1 week down 11 to go...

Can't believe one week is over all ready. Fortunately for you there will be no more carb breakdowns on the blog.. as the worst is over and done with. Best is yet to come...  I have soooo much energy. Don't believe me?

This is me after running the mini marathon with my 12 year old sister Patricia and her Friend Aimee yesterday .
Ran the marathon after my gym session with Ewa.

This is me, Dave Mac from Red FM and the lovely ladies from Amore Bridal  after running the mini marathon last year. It was a competition where I had to run the marathon in a wedding dress against another Bride to Be. I won and my friend received  the €2,000 voucher. Video link from Red Fm below :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gcA_HJ7KFA




 Last year I found it tough as I had to run most of it with the fear of the other Bridezilla beating me to the finish line.The nearest I had ever been to running was watching Forest Gump... Was in bits after it ...was walking around like John Wayne for days. This year it didn't take a tack out of me. I don't feel any worse today than I do after a work out in the gym . I take back all I said before about never setting foot inside the gym after the twelve week course is over (that was the lack of carb crash talking).


End of week one tip:
Never talk or attempt to make conversation during a set. The trainer will presume the weight is too light and bump it up (",).

I keep trying to lose weight... but it keeps finding me!  ~Author Unknown

D4 Carb Crash

What do you get when you add:

• Low carb diet
• Daily intensive weight sessions, 
• Busy stressful work week,
• School reunion that I am organising thats happening tomorrow...

CARB CRASH! OH YEAH

 I have done Low carb about 18 months ago- So I know that it will have passed by tomorrow and I will have boundless energy from then on but that didnt make me feel any better today.

But being the trooper I am I struggled on and headed for the gym...

Thats me there on the left.

The Trooper. (",)

Arrived into the gym wondering  who was gonna bring the pain today... It was Gordon aka Sgt. Squat to the girls in the BLT (bums,legs & tums ) Class... BTW Im not a lover of  squats and what could be worse than squats. Squats with weights. but thank you up there it was only two sets- and the rest of the session flew- It was very enjoyable.

I thought for a while during the session I might actually be getting used to this gym lark and could see it being a regular part of my lifestyle... Untill.... Gordon recommened that I try "Pump" (workout class using bodybars and dumbells) after the 12 weeks...I thought after the 12 weeks I am never putting my (hopefully by then) skinny ass near a gym ever again... Going to maintain my svelte figure by sipping on champagne and nibbling on strawberries... I heard thats how Victoria Beckham does it....



Aerobics:  a series of strenuous exercises which help convert fats, sugars, and starches into aches, pains, and cramps.  ~Author Unknown

D3 Carbs and Cringes

I think the first week of the diet is going to be the hardest. I looove my food... washed down with a good glass of merlot of course... Ok I am making myself out to be a complete winebibber here.....Im not! I stay within my weekly recommended units of alcohol... yes I do save them all up and have them in one go... JK I don't!!!
"The Lady Doth Protest Too Much MeThinks".......

 Eating the usual Low Carb stuff. Eggs for brekkie,  prawn or chicken & bacon salads for lunch- and meat with 2 veg  for dinner. Sugar free jelly or apple for dessert- Snacking on small amounts nuts and cheese throughout the day... am doing ok.. although as the night is going on I would run away with anyone for a slice of toast....



Today was with Lucie. She informed me we were going to do upper body session again today. I died a little inside (",) I was still so sore from Monday.. Every action  that involves moving my arms I debate do I really NEED to do it. I went to work today with messy hair after lifting the brush up to my head once tand yelping I thought  feck it.. Going to be in the office all day- with no reps calling no one is going to see me. IF the soap dispenser in the toilets were six inches higher I probably wouldn't  have bothered with soap all day.. thats how sore I was. Yes I am a classy bird.

We did a repeat of Mondays upper body then moved on to some free weights which I had never done before. When the words "now this set requires a bit of co-ordination"  came out of her mouth I knew I was in trouble...  I wish I was of those pretty little dainty women pottering around the gym (with full make up on-WTF is that about?) that seem to do everything with ease and without even breaking a sweat but alas I am not small, dainty or Co-ordinated- I have talents. I know I do but  none of the ones that are required to glide around a gym. So after the initial imagining the differerent things that could happen involving- me, packed gym and free weights- I gave it a go.. only nearly hit the guy in the gob that was behind me once... Lucie had great patience- didnt get mad at me once just smiled and said " bring it out to the side Sue not behind you"...  got it in the end.. kinda ...CRINGE!  I am going to be saying that a lot- its part of my vocabulary at this stage.. I am always just doing or saying the most stupid things when I am nervous or in front of people I don't know very well.. Today one of the other trainers which I am sure I have ever only said hello to once or twice passed and said " Howya getting on?" to which I replied "Great! You don't have a slice of bread on ya do ya?" Yes cringe. Maybe I have tourettes? but not the one that you tic curse words..  oh noooooo...I tic like I think Im a fecking stand up comedian... a bad one at that...

D2

Felt a little apprehensive/nervous today again wondering "who I was gonna have" ... You know that going into an exam without having studied feeling. I guess  its going to be like that untill I make my way through all the trainers and get to know their style,what they are going to make me do and how hard they are gonna make me work..

I had Ewa today.  Great  Lower Body session. Its was actually nice  for a change to have a woman train you. (That actually sounds a little sexist but its MY blog and I make the rules!) I was so used to the boys doing the BLT  (if you are a member you have to try it) classes over the last few months. Not that I prefer  women it was just a nice change- To be chatting about make up and boys etc... ya right - only conversation going on consisted of "Sheeze Ewa are you trying to break me"- ok so that never happened either.

Like yesterday I loved learning how to use new machines.Ones I used to stare at while pounding the treadmill thinking how complicated do they look- You know the ones that look like snazzed up versions of torture machines that 90% of the women in the gym never touch.

Still sore from yesterdays upper body and I presume going to be sore from todays  lower which is making me wonder which part of my body is left for them to work on tomorrow....




You can't lose weight by talking about it.  You have to keep your mouth shut.  ~Author Unknown

Day 1 in the No Carb House...

Started the diet today- There is no perfect day to start but seriously did it have to be the day after Cork won the All Ireland? I had to have a glass of vino or three to celebrate last night... I get the munchies big time the day after having a few but alas did not get any cravings today- Day 3 apparently is the toughest... so I better not get too confident just yet (",)

My first 30 minute intensive weight session was today with Chris. I was really nervous! Afraid I wasn't going to be fit enough, pan out or fall off a machine which totally would be down my street. It couldn't have gone better. Todays session was focusing on the upper body. It was tough but rewarding and Chris fell in helping with the weights when he thought I was under pressure and pushed me when he thought I could manage by myself.

On leaving the gym the muscles in my arms were shaking due to the workout or maybe the  shock of  them actually being used for the first time in months- so the drive home was fun. Found it extremely hard to turn the wheel of the car I felt like I had no power steering and don't even get me started on the effort it took to change gear... in my head I was giggling thinking where is Chris to fall in and help me now...

Tomorrow is an upper body session. Not sure who is doing the training but I guess that makes it interesting...

The assessment...

Well today is the assessment day at 7pm. Lucie from Planet Health Club emailed me with a few requirments to make sure the body fat analysis is accurate. No Excercise or Alcohol 24 hrs before the test. No Eating or Drinking after 2 today- Gulp.. Im gonna have to wear my Gremlin/Mogwai/Gizmo rules Tshirt to make sure no one feeds me or gets me wet.

Who Ate All the Pies?

I did! Woo Hoo! Just back from a 2 week pie eating contest in Florida. Okay it was technically called a "Holiday" but it felt like a pie eating competion to me! Seriously someone has to tell those peeps to stop adding sugar to everything!
Have to keep reminding myself to stop going off the subject- I have the attention span of a goldfish sometimes...
I am on the count down to the 12 week course in Planet Health Club-
http://www.planetleisure.ie/inspirationaspx.aspx
Starting Monday but have an apointment this Thursday for weigh in etc... oh please God don't let the scales say one at a time please (",)