Week 5 already!!

I can't quite believe that it is week 5 of the New You competition already - and what a brilliant week it has been so far. I returned home from visiting friends in Australia to a very happy New Zealand - congratulations to the All Blacks. I also managed to lose weight while on holiday, which I was VERY pleased about. I had been good with my diet, and had kept up my daily exercise routine for most of the holiday. I also managed some long-ish walks, and went for a 1km swim on the last day of my holiday.

After arriving home at 1am on Tuesday, I was back at work and then at the gym for a session with Melissa. She said she would be kind to me and not do any weights, so we stuck to cardio on the treadmill. I managed to cover 3.5km in 30 mins with a mixture of running (upto 10km/h) and walking. I am NOT a runner, and this was an awesome achievement for me. I was back again this morning for another session with Alice, followed by a lovely relaxing facial at Urban Sanctuary Spa.

I happened to be leaving the Spa at 12pm, just before the All Blacks were due to parade up Lambton Quay. The road was clsed and I couldn't catch a bus home, so I just had to stay for the parade. :-)What an incredible atmosphere there was, and I got right to the front and even managed to touch the Webb Ellis Cup :-)

I'm looking forward to the second half of the New Me, especially more appointments at the spa, trying on clothes at Ezibuy, and getting my hair done at Kristina Raffaele's salon.

KIM and LISA - I have just spotted a link to Contact TriWoman series in March 2012 - how about the three of us "New You" women do this together? - or with Tarsh if she'd like to join us....

New You - Week 4 Update

Hello again. I'm not quite sure how I've got to week 4 already -time is going so quickly. Melissa at Contours said I should aim to be under 70kg by week 5, but with a week away visiting friends in Sydney this week, I'm not sure if that will happen. I have kept up with some of my daily exercises, but can't do the daily exercise bike ride.

We have done a lot of walking and I was very pleased with myself when I climbed 354 steps without stopping. I have always found going up steps difficult, and although I was out of breath at the top, I could hold a conversation and didn't feel like I was about to pass out!!! I even jumped up about 20 steps, like I did with Alice at the gym last week. I did have to check that no one apart from our little group was watching though!!

I have tried to make "good" food choices like choosing chicken over burgers or sausage at our BBQ yesterday, and having a diet coke when everyone else had an ice cream. I may not shift any weight this week, but if I can return from my holiday next Monday without gaining weight, that will be a huge achievement for me.

I have been following my daily skin routine with all the lovely products from Urban Sanctuary, and can't wait to get home and try on some outfits at Ezibuy.

Will let you know how much damage my holiday has done to my weight loss next week when I weigh in at the gym again.

More FM New You - Week 3  I love this picture - this is my aim over the next 7 weeks!!!!

I am now half way through week 3 of New You, and I feel GREAT!!
I have done more exercise in the last 3 weeks than in the last 11 years, and am now starting to feel the benefits. I have increased the amount of reps on the exercises I'm doing at home, and the gym session today was the hardest yet. I had to do loads of running up and down the stairs, climbing the stairs 2 at a time, and JUMPING up the stairs - it was exhausting. I must have climbed the equivalent of more than 20 flights of stairs, as well as doing leg, arm and core exercises. It was hard, but I was so pleased with myself at the end - this was a fantastic achievement for me as I hate stairs and I hate jumping!! Alice was really pleased with me - which was fantastic as I was so unfit 3 weeks ago. I have an extra personal trainer session this week (before work on Friday) as I am on holiday next week and wont be able to make it to the gym.

The weight loss seems to have slowed down, but I hope that is just a temporary thing. I am eating way less food than I used to - although I have been out for lunch and dinner today - oops!! I was very good when out for a meal this evening as I ordered an entree as my main, which is something I've never even thought of doing before.

Last Saturday I cycled a total of 25km on my exercise bike - all thank to England's poor performance in the rugby. I had already cycled 10km, but decided not to waste time watching the second half of the England/France game, and got back on the bike instead. I cycled another 15km, during the second half of the game.

My box of skin care products arrived today, with more than I was expecting - an extra sun block cream has been thrown in - thank you Urban Sanctuary. I look forward to starting my skin treatment tonight. I went and had a look around Ezibuy with a freind this week, but I haven't been to try on any outfits yet.

I hope I can keep up with the diet and exercise while I'm on holiday. I'm staying with a friend who is a brilliant cook - I must try not to pig out too much. I also hope that I can keep up with most of my daily exercises (apart from my exercise bike) and I may even attempt to go out for a jog/walk.

Thank you again More FM for giving me this chance to find a New Me - I really hope that in 7 weeks time, you will be pleased with the results!!

New You - Week 2

I am now half way through week 2 of New You, and I'm aching all over. I've just returned from another session with my personal trainer, and a "Skin consultation" from Urban Sanctuary Spa. The Spa is situated on Plimmer Steps, off Lambton Quay, and is beautiful inside - however I almost didn't make it!! My legs were hurting so much as I climbed the steps to the front door. I must still be recovering from Monday evening's session - especially lifting 90kg up and down with my legs. I'm looking forward to all the products arriving later in the week so I can try using them. Apparently my skin is in quite good condition for someone of my age - it is quite "plump" - is that a nice way of telling me I have a fat face??? I heard a fantastic quote recently about wrinkles - did you know that the best way to get rid of wrinkles is to fill them with food? :-)

I have now amended last week's blog to show my weight and body fat - I wasn't keen to make my weight public, as I haven't even told my hubby what I weigh, but I guess he'll find out now.

I spent an hour yesterday looking through the Ezibuy catalogue, and had fun choosing all the items I'd like to try on. I look forward to having a trying on session soon - could be there for quite a long time.

I have been really good with my daily exercises and have managed to do them every day except last Sunday - I gave myself a day off as I was worn out after going to watch All Black vs Canada (what a brilliant game!!). I've even done them on the days I've been to the gym for a session, so hopefully all this hard work will pay off. When I had my measurements done again on Monday, I had lost 700g weight (to add to the 5kg I had lost before New You started) and 4cm off my waist - not bad for 10 days. I have had to put my normal pair of jeans away, and am back into a slightly smaller pair that were hiding at the back of my wardrobe - yippeee.

Looking forward to week 3 :-)