As it races toward Friday I find that again I have not quite achieved my plan to sit down and read a few blogs and write a few of my own. I know that I should not use it as an excuse, but I'm going to .. I've been busy this week!
So instead of my planned post on the dangers of eating 5 white Tim Tams for a snack with my coffee (I think it was 5, it may have been 6) I am going to share with you what I have achieved on my first week of holidays ...
I started holidays on Friday last week .. Well officially it was Friday. Friday afternoon required me to take part in the parents vs children's Auskick game.
Official result .. Children won by one point
Unofficial score .. Some parents were clearly playing for the opposition
We raced home to get changed and head out again to the final swimming club of the year ( can you feel my excitement? )
It was freezing.
After playing the first game in the pool Master 5 was so cold he was unable to move and promptly attached himself to me and his feet had to be pried out from underneath my coat.
The weather gods have clearly not yet got the memo that it is summer now.
To celebrate my holidays and get me into the relaxed mood I went to yoga on Saturday morning. Fabulously relaxing and I stretched all those places that needed it.
Monday was errand day. Doing all the important stuff, you know, hair appointments and Christmas drinks with friends. Did I mention I woke up with a cold sore on Monday morning .. Not entirely happy about that. Yoga may have released a bit too much!
Tuesday. This is the big day. Staying at home to clean up, pack, send emails, clean, pack, drink coffee. Did I mention I woke up with ANOTHER cold sore! Felt like I'd been hit by a bus. Not entirely happy about that one either! On the plus side, I instructed my boxing class on Tuesday night.
Wednesday was swimming carnival day at school. It was pouring rain and freezing cold. Swimming carnival was cancelled? The gods still haven't got the memo .. Maybe it was paper based and is still under a mountain of paperwork. I did get another day at home to add more jobs to my ever increasing list of things to get organised for holidays. The more I cross off the list, the more it seems to get longer? What is with that?
Today, finish packing, Nativity play at school, final clean of the house.
Tomorrow, fly out to the US for Christmas!
I will be making attempts to post blogs while on holidays, but I'm not promising myself anything yet.
I really must go and start working on the list before Mr Fit Mum comes home and finds me in the same place he left me .. Sitting at the table with coffee and iPad ...
Enjoy your day!
Fit Mum x
Winding down for the weekend ...
I've finally made it to Saturday morning. Don't get me wrong, I haven't been wishing the week away .. well, not really anyway. It's just that I'm now on 6 weeks holidays!! I still don't think that it has sunk in, but I'm working on it.
This week has been exhausting. As it was my last week of work, I've been madly trying to make sure that all my clients are set to train with other trainers while I'm away. I certainly don't want them getting off track while I'm gone!
I've also been scrambling to get a lot of last minute errands sorted before we leave next week. I'm not stressing at all ... and I did not have a panic attack on Tuesday morning thinking about everything I needed to get done.
On the exercise side of things, I've made sure that I have pretty much kept my usual routine. I did cut out two runs this week. I noticed on my Wednesday run that I was feeling really stiff and just not as comfortable as I normally feel. My right hip in particular ached all week. Don't tell anyone, but I haven't been stretching after my training.
Instead of my normal runs, I instructed a boxing circuit on Tuesday night and on Friday I trained with my PT. It appears she would like me to remember her for the next few weeks!
Now, come this morning, I'm feeling a bit sore as well as stiff.
I'm heading off to yoga in a little bit to see if I can stretch myself back to normal!
What are your plans for winding down after the week? Do you train over the weekend, or is this your time to let your body catch up?
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Fit Mum x
This week has been exhausting. As it was my last week of work, I've been madly trying to make sure that all my clients are set to train with other trainers while I'm away. I certainly don't want them getting off track while I'm gone!
I've also been scrambling to get a lot of last minute errands sorted before we leave next week. I'm not stressing at all ... and I did not have a panic attack on Tuesday morning thinking about everything I needed to get done.
On the exercise side of things, I've made sure that I have pretty much kept my usual routine. I did cut out two runs this week. I noticed on my Wednesday run that I was feeling really stiff and just not as comfortable as I normally feel. My right hip in particular ached all week. Don't tell anyone, but I haven't been stretching after my training.
Instead of my normal runs, I instructed a boxing circuit on Tuesday night and on Friday I trained with my PT. It appears she would like me to remember her for the next few weeks!
Now, come this morning, I'm feeling a bit sore as well as stiff.
I'm heading off to yoga in a little bit to see if I can stretch myself back to normal!
What are your plans for winding down after the week? Do you train over the weekend, or is this your time to let your body catch up?
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Fit Mum x
My badge of sweat ...
As I was scrubbing off the remnants of my spray tan in the shower this morning I was poo-pooing about how annoying it was that my running shorts had rubbed off the tan on the top half of my thighs leaving me with a rather obvious running shorts line.
It took me a while to realize that I even though I had been scrubbing away furiously for the last two days, it still wasn't going ... I had indeed acquired myself a fabulous summer accessory ...
A running tan!
Next, I checked my shoulders and there it was ... A racer back tan!
They look gorgeous don't they? Especially when wearing a strappy number that is so necessary in ourridiculously hot summer sub tropical climate .
I don't run during the day or afternoon when the sun is at its hottest ( that would be crazy ). No, this tan can be acquired whilst running at 6am ...
At this point I might mention that a lot could be said for daylight saving or even cold, dark mornings but I won't because I particularly don't like cold, dark mornings. I am much happier with hot, sunny mornings when you can tell the intensity of your workout by the pool of sweat at your feet in the driveway when you get home.
So I have chosen to wear my tan as a badge of honour earned through my own hard work, sweat and tears ( no really, there are sometimes tears ) that I will get sprayed out before my next Christmas function requiring a special frock!
Keep running!
Fit Mum x
It took me a while to realize that I even though I had been scrubbing away furiously for the last two days, it still wasn't going ... I had indeed acquired myself a fabulous summer accessory ...
A running tan!
Next, I checked my shoulders and there it was ... A racer back tan!
They look gorgeous don't they? Especially when wearing a strappy number that is so necessary in our
I don't run during the day or afternoon when the sun is at its hottest ( that would be crazy ). No, this tan can be acquired whilst running at 6am ...
At this point I might mention that a lot could be said for daylight saving or even cold, dark mornings but I won't because I particularly don't like cold, dark mornings. I am much happier with hot, sunny mornings when you can tell the intensity of your workout by the pool of sweat at your feet in the driveway when you get home.
So I have chosen to wear my tan as a badge of honour earned through my own hard work, sweat and tears ( no really, there are sometimes tears ) that I will get sprayed out before my next Christmas function requiring a special frock!
Keep running!
Fit Mum x
Working out the new toy ...
For the last 18 months or so I have been asking Mr Fit Mum if he would buy me a new Digital SLR camera. Apparently we haven't needed one, so I have been making do with my compact camera.
I must admit that I am not a photographer .. I wish that I did have the natural eye of a photographer though.
With the upcoming trip overseas I pleaded my case and I have now got a new camera!
I am pretty excited about it and even though I haven't had a lot of time to practice I'm making the effort to get out around the house for some practice shots like these ..
My other subjects have been the kids. I love having photos of the kids around the house, especially those that I have taken myself. In the past, even with my compact camera, some have turned out really well and I've been rather chuffed with them.
One afternoon this week I told the kids I was going to be taking their photos.
Miss 9 thinks this is a great idea and turns into a contestant on Australia's Next Top Model ..
Master 5, what can I say, he is your typical 5 year old boy who just doesn't have the time for sitting still.
After about half an hour they had had enough. I hadn't even had to threaten them with banishment from the iPad! Now is the moment where I show you a picture of the kids ..
I was really pleased with how some of them turned out. My favorites are the candid ones where they are being a bit silly. They might even be enjoying themselves!
I quite like the photography thing .. I might even do a course next year so that I actually understand what I'm doing!
Fit Mum x
I must admit that I am not a photographer .. I wish that I did have the natural eye of a photographer though.
With the upcoming trip overseas I pleaded my case and I have now got a new camera!
I am pretty excited about it and even though I haven't had a lot of time to practice I'm making the effort to get out around the house for some practice shots like these ..
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| Possibly marginally better than the picture of the rock ... |
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| This is our native friend who visits quite regularly ... |
One afternoon this week I told the kids I was going to be taking their photos.
Miss 9 thinks this is a great idea and turns into a contestant on Australia's Next Top Model ..
Master 5, what can I say, he is your typical 5 year old boy who just doesn't have the time for sitting still.
After about half an hour they had had enough. I hadn't even had to threaten them with banishment from the iPad! Now is the moment where I show you a picture of the kids ..
I quite like the photography thing .. I might even do a course next year so that I actually understand what I'm doing!
Fit Mum x
Midweek motivation ...
Have you got dozens of things on your to do list? I do.
In fact, it's entirely possible that I've stopped writing a list because I don't seem to be actioning anything on it. I even boycotted the list on Monday ... I just didn't feel like doing any of them.
Then on Tuesday I had a bit of a panic ... when am I going to get these things done?! I made a decision on Tuesday afternoon. I would do nothing on my list .. until today.
Today I chose one job on my list that I have been putting off ... and I did that job. It's done now and I can cross it off the list!
Now, your job is to get your list of jobs to do out ... choose ONE job ... and go and DO IT ... you know that it will make you feel relieved that it is finally done.
It doesn't have to be a big job.
Make a phone call you have been procrastinating about ...
Send an email you have been putting off ...
Make an appointment you really need to make ..
Put away that basket of folded clothes you still haven't done ...
Just get it done ... today ...
Fit Mum x
In fact, it's entirely possible that I've stopped writing a list because I don't seem to be actioning anything on it. I even boycotted the list on Monday ... I just didn't feel like doing any of them.
Then on Tuesday I had a bit of a panic ... when am I going to get these things done?! I made a decision on Tuesday afternoon. I would do nothing on my list .. until today.
Today I chose one job on my list that I have been putting off ... and I did that job. It's done now and I can cross it off the list!
Now, your job is to get your list of jobs to do out ... choose ONE job ... and go and DO IT ... you know that it will make you feel relieved that it is finally done.
It doesn't have to be a big job.
Make a phone call you have been procrastinating about ...
Send an email you have been putting off ...
Make an appointment you really need to make ..
Put away that basket of folded clothes you still haven't done ...
Just get it done ... today ...
Fit Mum x
November progress update ...
I have been asking these questions of my clients this last week ...
How are you progressing with your goals?
Are you heading in the right direction?
Do you need to re evaluate your goals?
So, while I was at it I thought I'd give a quick update on where I am at with my November goals.
Goal .. Keep up the regular running and gradually increase the distance.
Progress .. I am really enjoying running again and am back to running 5.5km about 3 times per week. I am still taking it slowly and doing HR training. I do feel that it is working for me too at the moment.
I am recovering well and really look forward to the next training session ( well, nearly always! ). It is definitely helping that I have a training partner! This is a new experience for me and it's certainly helping me get out of bed on those days that it's a little bit harder .. like Monday after a big weekend ...
Goal .. Maintain a healthy balanced diet.
Progress .. Hmmm ... I really am trying to be balanced. The weekends are still causing a little bit of grief but I'm doing what I can to keep myself in check. I don't think I do too badly. Actually, it's really just the water intake. I need to keep reminding myself to drink a glass of water at least every hour. Note to me .. go and get a drink of water now ...
All up, I'm staying on track and feeling great! That's what I have been noticing the most .. I have the energy to keep going. I must be doing something right!
Is it time to evaluate your progress? Are you heading the direction of your goals for the month?
How are you progressing with your goals?
Are you heading in the right direction?
Do you need to re evaluate your goals?
So, while I was at it I thought I'd give a quick update on where I am at with my November goals.
Goal .. Keep up the regular running and gradually increase the distance.
Progress .. I am really enjoying running again and am back to running 5.5km about 3 times per week. I am still taking it slowly and doing HR training. I do feel that it is working for me too at the moment.
I am recovering well and really look forward to the next training session ( well, nearly always! ). It is definitely helping that I have a training partner! This is a new experience for me and it's certainly helping me get out of bed on those days that it's a little bit harder .. like Monday after a big weekend ...
Goal .. Maintain a healthy balanced diet.
Progress .. Hmmm ... I really am trying to be balanced. The weekends are still causing a little bit of grief but I'm doing what I can to keep myself in check. I don't think I do too badly. Actually, it's really just the water intake. I need to keep reminding myself to drink a glass of water at least every hour. Note to me .. go and get a drink of water now ...
All up, I'm staying on track and feeling great! That's what I have been noticing the most .. I have the energy to keep going. I must be doing something right!
Is it time to evaluate your progress? Are you heading the direction of your goals for the month?
Fit Mum x
I choose ...
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook today ... I don't know where it came from or who said it but ...
I wanted to share it so that we are all reminded to make our own choice ...
Fit Mum x
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