Monday Challenged!!

The new challenge is out for the 12wbt! And I have a couple of challenges that I am doing separately or in conjunction with the 12wbt.

The Weekly Challenge is . . . 300 push-ups over the next week. That's an average of 50 push-ups a day. Even broken down to the daily average this doesn't sound that great! Alright . . . this is do-able. Breathe, relax. We'll have to start this one tonight Jelly Belly. There's no where at work that I want to get onto my hands and knees!

My daily challenge is . . . Water Consumption. Increase it! After being naughty yesterday, I know that I ma dehydrated. I didn't drink anywhere near enough water over the weekend! Also, it's cold today! F-ing cold actually! I know I don't drink alot of water when it's cold, because the filtered water at work is chilled!

Today's MFP challenge is . . . 50 pushups on my knuckles. I think it would be completely fair to incorporate this into the weekly challenge!

Alright! It's going to be a hard day! I hope that we do some push ups in Pump tonight to get rid of some of this weeks challenge!!

Week One Overview

It's Monday and I am off to a fabulous start this week, not!

I was up early (5.30am) and it was cold. So I thought, I have time. Just a few minutes of Candy Crush and I'll be on my way. And I was, at 6am. Grabbing breakfast and lunch out of the fridge. Checking on my laundry that was hanging in the lounge room (I live in a unit, can't hang anything outside and don't like useing the dryer, for a few reasons but mainly cost) and racing out the door to the gym.

Normally at 6am there is no traffic, but today . . . everyone was on their way with me and I took just over an hour to get to the gym where normally at that time of the morning it would take 45 minutes max. 

Oh well, I'll get what I can done this morning and will do the Pump class tonight to make up the calories that I don't burn this morning. No problem. Crisis averted. Almost halfway through the workout, I'm 279 calories lighter and I have to head for the showers if I want to make it to work on time. 

At work, I grab my bag, jacket and lunch . . . hmmm . . . my lunch is missing. I don't have a big car, in fact I have a tiny car. I look through the boot. Maybe my lunch (and breakfast) is under my gym bag? That's the only place it could be in my boot. Nope. Then I remember, I checked my laundry. Who knows why I checked my laundry - it's not like I was going to take it down this morning. Nevertheless, I put my packed breakfast and lunch down to check my laundry. And that's where it still is. On my kitchen bench :( At least I will have dinner there ready to heat up!

Oh well, this is just another challenge that I have to get past.

On that note, my summary for the first week of the 12wbt are below:

Yes, Sunday Calories are empty. That would be because, as I turned up for dinner at my folks place, mum was pulling a freshly baked loaf of bread out of the bread machine. OMG!?! How do you resist that smell on an empty stomach? So yes - I sabotaged myself. And it was a very yummy sabotage.

I have to push myself so hard at Pump tonight if I want to see you shrinking Jelly Belly!

Weekend Worship!

I worship my weekends! They are the time of the week that I can (sometimes) catch up on all the stuff that I needed to get done through the week and let slide for whatever reason.
They are also the time of the week where I find I need to be even more motivated than on 'school days'.

Through the week, I have a routine that needs to be followed. If it fails I am late for work or miss out on my daily exercise, or quality friend time - depending on how and when the routine failed. But I don't have a routine on the weekend, and I find it much harder to stay focussed. I have the attention span of a gold fish and am very easily distracted. Look something shiny . . .

Last Saturday I shopped and cooked for the week and this last week is the most organised I have ever been. All that nagging my Mum did when I was in school "pack your bag the night before" has finally, and proabably about 20 years on, come to fruition. It's Mum's voice that I hear in my head sometimes when packing my gym bag and writing myself a note not to forget to pick up my breakfast and lunch on the way out (mornings are not my best time - I'd forget my head if it wasn't screwed on!).

So I thought I would do it again, and I did, yesterday.

All the food shopping done. All the meals cooked, yesterday. All the meals separated into portion sized containers, today.

Now that I have finished cooking, separating into portion sizes and cleaning up all the mess, I'm looking forward to the week ahead! This is the second week in a row that I have been this organised - I hope I can sustain this because it is a most awesome feeling, one that I just can't describe!

Healthy Vegan Muffins (YUM!)

 

 

Portions ready to be frozen

 

 

Full freezer shelf!