Fresh start

I can't believe its not far off a month since I last posted. Its been a difficult month for me, being stressed from the move, eating badly and feeling depressed. But I think this weekend just gone was the end of the phase, feeling more happy about things. I have had a full-ish week of exercise, eating well, and I think whatever chemical imbalance that was making me feel depressed has finally been corrected by the good living. My weight got back up to 75kg, so was happy to drop 1.5kg this week gone to start the journey back down. Hopefully this is a trend that will last longer than in recent times... it should be, hopefully I'm heading into a bit more of a settled period so I can concentrate on myself.

Looking forward to hearing from my new PT this week hopefully- he must be pretty busy, as he hasn't rung yet. In the meantime, I am practising my studies on myself, coming up with the most sophisticated program for myself yet on the weekend, so hopefully I'm on the right track! I am enjoying Fitness First and the the impressive range of facilities they have. Scoop is enjoying going to the gym- helps break up the mid-week boredom, hopefully he'll see the benefits healthwise in the near future as well. He is certainly motivated by the possibility of ditching his blood pressure medication.

Derailment

I've been off track for a few week now- so much has been happening, but the big thing is we are moving. Our landlord put our place on the market, and rather being subjected to our privacy being invaded every weekend with open houses, we are beating them to the punch and moving. We are also taking the opportunity to move areas- further west. Scoop has a couple of mates who live out that way, so hopefully he'll have the opportunity to socialise a bit more to keep the homesickness at bay.

And another big development- I got Scoop to join the Penrith Fitness First with me! Yay!!! I think that will be something else that will help him be a bit happier being a bit more active. He is looking to lose some weight for the wedding, so this is a good first step. I'm looking forward to the change in gyms to hopefully get some fresh inspiration- in the form of a new better equipped gym and fresh input from a different PT.

So my weight has been mostly up, with convenience foods and no time for exercise the main problems. So looking forward to getting settled!!

Right direction

Despite eating loads of junk on the weekend, I still managed to drop a kg this week just gone, so must have put in enough work during the week to stay in front. Just have to keep moving in the down direction and I'll be happy!!! Feeling pretty happy as my work pants are definitely feeling looser... they could be loose pants normally, but I don't care, I'm just going to roll with it :) Cause if I feel good, then I'll do good!

Struggled last week

I struggled to get back to some form of normality last week after the events of the previous weekend- lots of emotional eating. I finished it up yesterday, with a good day of eating and a big 40 min jog.... my left hip is a bit sore today, so I obviously over did it. Looking to have a very good week this week, after my 0.5kg gain on last week.... I am seriously over the rollercoaster I've been on.

*Insert swear word here*

I am up 1.5kg. But I have a good reason as I had the weekend from hell. My Mum collapsed on Saturday night and was rushed to emergency in an ambulance. She is ok now, but gave us one almighty scare. I decided the best way to feel better was red wine and a block of chocolate on Sunday night. So I'm not too concerned about the gain, as I am sure it will go in time. The good habits are otherwise firmly entrenched at the moment, so I am sure in a week or two I'll be back to 71kg at least.

Still feel skinny...

I've had a pretty good week this week... well other than the bag of Clinkers I ate at the soccer on Sunday night! Ummm-mahhhh!! I felt so weak, but was quickly back on the bandwagon again, and even with TTOM I weighed in at 71kg today! Yippeee! More temptation likely to be on offer again this weekend as I am going away to my sisters, so will be trying to "think skinny" ie not pig-out. At this stage I am heading for a 3kg loss for this month... as long as I don't put on over the weekend. A highlight of this week was 20 min jog I managed to do on the treadmill fairly easily... with no pain during or after in the hips, so hopefully I can ease back into the running over the next month.

Got that skinny feeling back

As the title suggests, I am feeling skinny today- my work pants are feeling more comfortable! Its a good thing I am feeling so skinny. I'm relying on that feeling to prevent me from having blowouts on the weekend. If I can maintain this weekend, I will be on track to lose the kg I want next week for the dress fitting- very good motivation!