Fat to Fit 20 January 2011

Here I am again doing Fat to Fit with Lucy. I haven’t participated since 16 December and surprisingly I survived Christmas / New Year etc. with a gain of only 600gms.  ONLY 600 gms, you say? Well I’m proud of it.  I’m sure it could have been a lot worse.

Last time my goals were:

1. To finish tidying the family room.  Do I sound like a broken record yet?  If this does not occur there will be no Christmas Tree! DONE!!! Admittedly the tree did go up quite late but it still went up and the family room was clean briefly.
2. Use the treadmill for 20 plus minutes or walk the dogs 4 days of the week . Ah, no.  Let’s move on shall we?  Actually, I did do part of the Zumba game twice and played a Fighting game twice as well.  Muscles ach after that.
3. Go to bed before 10.30 pm at least 3 nights of the week. Done. 
4. Try to eat less processed food. Have salad stuff to eat for lunch and will aim for at least 3 days for that. Yes, I managed to do this for about 2 weeks and while I was away I did it as well.  Just don;t ask me about the food while driving.
5. Play with / spend some quality time with the children. YES!!! I did it and have kept doing it.  Although I am struggling trying to get Girl Child to understand that I actually do need to work (paid work) as well as play with her.

So all in all not too bad.  And better than I expected, in parts.
My aims for this week are:

1. To keep the Family Room tidy.
2. Exercise on the Treadmill, by playing the Zumba or Fighting games or by walking the dogs at least 4 times a week.
3. Go to bed before 10.30 pm at least 3 nights of the week. I’m having a lot of trouble sleeping again so this is a priority.

Yes, I know it’s a short list but I’m tired.  Good Night All.

Day 11 of NaBloPoMo

So it’s that time again. Time for the Fat to Fit Blog Hop.

Last week my goals were:

1. To tidy the family room It was attempted but did not get very far.
2. Finish folding the current clean washing (it’s much smaller than it was) and put it (or have it put in the respective rooms Washing all folded.  Mine and Boy Child’s put in the respective rooms.  Mr E. and Girl Child seemed to not listen to the instructions. Can I count this as a half?
3. Start cutting back on the caffeine (yes again!) 3 cups per day is plenty.  And probably more than enough. Only 2 today but the trip interstate meant lots of caffeine was imbibed (interesting word there..LOL).  I was doing well with this though.  another half maybe?
4. Do some more exercise.  At least 4 days in the week walk to / from school or use the treadmill for 20 – 30 minutes. Zero treadmill time.  Did walk home from school at least once but it has been raining a lot here. And Boy Child shared a cold virus with Girl child and I.  Apparently I sound awful. 
5. Go to bed before 10.30 on 3 nights. Oh yeah,  I did it!

Other things that happened this week:
I shipped off two shopping bags full of clothes Girl Child has outgrown to my cousin’s daughter.
I weighed myself and was pleasantly surprised.
My aims for this week are:

1. To finish tidying the family room.
2. Keep the caffeinated beverages down to 3 a day.
3. Try to walk to school or use the treadmill for 20 plus minutes 4 days of the week.
4. Ensure I’m getting enough sleep and water.
5. Try to eat less processed food.  I bought tomatoes and cucumber today.  I can see that with tuna or cheese or ham and carrots as lunch a few days in the next week.  I’ll aim for 3 days and celebrate any more than that.

What are you doing for yourself this week?