Wednesday, September 10, 2008
I won!
My final results are:
Total Weightloss: 12.8 kg
Total Body fat loss: 3.4%
And I lost 13 centimetres around my waist,
6 cm around the chest,
12cm around the hip,
7 cm off each thigh and
2cm off each arm.
I've lost 13% of my weight... Crazy.
No time to rest on my laurels though. If I ever wanna eat chocolate again then I had better keep it up!!!! There's still 4,7 kgs to go before I am allowed any lollies! Ugh!!!!!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Final Fitness test
Training harder now, knowing that I only have 5 kilos to go before I can eat some chocolate again! Thought up that I'll do another fitness test in about 5-6 weeks. Woha!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Day... 58? :D
Got used to the new routine, up at about 6 every morning and gymming for an hour before going to uni. It wakes me up like nothing else. :) Overslept this morning thoa... :D
Final fitness test for the competition tomorrow!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Day 56
Well... I didn't. Instead I curled up in a ball under my covers and waited for an hour until my headache had gone, then went down to the veggie market and then I went back to the gym. A second and slightly better solution, now I feel much better and ready for some seriously intense studying!
Dunno how I'm gonna quit this blog. I've become quite attached to it, really... even more than my "real life" blog. And I'm gonna miss my trainer now that it's all over. Guess I could always hire him once a week, but then who knows? He might just wanna kill himself with the prospect of having to listen to more of my complaining... hehe
Soundtrack of the day: Tiki Taane - Now this is it
Day 55
It was really after the visit to the pool that things went astray... I ended up visiting friends, and did not manage to stay sober... All in all it was a pretty active day/night though, walking to and from Karori twice.. I must have walked more than 8 km altogether, checking out roads that I've never walked before, meeting ppl I've never met before... All that jazz :)
Friday, August 29, 2008
Day 54
Gym today was ok, got there around 7 am and found that I actually like waking up that way. Weird... it feels harder to exercise that early, but my day just feels brighter afterwards. No matter how hard I torture my abs now they don't get sore. Boring. Been listening to this song over and over... I just can't get it out of my head!! And it's so pathetic! Warning: Don't listen to this song if you're epileptic or have a weak mind..
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Day 53
When I got home today, a huuuge parcel was waiting for me at the door!!! Yayyy! My mum sent me a care-package from Norway. And as I dug out the content from the deep dark corners of the cardboard, rejoycing over caviar, cheese, mackerel in tomato sauce (may sound gross but it's yummylicious) and soups, I realised that she has sent me enough chocolate to kill two medium sized dogs. MY GOD. It's more than a kilo!! And I can't get rid of it that easily either, because it's in huge blocks! So... I guess I'll bring some to the ski trip for the benefit of the other Norwegians. but... what to do with it all????? I'm not allowing myself ANY chocolate till I hit 80 kilos. It's enough to go bulimic. Or anorexic, to hit 80 faster.. ^_^
Finally, sending some thoughts of healing to my trainer, who is getting sick. Stay away from the Bourbon this weekend, boy! It's just a myth!
Day 52
Promised myself white meat today... Is salmon white meat? Or .. it's not red, that's for sure, but it's not really white either. hmm..
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Day 51
Just had a fantaabulous dinner: roast lamb and veggies with pepper and herbs. My new favourite dish. :) Definitely a white meat day tomorrow though!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Day 50
The only thing that I truly miss is to get smashed more often (hehe) but apart from that I'm surviving, even the chocolate cravings are getting milder and milder, I still have a psychological addiction to the substance, but I don't get extremely grumpy when I deny myself chocs anymore. Now I am more in a state of fear, that if I break my abstinence I'm gonna fall back into the habit. I've already decided on my 'reward' after the final weighing: Spaghetti and my special sauce. ^_^ It may not seem like much, but damn.. I'm just really awesome at making spaghettisauce. It's xxtremely fatty though. I haven't had pasta for two months now... weird huh? Pasta was what I survived on last trimester, it was my dinner for two months straight! Times they do change...
I guess I'm pretty happy with my effort these 8 weeks. I could have done much more, but that would probably have made the task seem too big for me. Or distracted me more from my studies. So yeah, I'm happy about what I have achieved.. it's more than I ever expected, really. I thought I'd be able to lose 7 kgs at the most, if I tried really hard. I'm glad that I was wrong. since I'm still losing a kilo per week, it'll be interesting to see how far down my weight goes before it stabilises. (I assume that sooner or later it will stabilise!!) :D. Then, in February, the ultimate reward, if I can make it down to a small enough size: Shopping in Asia!!! It would almost be worth it to drop by Bangkok just to shop for clothes, but I am sure that Singapore and Cambodia will have enough stuff to blow off my budget for the autumn trimester next year.. ^_^ So I'd better keep my eyes on the prize, and forget that the competition ever ended. It's more of a lifelong competition, really. I guess I'm repeating myself on that point... but it's true: The only person I really need to beat at this is myself.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Day 49
Did something slightly whacky today. I put my sneakers on the kitchen scale (don't tell my flatties, ppl! It was a somewhat clean operation anyway..)and what I found out was a bit .. weird. When I did my halfway weighing, I weighed 92,7 with the shoes on, and 91,6 without the shoes. So, you'd think they weighed 1.1 kilos, right? No. They only weigh 640 grams... (*enter eerie music)
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Day 48
*Crossing my fingers for the handball-ladies. :)
Day 47
Day 46
Tried 0ut Hog's Breath at Reading, was thoroughly unimpressed. Ok, admittedly the food looked really nice, but after eating healthy for over a month, it really didn't taste like much. The salad was completely drenched in dressing, they had snuck bacon in all over the place and the salmon was only half cooked... ew. What can I say... really really american. Boosted with fat, as much of it as possible. Well, enough whining. Time to sleep.
Here's the brainbug I've had for a good while now... Can't shake it! Fine, I do listen to pretty crap music when I go to the gym, but quite frankly, as long as it makes me wanna move, I don't care what other ppl think. ;)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Day 45
did 20 minutes on the step machine today (I really intensely hate that machine!), not because I had to but because I could. Ok, I kinda did feel like I had to when my trainer told me that I could "rest today" by doing 10 minutes... And my legs aren't even dying! Well, they kinda are but it's not down to the stepper, they were dying already. LOL
It's getting a bit strange now. Ppl I know are telling me that they can see change, but when I look in the mirror I see no difference at all. I kinda anticipated this when I created my blog-name (mirroronthewall27), but still.... I know that I probably have changed some (seeing as the scales show a lower number now than it used to), but it seems that my brain is programmed not to recognise it. Not fair. How much before I start seeing it? I'm doing this for me, after all, not for anyone else...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Day 44
-20 in the winter. The only drawback is that then I'll never again live in a place where I can see northern lights in winter and have midnight sun in the summer.. I miss that. But it's not worth gaining weight again for. Hmm... I'll get a batch or something up north... yeah.. problem solved.
I guess that means that I need to get offline NOW, finish my essay so that I'll be able to get my masters degree, then a great job, and be able to afford that batch!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Day 43
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Day 42
Day 41
German Play 2008 - OUT!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Day 40
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Day 39
Went boxing today, and after my wrist started hurting I threw away the gloves (done that before, and it was ok). I thought it was ok today too, didn't really hurt any, but now my hands look terrible, especially my right hand.. I mean, look at it! It looks as though I've been in a fight or something... real gross.
My weight is now bang on 90 Kilos. Wheee! next week I'll be in the 80's range!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Day 38
I notice that I'm getting less and less dependent on my beloved food/exercise diary. I also don't really need motivation to go to the gym anymore, I kinda just do it, and it makes me feel good. I've been going to the gym every day for 22 consecutive days now! Wuhu! Guess I've managed to make it part of my everyday life at last... :D
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Day 37
Day 36
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Day 35
Day 34
Friday, August 8, 2008
Day 33
I've caught up with my last fitness test weight that was done without shoes (my shoes are pretty heavy!) : I now weigh 91.6 kilos. It's going the right way still. :) Maybe I will be able to achieve my goal of 10 kilos weightloss in 8 weeks. whoppee!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Day 32
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Day 31
I'm going senile I think. By the time I finished workout today I couldn't rememeber what I started with... I just finished the abs workout, and couldn't understand why my legs were tired. Because I started with the step machine, that's why!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Day 30
Tonight I'm going to my friend's birthdayparty. I hope she won't mind that I won't eat any of the cake that I made for her... Ow really though, who's gonna complain about having to eat more chocolate cake. Eating out is usually a real challege though, in terms of eating healthy. I don't really know what to order tonight.. It won't be a balanced meal in any way, I think. It'll either be overheavy on the carbs, or on the protein. I guess I just have to choose which of the two I'm gonna go for...
Monday, August 4, 2008
Day 29
My ankle is really sore.. I'm going to suggest boxing for today's training, as that is relatively stress free on the legs, then some abs workout. Should be allright.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Day 28
I had a pretty bad dream about the competition last night, it was kinda weird... So far it hasn't felt like a competition at all, but after that dream I wonder if that's changed. I can't remember the details of the dream but it was something about a field, out on a farmland that looked similar to home in Norway, and ... I can't remember what went on there, but all the contestants were there, and running away from something. Then we hid in this café like place, and the others kinda turned into skinny people just like that, and for some odd reason I was riding on the back of a massive guy that was also in the competition... I guess it wasn't as much the happenings in the dream itself that was scary, more the feelings that I had dreaming it. We were all enemies, we all just hated each other, and every friendly phrase was all pretence..
Oh well. I was wondering if I should skip gym today because of my ankle, it did not like swimming yesterday at all, was very painful by the end of the day. I decided to go anyway, and just take it easy. Biking seems to be a perfect way of keeping it happy while exercising. Haha, listen to me going on about it... It's like it's got a life of its own now. My moody ankle that tells me what I can and cannot do. Growl.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Day 27
Now, it is Saturday evening, my flat is filled with people I don't know, and everyone is drinking, and I have a bottle of vodka sitting on top of my bookshelf. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
Friday, August 1, 2008
Day 26
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Day 25
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Day 24
Day 23
I'm a bit worried about my ankle again, it's been a bit swollen for the last two days, and it's a bit sore. On friday I will finally know what the MRI showed, and if it's nothing, then I guess I'll just get used to the discomfort and stop complaining about it. I duno.. I really do not want to operate, that would really suck. I got my results in the mail today, but I have no idea what they mean... Too much medical jargon.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Day 22
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Day 21
Went to the gym for an hour, just to procrastinate. I have schoolwork to do, but I'm not really that motivated to do any of it. I jumped on the scales beside the counter at the gym, and they showed 97 kilos! Yikes!! I hope that they're old and dodgy.. otherwise there's something seriously wrong with the way that my body works. I haven't had a weekend this healthy in YEARS.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Day 20
Saturdays are not easy.. From I was a kid, Satuday was sort of the one day during the week when eating lollies was ok. It was kind of a ritual, going to the shops to do grocery shopping for the weekend, getting lollies, eating pizza with the family and then at 6pm when the kids' show on tv started, lollies were allowed! So I'd go over to my best friends' place or they would come over to my place (but they had the bigger TV..) and we'd binge and watch fragglerock or postman pat or whatever was on. Then as you grew older, you'd watch the 'youth' programme that started at 6:30, still with the bag of lollies.. so... YEARS of conditioning. Haha. I guess getting off lollies is a bit like getting off the bottle. You can't ever reward yourself with sweets if you've been good and haven't had any for a while, because then you're effectively destroying what you've built up.. Just like an alcoholic, that can't reward him/herself with a beer after beeing alcohol free for a month.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Day 19
At weighing today I had lost another kilo almost, the scales showed 94,1. It's still working! I want to try to get down to 93.something by Monday, so I'm gonna be a good girl this weekend too. I guess I have too much studying to do to worry about things to do instead of partying though.. hehe.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Day 18
I also discovered the superiority of the showers at Pipitea! Damn, combine those showers with the other facilities up at kelburn, and you'd have a pretty luxurious gym studio.. :D
Had a really really good lunch today! It's amazing how nice a salad can taste.. I came up with this mix when I made lunch this morning:
50g of shredded chicked, about 10 cherry tomatoes, one handful of alfalfa sprouts, about 8 black olives, 1/4 spring onion, about 10 slices of leek, 1 tablespoon of pine nuts and garden salad leaves from New World. And I topped it with about 10ml (half a serving) of low fat french dressing. YUMMY!
*Growl*
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Day 17
So what we did today was circuit training, with weightlifting, abs exercises and cardio. I loved it. :) seems to be exactly my thing, as soon as I got fed up with one thing it was on to the next, and as such I managed to follow through with all the exercises. The only grey cloud on the horizont is my ankle, that has been bothering me today and yesterday... I'm going to Newtown on Friday to have an X-ray and MRI scan of it, and hopefully then we'll be able to see what it is that's keeping it from getting better. Fingers crossed!
Jumped on the scales after the workout today too, the weight hasn't gone back up. :) 95.6, but I had already eaten dinner, so I'm not fussed.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Day 16
Monday, July 21, 2008
Day 15
Day 14
Nervous about tomorrow... it's sort of an official weighing every monday, and I am scared that I won't have lost anything, even though I've been sooo good this weekend in eating healthy, staying off lollies and exercising... Might be quite demotivating if the scales don't show any form of acknowledgement...
Seeing as I now have to eat a truckload of fruit and veggies every week, I have resolved to go to the veggie market every sunday. Eating healthy is not cheap, and as a student I need to do what I can to make sure that my new diet doesn't kill my food budget. Having good raw materials for the meals is really important. I'm gonna miss sausages... they're soo goood..
Sunday, July 20, 2008
day 13
Saturday, July 19, 2008
day 12
My body is going completely haywire, and I've got nothing to show for it... *grumble* Why isn't it working?
Monday, July 14, 2008
Day 8
I've lost about 2 kgs, or at least that was what the scales told us when I weighed myself after training today. Goodie! And can't wait to move closer to town and uni! It'll be great, I won't have to take the bus anymore, so I'll end up walking more than I do already. :)
My eating shedule is sort of going ok, it' sometimes hard to manage to eat at the right time, especially when depending on other people.. I guess when I move to the new flat I'll miss having communal meals, but it will be easier to manage my diet.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Day 7
Now I have to get to bed, so that I won't oversleep tomorrow like I did today. The hardest challenge yet is to get up early every morning..
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Day 4
So, a NZ healthy plate consists of 1 part meat, 1 part carbohydrates (potatoes, rice, pasta etc) and two parts vegetables. Good to know... a normal plate for me usually consists of 3 parts carbohydrates, 1 part meat and 1 part veggies. Hmm...
I finally read the guidlines for what to eat. I was a bit pissed off that the only thing that one seemingly should eat per day is heaps of veggies, and then a little bit of this and a little bit of that.. I'm more a fan of brochures telling me what I CAN eat, and not what I can't eat. Obviously, lollies and sweet things are out. No more, only on "special occasions." I guess I can live with that. Actually, I haven't been craving sweet things that much.. today after polishing off the plate above, I got that classic hunger for something sweet that comes after eating dinner sometimes. I resorted to a grape. And it worked. :)
I notice that even though I am eating almost all day, I am hungry almost all day! I don't know what I'm doing wrong... maybe I'm just not used to eating a "normal" amount of food..
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Day 3
Bibimbap is a Korean dish, and usually includes Rice, seaweed, beansprouts, egg, (sometimes beef), carrot and cucumber. And hot chili sauce!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Day 1.
Scary...
My new life:
Up at 7 EVERY day!
Bed around 11pm!!! (otherwise I won't get up at 7).
Eating healthy.
Exercising pretty much every day.
It's only 4 sentences, but it seems pretty full on...