Train insane or remain the same - Cassey Ho

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Monday was another crazy day as I headed to the US Consulate for my Visa Interview.  I'm so excited that my Visa has been approved and I've been granted a 10 year multiple entry.  With two daughters in the USA its a relief to know that if I need to get there for any life events my biggest concern will be the airticket, not a Visa.  One of my goals, besides earning Vitality points for losing weight through my Weigh Less Programme (and a reduced membership fee) is that I'd really like to look healthier for my daughters wedding in January that I'm going to be attending.

So yesterday, although I did not eat all that I am expected to eat on my plan, and my timing was all off and where I'd usually have stopped at a garage on the way home for a quick snack, I instead kept control and ate a pack of muesli (dry oats are not the easiest to eat ... lol) on my way home and finished off my first half litre of water.  My boys gym on a Monday and Wednesday evening and since I did not go to gym yesterday morning, I decided to join them.  I did the Weight Loss walk on the treadmill and some legs. 

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I am glad that I love water and have since I was a girl, its just the retraining of the brain to remember to grab it before you reach for the kettle to make coffee.  So yesterday I actually consumed more than what I'm told I should and knocked back 2.5 liters.  I'm working on being more conscious about the amount of water I'm drinking.  With it being Summer here in the Southern Hemisphere its also easier to reach for the water.

As I looked at my blog this morning, I noticed a new post by Cassey over at Blogilates, so hopped on over there and noticed the Love Handle Hysteria workout under the weeks videos.  So I had a look and decided to join in ... oh boy, although I could not do as many of each of the exercises that Cassey did, I gave it a good go.

While doing the routine, I decided to check out a few of her other routines and decided on the following as my weeks workouts (preparation in life is key) (I'm linking to the workouts so that I won't waste time trying to find them)

Monday : Treadmill and three other leg machines at the gym

Tuesday :  Morning Love Handle Hysteria | Evening : Walk the dog with Schatz & Ab workout

Wednesday :  Morning : Treadmill and Elliptical Machine | Evening : Bikini Blaster 1 Workout

Thursday : Morning :  Bikini Blaster 2 : Sexy Legs | Evening : Walk the dog with Schatz

Friday : Morning : Treadmill and Elliptical Machine | Evening : Bikini Blaster 3 : Abs Abs Abs

Saturday : Bikini Blaster 4 for Awesomesauce Arms

Sunday : Morning : Possibly laps at the gym pool | Evening : Muffin top Massacre

What have you planned for the week?  Getting a little more active?  Eating a little healthier?  Cutting back on a bit of the sugar?

Do it for you first, not for them.

Monday Motivation : The problem is not ...

Launching into another week

Just like that we're on the threshold of another new week.  My household members were complaining on Friday that it should only have been Wednesday.  The week really flew by in a hurry and what a busy week it was.

I only managed to get to gym on Wednesday, so this week I need to get back into the rhythm and my intentions are to do a few more Blogilate workouts.  I've been far more conscious and committed this week to my eating planning and am trusting that the scale will show some movement.  Two more days and we'll know for sure.

Tomorrow I'm off to the US Consulate for my Visa Interview and much prepare my breakfast and snack this evening as I'll be heading out early to avoid the Monday traffic.

I also need to spend a little time planning the meals.  My Schatz enjoyed the Weigh Less Meatballs I made and is keen on having them again, so that's one meal I will make and I would like to try another Weigh Less Meal.

So, off to do some planning, printing for my Interview and get geared for the week.  Hope you've planned your meals and your week.

Let me know how you're doing.

Healthy influences happy ... be happy!

Wednesday Weigh In - Not a good one

This is how it went :

Weight today :  79.2 kgs

Gain of 100g over the last week

Well, I did not get off to a good start and am not at all surprised by the 100 grams gain, and its all my own fault and a case of bad planning and some serious craziness that's gone on - like a visit to UIF on Friday morning where I forgot my snack and water behind, spending Monday morning having my son having his arm xrayed and finding he'd fractured it and all that without breakfast or snack and then rushing yesterday to try and secure an earlier interview date at the US Embassy - shew - poor excuses, but they do influence the days rhythm anyway.

I now have a goal to work towards as well and the goal is that my ex in-laws are paying for me to fly to the USA to attend my daughters wedding and I'd like to look better, leaner and fitter by the end of December - that gives me two months to get 'down 'n dirty'!  She moved the date from 9th November to January when her Dad told her that this was happening. 

I'm going to be planning my meals for the next week and am working towards doing a few more blogilate workouts and to keep hitting the gym.

A little disappointed because I did not prepare well, but as I said, not surprised, but happy it wasn't more.

So friend, how's your week going? 

Monday Motivation : No more - No more

Weigh-Less Frikkadels

When my sister rejoined Weigh-Less she had two new cookbooks that she had bought at her meeting which had some mighty fine recipes in them, so I asked her to buy them for me, which she kindly did.  This week, I needed some inspiration and took a peep at the Dinner one and found a recipe for 'meatballs' or as they were better know in the old South Africa, Frikkadels (you got to say that with an Afrikaans accent though).

So I bought all the ingredients, did the preparation before lunchtime, popped them in the fridge as per the instructions and then finished them off later in the afternoon.  I did add a few extra herbs to the recipe and also made a 1kg batch as I have no idea what I'd do with a spare 250g of mince.

I'm not the best meatball maker but Moms meatballs are famous and in demand in our family and I felt a little apprehensive going into this whole frikkadel making event ... but, the men in my household loved them.  Schatz who when I handed him his dinner plate told me he didn't think he'd finish half of his plate as he'd only eaten his lunch at around 15:30, ended up having seconds.  The boys raved and I'm just happy I've found a recipe that works.

I made them all meatballs sandwiches with some of the left overs for work and school today ... its worth trying this recipe.

Frikkadels

1 Serve = 1 Veg + 1 ½ Protein

Serves 8 – Suitable for members on all Steps

Prep time : 10 min

Cooking time : 40 min

200g tomato

200g onion

20ml Weigh-Less Extra Virgin Olive Oil

750g lean beef mince

40g rolled oats, raw

100ml Ultramel Skim Milk

25ml brown vinegar

½ sachet Knorr Cup-a-Soup Lite, Spicy Tomato

Weigh-Less Non-Stick Spray

salt and pepper

Remove the stem core from the tomatoes and score the bottom with a sharp knife. Plunge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for 30 seconds, remove from water and peel off skins. Roughly chop the tomatoes and onions and fry in the oil until translucent. Mix with the remaining ingredients and leave to chill in fridge for 1 hour. Remove from fridge and break into 16 even sized pieces. Roll into balls and brown in a pan that has been coated with non-stick spray. Once browned, place on a tray and bake in a 180°C oven for 30 minutes or cooked through. Serve.

Weigh In Wednesday : 23 October 2013

Well ... I got on anyway this morning and it almost did  make me cry, but I have been weighing myself regularly, so it wasn't a big shock.  The only difference is that I weigh myself first thing in the morning in my birth suit, whereas this morning I was weighed with my clothing on - maybe I'm just mentioning this to make myself feel better?  But today, almost two years later and months of telling myself I should get back on the bandwagon, I went back to Weigh-Less.

Another motivator is that I earn Vitality points as well and I'm almost at the next level where I earn more discounts at Clicks and Dischem.

After the weigh in, I headed to gym and hit the treadmill for a good 15 minutes fatburn session of the treadmill.  As I was leaving, the owner of the gym pointed me to the work out room - oh no way sir, but he did ask if I've ever had an assessment and I don't remember doing it, but he convinced me to book in for one on Friday morning - and no coffee beforehand ... yikes.

THE STATS :

Height   :  1.63cm (I've lost another 3cms of height and that's worrying to me)

Weight  :   80.1kgs (I have never ever in my entire life, including pregnancies, weighed this much)

My first meal on the new plan was my breakfast which was 100ml low fat yoghurt and 25g of Weigh-less Fruit Muesli.

So, now that the worst part of the day is over - let me ask you, how's your day going?