feeling ____________________

Tired but satisfied

Fitness test!

The fitness test really showed to me how easy it is to lose your fitness.  I hurt my back in about Week 5 of Round 2, and after that, I really didn't do much at the gym.  When I was overseas, I mainly just relied on doing a lot of walking. 

So unfortunately, my fitness test results for the start of Round 3 are around the same as my results at the start of Round 2.

I'm basically in the intermediate range, except for my time trial, which is "advanced".  I've commented on this before - I can run quickly, just not for very long, and even in the 1KM time trial I had spurts of walking, so I really need to work on endurance.

My results:
Push-ups in 1 minute: 29 (knees)
Wall-sit: 1:16
Ab stage: 2 (barely!)
Sit and reach: +1cm

Time-trial (1KM): 4:58

12WBT Pre-season task 8: Measure Up

Measure up time!  (Actually it was a few days ago).  This is all about having a starting point so you can see how much you have lost as you work through the program.

My Stats

Weight: 49.5kg (I'm under 5 feet tall so this is actually around the middle of my healthy weight range). 
Chest: 85cm
Waist: 68cm
Widest part (basically around your hips/bottom): 89cm
Right thigh: 49.5cm
Left thigh: 48.5cm