Self Control...

Bee coz I...have spent the last 4 weekends gadding about (Tassie, hiking, Geelong and Tassie again) I felt the need to have a stay home weekend. The bonus of that is having the time to cook!

I shall be making one of my all time favorites - broccoli, leek and bacon soup, sounds odd but don't knock it until you try it!

I went back to Zumba today as the fractures in my foot and tissue damage have mended, for the first time in 12 weeks my foot was not killing me!

After Zumba I shopped, I made the fatal mistake of shopping on an empty stomach and had to ban myself from certain parts of the supermarket so I didn't buy any junk! I felt very self righteous at the check out when I unloaded my healthy goodies onto the belt. I imagined the person next to me was thinking - good healthy choices there as she stood there with 16lts of coke and a block of chocolate (peppermint aero)

Had lunch then did the front lawns, back garden is just too wet! Then did nothing for the rest of the day - bliss

Tomorrow I'm going to ikea to see what Christmas stuff they have in stock!

X x bee

B:protein shake
L:ham and salad wraps and yoghurt
D:low fat steak burger with salad

Walk/ride to work day 2012

Bee coz I...like to walk and don't like to ride, I took advantage of my new expensive hike sock (to ashamed to tell you how much they cost) and walked to work yesterday.

It was a nice walk with a few hair raising moments, mostly when the path ran out and I had to walk down the medium strip on a very busy rd.

Just as the sun was coming up I decided to hit the bike track (I stuck to the main rd while it was dark) it was like a trip down memory lane, past our old house and the way I walked to school, places I hung out at high school - it was nice. Then I hit a new section where I had never walked before. Then I joined the road I usually walk to work on.

I was glad to be in meetings most of the day as my legs had had enough. I can feel that I pushed my sore foot a bit but no new blisters with the new socks, might invest in one more pair with the voucher I won for walking the biggest distance to work.

I'm off to Tassie again tomorrow for my friend Bel's 40th birthday weekend and my nephew Alex's birthday too! I will be eating some naughty stuff there so will spend the next week atoning for my caloric sins.

Well must go as I'm still in bed and my bladder is about to burst!

Bye for now Bee

B: apple, banana, roll
L:miso soup, 2 hand roles 1/2 sandwich and fruit muffin
D:2 steamed dim sims low fat ravioli

Stuck in traffic

Bee coz I...and some colleagues (i know thats bad english) are running a professional development day in a couple of weeks, we went out to scope the venue and got stuck in a traffic jam of ducks, they waddled up the middle of the road until they decided they were at the right spot the headed for the grass.

The dad had to wait for the little duckling that clearly had oppositional defiance disorder and wanted to just run around, I imagined the other ducklings thinking - here we go again Charlie's off on one!

In other news my foot is coming good and I made it through a gentler version of Zumba, no spinning in the balls of my feet - until the blisters have gone lol

Tried out a new recipe too it was the biggest losers tuna bake, easy to do and from the little bit Billy and I tried it was delish so dinner is organized for the next two nights :)

Busy day in work coming up so I must get ready - have a good one peeps x

B:kale and berry protein shake (not one of my finest)
L:miso soup and hand rolls
D: fish beans and spuds - billy cooked
S: small taste of the tuna bake :)

Blisters on blisters on blisters!

Bee coz I...have a very sore foot and lots of blisters three weeks worth to be exact (the biggest is from Saturday) I missed out on boxing and Zumba tonight.

Good news it the step challenge is over so it does not matter!

I also purchased some new liners for my hike shoes as I have flattened the cushion support with too much walking.

I'm looking forward to a night away next weekend for a friends birthday down in Geelong, I plan to have a well earned shandy then!

Well I'm off to bed to watch midwives on iview love that show!

Night Bee

B: crackers and phili
L: hand rolls and miso soup
At: muffin (I know, I know)
D: noodles and veggies with chicken

Still trucking!

Bee coz I...am overly obsessed with this bloody work challenge, I'm exercising like mad, it's killing me but its almost over.

I have been eating yummy mostly healthy food but last night did have take away roast chicken and 2 roast potatoes plus tabouli, a little girl packed the tabouli and did so well that I have 3 days worth - bonus

Did a big walk yesterday and my brave friend joined me for part of the walk - it was peeing down! It was a long trip back after saying bye to my friend as I hurt my foot. Had it all checked out and it's fine!

That's about it for me - I'm going to the pool later for some R&R - I need it!

Bee

Going well !

Bee coz I....have knuckled down food wise I have been digging out some of my old fav's - like this chili prawn salad, it's funny to go back and see some of the old fav's from the early days of the blog.

I'm still trying my best to clock up steps for the step challenge in work, I'm off to the gym shortly for a work out!

Planning a big walk on the weekend and I'm hoping to catch a movie ( I might have to do star jumps during the movie to keep my steps up)

Bye for now Bee x x

We'd

B:cereal

L:miso soup, two hand rolls,yoghurt 

At: 2 slices of toast with peanut butter

Thurs

B:veggie burger with tomatoes

L:miso soup, two hand rolls,yoghurt and banana sandwich

D: see pic

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10000 step challenge

Bee coz I...am having to ramp up my efforts for the 10000 step challenge in work, I used every minute of my day purposefully.

I got up a 6.30 for a quick walk around the block, I walked in my lunch hour then raced home to do Zumba and boxing, calling in at the supermarket to shop on the way home to clock up a few extra steps.

Food wise I went well today and enjoyed one jelly snake before boxing to up my sugar levels a bit.

Boxing was ace - so was Zumba.

Now I'm home and in bed laying in the recover position - knackered!

Bee

B:musli and milk
MT:2 pieces of toast and Tartex
L:miso soup with two chicken hand rolls
AT: 1 jelly snake
D: protein shake and two chopped mini cucumbers with herbamare on it - delish!

Missing in Action

Bee coz I...needed a break from blogging I took one. A few people sent me messages to say they missed the blog and the motivation. My response to them was that they had the motivation already in them, if they didn't they wouldn't even be reading the blog.

My words are simply for ideas and encouragement and self accountability, the motivation has to come for yourself - that's what makes your efforts sustainable!

Well it's the 1st October that means tomorrow marks 2 years since I started my health kick, the last year has been purely maintenance, lose 2kg - gain 2kg etc and I still have 5kg to go to get to my next goal. They say 70% of people put it all back on within 2 years but I have kept 35kg off for that time, I feel confident that they are gone for good - guess I'm in the 30%

I am going to shake things up a bit and be more healthy than balanced for the lead up to Christmas to get some kgs off to make room for my Christmas dinner and Taste of Tasmania - but to do this I am going to commit to not stepping on the scales until Christmas Eve - why? Because I have become to comfortable maintaining. The element of the unknown will keep me on my toes!

Bee