Okay. I just completed my first bodypump class.

(and I was just about to eat some leftover kangaroo and vege kebabs when I’ve realised that, hey, I should take my antibiotic, and then wait half an hour and then eat *pouts*)

Okay, that done.

I reckon I’ll be sore on Friday :p I used the smallest weights because I knew that for my first class I wanted to focus on the technique etc… The is a technique class on Fridays, but it’s a 5pm, and 5pm Friday? If I am off work I’d rather be drinking :p

So, I had mini-weights on. And I was going along fine. Rish has taught me well with rechnique. I saw some girls (one in particular) with terrible posture throughout and really hoped that she wasn’t hurting herself. I biceps went pink during the bicep stuff, so I knew the blood was flowing there! (yes, I go pink and red so quickly)… and the squats and lunges kill me. The kill me without music, and with Rish just pushing me along, so to put me to music, in a class, it’s good for me.

So yes, I’ll be back next Wednesday night for the same torture. Rish and I are going to try to do a second weights session on Sundays, where I can focus on the weights etc, but both will be good for me, and with the cardio sessions through the week. I’m having fun (but feeling oh so guilty over the little easter eggs that were going around today and I decided to eat!)

So, the theory worked in that I’m feeling far better today that I was late last week, and the extra time at home probably contributed to me feeling better. I do seem a bit sniffly this morning, but that’s probably because I’m going to be seeing children today and my body is already trying to get rid of any contact I may have had with them. Like Hay Fever, but with children.

Gym yesterday went well - Mostly on the treadmill - did my 5:30 in a block that totalled 15 mins (did another 4:30 at the end of that), then used the eliiptical on a hard setting for 15 mins, then back to the treadmill for my vesion of intervals. Yesterday that meant starting at 6.0, then going for 3:00 at 9.0k, then back to a walk until the next song at 3:00 to go then put it back to 9.0k, back down etc. 3 min blocks with at most 2min rests. With a 5 min or so go at the end :p

Think I did more than I had sugars in my body, because once I got home I was vague vague until I’d gotten some dinner and some Nip/Tuck watching out of the way. Gotta love a Christmas episode!

Okay, there are 4 work days this week, then the Easter long weekend. I can do this! :p

About to head to the gym for (hopefully) a good cardio session - I can’t push myself too hard, given it’s still 31 degrees, I’ve been sick and I haven’t done much this week, but I will pop the ipod on, and do wha I can. Will do at least my 5:30 mins on the treadmill… Still haevn’t set up my playlists properly… maybe I’ll get a chance this week, maybe not.

My hair is almost black! A used a darker dye this time around, and without the sunshine, it looks rather dark :) I like it! I’m just still adjusting to it - nice change :) I just got a inch or so trimmed off it, no special style or anything. Might cut it shorter for winter, but until then this is good for now :)

Okay, let’s do it.

Then you can probably not get there at seven to do your workout. Simple as that. Though it didn’t occur to me until I was about to leave for teh gym just then with Rish… Something to do with a lack of sleep, a fair amount to drink last night, and a 30 degree day today. *dies* But it’s happy dying. I went for a walk instead. *bangs head*

I’ve had a good long weekend. Hurrah for Canberra Day. Now I have a four-day week ahead, then another four-day week, with the four-day Easter long weekend to follow that! I should be making my way up to Newcastle over Easter.

I haven’t Muttered in a while :)

1. Homicide :: double
2. Divisive ::
3. Flash :: mob
4. Steaming :: pile of …
5. Crunch :: abs!
6. Look out! :: Don’t Touch!
7. Anticipating :: nerves, anxious, butterflies.. argh!!!! Sometimes though it can be worth it ;)
8. Slim :: a couple of months away ;)
9. Navel :: piercing. I used to want one , but was never brave enough to show my tummy so what was the point?
10. Help :: I need somebody

I wasn’t going to buy anything today, but on my way into the city, they said of Triple J that the Hottest 100 cd was being released today, so I just had to pop along to add it to my collection.

If you buy it from the ABC shop at the moment, it’s at the bargain price of $24.95. For 2 cds (a huge 43 songs!) that’s an awesome price. even if there are a few songs you will skip every time ;) Tracklisting is here.

Which brings me to having to sort out the songs I want on my ipod again. While at the gym, pondering the question of whether it’s true that thin people run or that running makes you thin (while huffing and puffing away feeling like I was dying), I realised that I really need to set up two playlists on my ipod - one for active gym stuff and one for calm, trying to ignore everyone at work while writing reports stuff. Because I kept having to skip over songs that I love, but that wouldn’t make me run. SO that’s what I want to achievve tonight. Two playlists!

Thought I might share my gym efforts on here. Yout won’t be privvy to my food journal because that’s still a little shaky and too personal, but the gym stuff I might as well! (more…)

Okay, I did my jogging thing today… made my 5 mins @ 9kph, and did a little extra at the end (one lap on the virtual track on the treadmill, then half a lap at 6.0, then back to 9.0 until I hit the 20 min mark). Fun stuff. I have sore feet now - they’re so not used to actually jogging in my joggers!

Was amused when the OK Go Treadmill Song came on my Ipod. It did that yesterday too. Creepy.

I also figured out what mad emy ankles sore (besides the crashing of my weight on them) - the new step machines are harder on them than the old one. Tough today. I’ll get there!

Better make dinner - mushrooms, roo fillet and onion with some baby spinach thing…. Rish is getting me up at 5:30 for the weights session that I’ve been putting off :p

And my WeatherPixie looks like she could mug you while you’re bother out jogging:

I am not a runner.

Well, not naturally, it’s something I’m going to have to teach myself. To work my way up to. That’s why I have a jogging target as one of my goals - to be able to jog at 10.0kph for 20 minutes. Now when I do have little burst of jogging that’s not on a sporting field or court, I go at about 9.0kph… and I thought it was about 3 mins. So, a very long ways to go.

Yesterday morning I got up brought and early and was at the gym just after 6am. It was still very dark, and dark until close to 7am. But it was cool, it was quiet, and I’m going there tomorrow mornging for a weights session with Rish (I think) and again Friday morning for cardio… (not this morning - I have time to go tonight, and I was up too late watching India beat Australia. Ponting is such a sook.)

Ok. I had to start somewhere. So, since the treadmills were nice and free (no line-ups or people on them who I’m sure had been there for longer than the allowed 30 mins) I hoppped on and started at a walking pace, to get myself moving… Then upped to my usual 9.0… and lasted at that speech for 5mins, or two songs on my ipod. Small steps, but at least I’ve taken the first one.

I then spent another hour on other equipment - something, which is like an elliptical trainer, but you can adjust the height your legs have to step up, and then the stepper. Sweaty!

(Let’s just move on from the fact that i then went on to eat too many “Sometimes foods” as the kids would call them while reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar (oh I love that book) in the day)

Today is a new day. A Wednesday, so I know there will be a meeting which will probably have cake involved. I will have a small slice if it’s something I like, but won’t delve into some of the other things I had today. :p

Not long til wordpress 2.5!

(I will be a runner, it will just take time and hard work!)

SO, Last year I got an It’s all about me diet and exercise journal, and used it religiously for about 8 weeks, lost a few kilos, then slowly petered out… to the point where over the past few months I’m heavier than my original starting weight…

So, I bought a new one. Started on Friday, properly did my measurements this morning… and am probably glad I did, given the freak out I had over all my clothes being crap and not fitting properly into a size twelve any more and a cute shirt I bought looking horrible on me after I brought it home and tried it on again. Reducing me of course to tears…

So, of course I lean of Rish to whip me into shape … and we start with some goals. With numbers in them. Numbers like 64, 20 and 10. Oh and 5 and 2. And phrases like “I can” and “I will”.

Tonight should probably be the last round of netball… I doubt we’ll make it to the final next week ;) WE barely scraped in at 4th… so I’m planning on picking up a monday circuit class - provided I get to the gym on time. It starts at 530, so I’ll go to it the weeks I make it there, and other weeks I’ll do something on another night - maybe a pump or step class on a Wednesday.

So, yet again, I’m getting back to it, but this time I will have Rish over my shoulder (I got him a jounral too, in black for boys) so we can be at each other :p

I love it when little old Australia makes it onto the BBC world news broadcast heh. Aww look what’s happening out in the colonies… aren’t we a republic yet? Hold your horses girl, we just got the sorry done, and you’re pushing for a republic? small steps, we’ll get there one day…

Was relieved to see that the seniors in our ranks found the time in our staff meeting to watch the initial address. When we got in this morning there was talk it might not happen. But how can we be pushing early intervention services for places such as the Koori preschool without taking a small part out of our day for something so big?

Meeting days are interesting… and full of food. I think I’m going to get the upgraded gym memebrship this year and get myself along to a class or two as well as my regular stuff. Feel like I need to pushing :)

I’m finally going to do PECS training. So I’ll feel like I know what I’m talking about ;) I’m going to have to take a weekend out to do it, but I think it’s worth it, especially since I’ll be able to do it locally, and the fee is about half of what it usually is (meaning work will foot the bill rather than about half and then me having to pay to stay in Sydney overnight!)… This means I’ll have to decide whether I want to do another workshop I wanted to do, which is the two days after that (M,T).. and I’d have to pay for that one $400… I have a couple of weeks until the close for earlybird rego, and Im told I can have the time, so I’ll see how poor I’m feelig after I renew at the gym and so on. It’s probably worth it… we’ll see. That one’s on speech disorders while PECS is more disability-focussed… but helpful, very very helpful. So yes, more stuff to ocupy my this term!

Have veges in the oven an rosemary on my fingers… making me hungry! :D

Okay, while I sit here destroying my hair with yet another bleach and dye job (it was falling out beforehand, so why not now?) I’ll retell to you my day.

6am: Awoken by the daily cockatoo flyover. Actually the flyover was a little later than this, because I remember hearing the snakes’ task light turn on before that, and that’s about 6am. Wildlife!

7am: Okay, I’ll get up now. Breakfast - tried Oatbrits, which are like Vitabrits, which are like WeetBix. They’re nice, I just never get the milk right. With banana on top. Mmm.

730am: Gotta get ready. Clothes, yep, now shoes… ooh my new Keds I bought last week. WTF?!?!?!! There’s two right shoes in here! Both size nines. Cranky! They’d better still haev my lefties!!!

8am or so: Work. Not too much excitement. Get to discharge someone because they are within the average range. I don’t get to do that nearly often enough.

12: To visit the nurse for my 2nd gardasil shot. Done. Soreish arm. Haping I don’t get knocked around too much at netball tonight.

Rest of afternoon: Pottering around, finishing activity packs and programs, making sure I have my list as small as possible before the kinder kids come up from the early childhood team…

5pm: Get my left shoe. Put them on. Awesome. Guys in shop laugh.

6:40pm: Netball. Play the second half for the team before me who were down a player then lost another to injury. Play our game which decends into a vilent match because the umpire was useless and didn’t call any real contacts. Against eaither side. We lose by about 3 :( Our GA gets a bloody nose and their shooter a sore wrist. Not too bad, though I did want to smash their goal attack at one stage. Breathe!

I’ve skipped gym, but after over an hour of netball I was soore from being landed on and landing on people. Tomorrow morning I’ll hit the weights *sets 530 alarm* and do my pm cardio session.

Alrighty, I have to go wash this bleach out of my hair before I go oragey, then go over it with something that purple in nature. :) We’ll see if I show my face tomorrow!