Being busy...

So I recently just finished a show, and somehow since the breakup my social life has sky-rocketed a bit, so that means more alocohol and late nights.

For a week I stayed out until 4am each evening... It was crazy.

I haven't gained weight, thankfully, as alcohol is very fattening. I was drinking every single night for at least a week and a half. But I think all that compensated for the fact that I was so busy that I would only eat two meals (sometimes just even one!) a day.

Last Sunday was the first day in ages where I ate Breakfast, Lunch, Afternoon Tea and Dinner. I was so incredibly full by the end of that day I felt like regurgitating half of what I ate. But I didn't because the food I ate were all yum.

Therefore the loss I have had so far has been 3kg since the start of this blog, but it was only out of coincidence - being sick and not eating much, then being busy and not eating much. I'm starting to get back to my regular eating habits, but that would also mean I would have to start exercising again. Haven't exercised lately because a chest/sinus infection has returned to bless my mornings with heaps of phlegm and snot. Will check with Doctor tomorrow morning (in amongst other checkings) to see whether I need any medications besides "bed rest", and then once I'm better I shall pursue some level of physical exertion.

So let's see whether I'll finally get back into being "fit" and "healthy" sometime soon... :P

Spring has Sprung early

At least - I think it has. With the weather we have been having, it has definitely felt spring like.

Once again I had a tough week. A small, small gain (less that half a kilo! I'm holding out that it's muscle after the pain I went through in boxing) and more rest days than usual as I've felt quite blah.

I tried to run yesterday and managed a bit less than a k thanks to two stitches - the first I managed to walk out, but the second flared up if I so much as jogged to get across a street quickly. Instead of a run, I walked.

Today I've had pain in my Achilles tendon and a headache, so again it was nothing more than a walk. Maybe tomorrow will be third time lucky?

In brighter news, I was really happy with Boxing earlier in the week. In a silly move I'd eaten too late in the afternoon because I realised I'd forgotten to have my loading snack - normally I stop eating 2 hours before class, then stop drinking water one hour before class. This time I stopped eating one hour before class. While I spent a lot of the class feeling like my food was going to come back up, I got through everything relatively unscathed. My biggest achievement? Holding a full body plank position for a minute - right at the end of the class. It's amazing what the threat of fifty push ups (if anyone dropped) can do.

White Rabbit

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! A late update from me this week.

Life has gone hectic - in between my car being in the shop (again), nights out, early starts at work and so on and so forth... it has left very little time for internet.

I had a loss last week, and I've gone back to boxing and I am feeling much stronger and fitter. I think taking care not to overtrain is really paying off. I've been listening to my body and if I do feel too fatigued to exercise I take a break. I'm also trying to ensure I get enough rest days.

Onward!

Another week... and LURGY!

I was sick last week - some virus attacked me, beat me about the head and chest then ran away giggling. Bed bound for three days, I was too lethargic to do anything.

Back at work on Thursday I tried a quick walk to the shopping centre at lunch and was wheezing... things did not look good!

Come Saturday I felt much better and tried to run... bad idea. I didn't get very far before I was too out of breath to deal with it. I ended up walking the rest of my route.

Sunday I managed to complete a 26.6km cycle - rocky start but once I got into it I was powering away.

Net result last week was a gain last week. It was definitely due to being sick - when I'm sick I carb load and I eat small morsels way too often. I also rarely lose my appetite when I am sick. Even if my stomach is churning I'll still want to scoff something down!

Back to normal this week, I hope.

MIA - Ness

So I've been slack. I've been ten busies and eating horribly. I have had more Maccas meals in the past 2-3 weeks than I ever had all year since I vowed not to have any more Maccas meals. Stopped that about a month ago (which was the same time as my break up), so yah.

During the last time I updated and now, which would be around about 4-5 weeks, I also got really really sick. Had a massive flu over the school holidays which sucked. That and rehearsals for a show that opens this week (City of Angels - come one come all!), and the change in my teaching schedule and all made me not really take care of myself properly. I managed to lose weight because I was sick, and then promptly gained it back when I got my apetite back, and then went back down again due to lack of sleep and just running around like a headless chook.

So my skin feels blergh, I have a warped sleep cycle, and I'm not exercising. :D

Next week, she says... Next week...

Update and thoughts on containers

A bit of a loss this week. I'm happy with that as I am sure I've built up some muscle. I've kicked up the training now and I am actually running - not just walking.

I also had a bit of a surprise this week - along the lines of eating food out of containers.

Most of us will have, at one point, read that as a general rule we shouldn't eat food directly out of a container - be it takeaway or the leftovers you packed for lunch. I have always been a little blase about this, but not so much any more.

During the week I found myself without a home made lunch one day, so I went to the local cafe and bought some takeaway noodles. I bought a small, which I always figured was a pretty modest serving. On this day, I decided to dump it on a plate instead of eating it out of the container... and I am glad I did.

The "modest serving" I thought was in the container was actually a mounded bowlful. it was more that I'd usually serve myself if I was making myself a meal. I had never really considered just how much portion distortion could apply to a takeaway container - especially if it's been crammed full to bursting point.

The same also applies to a container of packed lunch: in the container it can look small and insignificant, but once you put it on a plate or in a bowl you'll see how much is really there. It's not so much of an issue if you are pre-weighing what you pack (something that is pretty much required if you are counting your kilojoules), but if you're going by eye, you could be eating more than you think.

I can't wait to see just how big the salads from the local salad-bar place actually are...