Getting Your Vitamins. Pill or Potion.

Over the last couple of weeks I have eaten too much.  If I think about it, and I did, there has probably been more cruddy food than the good stuff and I have noticed that over that time I have had a few nights that come 8.30pm I have been so sore and stiff it was a painful effort to move from this chair to the bed.  Not good.    Could the soreness be connected to the crappy food.  Well of course it could and more than likely it is...I get more done, feel better and more energetic when the body is free of crap food...Connected?  You join the dots.  I did and my answer was *at least 5*   So even though I am up around 5.00 most mornings I feel kind of blah by 8ish.   Maybe I need to start taking vitamins...So I did.

No set recipe, I add what I have here.

1 cup water. 
1 orange
2 cups mixed salad, leafy lettuce, carrot, apple, spinach
1 carrot
Handful of spinach and comphrey
1 and a half cups broccoli
Put in the Vitamix, blend, drink eat with a spoon.

Or...add the brussel sprouts that husband brought home from work and said were chook food.    Add a 1/4 cup of dried nettles with the orange to get the iron and vitamin C, add the not yet eaten boysonberries or the too soft strawberries...Each *drink* is different, each has a variety of different fruit and veg, each drink is scoffed at by husband and others that I offer it to...

This mornings potion had an orange, 1/2 an apple, dried nettles, brocolli, a couple small carrots, 3 brussel sprouts, some comphrey.    It makes me feel better about the slice of pavlova I had for breakfast...

Not as easy as just popping a pill but much better for me and will be a daily thing until I run out of vegies in the garden.  Or at least for this week.

How do you get your vitamins?

It's nearly next year...

Hmmm, maybe 2014 will be the year that I get fit and healthy 'cause this year sure wasn't the year for it.  But then, if I don't actually get up and make a move towards it it's not gunna happen is it...

Weight this week is the same that it has been for the last 5 or so years, give or take a kilo or two.   Fitness is down, fatness is up...What does that say to you?   To some it might say that I need to either give up or get serious.  To me it says that I don't care enough about my health or the things that I think I want to do.  Not enough to do anything about it all anyway...

Last week I brought the ex bike inside and over that week I used it, quite a bit.  Husband gets home and I haven't been on it since...Daughter L was here last weekend and we went for a walk.  A close to 8 km, 2 hour walk....and I haven't walked anywhere since...Had a short ride to a neighbours house yesterday...and of course back again but that will probably be the end of that too...Unless it's not...Lets hope it's not...

Let's all be fitter by Friday...

Week 2, Tuesday.

Woke up feeling positive and *knew* that today would be the first 40pointer...It wasn't.  I even made a list to get the house sorted but that too was a fail.   I no longer feel positive, I need a sleep, tried but can't...Tomorrow will be better.

• 1 - Daily post 1
• 4 - 2 litres of water
• 5 - Food diary  5
• 5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you)  5
• 5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)  5
• 5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)  5
• 5 - no sugary treats (you define this - my definition includes snacky carbs, 2nd glass of wine, any wine other than red, bread and of course, sugary items)  Thought I'd get this...then didn't.

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:

• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)   Thought I'd get this...then didn't.
• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)
• 10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
• 10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake

 21 points.  Not a good day so surprised there are this many points.  This afternoon I just seemed to eat.  And eat.  And then when I was feeling ill I ate some more...Stupid!

Coffee.
Oats.
Banana.
Loquats. 5, 6, 7...who counts when you're eating from the tree.
Coffee.
Weetbix x 2.  Been out, just got home, hungry and needed something quick.
Carrot.
Carrot.
Sardines on a roll.
Then it continued for the rest of the day and I have no idea what or why....Tomorrow will be better.

Monday.

• 1 - Daily post  1
• 4 - 2 litres of water  
• 5 - Food diary  5
• 5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you)  5
• 5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)  5
• 5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)
• 5 - no sugary treats (crappy food) - Failed, but only a little bit!

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:

• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)  
• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)
• 10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
• 10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake 

16 points.  Oops!

Coffee.
Oats.
Orange.
Mini Pizza x 2.  2 sl bread with veg topping that T made and brought down to Vinnies for my lunch.  Thanks T, 'twas good.
Banana.  Nearly hometime...
Custard.  Home and needed something quick.
Coffee.
Bacon and eggs.  Tea.  Getting late and nothing planned or ready.
Licorice throughout the afternoon, once home...
Coffee.

No moving and no real reason except I couldn't be bothered when I got home this afternoon.  I should have went this morning but didn't...Mornings are better for me, I know that yet I still choose to not use them.

Sunday.

Not the best day but could have been a whole heap worse...35 points.

• 1 - Daily post  1
• 4 - 2 litres of water  4 Yes!  Took some effort but I got there!
• 5 - Food diary  5
• 5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you)  5
• 5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)  5
• 5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day) 5
• 5 - no sugary treats (crappy food) - Failed big-time with this one.

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:

• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)  10.
• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)
• 10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
• 10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake 

Coffee.
Oats.
Coffee.
Carrot.
Veg x bit more than a cup.
Orange.
Carrot.
Veg x bit more than a cup
Banana.
Toasted cheese sandwich.
Cake.
Oats.  Tea time and I wanted more lollies.  Or Pizza....
I had lollies a few times  throughout the afternoon.

No walk or ride but mowed then mowed some more...

Saturday 12th.

We had our local show today, I don't usually go but this time had volunteered to work on the gates for a bit so did go in after that was finished.  I'm pleased that I didn't have a chocolate coated icecream even though *everyone* else was having one and I wanted one too.  I didn't have chips or a hot dog or fairy floss.  Pretty pleased with that.   Lots of walking there and I rode the bike into daughters place then walked to the oval so moving goal was well and truly reached.

• 1 - Daily post  1
• 4 - 2 litres of water
• 5 - Food diary  5
• 5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you)  5
• 5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)  5
• 5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)  5
• 5 - no sugary treats (you define this - my definition includes snacky carbs, 2nd glass of wine, any wine other than red, bread and of course, sugary items)  5

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:

• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)  10
• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)
• 10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
• 10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake   

 The trick is to aim for 40/40 points on any given day.

So,  36  points for today, Saturday 12th.  Not enough water, again.  So close though...

Coffee
Vegies.
Banana
Orange
Oats.
Vegies.  Home from show.
Coffee.
Coffee.
Eggs x 2 boiled.
Carrot.

Week 2, Room to improve.

The last few days of week one were OK but as I was too busy to write about them I have no record of what I ate or what I did.  They weren't that fantastic though so no great loss but it does show that I need to be  more consistent with the blogging.   I need to come here every day and write something so I get into the habit of doing so.  Will try for that this week.   I'm also going to try for at least 3 days of the full 40 points and if I don't record it here no-one will get to see how awesome I can be!   Here's Fridays Food and points.

•1 - Daily post   1
•4 - 2 litres of water 4
•5 - Food diary  5
•5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you) 5
•5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day) 5
•5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)
•5 - no sugary treats (you define this - my definition includes snacky carbs, 2nd glass of wine, any wine other than red, bread and of course, sugary items)

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:
•10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)
•10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)  10
•10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
•10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake
The trick is to aim for 40/40 points on any given day, 280 possible in a 7 day period.
Extra points for weightloss are added when you weigh in at the end of your 7 days.

30 points today.  Grandaughter brought out some biscuits that she had decorated so lost 5 points there and didn't get the 5 for extra moving...Simple things to fix.  Nearly didn't walk at all but when daughter left I decided to go for a quick one and managed a tad over 30min so happy with that.  I did have fish and chips for lunch but made sure that I had extra veg tonight to even things out.

FOOD.
Coffee.
Oats
Carrot.
Fish and Chips.  Lunch out with husband.  I ate his salad and less chips.
Coffee.  Home. 
Jelly and yoghurt.
Carrot.
Biscuit with lollies on.
Vegetables, heaps with half piece fish from lunch and a few chips.  Tea at 6.30
Jelly and yoghurt.

Day 4 of Challenge.

Day 1 - 15 points Friday.
Day 2  - 26 points.  Saturday
Day 3.   31 point.  I need more water and the extra 15min moving.
Day 4    21.  Nowhere near enough water, muffin and juice!! Stupid.

• 1 - Daily post    1
• 4 - 2 litres of water  0
• 5 - Food diary   5
• 5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you)  5
• 5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day) 5
• 5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)  5
• 5 - no sugary treats (you define this - my definition includes snacky carbs, 2nd glass of wine, any wine other than red, bread and of course, sugary items)  

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:

• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)
• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)
• 10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
• 10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake  

Coffee.
Oats.
Meat and potato.  Lunch.  Took this to Vinnies as I was going to be there all day.
Fruit.  Few bits of cut up pieces.
Orange Juice.  Probably shouldn't have had this...
Coffee.  Home at 4.
Muffin.  Leftovers (2) from a meeting at Vinnies. 
Coffee  4.30.
Steak and veg, an egg.  Teatime.
Orange.  7pm.

I had high hopes for today but mucked up.
Bikeride this morning and some moving and stretches this evening so that's better than usual. 
The muffin was alright but not that great, not as nice as the ones daughter T make.  The other one is in freezer.  I like Orange juice but don't like drinking it as I believe water and the whole fruit is better for me.  Sometimes I have juice though and if I wasn't doing the points thing now it wouldn't bother me as much.

Week 1, Day 3.

Still a long way from 40 points


Day 1 - 15 points  Friday.
Day 2  - 26 points.  Saturday
Day 3.   31 point.  I need more water and the extra 15min moving.

• 1 - Daily post    1
• 4 - 2 litres of water  0
• 5 - Food diary   5
• 5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you)  5
• 5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day) 5
• 5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)   0
• 5 - no sugary treats (you define this - my definition includes snacky carbs, 2nd glass of wine, any wine other than red, bread and of course, sugary items)  5

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:

• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)
• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)
• 10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
• 10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake  10

The trick is to aim for 40/40 points on any given day, 280 possible in a 7 day period. Extra points for weightloss are added when you weigh in at the end of your 7 days.
At the end of 7 days, if you maintain your lowest weight (or go below it), you add 5 points.
For every 500g you are below that lowest weight, add 10 points.

Coffee.
Chickpeas and veg.
Orange.
Fish x 4 sm fillets.  grilled  11am.
roll with vegemite.  Should have had proper lunch.
coffee
banana milkshake,   Made with the failed yoghurt and 3 sm bananas.
Orange.
More milkshake.
Dimsims x 3.  Husband was having some and I caved.
Plate veg and an egg.  Was going to have steak too but didn't need it.
Yoghurt. 7pm.
Coffee.

8WC Day 2.

Day 1 - 15 Points  Friday.
Day 2  - 26 points.  Saturday

• 1 - Daily post    1
• 4 - 2 litres of water  0
• 5 - Food diary   5
• 5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you)  5
• 5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)  0
• 5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)   0
• 5 - no sugary treats (you define this - my definition includes snacky carbs, 2nd glass of wine, any wine other than red, bread and of course, sugary items)  5

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:

• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)
• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)
• 10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
• 10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake  10

The trick is to aim for 40/40 points on any given day, 280 possible in a 7 day period. Extra points for weightloss are added when you weigh in at the end of your 7 days.
At the end of 7 days, if you maintain your lowest weight (or go below it), you add 5 points.
For every 500g you are below that lowest weight, add 10 points.


Todays Food:
Coffee
Weetbix x2
Coffee  8.30am
Orange
Chicken and veg 11.45
Orange
Oats with peanut paste.  I want to eat crap!!
Orange...Husband is eating Maltesers  2pm ish
Coffee
Fish 6ish  Nothing else, 6 sm fillets
Bread roll, vegemite
Yoghurt and Mulberries 7ish
Coffee

Hmmm, I'm sure I had more.  Pretty sure I had at least 4 Oranges.

Eight Week Challenge...40 Points a day...

I've rejoined the ongoing 8 week challenge over on Simple Savings so will need to get myself organised or I'll fail again.    I will keep a record of the food I eat and the moving that I do each day here.  This challenge works on a points system, we get points for different things that we do.  Below is what we will be aiming for:

• 1 - Daily post
• 4 - 2 litres of water
• 5 - Food diary
• 5 - No eating after 9 pm (or 2 hours before bed if that works for you)
• 5 - 30 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)
• 5 - an extra 15 mins of exercise (can only count once a day)
• 5 - no sugary treats (you define this - my definition includes snacky carbs, 2nd glass of wine, any wine other than red, bread and of course, sugary items)

And then whichever ONE of these options suits you best:

• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points) and an extra 2 serves vege (5 points)
• 10 - Made up of 3 serves vege (5 points), 2 extra serves of vege (3 points) and 2 serves fruit (2 points)
• 10 - Made up of 5 different veges (5 points) and two different fruits (5 points) (This helps if the quantity of 7 serves is just too much to take in.)
• 10 - Keeping to food plan/calorie intake

The trick is to aim for 40/40 points on any given day, 280 possible in a 7 day period. Extra points for weightloss are added when you weigh in at the end of your 7 days.
At the end of 7 days, if you maintain your lowest weight (or go below it), you add 5 points.
For every 500g you are below that lowest weight, add 10 points.

Looks easy and sensible doesn't it?  It is so it always bugs me that I have trouble getting those 40 points.  I wont get there today because it's 2pm already and I just joined so wont get the water in and am sore already so the 30 min of exercise might not happen let alone the extra 15!

But I'll see how I go with it all.  Anyone here interested in joining me?

Too Much Food.

I have eaten too much already and it's only 2PM.  Too much fruit.  Too much yoghurt.  Too much salad.  Too many chickpeas.  Two bits of steak when I probably didn't even need one...All good food but still too much.  Not enough moving as my shins still hurt.  What is it with me, I know I want to get fitter and be healthier but my actions tell a different story.  I know this because I just ate an Orange.  Picked from the tree as I was walking past...I didn't need it, I am already well over the recommended 2 serves per day and well past the dietitians recommendation... Now I feel blah.  I wonder why?  Ha!  It's because I eat TOO DAMN MUCH!! 

My plan to fix this is to have nothing else until teatime when I will have a couple of eggs.  Hmmm, sounds easy.  Totally doable.   Let's do this...

It Really Shouldn't...

Be so hard and hurt so much.  Really.  It should get easier and hurt less.  But it's not working out that way. 

I walked this morning, slow as I had 2 young kids with me.  Twenty minutes, give or take a few, to get there, a bit of walking around then 20 minutes, give or take a few, to get back...Slow walking.

Tonight my shins hurt.  My groin hurts.  My left arm is hurting too.

HoHum, so much for thinking I could do that big hill.   I do still plan on walking around the dam though so if anyone wants to join me in that I promise not to whinge too much.

Wednesday.

 I'm out for a bit today, event at grandchilds school, so need to get stuff done and have decent food before I go so I am not too tempted by what will be available up there.

Coffee
Weetbix x 2
Orange.  9.45
Vegie soup.  Noonish and feeling crook.
egg.
More soup with brown rice in it.
Orange.
Fishfingers x 2  It's nearly 4 oclock and I'm hungry.  Should menu plan so I have some idea about tea!
Brown rice with passionfruit.
Savory mince.  Tea.
Coffee.  It's 7PM and that will be it for the day. 

Not enough water again.  Not enough moving again BUT I did go for a quick 10min walk this morning because I was early for an event.

Tuesday.

The grandkid has gone home, husband is at work for the day, I can eat what I want when I want.  This be it...
Coffee. 6ish.
Bran cereal.
Orange.  after doctors.
Coffee.11AM
Chickpea and veg mush.  Lunch.
Chocolate!!  Husband brought it home yesterday...
Coffee
Sultanas.  Instead of chocolate.  2PM.
More sultanas.   I just want to eat!  2.45.
Eggs x 2 for tea at 7ish.
Toast and cheese.  Bugger!
Muesli bar.  Double Bugger!!
Prunes.  Maybe 7.  Or 8...
Coffee. 8.30.  I should just go to bed...

Still not getting enough water or moving.

Stressed and Not Moving.

A lot has been happening here since last Wednesday and I have been wanting to eat...anything and everything...but I haven't been too bad considering.  I am undergoing more medical tests, daughter has been admitted to hospital, I am looking after the grandkid who has been crook the last couple of days.  A fox got in with the chooks early this morning and killed 4 before I heard anything and got up to investigate.  Too much stress, not nearly enough moving.  My saving grace has been the container of cooked chickpeas and the big pot of vegie soup, both ready to go in the fridge.  That and having no bread or easily accessible crap food.   Though the cheese has been brought back inside so I have been nibbling on that...It will go out again soon, after grandaughters lunch.  Oh, husband came home unexpectedly on Friday and brought Chinese food with him...then went back to work the next day and left it here in the fridge...Of course I ate too much of that and I pinched a couple of the grandaughters biscuits as well.  HoHum..And more stress, I need to get a clown costume sorted before Wednesday.   I am not a sewer, I am not crafty, the child is fussy.  Still, all things considering it's not going too badly.  Husband will be home for tea so I need to get something healthy that he will like made up but I am wanting chocolate pudding...might make a small one and hope he eats it.   I need to go out and dig up some spuds for him but will not get too many as I don't need them.

I need to drink more so today I am going to concentrate on getting close to 2 litres in and I really should make an effort to move for more than 15 minutes.  That doesn't sound too hard does it.  

Wednesday.

I've been noticing lately that I haven't been drinking enough water so today I have filled up a 2litre bottle and will take swigs from that throughout the day.  I tried this yesterday and didn't even get halfway through it but will make more of an effort today.  It's harder for me to drink enough when it's cold but I know it is something that I need to work on.

Coffee
Bran.  Like AllBran but less processed.
Prunes. I love prunes and forgot these were there but found them when looking for something else.  Yummo!
Vegie concoction.  Had a bit of chicken and some chickpeas but mainly veg.  Lunch at noon.
Orange. 12.30
Prunes.  3.00  Maybe 7 or 8.  .
Chickpeas and veg soup.  4.30.  Early tea.
Custard.  5ish.
Chinese food.  7.30  Husband came home unexpectedly...with Chinese food.  Had a small amount.

Only did 10min moving today so not good enough, I need to make more effort earlier to make sure it's done before I can't be fagged.

Tuesday.

Coffee.
Weetbix x 2.  Should have gone for a ride first but didn't.  It's 7.30 already.  Should go now...
15min moving while watching YouTube...Puffing quite a bit!
7min moving.
Custard x 3/4 cup.  It's nearly half past 9 and I'm ready for coffee.
Coffee...Nearly 9.30.
Chicken, veg, chickpeas.  11.30.  Early lunch.
Orange. 1PM.
Custard.  3/4 cup, maybe.  
5min moving.
Nuts, sm handful.  3PM.
5min moving.
Chicken, chickpea and veg.  Getting hungry.
Coffee. 5PM.
I'll probably have an Orange later and maybe some more food sometime before bed...Will see how I feel.

So I have moved for more than 30min today and that is longer than the bikeride takes.  I watched decluttering videos while doing it and that has kept me wanting to get rid of stuff...though I didn't do much of that today.  There was nothing that I am cranky about eating so that's good too.

Monday.

Coffee.
Bikeride, 3km.
Egg and veg.  Breakfast, leftovers from yesterday.  It's 7.10.
Orange.  8.30,  Something before I leave for the day.
I am down at Vinnies all day but have made a chickpea and salad wrap, will take half for lunch with some carrot sticks.  Will take a big banana too in case I need something else to eat before I get home when I will have the other half of the wrap.  Tea is made and ready to go so my food today is sorted and no reason to muck up with cruddy stuff...I wont take any money so wont be tempted by the yummy cooking smells that come from the cafe next door.

Well, the afternoon was a big fat fail..  Came home in a storm, it was wet, windy, wild weather and I ate.  Ate some more and then kept eating...Having a coffee now then bed so I can't eat anything else.

Sunday.

Coffee.
Bikeride.  3km.
Veg and egg.  Breakfast at 8.30.  This was 2 cups of veg + 3 eggs, I had half and half is in the fridge.
1/2 carrot
1/2 chicken and salad wrap.  Other half is ready for when I want it
Coffee.
Orange.  1.30.
1/2 chicken wrap.  2.30. I wanted it.
Brazil nuts and Gojo berries.  4ish.
Chicken and veg.  Stew/casserole type thing.  Tea at 6.15.
Milk Milo at 7.30

Saturday.

Coffee
Buckwheat for breakfast. Not had this before, is good.
Banana. 11.20  Back from the markets.  Was tempted by sausage sizzle and fresh bread but resisted.
We're going to make healthy raw treats so will need to resist not eating too many.
Srambled eggs with HEAPS of veg and buckwheat added.  Lunch.
This afternoon there was a selection of brazil nuts, Gojo berries, Orange. tiny bit of raw fudge.
No walk as it didn't stop raining.
Fish and vegetables.  Home for tea.
Coffee.

Friday.

Coffee.  Get up, have coffee.  Thems the rules.
Bikeride. 3km.  I know, can I get any better!
Orange.  It's 7.45 and I have no oats and am not sure what breakfast will be.
Quinoa mixed with passionfruit.  Breakfast, was nice.
Banana.  While at Vinnies.  Asked T to buy me one as I was feeling sick.
Bowl veg.  Lunch at home.
Lollies!!  DO NOT EAT CRAP CHOCOLATE LOLLIES!  Just saying...
1/2 Banana.   Because there is a bag of crap stuff right there on the table.  Why?  Who's?
Coffee.  The bag in now hidden away in husbands cupboard.
Bowl of veg.   2.30.
I am going down to Nannup, back tomorrow sometime.  Healthy food will be eaten while down there.  There will be walking.  Some small hills.   Least I wont be wearing a baby like one of the others.

Thursday.

Coffee. Weetbix x2  Breakfast
Bikeride  3km.
Boiled egg.
then walked.  3km
Fish and pumpkin.  Cooked extra last night so no thinking involved today.
Coffee.  It's 12Noon.
I have so much to do still but really don't want to now...Still better get a few more things crossed off the list.  Wonder what the movie is today....
Orange.  It's 2pm.
Orange.  It's 4.15  Getting hungry but still too much to do.  At least tea is cooked.
Bowl of veg.   6pm   Need something to eat but husband not home yet.
Milk milo.
Quinoa and Passionfruit.  Mixed together, nice. 

Wednesday.

An OK eating day. Coffee then 2 weetbix for breakfast. Orange mid morning. Savory mince and veg for lunch. Milk milo after that. Boiled egg mid afternoon. Tea was fish and pumpkin. Another milk milo. Again, not near enough veg...Not enough moving. It was too wet and windy for me to walk but I did do a bit of indoor walking and moving so something but not enough. Try again tomorrow.

Tuesday.

Coffee at 5.30 this morning then breakfast of 2 Weetbix at 7. Daughter T rang soon afterwards saying she was halfway out and to get ready to ride back in with her. I decided to walk as it was a bit windy. But! I walked. We actually *ran* a bit between power poles...she is faster and better at it than me. Coming back by myself a also *ran* between power poles. Not as fast and not as many but still. Had a boiled egg not long after getting home. A coffee then a sardine and salad wrap at 11.30 as an early lunch. Visitor in the afternoon and by the time she left I was needing something to eat so had mushroom and egg which didn't do the job so finished with 2 slices toast with honey and cheese. Then was sick so serves me right! Bed early as I was still feelong crook. I hate that, it's always worrying feeling so sick after having mushrooms...I need to make sure that I have pre prepared healthy food available at all times. And no cheese inside...

Monday Wrap.

Another day, another fail not the greatest. Eating was OK. Moving was not. As in Not. No moving, again. Excuses today? Too lazy and unorganised. Mainly unorganised I think. Out all day and instead of going for a walk this morning before I left I chose to go through a pile of clothes and decide what to keep and what to take down and donate. So do I declutter or get fitter? With a bit of forethought and effort I should be able to do both. Eating was alright. Oats for breakfast. Half a homemade wrap for lunch. Veg and chickpeas for tea with the small amount of custard that is left.  Grandaughter came home with me and she made some chocolate custard for afternoon tea so of course I had some but I had a boiled egg first, it made me feel better about having the chocolate custard. I will have a milo later and that will be it.

I made 2 wraps like this, egg and salad.  One for me and one for the daughter so she wouldn't need to go buy one while we were at Vinnies for the day.  I had half at lunchtime, the grandaughter had my other half after school.  Much nicer than bought stuff and we didn't need to spend any money.  Bonus!

Weekend.

No moving today. For some reason I didn't go early this morning when I thought to then the grandkid didn't want to when she was here and by the time she left and I finished painting the bee boxes I was too sore to bother. Eating over the weekend hasn't been too bad so that's something but I need to get more veg, more Iron, more Calcium...I don't want to take supps so really need to eat properly. I'll have an egg with some veg soon then a milo, made with milk, instead of having a coffee....I'll be out most of tomorrow and will take an egg and salad wrap for lunch so there will be no need to get chips from the shop next door to Vinnies. Tomorrow I will move, early!

I Vote To Get Fitter.

The ride in this morning was so bleedin' hard that before I got to the corner even I thought of giving up and coming back to get the car. No idea why but it was hard! Well, I have a pretty good idea, I am fat and unfit and haven't done it for too long...Coming home was easier. I will go for another one tomorrow, up towards the northern corner which is 1 1/2km away and see how I go with that.

Vote to Ride...

Or today, I will ride to vote. Voting day so I will ride the bike into daughters house (well to her front verandah, not actually into her house...) then we will walk down town to the polling booth, walk back to pick up my bike then I will ride home...That will be a decent start to my new get fitter goal. If it stays dry then I will mow later on and if I use the small mower that will be heaps more getting fitter activity. Still feeling so sore and stiff for some reason but better in my head than I have lately so hoping that will help.

What's For Lunch?

Eating still needs working on. I am eating too much, even of the good stuff and still not moving enough. I can hear Dr Phil saying "And how's that working for you" Well it's not working but no surprises there. I need to eat better and move more. It's not rocket science! I am out all day tomorrow and still need to decide on what to take for lunch. It is already after 9PM and I am ready for bed...no idea what to take but am leaving early so better get it sorted soon. Maybe a salad, there is plenty of lettuce growing out in the gardens. I have cooked up a pot of chickpeas so chickpea and pumpkin soup? Dunno. Will work it out in the morning. Something decent anyway. Tea of veg and mince is ready for when I get home and there will be oats for breakfast. Oranges somewhere in there too. Maybe I do need to menu plan, it's not something that gets me excited but it might help get me healthy...

Let's Spring Into It.

It's Spring. Raining and wet right now and has been for the last week but I'm sure that it will soon be sunny and warm...and I will be wanting to be outside doing lots of garden work. And I wont be fit enough to enjoy it! I wont be fit enough to swim in lakes and rivers, walk for miles along beaches or climb mountains...or small hills even. Today has been one of the best for ages with eating, no cruddy stuff at all yet...there will be tacos and homemade icecream for our Fathers Day Tea but lots of salad and the mince is lean with...shhh...added vegies. So nothing to moan about there. I am out most of tomorrow but the fridge is full of healthy food and there is no crappy stuff close to hand. All good. Tomorrow I will start walking or riding again too. Feeling good about it all today. Let's do this.

Thursday

6.15. Coffee. Breakfast at 8ish - Oats. 9.30 - Coffee. 5 crackers and cheese!! Still haven't put the cheese outside in the shed fridge...Chickpeas and veg moosh for lunch. An orange off the tree this afternoon. Custard throughout the day. I'm calling that my calcium intake... Tea was more chickpea and veg moosh at 6.30. Friggen 'ell. More crackers, with Vegemite instead of cheese so that's something. Still shouldn't have had them. Peanut paste and oats mixed together. Coffee at 8.30.

Seems I'm getting worse instead of better with my eating. I do better when I'm not thinking of it all the time, keeping a record of what I eat is not helping like I thought it would. I do know that I can't blame the husband for my eating crap as he hasn't been home all week and all the good intentions I had meant nothing.

No walking or riding again even though I planned to but I mowed, whippersnippered and raked instead. That's much harder! I need to start moving again, that might make me feel better. Maybe next week I will work on that.

Wednesday.

6AM - Coffee. 7.45 - Oats. And then I forgot to come back and write anything down....It wasn't a good food eating day though, too much cheese, too many Humbugs, Pikelets...Did do a walk though not very far or fast...This day didn't do much at all to improve my health.

Tuesday. Today I ate...

6AM - Coffee. Oats for breakfast. 9.30AM - 3/4 cup Chickpeas with a sprinkle of salt plus an Orange. 11.30 piece of chicken. Lunch. A scoop of Chickpeas in a bowl and then a cup of pumpkin and veg smoosh on top. And stupidly a lebanese bread with melted cheese. 2PM Coffee. 6-8pm. Custard, made with eggs, milk, cornflour, sugar. Maybe a cup and a half. 8PM Coffee. Another day of no moving, I'm sore, my house is a tip, again...

MONDAY. Today I ate...

6.30 - Coffee, instant but strong, white, no sugar. 7.30 Breakfast - 2 sl toast with honey and cheese. Multigrain toast, organic honey, fully matured cheese. Not a great breakfast choice and 1 piece would have been enough. 8AM. Second coffee. 9.15 - 4 Aniseed Humbugs...another dumb choice. Next food will be an Orange! 11AM- An Orange. toldya! Piece of chicken. 3.30 Home from Vinnies and had 3/4cup mince and veg, coffee. 4ish Some chocolate coconut stuff I made a few days ago. I think I need to drown this then give it to the chooks. 6.30 - Mince and veg with chickpeas. Bloody chocolate coconut stuff!! I knew I should have gotten rid of this earlier. Gone now though so that will save me from myself with that. 7.15 - Orange. 7.45 - Milky milo as I haven't had enough calcium and that is it for the day.

Tomorrow.

OK, well that went well. Not! I can't say I am fitter but at least I am not less fitter. Or less fit, whatever. I am not fitter than last Friday but will be by next Friday. And I still haven't worked out what is wrong with the format of any of these things!!! No matter. Husband hasn't been away either and there has been hot chips on 2 days and bakery lunch on 2 days too. And cheesecake and cream. Not good. He might go tomorrow but it's due to rain all week so he might not. Either way I plan on eating better and moving more. From tomorrow. Oh, a stupid dumb thing...I have been down to daughters place three times over the last few weeks and not once have I walked to the main road corner. This is our walk and because no-one else walked it I didn't walk it either. Dumb! Next time though, I will, with the dog, with the others or by myself, I'm agoing. Bring on tomorrow.

And Again...

Husband has been home for near on 3 and half months, longer if I don't count the 6 odd days of work during that time...and I don't. So let's say...nearly 4 months. During that time I have hardly moved at all, the occasional walk or bike-ride. So not good. And way too many bad food choices... Today he started again. He might be away for 3 days, a week, a fortnight...Probably only a few days though then home again for who knows how long. BUT, I am going to use this week as another start-up and I will be FITTER BY FRIDAY. How about you. Wanna join me? Come on, you know you want to...

I was away for the weekend.  Did a bit of walking.   There were a few hills.   It was hard.

Seeing as I want to go away some more and there will be more hilly walks involved it looks like I need to start this again.  Why do I stop?  Why can I not just get it into my head that I want to be fitter?  Moan moan whinge whinge.  There done now, lets do this.

.Could Have Been Great But OK Is Alright Too.

I had an early muck-up this morning but managed to think some sense and made it right.  I can't undo what I did but I did minimise it.  What did I do?

Husband bought a big bag of potato chips and started on them yesterday.  I went outside and mowed so as to not be tempted.  By the time that I came in he had finished.  This morning he mentioned the half bag that was left and offered to get rid of them for me.  I was feeling good, strong willed and as he was on his way to work I said that I'd do it, I'd feed them to the chooks.  He leaves, I go outside to do something, come in and start clearing up...and find the chips.  I put them on the bench to remind me to get rid of them.  I need breakfast but the oats haven't soaked for long enough yet so I pick up the chips, sit at the computer and start eating them.   I started reading a thread on SS, thought of what I was doing and quickly crushed the bag, went outside and tipped them in the chook bucket.  I had maybe a handful before I thought but that is a lot better than finishing the rest of the half bag like I was on the way to so feeling good about that.

I had also packed up his lollies and crunchies for him to take with him this morning so was feeling good that they weren't here for me to pinch when he comes back inside and goes to the fridge...to take out the other bag of crunchies to get them away from Miss Gutsallmighty.  I'm glad he remembered as I didn't know they were there but would have come across them and had a few while he was gone.

I don't even want the crap food when it is not here, I don't miss it at all, I don't even think about it.  But when I know it is here, and it is open...I want it so bad it's all I think of.  If it's not open it's usually safe but opened bags...get them out of here, I don't need them.

I did get up and go for a bikeride so at least most of the planned moving for the day is already done.  The rest will be achieved with some mowing or another ride.

Great Day.

Another good day.  About time I gave myself a few of these.

Coffee and Oatmix for breakfast, a veg smoothie throughout the morning .  Fish for lunch.  Sausage casserole, a bunch of grapes and a coffee for tea.  Apple and grapes during the day. 
I was going to have one of husbands Crunchies and even took the bag out of the freezer...thought of a woman named Jenny and put it back again.  I didn't need it, didn't miss it but will get him to take them with him when he leaves tomorrow, just in case.

It was really misty this morning so I didn't ride and then it was too hot to do much so I was thinking I would miss out on any moving.  I kept thinking that I should do something but it wasn't until this evening I made the effort and mowed for 40min.  I felt like I had missed something though so then went for a short bikeride. 

I need to do something early as it makes it so much easier so I will make sure that I ride first thing tomorrow.

An OK Day.

I had a good day today, best in a long time.  I ate well, I moved more.  Did 2 rides today for a total of just over 12km and there was outside working as well.

Food was grapes, chicken and veg, grapes, more chicken and veg, apple, more chicken, more grapes.  Sausages and egg for tea.  OK, looking at that it doesn't look that great but it was all good healthy food, apart from the sausages.  A lot would say too much fruit but as we eat what we grow that's what we have growing and if I am outside near the vine I just pull a bunch off.  I eat fruit that is fresh, in season, here.  Same with veg.  Pumpkin, leafy greens, zucchini, capsicum, onion to name a few eaten today.
I did have 5 or 6 lollies but didn't have a crunchie, a drumstick icecream or a pie.  They are here and usually I would so pleased with myself that I didn't.

Hope tomorrow goes well too.  I need more days of decent food. 

One day I might work on portion size but not this week.

HoHumm.

And another wasted week.  What I need to do is not have a coffee first thing so I can get more blood tests done but I keep forgetting.  I need to put a sign on the coffee jar to remind me but forget to do that too.  And I just rememeber that I haven't ordered the liquid Iron that I was going to a couple of weeks ago.  Must remember to get onto that as well.

I need to walk or ride as soon as I get dressed in the morning, no excuses.  The furtherest I rode this week was 6km and that was an effort but not as bad as the 5km I rode the day before that.  So this week everything has been harder and that is not right.  I have thought about why that could be and maybe the Iron is low again, will find out soon...if I remember.  Maybe it's because I haven't been having as many veg smoothies as I was and not enough liver.  I am not having the smoothies every day and if I'm honest I think maybe I've only had 2 this last week.  They need to be an everyday thing and I have so much veg needing to picked and used there really is no excuse.  It's been more than a week since I had any liver but I have run out and will need to go to the shop before I can get some more of that and that can't be for another few days.

Didn't walk or ride today but mowed this evening..  I wore a heart monitor and mowed for 34min and used 218 cal.  Mowed for another 30plus min and used 100 and something cal.   The first lot was much harder mowing without as many stops as the second lot.  This first mowing used more cals and my heartrate was higher than either walking or bikeriding for around the same time.   There will be a lot more mowing over the next week.

Week 3 Is Gone, Bring On Week 4.

We're into week 4 of the year and I haven't yet told you all how week 3 went.  Hmmm, the reason for that being, as some of you may have guessed, I didn't do enough.  It's the chicken and egg story.  Do I not post because I don't do enough or do I not do enough because I don't post.

Week 3 had too many drumstick icecreams eaten.  I know it's not really the husbands fault but if he didn't buy them and leave them right on top as you open the freezer I wouldn't eat them   It took 4 or 5 before I upended the box into the half empty freezer and pushed them down betwen the frozen stuff.  It is now too hard for me to reach them and I have had 1 since doing that.  Brought in and offered by the husband....I could say no, he doesn't make me take them and eat them but I don't.  Say no that is.  We all know that I do take them and eat them. My fault for not wanting to be healthier more.  There wasn't enough moving last week either.  A 3 km ride, some floor exercise, a short walk then the brain hits in again and there is 2 rides in one day and I'm thinking I need to get back into it again.

So far this week I have had a 9km ride and yesterday lots of mowing and a 5km ride.  Not much, definatly not enough but it all helps doesn't it.

I am out today but will run with the boys this morning and walk on the spot type stuff if they both have an afternoon sleep.  Food needs to be worked on too and I will endeavour to do that this week as well.  

January, Week 2.

Tuesday 8th.  Hot again and still too hot to do much when I got home.  Finally got onto the ex bike but the speedo thingy wasn't reading right so I don't know how long for but more than 20 minutes.   Then 10min of walking/running around the backyard and some mat moving after that.

Wednesday.  Had a lift into town to pick up my bike then rode 2km home.  Later rode around the small block so 6 km all up.

Thursday.  Not home today then had the grandkid, it's now bedtime and I realize that I haven't done anything.  Bugger!    I have done something to my ankle too, don't know what but throughout today I've been getting a sharp pain then it gives way on me.

Friday.  10km bikeride.  Slow today, such an effort.  Will be better next time.  Walked 2km through the bush.

Saturday     Walked 2km through the bush.  Then again.


Sunday.     Had the grandkid so no ride...still no ride...finally mowed for 1/2 an hour but was weeding, mulching, raking most of 4 hours.


Pushups.  I've started trying to do pushups and can only get better with these.  A year or so ago I could do 8 girly ones and sometimes a couple of proper ones as well.  These days I can sometimes do 6 girly pushups, some days none at all but usually I manage 2 or 3.   On a good day I get one proper one done and a few girly ones done before I collapse....I will keep trying with these for as many days as I remember.

2013, One week gone.

Tuesday 1st.  Nothing.  No point.
Wednesday  2nd  Nothing. No point.
Thursday 3rd  Stepping, walking on the spot, floor exercises -1 and 1/2 hours.  Moved while watching TV (Foxtel, bigscreen, no cake!) instead of reading a book.  Figured there is a point.
Friday 4th    Bikeride - 5km  plus a  walk -3.6km.  A bit of slow *running*  Daughter T is starting couch to 5km, I went with her and she kept telling me to get my heartrate up more...
Saturday 5th  Bikeride - 11km.
Sunday 6th  Bikeride - 14km   Husband came with me, said it wasn't fun...he is kinda right I did hurt afterward...and during...
Monday 7th.  48min all up.  Short ride then walking.

With a week into a new year gone already I think I'm doing OK, I'm happy with the bikeriding but I will need to up the walking soon as that really hasn't been increased at all.  The furtherest I walk when home is 3.6km.  I do walk further when out and about but those times are few and far between.  I haven't attempted the walk up to the weir, not sure what happened with that goal...maybe I can work on that this month...But today, Monday, I decided that I would walk further, I would ride into daughters house, park the bike, walk up the hill and along the top road, back down and then ride home again.  

That didn't happen.  I did ride in and park the bike but by the time I had walked 5min the sky was dark, thunder was thundering and it was starting to rain.  By the time I walked around the block and was back at daughters it was pelting down, she had left and I was stranded.  I rang husband to come get me, got the machine, left message, waited a bit then rang again.  Left another message this time telling him to stop ignoring me,  get up and come rescue me...Finally started walking home, in the pelting rain, thinking grr thoughts.    I get home and he is not there...Oops, sorry about the grrrly thoughts,  he was out driving around the countryside looking for me.  It seems that he woke, heard the storm, didn't hear me so checked and saw the bike was gone so went looking for me.  I was home maybe 10 min before he got back but it was nice knowing he did care enough to come and look for me because of the storm.  I asked why he didn't ring my mobile and he says I don't usually take it so he didn't think I would have it this time.  I took it this time because I wanted to use the clock on it...Oh well, a bit of a soaking hasn't hurt me but I will look better at the sky before leaving next time.  The rain has stopped now so I might get a longer bikeride in later...