the one about science and mathematics

Thursday March 14 2013

 

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i deserve to put on weight this week… i deserve it with the way i’ve been behaving, all that deep fried delicious nonsense. put on weight, make that my punishment… make me feel better, vindicated, naughty, an i told you so for that three day derailment. 

who am I kidding? Science and Biology don’t care about my feelings, nor do they really know what I deserve. The cold truth is to them, its just about the numbers… energy in, energy out. nutrients in, nutrients out.

maybe thats the key – maybe that is it all along. I’ve been personifying, attaching feelings to mathematics and punishment by degrees of bad food that runs past my mouth. when i betray all that i know, all that i practised – it only makes sense.

only, it no longer makes sense. it is this simple – the maths needs to add up. the science needs to be complete. the equation balanced – if i want my body to run at its optimum, then i need to treat it properly. so simple.

 

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the one about the disaster of week four

Sunday March 10 2013

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Week Four was not a kind week to me… or rather I wasn’t kind to it. We got to Wednesday and with complications with the Bentlee Dog, being sick and tired, I carried that sick and tired over to everything I had been working on and began to sabotage.

 

First it was, well, I’m still under my calorie limit so it’s fine. Then it was, I’m not under but I exercised today so it’s definitely fine. Finally it got to, I don’t give a shit! I want this I’m eating it!!! I found it interesting to think that I could go on holidays and be all sorts of awesome, yet come back a week later and have it all fall apart.

 

So there are a few things wrong here – most obviously falling back into old habits, all or nothing thinking and rebellious behavior! The fact I can barely lift my arms to read my book tells me that I am working hard in the gym, the disgusting gut feeling and bloating tells me that I made some bad choices. All of it adds up to things though, that are certainly within my control and power to change.

 

That’s really the thing isn’t it – it would be easy to give up and go yeah it was awesome, I lost some weight, I’m fit and I’m cool… but doing that 1/3 of the way through is NOT COOL. It isn’t giving any habits a chance to change once the newness wears off. It isn’t giving my body or my mind a chance to challenge and change the way things have always been.

 

Heading into a new week , we have the fridge stocked up. We have the meal plans ready… and one meal, one snack at a time we will get back on track.

 

Onwards and Updwards.

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the one where we talk about the first weigh in

Friday February 22 2013

Weigh in day is Wednesday… they make me nervous, very very nervous. This particular Wednesday I happened to be in a car road tripping the 12 hours down to Phillip Island for what could potentially be a red flag week of holiday time. Potentially.

I’m not sure I can adequately convey how difficult it is to sit in a car on a road trip and not pig out on the fun size chocolate bars, minties and other sugary lolly goodness that characterises any car adventure. VEWWWWY DIFFICULT PEOPLES!

I did try this for the first time:

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Pomegrante things. I’m not sure if I am a fan – I wasn’t expecting them to be crunchy! But, in hindsight, they are seeds, so you know, crunch. I think that above photo characterises much of the past ten days of this 12WBT challenge – the trying of all things new. The majority of the time I am very pleasantly surprised, which is nice, obviously. The other small percentage of the time, I just need to learn some new tricks – the forum is fan-boody-tastic for that. There really is nothing like community and encouragement.

So. The results of the first ten days?

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I’m pleasantly surprised…. that is a pretty decent effort. It also makes me cringe – I know the last 5kg to goal is going to be really really really really times a hundred, tough. i’m heading into weights that I haven’t ever seen – well, I mean, in times that I realised there were such things as bathroom scales and body weight was important. It’s both exciting, and horrible. Today, I’m leaning more on the exciting part. Tomorrow, might be a different story.

It drives home, to me, that it is SO much more than the number that appears – and also that it really is 80% food, 20%exercise. Not to mention a heck of a lot of planning. Lucky I like the planning bit, the execution bit is where it falls apart. So the next two weeks is all about focusing on things I couldn’t do before – that stretch that seems all too hard, those weight moves that I can’t even do three reps of, that extra lap of running on the beach in the afternoon while I am near a beach…

I think I want that to be a summary of my attitude: reaching new heights, taking on new challenges, trying new things.

It’s like Daft Punk said: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

< linking in with Grace for FYBF and Jenn for Fitness Friday – because without community, I also tend to fall over >

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the one where we explore the first six weeks of (almost) no sugar

Monday December 3 2012

I can’t believe it was almost six weeks ago that I announced to you that I was QUITTING SUGAR! Whaaaaaaaat!

In a nutshell, I have realised that when I focus I do really well and it’s not so hard. When I do not focus, then I eat neenish tarts and caramel sundaes and realise halfway through that I’m not really meant to be eating either. Summary: I am human.

I am surprised though, at how relatively easy it has been. I am someone who doesn’t mind getting into a general food routine though, so if I find I am on to a good thing I tend to not stray too much. It’s also a little bit contagious, with Adam cutting down substantial amounts, and dealing with the aftermath of his body recalibrating. Once you move through the first two weeks and start reintroducing low fructose fruits though, it is really good. I have found a lot more energy, clearer focus and generally just feeling a lot better and less bloated. It’s hard to describe the feeling of just working better, I suppose if you buy the expensive petrol for your car and you just know the engine is running smoother that would be what I am trying to get at.

The most common question I am asked is what exactly do I eat? My low fructose day looks somewhat like this:

  • Natural Yoghurt with GF Muesli
  • Cheese Popcorn
  • Wrap with loads of lettuce, capsicum, full fat grated cheese, natural yoghurt herb dressing
  • Choc Nut balls
  • pumpkin feta patties with rice or warm chicken salad with lots of greens
  • almond butter bark or frozen yoghurt pop
I’ve been exploring low sugar cookbooks and have found that various barks are fantastic, as are the choc nut balls which look like chocolate and have me warning people, no don’t eat one, too healthy for you! I guess thats the crux of it all sometimes, in life you just have to experiment and explore. The muffins and stuff still taste a little strange to me – which I guess they would as I wasn’t much of a muffin person before anyway!

A very lovely awesome surprise that came a few weeks ago was a gift box of Chobani yoghurt. And by surprise I mean it got the whole office talking and everyone I work with now know that I have a thing called a blog, and that when a gift box is delivered it is a free for all for them all to try. Once I got their filthy mitts off MY goodies, and my family snipered the rest, I popped out to purchase some more to play with. I’ve generally not used natural, or greek yoghurt before (hello, no sugar, low sugar… what?!) so I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was delicious. I have so far made everything from salad dressings to frozen blueberry pops… versatile and delicious who would have thought.

* to clear any assumptions that may be happening right now, I was gifted a lovely hamper by Chobani, because they are so many shades of awesome. Not because I was expected to in any way blog or talk about it. And trust me, if it really totally sucked you wouldn’t be hearing about it, because gifts are gifts and nothing can buy me out… unless you are buying me an aston martin and adam a bentley, in which case you can have my soul too and then we can sell one and buy a house and live happily every after. That aside,  I’m too direct to start bullshitting you – if you follow me on twitter you would know what I mean! * 

Anyway, the general consensus is, that once you get used to reading food labels and remain focused and aware, then it is fairly easy to vastly cut down your consumption and reliance on sugar. My biggest goal is to move towards foods that don’t require a food label to decipher for more meals than not. And i like that, I appreciate moving slowly and not being tied to an all or nothing attitude.

As for christmas… yeah, haven’t even thought about that one yet. Will get back to you in a few weeks Wink

have you joined the killer community on Facebook yet? go join in here so you don’t miss out on the fun… right here, right now, right here, right now, right here, right now *coughs* yep i’m good. 

and if you also hadn’t noticed, it’s TUESDAY! YAAAAY! So, because I (always) Blog On Tuesdays, go and share some love around, leave a comment, drop a line, link back, post up – it’s just too many shades of awesome to even start to comprehend. *fist pumps* 

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