Hello there lovelies, well another week agian has gone by, time is flying and it's 5 weeks till the girls cruise from this Sunday!
Wednesday was a fail on PT being that the weather in Brisbane was a bit rainy so have rescheduled for Sunday morning! However that gave an extra opportunity to do Body Combat at the gym with the lovely Jamie. So exercise this week has been great, since my last PT on Wednesday of last week I went to Friday 5.45am session Body Pump with Ivana, Monday afternoon Body Pump with Ivana and did a quick 3k jog on the treadmill before hand, Tuesday was a rest day...then this afternoon Thursday I joined the lovely Gab who is my PT but also is one of the Directors of "U Totally Frock" for a fantastic group training session through the valley and surrounds. Some running, some hill sprints and some normal sprints, followed by some tricep dips, walking lunges, planks, pushups and step ups, 1 hour and 20 mins and 611 calories later with a max heart rate of 184bpm according to my wonderful heart rate monitor.
On the weekend I had my three nieces over so making dinner and desert from scratch was on the cards, hand made some chocolate tarts which was a total sugar overload, so much so that they only ate half of their tarts each.....now for three girls aged 11, 10 and 8 I think we can also agree that is pretty full on and therefore weekend personal fit was an overload, then a few glasses of wine Sunday night after I dropped the girls back to their mum and I was fast asleep and ready for another big week.
Saving is the word of the month with the cruise only 5 weeks away and starting my own eshop fashion business, balance with friendship, exercise, partner, work and my own business + study is a huge juggling match, too many balls in the air at once. I am very lucky to have some great friends who are also into exercise and staying fit so we get to spend some time at the gym together, cash free and of course we are staying fit as well which is an added benefit. Speaking of tomorrow night I have body combat with the lovely Jamie and very much looking forward to it to end off the work week.
Today we signed up for the 8km Mothers Day Classic, a great fun run, very well run and also have a fundraising aim of $1,000 here is the link I'd love for you to donate!
http://sponsor.s.eventarc.com/sponsor/view/21932/cate-prince
Of course you are also more then welcome to join the fun run / walk! We have a team going so feel free to join!
No weight loss this week but after my description of the weekend above I guess you can all figure this is completely understandable!
So another week down, really appreciating the small things in life, the conversation with a partner on the mat on the floor, the best friend who gets a kick out of combat and watching her go from strength to strength, spending time with an PT who is an inspirational women who is on a mission to help other women reach their goals and find their inner 'awesome' and the support of great friends who know when money is tight and get you around for dinner or coffee or just chat and lift your spirits when you are on a mission. GREAT reasons to stay on target and get down to bare roots of why we foster these relationships.
Until next blog,
Thanks for reading,
Stay Awesome,
xx
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Motivation, Dresses Fantastic
Good morning followers, normally this would be coming to you last night but in the absence of sleep I decided to hit the sheets a little earlier then normal.
Since last week what has happened.... A LOT!
As I mentioned in my last blog I was having a huge weekend coming up, a friends surprise birthday party on Friday night led me to having my first pastry and hard core cocktail binge in over 4 weeks since Europe (I cannot explain how good that pastry, tart, sugar tasted!) From here 'Date' night with my partner on Saturday night led me to some Chinese take out, some chillin at home and a great relaxation time on the couch. Sunday was catching up with girlfriends for coffee but passing on the 'sweet treats', I controlled myself by having an espresso instead.
However there was a weigh in on Wednesday morning pre this weeks PT session, a LOSS of 700g! A huge amount off and I can honestly say it was due to a HUGE effort on my part. Besides my weekend binge (and to be fair if worked out are completely OK to do every now and then) My exercise for the following week post my last PT session consisted of a Pump class at 5.45am last Friday, Sunday was a Step class with a girlfriend, Monday was a 5.5k run with my partner is under 30mins with a average heart rate of 174 (I thought I was going to die) and yesterday another PT session with the lovely Gab.
To break down my PT session as I always love to do:-
This week I drove to the park, lack of sleep was not helping me with energy today as I contemplated a boast from a sugarfree energy drink.. however drinking lots of water throughout the day may very well be on my side. A quick warm up in the form of two laps around the park (1.4k total) left me already feeling a tad fatigued, from here we burst into 50 (yes you saw right 50!!!) squats, 25 pushups (from toes then knees), then into another lap of the park (700m) before a 1 minute break whilst trying to get heart rate down, another 50 squats, another 25 pushups and another lap of the park (700m), 1 minute break, another 50 squats (yes again) another 25 pushups, from here however we decided that another lap of the park would be too much so went into ab work instead, situps, crunches and planks were the aim of the game. Some light stretching and we were done, 45 minute work out, 477 calories burned and a max heart rate of 186 (according to my heart rate monitor).
I have also discovered by a very helpful friend a great new application for my iphone called MyFitnessPal, which basically measures your intake of food v's your exercise v's your goals, this is FANTASTIC, I used to use an online program that was getting a bit dated but this little puppy I carry everywhere with me, so that extra espresso during the day is well accounted for. If you don't have it, check it out, it sets you up with a 1200 per day calorie count where you can enter every snack, breakfast lunch and dinner. Then enter your exercise and see if you are at positive or negative weight for the week or day.
My goal coming up over the next 6 week until the cruise, is to maintain 3 sessions a week of exercise (1 with personal trainer) this should set me at my goal of the final 2kg loss which is pre Christmas and pre Europe weight.
Thanks for reading, Stay Awesome.
xx
Since last week what has happened.... A LOT!
As I mentioned in my last blog I was having a huge weekend coming up, a friends surprise birthday party on Friday night led me to having my first pastry and hard core cocktail binge in over 4 weeks since Europe (I cannot explain how good that pastry, tart, sugar tasted!) From here 'Date' night with my partner on Saturday night led me to some Chinese take out, some chillin at home and a great relaxation time on the couch. Sunday was catching up with girlfriends for coffee but passing on the 'sweet treats', I controlled myself by having an espresso instead.
However there was a weigh in on Wednesday morning pre this weeks PT session, a LOSS of 700g! A huge amount off and I can honestly say it was due to a HUGE effort on my part. Besides my weekend binge (and to be fair if worked out are completely OK to do every now and then) My exercise for the following week post my last PT session consisted of a Pump class at 5.45am last Friday, Sunday was a Step class with a girlfriend, Monday was a 5.5k run with my partner is under 30mins with a average heart rate of 174 (I thought I was going to die) and yesterday another PT session with the lovely Gab.
To break down my PT session as I always love to do:-
This week I drove to the park, lack of sleep was not helping me with energy today as I contemplated a boast from a sugarfree energy drink.. however drinking lots of water throughout the day may very well be on my side. A quick warm up in the form of two laps around the park (1.4k total) left me already feeling a tad fatigued, from here we burst into 50 (yes you saw right 50!!!) squats, 25 pushups (from toes then knees), then into another lap of the park (700m) before a 1 minute break whilst trying to get heart rate down, another 50 squats, another 25 pushups and another lap of the park (700m), 1 minute break, another 50 squats (yes again) another 25 pushups, from here however we decided that another lap of the park would be too much so went into ab work instead, situps, crunches and planks were the aim of the game. Some light stretching and we were done, 45 minute work out, 477 calories burned and a max heart rate of 186 (according to my heart rate monitor).
I have also discovered by a very helpful friend a great new application for my iphone called MyFitnessPal, which basically measures your intake of food v's your exercise v's your goals, this is FANTASTIC, I used to use an online program that was getting a bit dated but this little puppy I carry everywhere with me, so that extra espresso during the day is well accounted for. If you don't have it, check it out, it sets you up with a 1200 per day calorie count where you can enter every snack, breakfast lunch and dinner. Then enter your exercise and see if you are at positive or negative weight for the week or day.
My goal coming up over the next 6 week until the cruise, is to maintain 3 sessions a week of exercise (1 with personal trainer) this should set me at my goal of the final 2kg loss which is pre Christmas and pre Europe weight.
Thanks for reading, Stay Awesome.
xx
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
PT, Life the Universe and Everything!!
Hello there cyber space followers, so begins another journey and a week since my last blog.
Since the last week and my post regarding a weigh in, I haven't lost anything (well really it's 300g but let's be honest here that is the difference between another bottle of water or not...)
A few reasons for this lack of change this week.
a) consuming some bad food in the sence of a slice, and a total of 4 glasses of red throughout the week (I know I know, what happened to my alcohol ban...I'm here to tell you it's HARD! Set yourself realistic goals people)
b) potentially from muscle mass gain over weight loss, being that I have completed some weight classes and exercising this could contribute..
So if you take anything away from this, don't go screaming in the mirror or hitting that jar of tim tams if you haven't had a good loss for the week, review your food diary, think about your water intake, time of weigh in etc, all these things play a part, don't get disheartened.
Next on the list - EXERCISE
What did I do since my last blog? Well I certainly have been trying to not over do it, a big thing with being OCD is that when you have something in your mind, you tend to go on a war path until that something is achieved. I have completed a body combat (cardio) and body pump (cardio/weight) classes at the gym and also tonight had my second real PT lesson. These three things I feel should be more then adequate to allow for some kind of social life and relaxation outside of my quest to tone before a cruise (counting down 7 weeks).
Tonights PT sesson was fantastic, I say that through gritted teeth as my legs are still burning...however, what I completed tonight I am quite proud of myself. Firstly a slow jog down to the park to meet with my super fantastic PT Gab (2k), then two jogs around the local park (1.6k approx) followed by a jog to a local street with an enormous hill (at a stretch 300m). Now begins the fun, hill sprints x 4, I know that doesn't seem like much but with a heart rate peak of 183 bpm I can tell you things were getting a little fuzzy. From here we hit the grass, working again with some exercise elastics, we did a range of movements to isolate muscles, followed by some sprints, some ab work (situps and planks) and finally a stretch. JOB WELL DONE!
Motivation for food consumption is waving a bit, finding it difficult to be 'Mrs Goodie TwoShoes",but I take this moments on board and decide to work them off later, writing a food diary helps to put your 'treats' in check so they don't turn into 'all the times'.
Weigh in will probably be Friday morning at this point as I have a HUGE weekend lined up, so until next week.
Thanks for reading,
Stay Awesome!
x
Since the last week and my post regarding a weigh in, I haven't lost anything (well really it's 300g but let's be honest here that is the difference between another bottle of water or not...)
A few reasons for this lack of change this week.
a) consuming some bad food in the sence of a slice, and a total of 4 glasses of red throughout the week (I know I know, what happened to my alcohol ban...I'm here to tell you it's HARD! Set yourself realistic goals people)
b) potentially from muscle mass gain over weight loss, being that I have completed some weight classes and exercising this could contribute..
So if you take anything away from this, don't go screaming in the mirror or hitting that jar of tim tams if you haven't had a good loss for the week, review your food diary, think about your water intake, time of weigh in etc, all these things play a part, don't get disheartened.
Next on the list - EXERCISE
What did I do since my last blog? Well I certainly have been trying to not over do it, a big thing with being OCD is that when you have something in your mind, you tend to go on a war path until that something is achieved. I have completed a body combat (cardio) and body pump (cardio/weight) classes at the gym and also tonight had my second real PT lesson. These three things I feel should be more then adequate to allow for some kind of social life and relaxation outside of my quest to tone before a cruise (counting down 7 weeks).
Tonights PT sesson was fantastic, I say that through gritted teeth as my legs are still burning...however, what I completed tonight I am quite proud of myself. Firstly a slow jog down to the park to meet with my super fantastic PT Gab (2k), then two jogs around the local park (1.6k approx) followed by a jog to a local street with an enormous hill (at a stretch 300m). Now begins the fun, hill sprints x 4, I know that doesn't seem like much but with a heart rate peak of 183 bpm I can tell you things were getting a little fuzzy. From here we hit the grass, working again with some exercise elastics, we did a range of movements to isolate muscles, followed by some sprints, some ab work (situps and planks) and finally a stretch. JOB WELL DONE!
Motivation for food consumption is waving a bit, finding it difficult to be 'Mrs Goodie TwoShoes",but I take this moments on board and decide to work them off later, writing a food diary helps to put your 'treats' in check so they don't turn into 'all the times'.
Weigh in will probably be Friday morning at this point as I have a HUGE weekend lined up, so until next week.
Thanks for reading,
Stay Awesome!
x
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
First Serious PT Session and another week goes by.....
OK,
So just finished my first EVER real PT session....
Ran from from house to the local park, about a 3k run running at approx 10-11 km per hour so the pace was slightly faster then I'm used to as I normally run at around 9.5 - 10k per hour. Hit the park and set up to use the elastics which for those out there who don't know what they are..they are a resistant 'elastics' with handles that you use against your body weight. A few reps with these doing lunges x 20 each side, 20 x pushups, 20 x overhead press each side - two sets of these followed by a 50 mtr sprint there and back to begin the next set. Onto form 2, 20 x tricep stretch, 20 x bicep curl and 20 x frog drumps - again two sets of these followed by 50 mtr sprint away and back.
Ran half the length back home then walked the rest of the distance....
NOW for the interesting part, I would consider myself a resonably healthy person, I exercise 4-5 times per week, alternating classes, running, cardio and weight workouts at the gym, I can honestly say that today I found an entirely new side of exercise and Cate. I am amazed at how doing the same repetative things makes your body so used to it that you are actually not working out at all, today our PT (Gab) helped me realise that variety really is the spice of life!
With this new addition to my exercise regime and my other weekly efforts I will be well on my way to achieving more tone and getting more out of my exercise, working harder and more efficient so I can work out less times per week.
Tomorrow is weigh in morning, will be interesting to see if I have had any results from the last week. Diet is starting to become boring so I've been reading some new recipes to cook, hopefully I can come up with something new and interesting.
Thanks for reading, stay awesome!
xx
So just finished my first EVER real PT session....
Ran from from house to the local park, about a 3k run running at approx 10-11 km per hour so the pace was slightly faster then I'm used to as I normally run at around 9.5 - 10k per hour. Hit the park and set up to use the elastics which for those out there who don't know what they are..they are a resistant 'elastics' with handles that you use against your body weight. A few reps with these doing lunges x 20 each side, 20 x pushups, 20 x overhead press each side - two sets of these followed by a 50 mtr sprint there and back to begin the next set. Onto form 2, 20 x tricep stretch, 20 x bicep curl and 20 x frog drumps - again two sets of these followed by 50 mtr sprint away and back.
Ran half the length back home then walked the rest of the distance....
NOW for the interesting part, I would consider myself a resonably healthy person, I exercise 4-5 times per week, alternating classes, running, cardio and weight workouts at the gym, I can honestly say that today I found an entirely new side of exercise and Cate. I am amazed at how doing the same repetative things makes your body so used to it that you are actually not working out at all, today our PT (Gab) helped me realise that variety really is the spice of life!
With this new addition to my exercise regime and my other weekly efforts I will be well on my way to achieving more tone and getting more out of my exercise, working harder and more efficient so I can work out less times per week.
Tomorrow is weigh in morning, will be interesting to see if I have had any results from the last week. Diet is starting to become boring so I've been reading some new recipes to cook, hopefully I can come up with something new and interesting.
Thanks for reading, stay awesome!
xx
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Cruise Diet 101 Intro
Good day and welcome to the diary blog of my cruise diet, exercise and general daily rantings to do with food, flavour and life balance....
I recently arrived back from a very indulgent 3 1/2 weeks in Europe, needless to say the excessive pizza, wine and food each day has led me to put on 5.4kg over the time away. On a general week when I'm maintaining my weight at home I might drink alcohol, indulge on the odd occassion but generally I am healthy, don't eat dodgy takeaway where you can get burger, chips and drinks for $5.00 and I also exercise on average three times per week.
So I'm back in Australia, back to preparing my own meals and back to the mundane task of losing this 5.4kg, toning up and looking swimsuit ready before I board a cruise ship in 7 weeks time with 19 other girlfriends.
Here is my story...
Since arriving back 2 weeks ago I have lost half the weight I have put on just by eating healthy, smaller portions and cutting out most sugar (expect for fruit) and ALL alcohol. I start a heavier exercise schedule this week with the inclusion of my newly hired Personal Trainer Gab.
Daily Meal Intake example...
Protein for Breakfast
Fruit for morning tea
Protein and Salad mountain bread wrap for lunch (cut out all bread products except for this)
Sugar Free Jelly or fruit or protein for afternoon tea
Protein for before gym
Meat / salad or Veg for dinner
NO ALCOHOL, NO BREAD, NO PASTA etc etc etc
This is enough to lead to seriously heavy cravings, I'm on second week and sugar cravings are slowly dissipating...yay can start to get back into the swing of things.
Today however, I caved, I was taking inventory on some biscuits and slices (I run two hotels) and decided to eat a biscuit, not a huge thing I know but will power and stopping these moments of 'just one' is a massive key to success, I know people think that harmless coffee, 1 biscuit, 1 french fry doesn't hurt but when you add these up over a week these 'harmless' treats have actually just cost you your entire week of gym. Now I'm a huge fan of coffee, I love it milky and sweet so exchanging my daily Skinny Cap for an espresso is a difficult switch, however, when I think about the extra time required to burn off that 'harmless coffee' and the sweat dripping from my arms and burning through my legs as I take just one more lower squat is enough to turn me away, I need results and I need them before 7 weeks is up.
Keep an eye out for coming blogs regarding diet, exercise and the never ending battle between a healthy social life, when to say no and how to keep sane!
xx
Cate
I recently arrived back from a very indulgent 3 1/2 weeks in Europe, needless to say the excessive pizza, wine and food each day has led me to put on 5.4kg over the time away. On a general week when I'm maintaining my weight at home I might drink alcohol, indulge on the odd occassion but generally I am healthy, don't eat dodgy takeaway where you can get burger, chips and drinks for $5.00 and I also exercise on average three times per week.
So I'm back in Australia, back to preparing my own meals and back to the mundane task of losing this 5.4kg, toning up and looking swimsuit ready before I board a cruise ship in 7 weeks time with 19 other girlfriends.
Here is my story...
Since arriving back 2 weeks ago I have lost half the weight I have put on just by eating healthy, smaller portions and cutting out most sugar (expect for fruit) and ALL alcohol. I start a heavier exercise schedule this week with the inclusion of my newly hired Personal Trainer Gab.
Daily Meal Intake example...
Protein for Breakfast
Fruit for morning tea
Protein and Salad mountain bread wrap for lunch (cut out all bread products except for this)
Sugar Free Jelly or fruit or protein for afternoon tea
Protein for before gym
Meat / salad or Veg for dinner
NO ALCOHOL, NO BREAD, NO PASTA etc etc etc
This is enough to lead to seriously heavy cravings, I'm on second week and sugar cravings are slowly dissipating...yay can start to get back into the swing of things.
Today however, I caved, I was taking inventory on some biscuits and slices (I run two hotels) and decided to eat a biscuit, not a huge thing I know but will power and stopping these moments of 'just one' is a massive key to success, I know people think that harmless coffee, 1 biscuit, 1 french fry doesn't hurt but when you add these up over a week these 'harmless' treats have actually just cost you your entire week of gym. Now I'm a huge fan of coffee, I love it milky and sweet so exchanging my daily Skinny Cap for an espresso is a difficult switch, however, when I think about the extra time required to burn off that 'harmless coffee' and the sweat dripping from my arms and burning through my legs as I take just one more lower squat is enough to turn me away, I need results and I need them before 7 weeks is up.
Keep an eye out for coming blogs regarding diet, exercise and the never ending battle between a healthy social life, when to say no and how to keep sane!
xx
Cate
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