I have been trying to organise and de-clutter my house... it is a bit by bit process, but I feel that by doing this my life in general will be more organised and less cluttered!
Because I am focussed on being healthy I have started with the kitchen and it is looking good. It is a work in progress - but a clean and organised kitchen leads to clean and organised eating, not snacking and takeaway because it is easier.
After sundays mammoth workout I have realised that I need to work my abs more and really get back into focus with my arms. I want good arms.. I want Linda Hamilton in T2 arms... I love her arms so much, I see them when I close my eyes!! They will be mine!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Still feeling fine
I have bruises coming up on my arms, I ache and I am tired and I should be in bed - but I feel great and I have to share!!
Derby training today was great! I felt I was really getting back into it, and not just the physical side of it, but the whole game as such! I really love the whole game. the best thing was having my Dad up from Melbourne who is sport mad - he watched and in his way had much feedback and many tips on how to improve. He also told me I was awesome which was great to hear :D
The gym... still going to join - just waiting on payday! I can't wait :)
Food - yesterday was my daughters first birthday and there was so much food glorious food (all made by me since we avoid so much crap in food) anyway you will be pleased to know my busy in the kitchen day read like this:
PB sandwich
coke (needed caffiene)
1 x chicken strip, 1 x mini sausage roll (seriously bite sized), 1 x lamb kofta, 1 slice of yummy bday cake.
steak and steamed vege (brocolli, carrot, asparagus)
1 x corona
That is it!!! I felt very proud and the party food I ate as I said was all home made, full of vege and low fat (except the chicken strip - but was only a small one!!)
Derby training today was great! I felt I was really getting back into it, and not just the physical side of it, but the whole game as such! I really love the whole game. the best thing was having my Dad up from Melbourne who is sport mad - he watched and in his way had much feedback and many tips on how to improve. He also told me I was awesome which was great to hear :D
The gym... still going to join - just waiting on payday! I can't wait :)
Food - yesterday was my daughters first birthday and there was so much food glorious food (all made by me since we avoid so much crap in food) anyway you will be pleased to know my busy in the kitchen day read like this:
PB sandwich
coke (needed caffiene)
1 x chicken strip, 1 x mini sausage roll (seriously bite sized), 1 x lamb kofta, 1 slice of yummy bday cake.
steak and steamed vege (brocolli, carrot, asparagus)
1 x corona
That is it!!! I felt very proud and the party food I ate as I said was all home made, full of vege and low fat (except the chicken strip - but was only a small one!!)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
this month is going to be Fabruary :D
this month I am going to achieve fabulousness. No seriously I am! See the pic above. This was what I chose to make myself after a HUGE day instead of getting Maccas which would have been oh so easy!
Big decisions... I have decided to
join a gym.
:D It is near home, run by a church (weirded me out at first), has a pool, squash, stadium and a skate bowl ... also has a creche and is cheap. So it was pretty much a no brainer. Plus as uni is going back in 2 weeks I will no longer be able to do Derby training on Wednesday night for 10 weeks. ok I might try to sneak a few Wednesdays in if I can! But still - if I am not training on Wednesdays and I am at uni, I worry that all my hard work will fall apart. So to gym I will go!
in other news food is delicious and I eat lots of it! but that is me :D actually I think that I am starting to eat smaller amounts :-0 last night I had some family over and I cooked for them out of my new (and therefore current favourite) cookbook, Veggie Smugglers (you have kids and you too will buy books like this! anyways I made salmon pikelets (totally yum btw with tinned salmon, shallots, spinach, eggs, flour and some herbs - drizzle lemon juice on top mmmm) digressing again ... so I served everyone up 2 each and the kids shared one. I thought this was adequate and I felt quite satisfied afterwards - but nearly everyone else wanted more!
so the good:
eating some really good portion sizes lately and making the healthiest option if I have one
eating next to no chocolate!!!
The bad:
still having coke
Keira's birthday means cake is still involved as I celebrate birthdays over a WEEK at least. seriously I love birthdays :D
ps: the pics are just to spice it all up a little and seriously - they are cute right! :D
Sunday, January 30, 2011
cakes glorious cakes!
Most people take January as a time to detox after Christmas... however I have party after party thanks to many people I know being born in January - family and kids of the small variety. This involves many bad meals and cake!
So while I have eaten some yummy bad things I have done it in moderation!!
At my Mums birthday we had Indian - I had just one bowl and 1 small slice of cake when I so could have gone more. I felt good for not overdoing things like I so easily can!
Yesterday I went to a first birthday party and steered clear of the chippies and instead ate the carrot sticks and the skinless chicken lovely legs that had been oven baked. I did eat a huge piece of cake though which made me feel bad. On the way home I was so hungry for something filling and good for me - I realised at this point the lack of easy food that is good for you, especially if you suffer from intollerance or allergy! So I stopped at nightowl, got some udon noodles and chinese vegies and made a soup - hit the spot and was good for me.
On other news - I am thinking about getting back into running. I used to love to run, but having kids really put the brakes on that one. Now that they are getting older I am going to start seeing if I can fit in an evening run on the beach about 7:30 after I put Keira down. I really need to do more exercise and I especially need a little something extra as when Uni goes back I will not be able to go to Wednesday derby sessions for 10 weeks!!
So while I have eaten some yummy bad things I have done it in moderation!!
At my Mums birthday we had Indian - I had just one bowl and 1 small slice of cake when I so could have gone more. I felt good for not overdoing things like I so easily can!
Yesterday I went to a first birthday party and steered clear of the chippies and instead ate the carrot sticks and the skinless chicken lovely legs that had been oven baked. I did eat a huge piece of cake though which made me feel bad. On the way home I was so hungry for something filling and good for me - I realised at this point the lack of easy food that is good for you, especially if you suffer from intollerance or allergy! So I stopped at nightowl, got some udon noodles and chinese vegies and made a soup - hit the spot and was good for me.
On other news - I am thinking about getting back into running. I used to love to run, but having kids really put the brakes on that one. Now that they are getting older I am going to start seeing if I can fit in an evening run on the beach about 7:30 after I put Keira down. I really need to do more exercise and I especially need a little something extra as when Uni goes back I will not be able to go to Wednesday derby sessions for 10 weeks!!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
What the.... ?
with all the parties and birthdays of late I have been trying to be good - just a small piece of cake etc.. but this morning when I put on my normally tightish shorts they were tiiiiiiight. I also weigh like a kilo more this morning then normal, so praying it is just water weight as I feel super bloaty.
Otherwise today I made a sugar coma inducing cake which I think I burned off more calories making then I did eating it! I made marshmallow fondant which was a pain to make - was an hour of stirring and kneading and swearing until I got it right!
Tomorrow I will be skating - hopefully! Even if it is water weight, I still need to shift this bloat :D
Otherwise today I made a sugar coma inducing cake which I think I burned off more calories making then I did eating it! I made marshmallow fondant which was a pain to make - was an hour of stirring and kneading and swearing until I got it right!
Tomorrow I will be skating - hopefully! Even if it is water weight, I still need to shift this bloat :D
Sunday, January 23, 2011
cancelled!!
Today derby was cancelled. I was having one of those days where you dont do much, because you know something awesome is coming. I then get the text... was gutted! I thought, well there goes my Sunday.
BUT.... to the rescue .... my lovely Derby widow!! He says well throw your skates in the car and lets take the kids out so you can go for a skate! What an awesome afternoon we had! i got to skate outdoors on a nice deserted road while J and Ryan flew a kite and Keira squealed with delight over both the kite and her mummy skating (she was awfully impressed by the skating - I think that she is a future derby girl!!) After skating up and down for about an hour or so we then took the kidlets for a walk on the beach and then home for pizza (minus the cheese) !
So my day ended up being AWESOME!
exercise:
floor exercises with kidlets (way to add weight when doing ab work)
1 - 2 hours skating
45 min walk on beach and chasing of toddler!
BUT.... to the rescue .... my lovely Derby widow!! He says well throw your skates in the car and lets take the kids out so you can go for a skate! What an awesome afternoon we had! i got to skate outdoors on a nice deserted road while J and Ryan flew a kite and Keira squealed with delight over both the kite and her mummy skating (she was awfully impressed by the skating - I think that she is a future derby girl!!) After skating up and down for about an hour or so we then took the kidlets for a walk on the beach and then home for pizza (minus the cheese) !
So my day ended up being AWESOME!
exercise:
floor exercises with kidlets (way to add weight when doing ab work)
1 - 2 hours skating
45 min walk on beach and chasing of toddler!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
The best thing about my day!
Have you ever noticed that when someone asks how our day was we often groan and say "dont ask!" and how is work, "oh you know... work". When you recount your day do you let out your frustrations of best laid plans going wrong, idiots on the road, people not listening to you, long lines at the shops? However do you think about or talk about all the little awesome things that happened to you that day?
Why do we relive our down points and not roll around in the positives? (get it... roll around!)
So now at the end of the day I think of all the super awesome little things that happened to me and share them with my family. I ask them what theirs was and we have a fun conversation to end the day... did anything bad even happen? I just dont remember anymore :D
Today I spent the day with my family.
My sick little girls fever came down and by this afternoon she seems back to herself.
When I went to the shop nearly everything I was there to buy was on special!!
I made banana muffins
I bought new stationary from office works. (I am addicted to paper and pens and all that stuff)
My kids played quietly the whole time I made dinner.
Dinner was YUM!
Today was a good day. Tomorrow I have Roller Derby... so it can only be like a million times better! :D :D
Why do we relive our down points and not roll around in the positives? (get it... roll around!)
So now at the end of the day I think of all the super awesome little things that happened to me and share them with my family. I ask them what theirs was and we have a fun conversation to end the day... did anything bad even happen? I just dont remember anymore :D
Today I spent the day with my family.
My sick little girls fever came down and by this afternoon she seems back to herself.
When I went to the shop nearly everything I was there to buy was on special!!
I made banana muffins
I bought new stationary from office works. (I am addicted to paper and pens and all that stuff)
My kids played quietly the whole time I made dinner.
Dinner was YUM!
Today was a good day. Tomorrow I have Roller Derby... so it can only be like a million times better! :D :D
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