Well it's been a great week weight loss wise :)

I have been really thoughtful about what I eat, I've reduced my water intake from 2.5l a day to around 2l as I felt I was retaining it, and that seems to have helped. I haven't exercised as much as I should have, but the few times I have I have made the most of it. I've enjoyed having a good walk on Fridays with my friend Roz too.

Today I got my km down from 12 mins per km to 10 mins 30 secs. I completed 5kms in 52.25, I usually do it in 1 hour 3 mins. So I was wrapt. I kept going to complete the hour and did 5.8km. I didn't run the whole time, just to clarify, I did a mix of run and walk.

So the result of all this is that I had a good weight loss this week, and I have now lost 10.2kg (22lb) in total - woohoo, my short term goal was to reach 10kg losses, rather than concentrating on the 40kg I need to lose, in that way I wouldn't get disillusioned by the enormity of what lies ahead, and now I've achieved that first goal. I feel really proud to say that, this is the most motivated I've been in a long time to lose weight.

I am also proud to say that I have made it to double digits... I haven't been here for a long time. It feels so good to say that...

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No running today... I slammed my toes on the rim under the coffee table, was very nasty and cracked, Paul even heard it, it's so, so sore, gone black and bruised and it feels all stiff and I can't put too much weight on it, grrr. Think I'll head to bed and read a book and try again tomorrow...

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Well, not exactly the loss I'd hoped for, but a loss, and a couple of factors may have influenced that, so I think it possibly was more of a loss than was recorded, but hey, a loss is a loss, woohoo!!

It was stinking hot in Palmy today and  while that's awesome on some levels, it's not so much when it comes to running..

I ran at 5.4km/hr, faster than ever before, I did that on purpose because it was too hot to go for an hour, so I thought I'd run for 30 mins but run faster. It seemed to pay off, I was able to do it and I haven't got any aches and pains. I'll try and build on that speed over the next few days, as after 8 weeks it's time to build on speed as well as distance..

I'm pleased with my fitness, I want to do some work on actual problem areas now too, like my batwings and that shelf round my middle that seems to have lost inches but lacks any tone... I'm working on how to achieve that..

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Fantastic weather this weekend and soooo hot!! this meant it was very difficult to get the motivation to run.. but I did. I am so close to getting to that magic weight I haven't been for 10 or so years that I just had to do it - heat or not.

Jumped on the treadmill, music cranked up and ran. I was running at my usual 4.6km but I felt like I was lagging, that my legs wanted to go faster. I was worried that I might not be able to complete the whole 40 mins if I cranked it up a bit, but I was starting to get annoyed with it, so I put it up to 4.8km and thought I'd just see how I go. I haven't run at that pace, for that long before. I'm really proud to say that I did it, woohoo!!

I noticed today that I'm not puffed. My legs get fatigued but I can breathe fine, so that felt good.

I'm so hopeful that tomorrow might be a great weigh-in, perhaps not quite at the 10kgs yet, but out of the 3 numerals, and into the 2!! Wish me luck :)

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I've decided to be brave and give you a Week 1 and Week 8 comparison - what do you think??

I am way overdue for an update, so sorry to my loyal readers, lol

It's been a funny old week and I wasn't sure what I would write to be honest. I probably should have put something because this blog is to record the ups and downs, the challenges to overcome, so that I have a record of what I went to on this journey, to help me keep it off when I succeed.

It hasn't been a bad week, I had a great weight loss again, 2.2kg and despite not exercising for a few days I've already lost a kg this week.. so that's all good, but for some reason I have had no energy, I've wanted to curl up and sleep, I've struggled to do anything. A friend has suggested I have a multivitamin and I think that's an excellent idea, so I'm going to try that and see if it's the boost I need.

I did go for a good hours walk today with my good friend, who has had an amazing weight loss herself. We pounded the pavement and it wasn't till we got home and took our jackets off that we realised how hard we'd walked, and it was outside Fi :) we're going to do it next Friday too, so that's great.

A few posts ago I told you how I'd read that it takes 4 weeks to feel a difference when you're losing weight, 8 weeks to see a difference yourself, and 12 weks for others to start noticing, well I'm in my 8th week and yesterday I was in town and met up with someone I hadn't seen since before Christmas and she didn't know I'd been doing anything, so independently asked me what I'd been doing, as she said I was looking great, so I'm ahead of the game and it felt really great to be noticed like that.

So the weekends coming, I intend to run both Saturday and Sunday and I am looking forward to Monday's weigh-in, because I think I'm going to be a weight I haven't been for nearly 10 years... woohoo... bring it on!!!

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YES!!! I am back on track - sneaky weigh in this morning and I am less than I was before last week, so I have got away with having a bit of a less disciplined week. I really needed that to be the case, I took a risk because I think if I'd weighed in heavier I would have felt defeated and it would have been really hard to go again today...

So I jumped on the treadmill - my goal was to run 40 mins today, to beat the 30 yesterday. After 10 mins I had to pause - lesson learned, don't drink copious amounts of water before a run.. interruption over and back into the running. I'm really proud to say that I achieved my goal!! I walked for 5 mins to warm up and then ran continuously (apart from the bathroom break) for 40 mins. It felt so good to achieve that. I did 3.5kms, so I'm not breaking speed records, but that's ok.. I want to firstly achieve the distance then build on my speed - so tomorrow what do you reckon to 50 mins... can I do it?? I'll be happy to do the 40 mins again because I don't want to overdo things, I'm here for the longhaul, but it'll be good to aim for it and see how I go... stay tuned :)

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Well this post is overdue, I've been a bit remiss this week... the expected happened and I did put on weight at the weigh in... it was expected but still a bit disappointing. I have been fairly good eating wise, I have had a little wine, but not excessive, but I guess what I've learned is that even a little has an impact. It will sound like an excuse, but I don't mean it to be, but I have been really busy with my mum, aunties, my dad's elderly cousin and my cousin this week. I wouldn't change that for the world, as that's precious time, especially with life being so short.. but it did mean that I was much less disciplined about my exercise. Running outside last Sunday also left me with a pain in my hip and cramping in my knees - I shouldn't have gone so fast, but it didn't feel fast.. Anyway that's what my week has been like...

All that being said I picked myself up today and made a commitment between now and Monday's weigh in to give it my all and do my best to shift what I can and then start the week afresh, I'm not giving up on this, in the past I would have, I have to admit that yesterday I felt I'd undone too much of what I'd achieved and I felt a little hopeless, but then I put things in perspective.

Today I did some stretches, then walked at 4.6km/hr for 5 mins, and then I just decided to run until I couldn't run any more, and I did.. 36 mins, the longest I've run for so far, I did 3.2km in that time. I'm pretty happy with that. I wanted to go 40 mins, and I nearly did, but I started to lose balance so I went back to a walk. I then kept going till the hour was up. I completed 4.7km in 60 mins and burnt 260 calories. Tomorrow I'll try and run at least 40 mins...maybe more lol

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Well as alot of you already know from Facebook, I headed outside to run today, getting out of my comfort zone and leaving the secure anonymity of my treadmill in the garage... I decided to give it a go for a couple of reasons, my friend Fi has been encouraging me to give it a go, as she said why not do it while the weather is good, there'll be plenty of time for the inside treadmill in the dreary cold winter. But the clincher was that I needed to do it so I didn't wake up the household at 6.30am on a Sunday morning.

I have mixed views on outside running.. I started off so well, ran for 15 mins straight and was surprised at how far I'd got, however I was supposed to do 25 mins, and my legs just threatened to give way on me, I walked for a bit (not wanting to give up) but then each time I tried to run again my legs just didn't seem to want to carry me. I felt a little bit like I'd failed, but then I thought, no, you're still out here, you're still exercising for an hour, and you're conquering your fears. Fi tells me I possibly was going much faster than I do on the treadmill, I'll drive and measure how far I ran and then I'll know, but it could be the case because on the treadmill whether I run or walk I am still doing the same speed, whereas today I certainly was running faster than I walked...

I'm having a lovely time with family, (my Aunt and I took my Mum to meet my Dad's lovely elderly cousin) this weekend and that has included a bit of freedom with my food so I don't think the scales will be overly favourable tomorrow... but that's ok because this weight loss process is going to take time and there will be weeks where celebrations happen and things aren't strict, that's life, what I have to do is make sure I get back on track, not give up, and the lesson for me will be knowing how to get a balance - how to indulge now and then, but maintain weight with exercise.. so what will be will be, I won't stress about the weigh-in, I'll use it as a motivator :)

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UPDATE: well - just used map-o-meter and put in my route, it says I did 2km in 15 mins running, I usually do that in 25 mins, so yes, I did run faster than on the treadmill... that explains it lol