What a week!

Phew, where to begin?

I have had ONE shit of a week. Started out well on Monday since I was fresh back from holidays but by Tuesday lunchtime I was ready to chuck the towel in.
My role at work has changed, they have taken a lot of the crappy basic admin type stuff off me to allow me to concentrate on more of the business improvement type stuff. However, I haven't had a lot of direction regarding the new role. Not that I need a lot of direction usually, but since it's a new role, I do need at least some.
So bascially once all my normal everyday work is done, I sit there twiddling my thumbs. Some people may be happy with being dead at work, it's ok sometimes, but not that often. So after spending most of Monday organising my 30th, I was getting fed up with not having a lot to do.

I don't think it's healthy waking up and dreading going to work. If you aren't enjoying it, then why bother?
So Tuesday lunchtime I went to my boss and told him I would be dipping into my long service leave and taking the rest of the year off, cause if I don't, I may tell him to stick his job. All ok, not much questions asked, why do you need to take the leave? what can we do to make your job better? etc, it was just simply, ok, no probs, take the time you need.

So from tomorrow afternoon I am on leave until the new year. That gives me just over 4 weeks of leave.

So during that 4 weeks my plan is to really hit the exercise hard. I just received a text from Nic saying she is all better and ready to rock and roll so I am meeting her on Wednesday morning at 7am. She said something about "sweat, sweat, sweat" so I may die!
I am also going to rejoin my local gym for the month. It's run by my local council and the membership is $40 per month with no lock in contracts, so I thought it would be perfect to do for the month that I'm off and go and smash myself in the air con ☺

I also started back counting points today. I know that WW works for me and if I can stick to my points for the next 4 weeks I should be able to get rid of 4-5kgs, which will be awesome!

I can't get out of my head that over the next 4 weeks I will be concentrating on the almost 3kgs I have put on over the last 3 weeks rather than getting to my goal over the next 4 weeks. It's so frustrating that I allowed myself to eat the crap. It's amazing how much 2kg makes as well! My belly is sooo wobbly! I'm not claiming that I ever had a 6 pack, but there was a 2 pack happening, almost a 4 pack and now thats totally gone! NOT HAPPY JAN

So thats me for today, will be better tomorrow afternoon when I am on leave.
I have stuck to my points today and might take the dogs for a walk now, then do some weights when I come back.

Tuesday (week 1)

Food

B: 2 x weetbix with skim milk + 1 tsp equal sugar
1 x coffee with skim milk + 1 tsp equal sugar

S: Yoghurt
Bunch of grapes
Mixed nuts

L: Salmon salad (lettuce/tomato/cucumber/beetroot/corn kernels/snow pea sprouts)

S: Slim Metabolism Protein Bar
Mixed nuts

D: Chicken breast with tinned tomatoes and light mozzarella cheese (Ben's version of Chicken Parmigarma) with mushroom pasta side dish

Exercise
Chest/Shoulders/Triceps
2 x sets of 12 reps
Shoulder DB press
Side Lateral DB raise
Front Lateral DB raise
Incline DB chest press
Incline DB chest flye
Push ups
Overhead tricep press
Tricep kickbacks
Dips

Up'd the weight today to 4kg and it hurt, so thats good. I'll stick at this weight for a little while.

Feeling really really grumpy today. Had to force myself to exercise and now all I want to do is veg on the couch with a block of chocolate. Lucky I don't have any in the house! Don't even want to clean the kitchen after dinner! Grrrrr, cranky cranky cranky!

Monday (week 1)

Food

B: Weetbix with skim milk + 1 tsp equal sugar
Coffee with skim milk + 1 tsp equal sugar

S: Slim Secrets protein bar
Apple
Skim milk capp with vanilla shot no sugar

L: Brown rice with roasted vegetables (pumpkin/sweet potato/eggplant/zucchini/cherry tomatoes/carrots)
Coke Zero

S: Tin of tuna
Bunch of grapes

D: Chicken stirfry with vegies

Exercise
30 min dog walk
30 min exercise DVD ballet style - ow!

Sunday (week 1)

Food

B: 2 x weetbix with low-fat milk + 1 tsp equal sugar
Coffee with low-fat milk + 1 tsp equal sugar

S: Nil

L: Salad (lettuce/cucumber/carrot/snow pea sprouts/corn kernels) with tomato and onion salmon with soy and linseed crackers

S: Protein shake, apple, bunch of grapes

D: Steak with haloumi and salad (lettuce/tomato/cucumber/corn kernels/beetroot/carrot)

S: Watermelon

Exercise:
20 min exercise show from Foxtel. Interval cardio
Weights, full body workout as below with 3kg DB (haven't done weights in a while so thought I would start light)
2 x sets of 12 reps
Shoulder Press
Chest Press
Bicep Curl
Tricep Kickback
Back Pullover
Lunges
Crunches

Feel good after my workout, kind of all shaky and energised :-)

New blog, new start

Well, have started a fresh new blog to go with my fresh new start (AGAIN!)
Have taken (once again) my "before pics", well they're not really before pics, they're kind of just "now" pics.
I was going quite well with my weight and toning, before I went on holidays! Left for my holidays at 60kg and was hoping that I would come back under 60kg cause of all the walking and exercise I would be doing - WRONG!
Came back at 61.9kg...........eeeekkkk! So I really need some help. Prior before going on holidays I decided to contact an old trainer that I had been seeing for bootcamps, Nicky Jankovic. She really knows her stuff and can get my butt into gear.
So she is designing me an at home program and nutrition program. I was meant to see her for a session on Thursday but she's been hit pretty bad with the flu (get well Nic xx), but that doesn't need to be a reason that I can't start on my own does it?
So here we are. I've attached my new pics (ew, cringe) and my measurements today are as follows:
Chest: 85cm
Waist: 79cm (at bellybutton)
Hips: 99cm (at widest part)
Thigh R: 56cm (25cm above knee)
Bicep R: 30cm (13cm above elbow joint)
So basically I will use this blog to record my daily food/exercise/feelings/thoughts/etc and hope that it keeps me accountable.
Please leave your comments to push me through :-)