I have been trying so hard to lose weight. Last year i was counting calories and it drove me nuts! All i would do all day was think about food and how many calories each item had.
Then at the beginning of the year i decided to try Weight Watchers. I have lost weight on WW before but this time i struggled. I think the whole keeping track was doing my head in. So i stopped and since then i haven't lost any weight.
My personal trainer had been telling me about Paelo for a few months but i refused to take it up... it just looked too stressful but over the last month i have been talking to others in the community online and have found so many people that have benefited in this way of lifestyle.
What is a Paleo diet?
Mother Nature has provided us humans with Natural Foods for human consumption. The natural foods are basic to the human biology and digestive system. Natural foods are what make us healthier and maintain a proper weight level. This is the basic philosophy of Paleo Diet.
These natural basic foods are what make up The Paleo Diet. This diet is based on foods designed by nature not a food processing plant or chemical lab. Fatty foods with preservatives and chemicals are not what the human body is designed to eat.. It is getting back to the basic foods our bodies are designed to eat. This diet restores your energy, creates a healthier body and strengthen the immune system.
NO SUGAR, NO DAIRY, NO PASTA, NO RICE, NO BREAD, NO GRAINS......NO NO NO
Both my husband and i are going to try this. So i will keep you up to date on how we go.
So anyone who has done Paelo please let me know. Any food ideas are great appreciated.
As you have watched i am doing Weight watches this year to help me on my weight loss journey.
I will still be working out with my personal trainer as well as attending Fun and Fitness bootcamp and Zumba. I still have my goal of completing the Taupo Bike challenge.
My ultimate goal is to lose 30 kilos this year! SO BRING IT ON!!!
So after my little spaz out yesterday. I got back to my desk after lunch to find alot of emails from friends, family and people i know in the virtual world all telling me how i just need to snap put of it and to keep up the good work.
I think i just had over done it and i was mentally tired as well as physically tired.
I had planned to go for a bike ride but changed plans and headed to the gym with a friend and it was a good work out. I pushed myself and felt great afterwards.
What i have come to realise is that i have taken years and years to put on this weight, even though it has creeped on slowly, i have to accept that it is going to creep OFF slowly... as most of you know i am not a very patient person! I have the tendency to want things NOW!
So with that in mind i just have to keep going. This is a life style change.
I made this commitment to get myself moving and i am doing that, but at the end of the day my journey doesn't end on Nov 26th, this is only the beginning.
To date i have lost 19 kilos.
This week i have a challenge to do over 1000 skips, last night i did 500. I remember when my daughter brought her skipping rope home and i gave it a go, i swear i couldnt do 20 without sweating and breathing like Darth Vader!
Look at me now!
Well i can tell you i am over training, over exercising. It feels like that's all i do..... and when i am not training i am in pain.......... no pain no gain right?
The massive task i have set myself is starting to dawn on me the closer i get, and i am seriously freaking out.
There just aren't enough hours in a day to get everything i need done.
I have tried hard not to complain online (though i complain to my personal trainer Non stop) but crying out loud........i hurt!
I wont stop training, i will keep going............... but i am finding it hard.
The last few months have been an emotional roller-coaster, i have had a lot to deal with and through it all i have managed to keep training.
I am proud of my efforts so far, though some times i feel like i am not doing enough.
I have 5 weeks of training left..........
This year has been a roller coaster ride of emotions.
I have had some major setbacks with being seriously hurt by friends or family which has rocked me to the core. To the point that a depression has hit me and i have been questioning everything i do.
I am not the same optimist person i was last year, i will never be as giving or as loyal, which has changed my outlook on everything.
It is almost like a part of me just curled up and died and i am carrying that little piece of dead weight which has been poisoning my whole being.
I am 35 and suddenly i am not sure i can do everything i set my mind too. I haven’t had that feeling since i was 15 years old.
My confidence is knocked. The funny thing is i have done nothing to warrant this feeling, i have been honourable, kept my word , loyal and supportive. The actions of others have set the wheels in motion.
Everyday i feel like i am fighting, pushing through the doubt that forms. I have been putting off being creative , painting everyday hasn’t happened since January.
I am less trusting, i doubt what people say unless i can prove it is correct.
What i need to do is somehow push through these feelings and get back on track with my life. The plans i had put in place for 2011 haven’t been touched and i think it is time for me to pull out my writing journal to write my ideas down.
Its almost like i have been hiding from my true self.
My sleep patterns can vary, some times i am blessed with over 6 hours sleep but other times like last night i only get 2 hours or less.
It drives me insane. What happens is i will go to bed at 10-11pm and fall straight to sleep but i will wake between 1-2am and ideas and thoughts will be running through my head and i wont be able to go back to sleep until i have figured out the ideas potential.
Those middle of the night ideas are always the best. My business has thrived due to those crazy maddening ideas.
All the research i do during the day must of triggered them to join forces and then the idea forms. Last nights idea is a particularly good one and i am itching to get started on it. However i do have to wait til the end of the day to talk to the Treehut children to see if they also think it is a good idea!
Its just a pity these fantastic ideas cant come to me at lunch!
Thanksgiving is an American holiday which i got to experience when i lived in NY. I love Thanksgiving!
It is a time to stop in your daily life and really take note of what you are truly Thankful for.
Here is a few of mine.
Firstly i am thankful for my wonderful husband who is my Rock, with out you babe i wouldn't be able to achieve all the crazy things that i do.
Im thankful to my daughter, even though she is moody at the moment (becoming a teenager), i am still thankful for her......... i am truly i am......
I am thankful to all my Treehut parents who trust me each day to have their children.
I am thankful for my Best Friend who keeps me grounded and lets me make her laugh each day.
I am thankful for my dad for making my mum happy!
I am thankful for all my twitter friends, we laugh we cry and we look out for each other. You have all made my life full of richness.
I am thankful to live in such a wonderful little town, my office is across the road from the beach, i can walk to work, i truly have blessed life.
I am very thankful!
Th biggest impact of my life was my daughter. Falling pregnant at 21 was the catalyst in my being. Suddenly i was going to be responsible for another human being.
i had sailed through school, traveled and had alot of fun, i was serious about nothing, i completed nothing. While pregnant i did alot of soul searching, went to a Councillor to figure out how to change the behaviour that had molded my life up til then.
I read every book there was on bringing up children, if it had been written i read it.
It didnt work out with her father so suddenly i was facing being a young Single mum and suddenly it empowered me, i was NOT going to sit back and just get a benefit, so i weighed my options and i decided to get a degree.
/I wanted to show my daughter that i could do anything i set my mind too!
The day i started my degree was the day i started my own business. I read every book there was on Small businesses, while studying, working part time and being a single mum.
I wouldn't be where i am today without having my daughter in my life!
ok here goes
1.I am a Cancer
2.i love to be creative
3.I dont like being on one task too long
4.I thrive on being busy
5. I love my Treehut children
6.i am finally settled in my life~
7.I dont like to stick to rules, i love breaking them
8.I am scared to send my daughter oversea's for 3 months
9.I think my husband knows me better than i know myself
10.I think i might be difficult to live with
11.I believe that if you help someone they should return the favor!
12.I forced myself to love Olives so that i could be closer to family in Spain, now i love olives!
13.I am most happy when i have family and friends for dinner
14.I am usually awake between 2-4am thinking creative thoughts
15.I think i am absolutely adorable!
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