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Well here I am about to share my journey with you all and in fact

this is my first journal ever.So here goes.................

A year ago I actually saw myself,really saw myself and my god it was not a nice sight.I guess it was to be expected 2 kids and not making time for me and just eating crap!

So something had to be done.So I saw an article in a magazine and if you won the 3month challenge you would be in to get the chance to win the year one which meant a free trip.What more did I need to motivate me.Homesick from my twin sister living in a new country,feeling totally lost I decided this was for me.

Long story short I did it...I really did I went hard and got results.However huge lesson to me,I have manged to stay at a size 10 and keep the workouts up BUT it really is about life style change and well my eating lets say is a little naughty hence my body needing another overhaul.

So here I am and with hopefully a new workout programme and this great forum and support I'm on the road to change.

My programme will be as follows...hmm unless I find I can improve it however for now this is it :-)

Mon - Chest/triceps

Tues- Cardio (RPM)

Wed- Back/biceps

Thurs- Cardio(RPM)

Friday-Legs-Shoulders/abs

Sunday-Body pump or Rpm depending

(Not totally sure what equitment or free weight exercises I will do as yet? )

So it begins................

Today is Tuesday and although my new challenge was meant to start on Monday it has not stopped me to continue with just as much energy, no time to get down about missing a day especially since life is full of surprises and no doubt there will be days where I can't do what I have planned.

7.30am-Thought I had better put some fuel in my body rather then just the cup of coffee I had had earlier. So a Protein shake it was with trim milk and banana and I even braved putting oats in it...umm not sure if I liked it or not ? If I do have it next time I will for sure make it earlier and put it in the fridge to cool (the oats made the shake warm due to me soaking them in hot water to soften them).I think it was the warm oats that made it taste strange? Perhaps crunchy oats would be a nicer texture?

9.00am- Went to RPM and did not go to bad...some days are better then others, today I rode 18kms so that was good achievement...still find my legs do get tight and tired in RPM.

The best bit of RPM I like is the interval training where you have to put your gears up real high and then stand and climb the hill and then sit down and continue on that high gear...it's sooo hard but I like it more then

just hard out going fast on a the flat( no hill climbing) I actually find that harder.

At 10.30ish am .I had some almonds and cashew nuts.

11.00 pm Still hungry I decided that a protein shake was needed so had one with trim milk.

1.00pm ---Small tin of mango tuna and salad and WATER (I must remember to drink).

1.30pm-went for a walk with my wee girl and my dog.

2.45- cottage cheese on crackers (4 wholemeal crackers).WATER

5ish -Roast lamb on drumstick and pumpkin,spinach,broccoli,carrots

7pm Protein shake with trim milk

One day gone and a step closer to my goal...bring on tomorrow!!!

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Yay for a new girl journal! No offense to the boys, but their weights are just so ridiculously high that I find it hard to fathom their journals! Girl journals are more on my girlie level :lol:

9.00am- Went to RPM and did not go to bad...some days are better then others, today I rode 18kms so that was good achievement...still find my legs do get tight and tired in RPM.

Do you have some flash little gizmo that measures your kilometres? TFB does spin classes too and often mentions how many calories he's burnt during a class - so how do you guys know these magical things? And where do you get these gizmos??

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9.00am- Went to RPM and did not go to bad...some days are better then others, today I rode 18kms so that was good achievement...still find my legs do get tight and tired in RPM.

Do you have some flash little gizmo that measures your kilometres? TFB does spin classes too and often mentions how many calories he's burnt during a class - so how do you guys know these magical things? And where do you get these gizmos??

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9.00am- Went to RPM and did not go to bad...some days are better then others, today I rode 18kms so that was good achievement...still find my legs do get tight and tired in RPM.

Do you have some flash little gizmo that measures your kilometres? TFB does spin classes too and often mentions how many calories he's burnt during a class - so how do you guys know these magical things? And where do you get these gizmos??

Yer at the gym I belong to the spin bikes we have show how many calories you burn however the instructor said you can double what they say ...and then we have "trip"..which means distance we traveled and the gears you are on and umm whats the other thing called ? Not sure but for example the instructor will say I want you to ride fast and be at 130, Rpm's I think it is..sorry hope that makes sense.

It's cool to know the distance but it really shows how hard it is to top it LOL..Plus if the instructor is late you get to add a few km's easy haha

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Ok so that will teach me for trying to be too organised and writing in my journal my dinner plan before I have actually made it...the lamb looks oh so good we have one each and it's on the bone however perhaps a wee bit to much fat on it then I thought :doh: so I will be good and cut it off the bone and dodge it LOL.

Note to self...no more lamb on the bone!!!

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Agrr feeling tired this morning but not sure why?

Was going to start my day with the oats and protein BUT we only have a wee bit of milk! So I'll have to have something else?

Off to the gym today to work the back/biceps...not sure on what exactly I am going to do LOL .

Today I have no kids yay so I am going to make the time to sit down and do a menu..it's dinners I find the hardest so I'll use the posting on this site and google some good healthy meals.

It's now 6.18am yup my kids love to wake early in fact 5.45 to 6.00 am is normal!

Off to have breaky perhaps eggs on toast? are eggs ok or do I need to only eat the white? (I hate wasting the yolk LOL feels like such a waste).

Right where's that coffee \:D/

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Success !! yummy the kids even liked them we had a tiny bit of maple syrup on them...apart from honey(which over here in WA isn't that great) and maple syrup what else could you use?

Yum! Maybe you could try natural peanut butter or low fat/sugar yogurt.

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Success !! yummy the kids even liked them we had a tiny bit of maple syrup on them...apart from honey(which over here in WA isn't that great) and maple syrup what else could you use?

If your blending the mix (which I do) I throw a whole Banana in with it - adds heaps of flavour (provided it fits in with your nutritional profile).

Also, a bit of kiwifruit on top is good!

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Day 2 and its been a good one.

Got to the gym at about 10am and did my back and biceps.

At first I was a bit lost as to what to do.I must say It felt like I was cheating only being there for eight exercises LOL normally with the full body I used to do It would take forever!

Also found today that my fore arms hurt real bad :cry:

Here's what I did (oh I'm not great at recording my weight I just try and go up on weight on the last set,however will start taking note).

BACK

Seated row.(least I think it's called this? I sat down put my feet at the bottom and pulled the cable towards me)

3x12

Pull up machine

3x10 to 12

Bent over row.(I laid on an angle pad and lent over and lifted a bar that had two places to hold)..sorry dunno what they call it but it's like doing a bent over row.

BICEPS

only done two exercise cause I had no idea what another was and I looked for someone to help me but as usual no one was there :(

Bicep curl

With machine but the machine using plate weights(you just stick them on yourself).

3x10 went to 5kg on last set.Can't believe only 5kg I have nice size biceps and sometimes it amazes me as to why haha must be my makeup!

Curly bar curl

3x12 ..I again can only do 2.5kg on each side however with saying that it's not my biceps that fail me it's my forearms? Man I need to sort that out!

So that was me.

Food wise I'm having a great day too..found some awesome recipes which I will share and so far all good!!!!

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Curly bar curl

3x12 ..I again can only do 2.5kg on each side however with saying that it's not my biceps that fail me it's my forearms? Man I need to sort that out!

Hehe, I like 'curly bar'! It's called an EZ bar, but I think I like curly bar better - makes more sense! I wouldn't be worried about 'only' doing 2.5 on each side - I can barely do much more, and it's only been recently I've gone up a bit.

With your forearms, maybe try try a looser grip on the bar? I remember my old pump instructors always used to say that if we were getting sore forearms it was probably from gripping too hard and doing the work with the forearms rather than with the bicep. Try that, and try focusing on your bicep muscle when you lift and make sure that you're feeling it in the bicep and nowhere else.

As for not doing many excercises - it's all good. A lot of the time I only have time for 3 exercises for each muscle group, or 3 for one and 2 for another, with doing 3 sets of 12 or 4 sets of 8. Just make sure you're working hard in the exercises that you do, and you should feel it the next day - then you'll know you've worked!

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