... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 48

Get Fitter

• 2.5km run to beach.
• Sea swim.
• 2.5km run home.

Bit odd getting in the water with my clothes on and getting out and running straight away! Bit squelchy! In the actual triathlon you get a bit of a wind drying in the bike at least!

It's going to be a bit odd once the event is passed. I'll need to keep my motivation up some other way than having a Triathlon to compete in!

Eat Healthier

• Bit odd but pâté on toast for Brekkie.
• Light crisps for morning tea.
• Sushi for lunch.
• Prawn stir fry for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• Zero alcohol! I've got my game face on now! No nonsense now until race day ... Then I will get plastered!
• Bad water effort today! Probably only managed about 1.5 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids

Working day today so tricky to fit much fun in! I feel happy in the knowledge that they have such awesome fun at Daycare, certainly more fun than any day with mum and dad! They have a white board on the way in the door where they write on the days activities! Great to see what they have been up to! It's always things I would never think of!

I'm off for the next two days and we have fun planned.

It's Monday! Weigh in Day! Surprise surprise no weightloss! Getting a bit sad now! Wondering when I will get my triathlete body HA HA HA! Never I assume!

Linking up to Pinkoddy and A Party Of Seven for Motivational Monday!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 47

Get Fitter

I had my first shot on a racer bike today! I had a wee 4km practice on the flat in Queen Elizabeth Park then did the actual Tri course! One of the wheel spokes went pop at 2km in! Not knowing any better I kept going! Pretty quick bike but I struggled with the gears! I didn't really feel like I knew what I was doing! Whole different kettle of fish. Not sure what I'll do....

Eat Healthier

• Avocado on toast for Brekkie.
• Picnics lunch, bread, salami, blue cheese, pâté.
• Steak plus leftover picnic food for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• White wine is being consumed.
• 3 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids

As the Triathlon Event gets closer I am having to train more and am asa result a tired bo bo! As a result I have little time or energy to think of and do fun things with the kids but I made up for it this afternoon!

Waikanae Outdoor Pools can fix everything! Especially when there is picnic, sunshine and our lovely friends and their very own boy cherub joining made a very pleasant afternoon!

Mummy boast time! Maisie and her little chum were going for glory, diving in with no flotation device and kicking and splashing under water like proper little water babies!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 46

Get Fitter

My friend and fellow triathlete (ha!) attempted the full course this morning! Not sure who was most awesome! Us for doing it or her Husband for watching her two kids and mine!

Swim - bit scared going in so early in the day! Thought it was lovely and warm in the shallow bit once we got swimming it was bloody chilly! For some reason I managed to swim deeper and deeper! I stopped short of the finish, I was scared coz there was something splashing next to me! Turns out it was me!

Bike - had a shot on Lovely Hubbies bike today! It felt so much better but my chum was still much faster! Gonna have to go for glory on the day!

Run - we talked for most of the run! Something I wouldn't normally be able to do! I also didn't want to die/spew at the end! In fact I fancied another swim to cool off!
I'm registered today! So I am fully committed! Registration, Tri-pants and bungee/toggle laces I'm good to go!

Eat Healthier

• I'm not a good Brekkie eater but coz I knew I was training I tried to force down some toast.
• Morning tea after Tri was restore drink and protein shake.
• Baked potato for lunch.
• Arrow root biccies for afternoon tea.
• Pasta, courgette, cherry tomatoes, bacon for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• House warming party tonight so I had a couple of glasses of bubbles.
• 2 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids

I was a bit worried they would be all funned out after their daddy daycare morning but we managed some ...

• Block building fun.
• A scooter outing.
• Archie has an interest in the iPad at the moment so I have downloaded a couple of baby iPad bashing Apps so he can have a play!
• We took them to a house warming party where we courted a future babysitter! A lovely 13 year old who took great delight in entertaining the bums! Happy babies with there new chum!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 44 and 45

Get Fitter

Day 44 - Tabata day today ... Here's what we did ...

When I first looked I wasn't sure on what have of the things were but once our trainer @andrewsmithfit explained it all (kind of) of makes sense! If you want explanations please feel free to ask I'm the comments!

I popped something in my butt when I did the lunges and have been suffering since!

Day 45 - Rest day! My festering cold and early starts are catching up! I could have done with a full on rest day, no work just lazing on the sofa but that is never going to happen!

We are having a bit of a debate at work as to how much rest we should have before the Triathlon (2 of us are doing the full thing and 1 is doing the bike/run). The Husband of one of my colleagues/chums is full of pearls of wisdom! He thinks 7 days of rest before the event is optimum! This may be the case but I am planning Tabata Thursday morning as my last effort then rest till Sunday!

Eat Healthier
Just the usual boring stuff over the last couple of days. Although I had a Chelsea bun for Brekkie this morning! Rest day for exercise so I thought I would be super bad and rest food wise too! That was the only naughtiness though!

Drink Less (Alcohol More Water)

• We had some bubbles for valentines day! But zero alcohol tonight!
• The usual 2 litres of water each day.

Have Fun With The kids

Day 44 - Half working day! It was a lovely hot day so we got the paddling pool open and the pirate ship water table out and spent the afternoon in the garden!

Day 44 - Solo parenting tonight so treated Archie to some blackberries, an ice cream cone and a little bit of milky bar. Maisie had some milky bar and fizzy water! I then treated Maisie to no bath, Archie needed one after the blackberries! Maisie helped me bath him! He had a great time standing up, sitting down, splashing, putting his face in the water then repeat! He loves the water! I can't help wondering if it is something to do with Hume being born into the water!?

Any of you that know me and spotted the solo parenting/zero alcohol combination may be smiling knowingly as you read!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 43

Get Fitter

Practice full Triathlon tonight! It was as hideous as expected but I did it! I was pretty slow but I've decided to try and not focus on my time and just focus on completion!

• Swim - its tricky to get in deep enough to swim and it's unhelpful when your goggles steam up! It was quite wavy which didn't help either! I was surprised by the amount of people who had wetsuits on! I will be wearing the same gear from start to finish!
• Bike - I may have to blame my crapness on my bike! It doesn't seem to matter how fast I move my legs it just trundles along! I'm frightened to push to hard though then I won't be able to run!
• Run - after the bike it takes a wee while to get the legs moving! I am going to have to grit my teeth though and get on with it though. I may well spew/fall over at the finish!

Eat Healthier

I was really conscious that I had to eat enough to be fit for the triathlon practice tonight!

• No time for Brekkie ... Bad start!
• Toast with peanut butter and jam for morning tea and afternoon tea.
• Left over lentil Dahl for lunch.
• Chilli for dinner (after Triathlon).

Drink Less

• Zero alcohol.
• 2 litres of water.

Have Fun With Kids

Unfortunately work and training today have meant that I have not seen much of the kids!

I tucked them both into bed!

Half day at work tomorrow so we will do something fun in the afternoon.

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 42

Get Fitter

• Bleurgh Tabata training this morning ... see above for the punishment involved!
• A very slow 4km run after Tabata!

Eat Healthier

• A rather vile tasting protein shake for Brekkie!
• Cheese Toasties for lunch.
• Lemon cake and Russian fudge for afternoon tea (NAUGHTY)
• Lentil dahl for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• Ashamed to say I have a glass of wine in hand! Bare in mind my original goal was no wine till mummy got here! She's here now what's the problem?!
• Lots of water, I reckon about 3 litres!

Have Fun With The Kids

• Swimming lessons for Maisie therefore Ardhie had a ball in the play pen its someone else's toys!
• Archie was very confident with his climbing today! So much so he cracked his baby skull on our stone floor! Cue panic from mummy and granny and a faux trip to the doctors!
• A drive up the highway followed by massive veggie dinner, Charlie and Lola on DVD and an alone splash fun bath!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 38, 39, 40, 41

Hhhmmmm, an apt quote for me today! Nearly six weeks of eating a lot less than normal, drinking a massive amount less alcohol than normal and training like a demon!

What have I got to show for it! 2kg weight loss (4lbs) and 8cm measurement loss! I know I can't expect miracles but come on! I may as well sit on my fat arse and drink wine!

But alas as I may have mentioned before this exercise malarkey is somewhat addictive and like an idiot I have spoken out loud the fact that I intend to attempt the 2013 Kapiti Women's Triathlon! I will carry on in the hope that I am developing a chiselled body underneath this layer of mummy fat and that the mummy fat will one day just melt away!

The weight may not be falling off but 6 weeks in and The Cherubs and I are having fun in ways we never thought of! Who knew making a bed, cooking dinner or smelling flowers at the garden centre could be so much fun! There's fun in the big and the little things you just need to be able to see it!

Here's what I've been up to over the last few days ...

Get Fitter

• Day 38 - after Thursdays Tabata training my body was broken! The pain was gone from my quads but had migrated to my poor sorry BUTT! Not to be stopped Lovely Hubby and I went out and biked the 12km route of the Triathlon! It took me all my power to not cry throughout! What a hideous experience and a crap time! By the time I got home from work I felt like I had been run over!
• Day 39 - Rest day! Much needed! 2 weeks before the Triathlon and a rest day goes against my instinct but it was much needed.
• Day 40 - 400m sea swim and 12km bike! So much better after rest day. Managed a relatively quick swim and I improved my bike time! Phew! I biked home and ran to the roundabout and back just to try out the transition from bike to running! Yuck! Not nice!
• Day 41 - the plan today was a 4km run before work but after an eventful early morning start with The Girl Cherub and a sore hip I ended up staying in my bed! Super disappointed! After loosening off my poorly hip throughout the day Lovely Hubby and I did a 4km hill run! Slow start but dip site the hills I still managed a decent time (for me)!

Eat Healthier

6 weeks in and I'm starting to get itchy feet in relation to healthy food! I just want to stuff my face! With junk food that is, not lettuce! Seeing as Saturday was my exercise rest day I took a day off of healthy eating! I still ate the normal healthy stuff but there was a couple of cookies, some crisps, I didn't gorge myself but just gave my self a wee taste!

Drink Less

• Alcohol has been drunk. I felt sorry for my self and my poorly body and impending cold on Friday night so drowned my sorrows with some white wine, a wee drop on Saturday and some bubbles on Sunday night! Bad behaviour! What can I say!
• Most of the wine was diluted heavily in fizzy water! I did drink some straight water too of course!

Have Fun With The Kids

• No fun on Friday! Mummy was not a happy bunny!
• Saturday ... After a busy week out and about we played with toys in our own house! We attempted the beach but it was too cold but not too cold for ice cream!
• Sunday ... Archie had his first haircut! (*sob* not a baby anymore). Maisie had her first grown up haircut! Hair washed and everything! Then after lunch we wrecked our lovely new hair by playing at the beach rolling about in the sand and swimming in the sea!
• Monday ... Archie helped Granny and Aunty Katy make dinner while Maisie got pushed round the park while we ran!

Linking up to Pinkoddy and A Party Of Seven for Motivational Monday!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 37

Get Fitter


Day 2 of Tabata today! (See here for day 1).
Today says routine

• Walking lunges. (Ouch)
• Bear Crawls. (Ouch)
• Sprints and jumps. (Ouch)
• Horrid crunch things. (Ouch)
• Get ups. These had a fancier name but it escaped me in the pain! Basically lie on the ground and push yourself up with one hand with other pointing to the ceiling then stand tall. Lie back down and repeat with arms opposite! Think I will have a bruised butt after throwing myself to the ground each time! (Ouch)
• Squats. (Ouch)

Eat Healthier

• Protein shake after Tabata.
• Toast for breakfast.
• Light puffy crisp things for morning tea.
• Rice and tuna for lunch.
• Almonds, cashews and craisins for afternoon tea.

Chicken curry for dinner.
Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• One glass of bubbles to celebrate Lil' Sis' getting a place of her own!
• 2.5 litres of water.

Have Fun Wth The Kids

Granny dealt with the fun today! I had work and had no energy to do anything exciting after work (more wet beds from the girl last night). I'll make up for it at the weekend!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 36

Get Fitter

• Safe to say the Tabata is a killer. I woke up barely able to sit, stand or lift my arms above my head! Not helpful when you have to go about your business for the day but surely good for the old fitness at the end of the day!
• There was a practice sea swim for the triathlon scheduled for tonight, with lifeguards etc. My work chum and I were going to do it then run and bike the rest of the course for a full practice BUT alas there was an earthquake in the Solomon Islands which meant there was a New Zealand wide tsunami warning so the sea swim was cancelled (there's a problem I never thought I would have in my life)! We trotted off regardless for our 12km bike and 4km run! Hideous at the best of times! Extra hideous when my legs are wrecked before the start but we did it! Just need to practice, practice, practice now! Surely it will be easier without wrecked legs!

Eat Healthier

• Toast and honey for Brekkie.
• Mummy, The Cherubs, Lil' Sis' and I had lunch out! I had a cheese and pineapple Toasties and some of Maisie's chips! Naughty but less naughty than I would have been before.
• A banana, some almonds and craisins with a diclofenac and paracetamol chaser (in an attempt to ease my muscle pain) before training.
• Protein shake after training.
• Pasta, bacon and courgette for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• Zero alcohol.
• 2 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids

After a bed wetting by the eldest and a busy night crying every hour from the youngest I was in no mood to entertain either of the little gits!

I did though, we managed a trip to Porirua to show Granny where Aunty Katy works, lunch out, ice cream, a walk in Plimmerton with The Hound and some cartoons!

Not riveting but tiring enough so that we hopefully get a full nights sleep from them!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 35

Get Fitter

Today saw my first day doing Tabata Training! It was hardcore but pretty awesome! 20 seconds of one exercise followed by 10 seconds rest, repeat for 4 minutes! Sounds ok but ... Squats, burpees, running, press ups and planks and my legs and shoulders are burning this afternoon! One of the trainers at my gym is holding training sessions Tuesday and Thursday mornings for 8 weeks. Just my cup of tea, I loved it ...

Note to self ... Remember fecking heart rate monitor for next Tabata Training Session!

Eat Healthier

• Protein shake after training.
• Toast with honey for Brekkie.
• Croissant with chicken, cottages cheese, avocado and lettuce for lunch.
• A couple of home made cookies for afternoon tea.
• Steak, baked potato and corn on the cob for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• Some wine tonight! It's a public holiday tomorrow so I may treat myself to a wine induced lie in! Besides I'm not loosing weight abstaining a anyway!!!
• 2 litres of water.

Have Fun With Kids

Archie's fun involve -

• Eating.
• Sleeping.
• Playing.
• Eating some books and throwing himself around on the cushions and giant caterpillar at the library.

Maisie's fun involved -

• Swimming lessons (new term, new chums).
• Pie for lunch.
• Helping mummy and granny make a curry and cookies.
• Movie time with mummy and granny.
• A trip to the library for some new bedtime books.
• A walk with Mummy and The Hound before bath time.

Maisie's favourite thing today ... Swimming lessons! Correct answer darling! I was expecting it to be movie time!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 31, 32, 33, 34

 

 

 

 

I may not have written about day 31, 32, 33 or 34 but that doesn't mean I've not been getting fitter, eating healthier, (trying to) avoiding alcohol, drowning myself in water and squeezing in some fun with The Cherubs!

 

Get Fitter

• Day 31 - I haven't said it out loud (on the blog) yet but my aim is to do the Kapiti Women's Triathlon in 3 weeks time (gulp). With that in mind I did a mini triathlon on Friday. All be it in the wrong order. The actual event is a 400m swim, 12km cycle and a 4km run. So I did an 8km cycle, a 4 km run and a sea swim! They were spaced out a wee bit but I did it! The hardest was the bike as I've not been on a bike for a while and my track was the hilly Queen Elizabeth Park! It took me a while to get used to the gears and I probably pushed the bike down more hills than up but I survived to tell the tale!
• Day 32 - After day 31's events (and the rest of the week for that matter) I had a rest day! As crazy as it may seem this exercise business can actually be quite addictive! I am starting to get a bit twitchy on rest days but I know it's important to let my old bones recover!
• Day 33 - Lovely Hubby and I took The Cherubs and The Hound for a 6.5km walk! Later on I biked to the beach, did a cheeky wee sea swim (prob about 600m) and biked home.
• Day 34 - Back to work so I squeezed in a 4km run at the crack of dawn! I'm not a fast runner so I thought I would see how fast I could go if I pushed myself! The answer is ... NOT VERY FAST! How can I get these legs to go faster????

 

Eat Healthier

 

I've been trying to stick to my good eating behaviour. The nice weather and holiday mode mean I have succumbed to A ice cream, SOME chocolate and another few tit bits that I maybe should have avoided! Back to work this week so it should be easier to behave!

 

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

 

• Some bubbles and white wine at the weekend!!! (The less said about that the better)
• I've had a minimum of 2 litres of water per day.

 

Have Fun With The Kids

• Day 31 - Paddling pool fun in the back garden.
• Day 32 - We went to visit our chums who were camping up the road. The Cherubs had fun out in the fresh air and down playing at the river.
• Day 33 - As mentioned a nice big walk in the fresh air then of to the park with Granny and Grandad for a train ride! Followed by more paddling pool fun!
• Day 34 - Back to work, back to Daycare. Everyone was way too tired for any fun!

 

 

 

P.s I have weighed myself but not change! I am not amused but I am putting it down to muscle! I'll do my measurements again next week!

 

 

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 30

Get Fitter

• Group Power class at the gym.
• 12km cycle at the gym.
• 2 hours of walking round Owlcatraz, not massively taxing but still activity and it was super hot which made it harder!

Calories burned - 550 at the gym.

Eat Healthier

• Weetbix for breakfast
• Picnic food for lunch; rolls, ham cheese, chutney, salad etc.
• A few spoonfuls of the pasta I made for the kids that they didn't eat for afternoon tea!
• Dinner out at family friends house. Lamb, chicken, salad, roast veggie, brown rice and prawns.

I may have eaten too much today! Oops, not much I can do about it today! Just have to work it all off tomorrow!

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• Dinner out as I mentioned so I have had a couple of small glasses of wine.
• 2 litres of water

Have Fun a with the Kids


We had a great day out at Owlcatraz. Not really sure how to describe it BUT the best way I can think to describe it is as a Bird and Animal Sancturay with a focus on owls and glow worms. To some this may sound boring but on both occasions we have been the sun has shone and we have had different guides all with great chat!

The fun for the kids today included;

• A trip into the old Shannon jail.
• A tour up through the farm to see

1. Roosters
2. Kune Kune pig
3. Ostrich
4. Deer
5. Goats
6. Ducks
7. Alpacas
8. Sheep
9. Rabbits
10. Guinea pigs
11. Cockatoo (Joey)
12. Glow Worms (this was just for the adults but most fun, I will do a blog about this separately, fascinating stuff)

• A tour of the Owl house.
• Picnic.
• Thomas the Tank Train Ride.
• Ice cream.

Like I say some people's worst nightmare but its a family run business and each animal has its own story and character as a result! Such a lovely warm, welcoming place. Maybe I'm getting older but I love it!

Mummy was again the photographer for the day so I will return with a post with some pictures and a blog about the Glow Worms!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 29

Get Fitter

• Lovely Hubby and I did the Trig Run this morning! 2.6km up hill run/hike up to the highest point of Paraparaumu then a run back down! So, so, so hard but so good for you and on a day like today amazing panoramic views up and down the Kapiti Coast, across to Kapiti Island AND over to the South Island!
• The kids were at Day Care, the folks on a jaunt across to Kapiti Island and we're on holiday so we borrowed another kayak and went out for a paddle together before lunch. The tide was really high so much to my horror we ended up quite deep quite quick! Deeper than my paddle should go which is 218cm! Imagine my delight TERROR when a sand shark swam by! I know it's not going to do anything to me but that doesn't stop me screeching and paddling faster!

Calories burned - 500 on trig run. Not sure how much on kayak but a fair few by the time we lug them onto and off of the beach!

Eat Healthier

• I know I said I was having shakes for lunch and breakfast but given what I had a head of me I thought I better have something solid for Brekkie so I had some weetbix.
• Protein shake after run.
• Peanut butter and jam sandwich for lunch.
• Protein shake for afternoon tea.
• Chicken, courgette, pesto and Camembert parcels on the barbecue served with rice and asparagus.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• A weak white wine spritzer has been consumed! This being a hostess is stressful!
• 2 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids

Feeling the joy of Mummy guilt today! We sent the kids to daycare despite not being at work! I can't actually remember the last time Lovely Hubby and I had a day to ourselves so we decided to be selfish!

We still managed a bit of fun with the Kids. We picked them up from Daycare early and went to meet Granny, Grandad and Aunty Katy from their boat trip and went for ice cream! Then Maisie helped daddy cook dinner, a (probably vain) attempt to get her to eat something new!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 28

No weigh in this week! I'm not at work so I have measured myself instead. So, so, so chuffed! Compared to 17 days ago I have lost 8.5cm. I measured my chest, arms, waist, bum and thighs. The smallest loss was 1cm and the biggest 3.5cm! *PHEW* thank goodness all this hard work hasn't been in vain!

Get Fitter

• 5.50 am Group Power class.
• 6km run with Lovely Hubby after class! I hated every minute! overly Hubby has a much faster pace than me so I felt like I was holding him back the whole way! I did manage an epic sprint finish though! I love doing that but I thought I was going to spew at the end!
• Managed a kayak session and sea swim this afternoon too! Quite scared of this sea swimming but I was brave and put on my goggles and put my head under! I still kept my eyes shut because it is yuck and murky! Not pleasant, I was swimming through seaweed! I kept screeching Lovely Hubby over as he was in the kayak near by! Not sure what was more scary the big bad sea or Lovely Hubbies attempts to ram me with the kayak!

Calories burned - upwards of 1300

Eat Healthier

• Protein shake with added banana and spinach for breakfast.
• Carrot and coriander soup for lunch.
• A couple of whole grain pita breads for afternoon tea.
• Sausages, potatoes and salad for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• It's been a long day so I am having a pint of fizzy water with a splash of white wine in it!
  
• 2.5 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids

• All fun today has been supplied by the Lovely Granny, Grandad and Aunty Katy!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 27

Mummy is here! I will endeavour to post daily but family fun and catch ups may get in the way! Hence my posts may well be to the point and functional!

Get Fitter

• 2.35km walk to Daycare with The Cherubs in the pram! Bloody hell despite only walking I was a sweaty mess on arrival! Tad embarrassing when the Daycare ladies asked if I had ran there!
• 5km run home after Daycare drop off! Felt like I could run forever! Amazing what a few days off does for you!
• Lovely Hubby had a swim in the sea while Mum and Stepdad watched the bairns! We didn't swim far but whoa it's hard swimming with waves crashing into your face and the tide washing you into the shallow waters! Pooped my pants and yelled for help when my foot came in contact with something rather sharp on the sea bed! I was rather disappointed by Lovely Hubbies slow non existent response! No worries though, I expected my foot to be pouring with blood but there was no marks!

Calories Burned ... 700

Eat Healthier

• Protein shake for breakfast (and Archie's left over weetbix) (not a spelling mistake they call weetabix weetbix here in N.Z).
• Toast with peanut butter and jelly plus protein shake at lunch.
• Small morsel of biltong before dinner.
• Steak, potatoes and salad for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, more water)

• Reunited with Mummy after nearly 1 year I think I'm allowed some bubbles! No!!! Well I'm having them anyway!
• 1.5 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids

The fun was supplied solely by the second Christmas brought from Scotland by Granny and Grandad! I'm not sure I will get much of a look in for the next 7 weeks! This evenings fun ...

• Granny and Grandad picking The Cherubs up from daycare.
• Playing at the beach with Grandad.
• Opening pressies from Scotland with Granny and Grandad.
• Reading new story books with Granny and Grandad.
• Having bubbles with Granny and Grandad (fizzy water).
• Doing jigsaws with Granny.

Poor Archie has had no fun! Unfortunately he is not keen on his Granny and Grandad! He has been particularly stupid since they arrived! He has cried and cried and cried some more! Not sure what his problem is but god forbid they look at him! Hopefully he will be better tomorrow otherwise him and Granny will NOT get on!

Must get to bed! Bubbles and a late night will not make my 5.50am gym class particularly enjoyable....

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 26

Oops this weekend has been a bit of a fail with regard to my 'new year, new me!'. The Cherubs and I have been on a jaunt up to Auckland to see our very, very good chums The Donnelly's for the weekend ...

Get Fitter

Eeeeeek! Zero exercise. We intended a sea swim but it was too cold! I got a good upper body workout lugging Archie on and off the plane but that was it! I have big plans this week to make up for it though so fingers crossed I can make up for lost ground!

Eat Healthier

The Donnelly's are healthy eaters compared to us anyway so I probably ate better than I would have at home!

• Delicious chickpea curry on friday night
• Smoothie for Brekkie, rice and tuna and rice for lunch and sausage sand salad for dinner on Saturday.
• Fried breakfast in the barbecue for brunch on Sunday ( a bit naughty but fried eggs on the barbecue are worth it WOW!)

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• I had bubbles on Friday night AND bubbles and wine on Saturday night! Very, very bad but I've not seen these guys since September! It would have been rude not to!
• I'm not sure how much water I've had but I've had some, maybe about 1.5 litres per day!

Have Fun With The Kids

• Took Baby Archie on his first plane trip.
• Took Lady Maisie on a plane to see her best friend.
• Let Archie coat himself in sand at the beach.

I wasn't required to provide much more fun, it was provided by our hosts! Maisie got to play with her best friend what more could she want and Archie got to eat food in a different house, what more could he want!

Mummy arrives tomorrow BUT I am in holiday too so no excuse not to get right back on the wagon!

I will have bubbles to celebrate their arrival but that will be it till the weekend.

As for exercise I have big plans which I will of course share as it happens!

I think I will have a smoothie for breakfast and lunch each day this week!

And I will be of no use with regard to fun as for this week no one will trump Granny and Grandad as far as fun is concerned ...

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 23

Fantastic little flow chart here! You can't really argue with it! Perhaps one for the fridge door or visible from the sofa!

Get Fitter

• Group Power class at the crack of dawn! First time I have seriously thought about turning the alarm off and going back to sleep since I started this thing! I battled on though and even put my weights up!
• We went for another Team Simpson Walk/jog/run like we did on Tuesday. Tuesday we did it in 40 minutes, today we did it in 30 minutes! Quite nice having the whole family along for the fun!

Calories Burned - 650

Eat Healthier

• Just a plain protein shake with spirulina (etc) powder for breakfast.
• Morning tea of rice crackers with vegemite and peanut butter ( not mixed together, separate!).
• Peanut butter and jam toast for lunch! Until 2 weeks ago this would have horrified me but I tried one of Archie's floor scraps and quite liked it!
• Rice crackers and vegemite for afternoon tea.
• Chilli, rice, re fried beans and tacos for dinner (yes the same as last night, what can I say we're creatures of habit).

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• Zero alcohol despite Lovely Hubbies best efforts! I mentioned I fancied a glass of wine so he kept offering me one but I will just have my bedtime cup of tea instead.
• 2.5 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids


The Cherubs were at home with Daddy today while I was at work so they would have had all sorts of fun doing things I won't let them! For example Maisie had her playdoh out! It terrifies me, it gets everywhere so she's not had it out for ages but she must have been a good girl for Daddy to let her have it! Daddy also got her a DVD to watch! He had little Archie practicing his walking all day! Not sure he would find that fun but it sure has tired him out!

We managed to squeeze in some family fun (and exercise as mentioned above) with another family run thought the park (same as we did on Tuesday) Maisie loves it but she gives a running (pardon the pun) commentary but its really hard to talk back when you barely have any breath to breathe never mind to talk! Archie just chills out in the back of the buggy peeking out every no and again to see where we are!

So tomorrow's Friday. My rest day! I was going to squeeze something in in the morning but ill be doing my last buts of lacking for my weekend trip so maybe a bit too much! I was ready for a lazy Saturday in Auckland too but my friend I'm visiting is keen to do something on Saturday too otherwise I will get back on it on Sunday ...

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 22

Get Fitter

• Squeezed in an early swim this morning. 1km, 40 laps. Lovely Hubby has a bike ride planned with a chum at 7am so I had to get out early. We had to be super organised and work as a team to get ourselves, the kids and the packed lunches done and out the door or time! We did it though and were actually a teeny tiny bit early!
• I learned a lot at work today! Imagine if how hard you worked your brain burned calories!

Eat Healthier

• I tried oats and protein powder with water in the microwave for Brekkie! Think it may be an acquired taste!
• 2 rice crackers with peanut butter and 2 with vegemite for morning tea and afternoon tea.
• Tuna mayo sandwich for lunch.
• Chilli con carne, rice and tacos for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• Zero alcohol.
• 2 litres of water.

Have Fun With The Kids

• Usually Lovely Hubby does most of the work with the kids in the morning but it was all up to me today as he was out galavanting on his bike. Archie and I had great fun. I sang and danced for him while he ate some cereal and I tidied the kitchen. He thought it was hilarious and burbled away with me! Maisie wasn't in the mood for fun this morning, I don't blame her, mornings are hideous!
• Maisie and I packed the bags for our trip at the weekend. I have a little flowery suitcase called Maisie (it's got a name badge in the front, I don't call it Maisie!). She doesn't know it says that but she knows its her case!
• Maisie picked her own dinner and helped me make it and tidy up. Clever girl picked fish, potatoes and broccoli! So out of character this good eating might not last long but i'll take it while I can get it!

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... get fitter, eat healthier, drink less, have fun with the kids... DAY 21

Weigh in day today! Very disappointed to report 0 weight loss!

Best just crack on! Maybe try to have more frequent healthy snacks! I've not eaten a lot, maybe body in starvation mode (HA HA, silly body it's got plenty of blubber to feast on).

Get Fitter

• 5.50 am Group Power class. It's been a stand in instructor these last few weeks so it was the first class for me with the regular teacher! Starting to feel my wee (ok big) leggies hurt a wee bit and we did a proper back track for the first time since I've done this class at this gym! YAY! (For those not familiar, Group Power is a copy at version of Les Mills Body Pump).
• Walk/Jog/Sprint round Queen Elizabeth Park with Lovely Hubby, The Cherubs in the double buggy and of course The Hound! Lovely Hubby had the hideous task of pushing The Cherubs up and down the hilly dune tracks! It was pretty hot too! Awesome family workout though! We clocked up 4km! (for some pictures click here) 

Calorie Count - 750

Eat Healthier

• Protein shake with spinach, strawberries, banana and spirulina powder for breakfast.
• Peanut butter and jam on whole meal toast for morning tea! I've always screwed my nose up at this but it would seem its an acquired taste.
• Sandwich with cheese and vegemite and some nut mix for lunch.
• A couple of salt and vinegar rice crackers for lunch.
• Cherry tomato pasta for dinner.

Drink Less (Alcohol, More Water)

• Zero alcohol. Really mustn't give in to temptation, just empty calories bound to keep the weight up!
• 4 litres of water! Lots of exercise and lots of time in the sun so nothing for it but to glug it down!

Have Fun With The Kids

Another day of beautiful weather and no work (back to the grind tomorrow though).
We had fun with jigsaws, we met friends at the outdoor swimming pool for a splash around and a picnic, we had quiet time in the afternoon with some cartoons and story books and to top it all of we had a family walk/jog/sprint (see here).

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