Back on track

Although I am a bit scared of that cold catching up on me, I can't sit around and not work out. So yesterday I went to do some strength-building at least!

- Did the stairmachine for 5min, just to warm up a little
- Worked on those machines up by the elliptic machines, in a different order than I usually do, worked abs pretty hard. Did more reps on most machines! :D

My diet is going really well this week, went shopping for greens Tuesday! I don't have room for much in my fridge, but gonna replace some of the "junkfood" I have with greens and stuff, and here is my start:


In addition to this I already had broccoli, cottage cheese and tomatoes, plus lettuce.
It's not that I have a lot of junkfood, the closest thing in my fridge right now must be the philadelphia cheese spread. So I ain't that unhealthy! But we do have a bowl of candy right smack in the middle of our kitchen table, and I walk past it at LEAST 50 times a day. So good jpb on me for not taking any! ;)
Now, if you will excuse me, I need to go make a salad! :D

Thanksgiving = food

And food is what i ate, hehe.
With my cold also sneaking around I haveben careful, but went for a little run yesterday, ans had a little pushup/situp session Friday.
The rest has been food. Period. ;)

Hurray?

Don't want to jump to conclusions, but I am still not really sick! I told myself I should stay away from any exercise until this passes, but yesterday I had to go for a little trip on the epilliptical machine. Went on it for 25min, 2miles, no biggie.

And my diet was AWESOME, I am so glad I got to do a good diet day. No sweets other than fruit, hehe. Had salmon, rice and cottage cheese on the side for dinner, yummy! :) Today is Thanksgiving, so I don't expect to keep a good diet today, at least not all the meals! But I'll keep it healthy as long as I can.

I also got this GREAT link from Espen and I am now reading on it as much as I can. For all you women who want to get in shape, go to
http://rachelcosgrove.com/
it's a good site! Very easy to read the stuff there, I like it a lot. So thank you Espen! I learned a few new things already, and I might reorganise my workouts because of it. Things are looking better! :D

Getting sick

Yesterday I planned on swimming, but since I've been feeling like I'm building a cold, i thought I'd be better off not doing anything. So I just did a few sit-ups and push-ups before going to bed.
Today I'll be going to yoga class, and I think that's enough exercise for today as I am getting sick. Don't want to push it farther than I need to!

I ate like crazy last night, yogurt and wheat thins. Oh my. But at least I am getting rid of it so I don't have anything to snack on. And I'm not buying wheat thins anymore, they are waaaay too addictive. No use in eating healthy if you're just eating a LOT either, so my new trick is chewing gum and cough-drops, hehe.
Anyway, crossing my fingers for that cold, hoping it won't break out for real!
Later!

Saturday

My body is feeling a little tired, probably from not getting enough sleep, and from the fact that I feel like I'm gonna get a cold.... Anyway:

- Sat on the bike for 23min, went a little over 4miles, light workout today.
- Lifted by using the machines. Couldn't do as well as I usually do on some of them, so... Eat more eggs? :P

Dietwise I am doing better now I think, but as it was Saturday I took a few cookies at DS after dinner ;) But I feel like I'm more back on trcak now, so it's all good.

Took a couple of pics of my back to keep track of progress:

If you are wondering why I'm standing a little weird, it's because I have scoliosis, aka a crooked back, so I can't really help it! :S
Later!

On a roll!

Almost literally - I have found out that the elliptical machines are AWESOME!! :D First of all you burn more calories on it, and second, you things and ASS gets a really nice workout. Not sure how long I will praise this new discovery, but as for now I like it! :D
And yoga is making me sore, i like it, hihi.

So Friday I
- Went on the elliptical for 31min, went 2.6miles :) (270 calories, hihi)
- Stretched a bit, but was running short on time, so had to cut it short :(

Tried salad with tuna and cottage cheese today, yum!!!!! Looking forward to have a cookie with a clear conscience tomorrow! :D
I also think I can start working out every day if I use the elliptical machine, as my calves don't mind being on it. Good news! And the swimming - I need a freakin swimcap or my hair will become a disaster, so I'm going easy on the swimming so far. Probably going Sunday though, we'll see.

Latah.. :P

Update!

Finally I had time to write a little more!
Here is how this week has been so far:

Monday
- Nothing happened. Diet-wise it was really good thoug! :D Also made a list where I will keep track of my weighings morning and bedtime. Kind of a motivator :)

Tuesday
- Felt guilty for not working out for two days, so decided to get up early and go for a run. So that's what i did, hehe. Ran for 25min, 2.25 miles I think.
- Also had yoga class as usual - this time she decided to make it based on more strengthening exercises, so today was not the best day to ahve gone for a morning jog. My thighs and but were screaming, haha.

Wednesday
- Muscles were definitely sore from yoga and running yesterday, hoho!
- Went to Olson with Cecily, was on the eliptical machine for 20min, 1.5miles. WOW, that thing works ass and thigs, plus, it's not so bad for your joints ;) So gonna do that more than treadmill for sure!
- On the treadmill for 8-9min, 0.6miles
- Worked on the weightmachines too, I LOVE the abdominal worker, hihi. Feeling a little stronger overall, but didn't lift a whole lot more than I usually do.

Thursday
- Stressful day, had to run back and forth between classes and stuff, worked up a sweat, haha. So going to yoga I felt a little hungry!
- Yoga as usual :) Still sore from Tuesday, and today definitely didn't help, haha. Body was a little tired, felt unfocused now and then, but all in all a pretty ok class.


Dietting (that is; keeping away from candy and cookies) these days is not a problem - but I eat like a horse. HELP! Haha... So we'll see how things go!

Reaching goals

Which this weeks not has been full of..... But today I reached my swimming goal for November! Swam 1600 yards in one week! :D
I swam 900 yeards today(a little over 800m)!

Allowed myself to eat two cookies today, it being Staurday and all, hehe. Gonna be more strict from tomorrow on, my diet-motivation is a little better these days, as I have managed to say no a few times! :D

Weight this morning: 140.8pounds, which is 63.5 kg. I'm getting curious on how much of that that is fat, and how much muscle there is, hmm.... Getting more and more muscles, so.... Oh well, we'll see in the end.

And tonight I will be dancing off some fat at the swingdance at school! :D

Busy week!

This week has been very busy - at least that's how it turned out to be as I kept procastinating stuff a little. So besides the yoga the only workout I did was
Monday, when Tessa and I went swimming (swam 700yards).
So yesterday i decided I needed to get that workout, so I went and had to stay up until 1 am to finish my homework, hehe. But it was worth it!

- Started out with a gentle jog for 5 min
- Did Tabata running style, pushing the last 20 seconds to 25 seconds :)
- Jogged another 11 min before walking it off for a few minutes. 18.5 minutes in all, 1.9 miles.
- Strength training on arms, getting stronger! :)
- Also did 50x50kg plus 10x60kg on the ab machine, and a few reps on the low back machine.

Diet is getting better, but it's HARD to stay away from desert after dinner these days, I like cookies and cakes, what can I say..? Hehe. Beginning of week was good, weight was dropping. Then Cecily brought choclate chip cookies in to the appartment, hehe. But ate them one day for lunch, and have stayed away since! :D
And I need to go shopping...!! ;)

Btw

Forgot to post how far I swam and stuff:
Friday I went 900 yards, which is a little over 800m.
Staurday I went 500 yards, which is ca. 450m.

The fun part is that it really doesn't feel like it's that far, which means I must be in an ok shape! :D Goal is to do 1 mile per week, which is 1760m, hehe. Let's hope that's not too far ahead! :)

Diet is also better these days, getting back on track, hehe. Wohooo! :)

Made it!

Things have not been good this past week, but I pulled myself out of it, thank goodness! And I also have found a workout partner!
Another one of the Norwegian girls here needs to work out 3 times a week, so we will be swimming two times a week, and running once a week. Gonna try to get her into some lifting too, hihi, but we'll see.

Went swimming with my partner yesterday, and are also going today. Gonna take it a little easy on the swimming and then lift some after! If my back doesn't kill me, the yogaclass, the swimming and the lack of sleep is not good for my back, it gets a little tired, so need to be careful. My knee is also doing some weird stuff, but i think I'll be fine if I just think about it.

Evening meals are f***** up, but fixing that as we speak ;)
See ya!

In need of....something!

This week is no good.
Diet is going straight to hell because of Halloween, but after today I will get back on track with that - my meals have been good (apart from the candy), and I've actually lost weight although I've been eating choclate and stuff, hehe.

Was supposed to swim today, but had homework and need to go to bed early, so hopefully I'll do that. But been REALLY lazy today. REEEEAAAALLY lazy. So....... need motivation? Sleep? A peptalk? *sigh* Something for sure. Hopefully sleep will do the trick!

Oh, and gonna try to get some ab stuff done at least.

PS - here is the Lara Croft shape I got in :D