Mel's week 5 Do Life challenge post.

It has been a good week work out wise. And even my running has been on track!


But now for my submission.

1 Month Goals:

·       Eat well - cut down on processed foods

·       Lose 8 kg

·       Exercise at least 4 times a week

·       Drink at least 2 litres of water

·       5k in  40 mins

How did I go???:

·       Eat well - cut down on processed foods: Mostly a success. I have opted for a healthy frozen meals instead of Fast Food on days I have been at work all day. So that is a Win! Generally my food choices have been great!

·       Lose 8 kg - I have lost 6kg ( 13lbs). So perhaps I was a little Ambitious but I am happy with my results.

·       Exercise at least 4 times a week:  Most weeks It has easily been 4-6 times a week. So Im thrilled with this!

·       Drink at least 2 litres of water: Judging by the overwhelming need to pee a million times a day..This has been a success too!

·       5k in 40 mins: Yep and yep! Both on the road and In the fun run. Im currently doing c25k and did 4.3k in 34 mins today. So Im well and truly on track there!

Push ups:43 

Best plank effort was :1 minute 8 seconds.

My New goals:

• Continue to eat well and track my food.
• Lose 6 kg this month. 
• Continue the C25k running program!
• Run 5k in less than 35 minutes. 
• Cook some more fun and healthy meals for the family.

Push up goal: 60
Plank goal:1 min 20 sec.

I didn't send my Buddy a workout. But At the gym today we did shake things up a bit. I had us doing 2 x 20 crunches with a medicine ball ( with a person standing on the feet) and rotate out with our friend Kelly.  One of us Crunched whilst the other Did Jumping Jacks x 20 and Push ups x10 and repeat.  We switched out till all of us had done each station.  


Jumping Jacks this week, I managed 150 - will try To squeeze in some more this afternoon to finish them up! 


Really enjoying thee challenges so far!!

My activity for the week was:

Monday: Serious housework 120 mins
Tuesday: Light and Lo - 70 mins
Wednesday: Run 34 mins  4.03 k
Thursday: rest Day
Friday: Run 34 mins and 4.07 k , bike 9:33 4:16 km and 35 mins of Weights. 
Saturday :worked all day - rest day.  
Sunday: Run 34 Mins running -4.3 k, 45 mins Strength and weights.

 
= 381.5 mins of exercise this week!

Week three- Mel/Sunshine

1. Policeman/woman in your town wearing a Do Life shirt (2 points) or holding a homemade Do Life sign (1 point).
2. You sitting on or standing next to a tricycle with a racing bib on. In public. Bonus points for helmet and sunglasses.
3. Statue in your town wearing Do Life shirt (2 points) or wearing a Do Life sign around its neck (1 point).
4. Ballerina pose during your next workout. 

1. The biggest chalk Do Life logo you can make. Outdoor basketball court? 

Doing Life at work!

1. Screenshot of your longest walk/run of the week. (http://mapmyrun.com in case you don't know how to map a run yet. Or any other mapping/GPS device.)

1. You holding your biggest excuse on a piece of paper while defeating the excuse.
2. You holding the DVD of AIR FORCE ONE starring HARRISON FORD the BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME. Bonus point for your best Harrison Ford face. GET OFF MY PLANE.
3. You in grocery store holding a pineapple and a watermelon. At the same time.
   

I have a lovely bunch of.....

1. Your super healthy grocery list. 

MMm healthy.

 7.You ignoring a warning sign.

Please do not touch the Tv.....WHOOPS!

1. You holding a "Team Edward" or "Team Jacob" sign at the local library.
2. You with 80+year-old. Both giving the peace sign.
3. $18.87 in change. 

Mixed Aus/Canadian $18.71

1. Picture of a homemade smoothie. Your hand must be in front of it giving a thumbs up.
2. Recreate a famous picture/painting.
3. You wearing seven shirts.
4. You with as many other people holding Do Life signs. One point for every two people. 16 people = eight points. 100 people = 50 points. 
5. You wrapped in Christmas lights. And them turned on. I'm sorry. I know you JUST put them away.
6. You in plank or pushup position. Outdoors. 
7. Picture of you finishing your toughest workout of the week. Or a re-enactment of your reaction upon finishing. 

Sunday at the gym is hard work!

1. Do Life Dog. (open to interpretation.)
2. You at the most famous location in your town. Wearing Do Life shirt (2 points) holding Do Life sign (one point). 
3. You with an apple on your head with an arrow through it.
4. You pointing to your city in an actual atlas.

1. You in a music store rocking out. 
2. Do Life Cat. (open to interpretation.)
3. You wearing your favorite sport's team's gear. Double peace sign.

Go the NTH QLD  COWBOYS!!!

1. You holding a sign with how many minutes you worked out this week.
2.  

1. You with someone named Richard. If your name is Richard, you with someone named Lauren. No cheating! ("they won't know his name is actually Bob...")
2. You sitting in bleachers cheering on a game that's not being played. 
3. A homemade painting of your biggest goal. No deductions for lack of painting skillz. 
4. A lawyer's business card. Five bonus points if the lawyer's name is Larry.
5. You standing beside a Ferrari.

My Son's red Ferrari!

1. Picture of you on a treadmill. (2 points if the time is 30+ minutes and you appear to have actually done the 30 minutes.)

32 minutess In the bag.

1. You. In a boat.
2. You on the top floor of a building. 
3. You high-fiving the grocery store cashier

1. You in a top-hat. 
2. You running in a top-hat.

And that was all I got done. Damn work got in the way!

When you gotta run....

You gotta run, Baby!! I ran Solo tonight, with Sa unfortunately out with a bad case of allergies. So since I was solo I thought it would be a good chance to push myself to see just how I would go. I am Very VERY happy with it, even if I did feel like my head was gonna explode!!!  I think my brains iht have fried just a little bit. :P

A great time for me, not my fastest, but still not bad! My usual route - 38min 46 seconds.

Sweaty Sweaty mess!

Im pretty happy with that!! And I seemed to have figured out my hip issue too. I think I am not striding right when I run. I think I kind of pull short on the left leg. I made a point of extending my stride and it felt better. So I might work on that.

I know that this is not the kind of running that I can do all the time. Im just not fit enough yet. But I will be. Mark my words.

1 Month Goals:

·       Eat well - cut down on processed foods

·       Lose 8 kg

·       Exercise at least 4 times a week

·       Drink at least 2 litres of water

·       5k in  40 mins        - DONE!!!

And the total is............!!!!!!

After a week of a low Carb, high protein diet. Exercising our bums off and challenging ourselves with early morning and night time runs, Sa and I weighed in this morning. And we both had FANTASTIC losses over the week. YAY us!!

And the stats are:

Mel: Starting weight: 93.6kg
Weigh in today: .......90.4kg
= 3.2 kg loss!!!! ( 7 lbs)

Sa: Starting Weight: 90kg
weigh in today:......87.1kg
= 2.9kg loss!!!! (6.5 lbs)

We are off to a great start for our new year!!! We are both so thrilled at our results. *Happy Dance*

Now I forgot to post up my Self portrait yesterday Morning so here it is!

Mel - week one

Meh, well there it is.  But I can see that I am less bloated and My skin look great. So that is the positive spin I am putting on it today! :)
No exercise for me today, I gave blood this morning and Im not allowed strenuous exercise for 24hrs. Which is Ok, cause that means I can still Do my class tomorrow Morning!! WOOT!


Till next time people!

2012 - Are you ready?

So as Sa has posted below...tomorrow is the new beginning of our healthy lifestyle change! We are both super excited to get going and to move and watch the excess Baggage fall off!!! We gonna be fitter, healthier, Happier and HOT in 2012!!! Tomorrow will see us drop most carbs for 6 days ( usually we do 7 but I have a social event next Sunday that will not work out), weigh in and do measurements so we can see the changes in our bodies over the coming weeks. we are also participation in the "Do Life 12 week Challenge " which we are both really excited to be a part of too! it will be fun to see what the next 12 weeks will bring for us!!!

SO... tomorrow will also see new before Photos..They will be up here of course...it is all about accountability people!!  Im super keen, Sa is too... stay tunes fans, This is gonna be one hell of  ride!!!

 Always remember!! 

Getting back on the horse.

So we have had so many set backs over the last few months. But 5 days Ago I got back on the horse and have been riding full steam at it. Eating well ( rode my bike to work a few times even) and gyming it twice in two days even! Now Im planing to Get back to blogging regular like. I need support and accountability. This blog is gonna be it. Im turning *cough cough mumble mumble* 30....*cough cough* in November, So I want to be looking more like me. I dont feel like me right now. I have gained back just over 20kg of the weight I lost back in 2009 (53kg). I feel frumpy and unhealthy. So Starting now( well 5 days ago) Im on the wagon. Back on the path to me. ( Im full of bad cliche's tonight) Im bring Sa along for the ride again. She has struggled recently, but we are both focused and on track to get our groove back.

Anyhow, I went over a heap of posts on my favourite blog last night (Ben Does Life) and watched some of his earlier clips of his journey to Do Life. And Im feeling full of inspiration. Had a few laughs at His Hijinx On the road recently (Great Lipsyncing action) and got some motivation up my sleaves. He has inspired me to attempt to run again. this is something I really want to be able to do. In fact it was one of the reasons I started this blog in the first place. I was doing C25K and got up to week 4 before I fell off. so Im hoping to gain some fitness back and attempt it again soon. I have been able to jog a little on the treadmil at the gym so Im not completely unable to do it. Im planing to keep at it. I WILL run 5k before this year is out. I promise.

Till Next blog.

Do Life.

Its been awhile since I posted.. We had a natural disaster . Cyclone Yasi came by to mess us up. We Survived...a Little windblown up but we're still good! Now back to our regular scheduled programming...

Doing life.  Im doing it... For a long time life was doing me. But In the last 2 and a half years I have done a lot to change so much about my life. I lost weight...Thus bettering my health, my chances to live a longer more productive life. I have put myself back out in the work force ,I am studying and generally doing things that I love doing. What more could I want right??

• I WANT a job that I love and I am passionate about.
• I WANT to be able to live comfortably,to help provide for my family. (See want one)
• I WANT to be happy and Content knowing that I have given Life my very best shot. ( In progress)
• I WANT to travel and experience new places and all that they offer.( One can dream right?)
• I WANT  my kids to be healthy and happy. ( Work in progress ;) )
• I WANT to be able to run 5 K ( working on it)
• I WANT  to be debt free. ( See Want one again)

Is that really too much to ask???  So Life... Its On.... IM coming after you!

Not so Sincerely...