GOAL

My original goal weight was 65kg. This week I weighed in at 64.2kg! That makes 17.1kg since beginning this journey less than six months ago ... and what next? Keep going, follow the program, maybe after the half-marathon in August focus more on strength rather than cardio.

Weigh-in day

1kg down this week. That brings me within 1.6kg of my initial goal. Eeep!! Today I bought a size 10 bikini online, really hoping that fits me for my progress shots because the two-piece I've been wearing since the start, is way too big and has GONE!

Miss Almost-three woke me a few times in the night, so I didn't manage to get up for my run, BUT my partner finished work earlier than usual and came with us to soccer training this evening, so I managed to squeeze in a 5km run around the park where the kids train. 442 cals ... add in the walk to and from work this morning & the ab exercises I'm going to do tonight, and that's ok.

Tomorrow: weights. Friday: to the gym for the first time in ages, hopefully work is quiet and I get out early so I have plenty of time before school pick-up.

Weigh-in Wednesday

No change this week.

I am disappointed but not surprised. I have fallen off the wagon a little, but you know what, I'm going to get back on. I have been doing my exercise, but eating badly.

Last week was very stressful and I didn't handle it as well as I should have. So in a way, no change is good because at least I didn't go backwards!

What's done is done; time to move on.

This week's red flag: hen's night on Saturday. I will have one or two drinks (vodka lime & soda) and be very careful with my food that day. I am going to a group training session on Sunday morning so I will need to get home at a decent time and not be drunk!

Weigh-in Wednesday

500g down this week. Not much, but it's something, and I had a bigger loss last week. I can pinpoint a few areas where I went wrong, but as long as the scales keep going down and I feel good, I'm happy. That's 7.3kg lost since starting pre-season, and I've already had to pack away a pair of shorts and a skirt that are just too big. I bought a pair of shorts and a dress on clearance in Target, size 12 and they fit!

Tonight is deadline night. Well, technically my deadline is noon tomorrow, but that's Sydney time, which is 9am here and right when I'll be at school dropping off the kids. So I usually submit last thing at night. And I eat while I work! Not tonight ...

Weigh-in Wednesday

Another 1.8kg gone! I'm so unbelievably stoked.

Rewriting my goals too, I think a half-marathon is completely attainable this year. I'm aiming for the City to Surf one at the end of August.

Weigh-in Wednesday

Another kilo gone! That makes five in total since starting pre-season. The 12 Week Body Transformation officially starts on Monday.

Progress

On Sunday, I ran a 3.5km charity fun run and came THIRD! There weren't a lot of people actually running, but hey, I'm going to take the prize and run with it (bad attempt at a pun there).

This morning, I ran about 5.6km and didn't feel too bad, which has encouraged me to aim high and sign up for the 14km HBF Run for a Reason at the end of May. The 4.5km would be like going backwards, after all ;) I'm not too sure how to tackle this because I don't want to get up at 5.30 every morning to get in an hour of running. Maybe I can do that one morning, and do interval sprints the other mornings.

I also have a 6km fun run pencilled in for the end of March.

This week I only lost a kilo, not as much as the previous two weeks, but not bad. That makes 4kg gone overall!

Another 1.5kg down!

That makes 3kg in two weeks, and I've also lost 5cm from my waist. Yay!

After Evie's swimming lesson today we went to the playground, and I used the exercise equipment to work up a bit of a sweat, plus some interval sprints across the playground. Poor Evie wasn't sure what I was doing, heh. It made the hills on the bike ride home a bit tough though, oof.

Weigh-in Wednesday

Apparently Weigh-in Wednesday is a tradition in the 12WBT, and since I obtained my starting weight last Wednesday, I thought I'd start keeping track even though it's only pre-season.

Last week: 81.1kg
This week: 79.6kg

I lost 1.5kg!

I'm stoked, because I've only been following the food plan since Friday, and have only exercised hard on two days. The other days it's just been my normal incidental exercise - walking to/from bus stops, chasing the kids around, housework.

I am feeling confident that once I establish good exercise routines I am going to ROCK this.