Reassessing My Priorities

Did premixes of this 3 times in 10 days :)

Friday

I exercised:  33 minutes of cardio with The Firm's Cardio Party.

I ate: 110g biscuits and not sure how much chocolate after dinner.  Probably just under 200g total :)

Saturday

I exercised:  46 minutes of step with Cathe's Low Max.  This time I did the all combos premix - fun!

I thought:  About a comment by Magic Mentha about how looking at my bad eating is reinforcing it.  I also did a draw on it, from Les Vampires.  Will try to post about it at some point.

Sunday - I exercised:  40 minutes of yoga self-practice.

Monday - I exercised:  52 minutes of cardio sculpting with Alison Davis McLean's Bootcamp workout.

Tuesday

I exercised:  44 minutes of stepping with Cathe Friedrich's Low Max.  This time, I did the combos and blasts 4-7 premix.

I thought:  I'd like to eat less junk, and I'd like to sleep more, and I'd like to tap more for better eating.  However, it's not happening right now, and I think the main reason is how tired I am.  Baby's been a bit grizzly and difficult the last couple of days and nights, and the house has been noisy and busy all day.  So, maybe I need to give myself a break.  When I get more sleep and feel less exhausted, I'm more likely to eat better.  In the meantime, I'll keep exercising and try to be loving towards myself.

Hard Core Thursday

Thursday

I exercised:  35 minutes of cardio sculpting with Allie del Rio's Hardcore Fusion.  It's nice to have workouts of all different lengths.  This workout was a bit disrupted, though, first by a phone call, then breast feeding, and then during the last bit I had an ocular migraine.  This has happened before, and I just exercise through it.  Still, I'm grateful that a) they don't tend to last long and b) they aren't painful.

I ate:  44g biscuits after lunch.  175g biscuits and 55g cake after dinner.  Total - 274g :((

Ballet Wednesday

Wednesday

I exercised: 56 minutes of ballet with Kari Anderson's Centre Floor.  It's interesting, I founded it harder than I remember, yet I have been working out consistently, and with weights…

I ate: 28g biscuits after lunch, and 170g biscuits, 49g choc after dinner.  Total 247g :(

I thought:  About my altar, after finally unpacking most of my "elements", altar cloths and trays...

Losing Count Again

Monday and Tuesday

I ate:  Monday I tracked what I ate, but have forgotten it now Tuesday is ending.  Today, I didn't even manage to track my eating.  A big chocolate macaroon at lunchtime, and lots of chocolate chip biscuits and some minstrels after dinner… :(

I exercised:  Monday I finally managed all 41 minutes of Allie del Rio's Total Body Toner, having only done 11 minutes of it last week.  Tuesday I did 26 minutes of Cathe Friedrich's Rhythmic Step, and 21 minutes of Allie del Rio's Time Crunch Cardio - nice :)

I felt:  Tired and annoyed with myself.  No self-control.  Didn't help that I got very little done with a visit from my MIL.  Nice, though, that a tarot client came back, repeats are a morale boost :)

Rainy Sunday

I exercised:  47 minutes of stepping with Cathe's Low Max - and I even put the step back up to 8 inches for the first time since I was in the middle of my pregnancy :)

I ate:  60g biscuits and 15g choc after lunch, then 101g choc and 70g biscuits after dinner.  Total: 246g :(

I thought:  Overeating may have been to do with doing a much stronger workout, but I don't think so.  I put it down to not having had a nap for a week - I'm tired!  Tried to nap on Saturday, but baby boy was having none of it :/

Another So-So Saturday

The Good:  Did 47 minutes of cardio sculpting with Alison Davis McLean's Cardio Overdrive.

The Bad: 15g choc and 30g biscuits after lunch, 125g biscuits and 32g choc after dinner.  Total 202g.

The So-So:  Only did tapping about twice.  Didn't eat any brassicas with dinner, which seems to have improved the baby's temperament.  Still had some whinging after dinner, though.  I think maybe he was tired and needed help sleeping, after DH had been playing with him when I would have tried to send him off...

Flop Friday

Friday

I ate:  16g biscuits after lunch.  40g chocolate and 150g biscuits after dinner.  Total - 206g :/

I exercised:  Not sure whether to even count it as I just did 11 minutes, and even that wasn't straight through.  Allie del Rio's Total Body Toner (at least the first little bit).

I tapped:  At least 4 times, it's a start.

Stepping Up?

Thursday

I ate: 118g biscuits and 49g chocolate, mostly after dinner.  Total: 167g, a bit better.

I exercised: 47 minutes of step with Kari Anderson's Go.  It felt a bit easy, so I think it's time to put my step up another notch again :)

I felt:  Annoyed with myself that I have hardly done any tapping, despite my resolution yesterday.  Part of it is that I don't often have hands free for it.  When I was tapping before the baby was born, I would do it on the toilet, or just any time I had a moment free.  Now, I don't really seem to have those free moments, as I carry my son a lot, and if I'm not carrying him I'm hurrying to do something else.  Still, this is important, too...

New Intention

Wednesday

I decided:  To start tapping on eating more healthily.  Using it for my son's birth worked really well, and I could do with some help eating less junk!

I felt:  Fairly happy to have found 2 pairs of trousers that are only half a size up on what I'd normally wear.  I needed something to replace my maternity trousers which, having been stretched by the bump, are now falling off whenever I walk around.

I exercised:  34 minutes of cardio sculpting with Ellen Barrett's Bikini Ready Fast.

I ate:  Gah, lost track again :(

Toned Tuesday

Tuesday

I felt:

I ate:  33g biscuits and 14g choc at lunchtime.  Kinda lost track after dinner - about 100g cake, 36g biscuits and maybe 50g chocolate.  Total round about 235g.

I exercised:  46 minutes of cardio sculpting with Rebekah Sturkie's Total Body Time Crunch.  The cardio segments don't really get my heart rate up, but I like the sculpting sections, and used 4, 3 and 2k weights, and 1/2k's in the cardio bits.

I am grateful for:  My DH encouraging me to be clearer about what I want.

Graceful Monday

Monday

I felt:  Not very graceful.  We've still got builders in our house, which has put my DH off working out.  I work out anyway, but do wonder what they think of me :(

I ate:  About 100g biscuits after lunch (I'd bought really nice cookies from a local store as my mum came to visit).  Then about 80g biscuits and about 60g chocolate after dinner.  Total 240g

I exercised:  45 minutes of cardio sculpting with Ellen Barrett's Grace and Gusto.  Had to skip the last three minutes as baby wanted feeding and I had to go to the shops afterwards.

Sugary Sunday

Sunday

I ate: 70g biscuits after lunch, and 100g cake, 24g chocolate, and 18g biscuits after dinner.  Total - 212g.

I worked out: 47 minutes of light cardio sculpting with Emily Walsh's Total Body Light/Cardio Fusion.

I felt:  A bit upset - finally tried on a pair of pre-pregnancy trousers, and I can't do them up.  So, will have to stay in my pregnancy trousers til I can go shopping :(

Saturday's Sins

Saturday

After my reading in the morning, I decided I'd better get back to charting what I eat, so here goes:

Food: 54g choc and 18g biscuits after lunch, then about 70g choc and 70g biscuits after dinner.  Total about - 212g - not all that bad, but not good.  Especially as I also had a 50g "protein" flapjack, which I didn't count as it was a "healthy" snack.

Exercise: 50 minutes of step with Cathe Friedrich's Low Impact Circuit - Timesaver Cardio Blast.  It was a bit hard to keep my heart rate up as I had to stop to tend the baby about 4 times.  However, after the last time, when I fed him, I got about 20 minutes straight, and did end up sweaty :)

Ballet Burn and Broccoli

I've been working out most days, though quite often just a short one - 20-30 minutes -  and often interrupted by walking the baby to burp him, or breastfeeding.  Still, I'm chuffed that I'm managing any exercise, and definitely feel I need it.  Firstly, because as someone pointed out on Thursday, my posture when carrying the baby hasn't been great, and I need to stay strong if I'm going to carry him around.  Secondly, because it is a great mood enhancer and tension release, which I certainly feel in need of.  Yesterday, I had a bit of the baby blues, probably reinforced by not enough sleep/too much time walking round in the middle of the night.

I think Little One is quite windy, and it's probably at least as much due to diet as to not burping enough.    I feel in a quandary, though, because I don't want to cut out beans and lentils and broccoli and all that good stuff from my diet!  How come healthy stuff is so often wind-inducing?

Anyhow, enough toilet talk, I actually ached most after the Jazzercise Ballet Body workout!  Didn't really enjoy the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred - a bit boring (it was the level one workout), and too high impact.  Nice to do some self-practice yoga, too, as my back has been a bit achey.  I love exercise!