Round 2 12wbt - 2 Weeks In & How Are We Going?

Hi everyone!!! Well how have your first 2 weeks been going for this round of 12WBT?

I have been busy busy busy, with lots of gigs and trying to get in as much training as possible. I've done a few runs, and been seeing my trainer, Tennille, for my toning and muscle building sessions! I have been sore as - either in the legs or the arms - for most of the last 14 days!

Unfortunately though, sometimes the body just gives in, and for me, this has been the last few days. I woke on Sunday morning with a really sore throat, and by the time I got home Sunday afternoon, I was ready to park myself on the couch for the next few days - and that is what I did. I turned up to training this morning, hoping for some last chance training before weigh-in tomorrow, but was promptly sent out of the gym!! It is a new thing to get your head around, that you have gotten so used to actually getting up an exercising, that when you are virtually forced to sit on your butt and do nothing, you feel guilty about it! I couldn't resist some 'comfort food' while feeling unwell, so yesterday while keeping my fluids up with lots of water, my sore throat enjoyed some icy cold lemonade! I also enjoyed some yummy vegemite sandwiches made for me by the other half! Thank you!!! In between I had some healthy chicken & veg soup & lots of vitamin c filled mandarins & kiwi fruit! As I am so close to my goal weight, I will be ok if there isn't too much of a change this week on the scales, as I certainly have not been able to push it in my training.

How has your week been? Are you getting used to the changes in your nutrition and physical activity levels?

x

I'm Back - Round 1, 2012 12WBT Pre-Season Task 1

Introduce yourself!

Well for those of you just stumbling upon this blog, my name is Kate. I've completed 2 rounds of 12WBT & I am currently 38kgs lighter than I was at the end of May 2011. I am yet to do a 'wrap up' blog for 2011, which was a year that seriously changed my life. For good. Please stick around though, as I have lots in store for this round!!

For those who have read my previous ramblings, welcome back! I am signed up and ready to go for another round of www.12wbt.com.au and raring to go!!

To save repeating myself, here is my introduction video for this round! Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1oQJfumLrQ&feature=youtu.be

Kate :)

It's Been A While........Round 3 Week 6 Update!

Hi all,

Well I must firstly make a MASSIVE apology! After promoting this blog on various facebook posts and 12WBT forums, I have been massively MIA since the start of this round.

There is much to catch up on, including running (yes, I ran the whole way) the 10km Bridge To Brisbane fun run, starting Sunday morning group training sessions - and a double every fortnight!!, trying to overcome many extra work hours that severely cut into my training times, and finishing organising my wedding, which is coming up in 3 weeks!!! Eeeeeek! It has been a very busy time indeed, adn sometimes I have felt I wasn't giving the commitment I promised to 12WBT.

In spite of it all though, I have kept my nutrition clean and trained as often as I could, but I have missed some of Mish's videos, & had NO time at all for this blog, or the forums. In fact, right now, I am in between getting the groceries out of the car, and putting out a load of washing that has just finished!!

I just want to let anyone who might be reading this blog know, that I am still here, and am now down to a loss of 33.4kg since the start of Round 2. I am at about an 8kg loss so far for this round, which is a slower pace than last round, but I suppose I don't have as much to lose this time round, so the numbers won't be as large!! I currently sit at 75.5kg, and my 'goal' that I had in mind was 70kg, so not far to go now.

Anyway, I will hopefully be back over the next few weeks more frequently to update you on more of what has been happening over the last 6 weeks, and to share some goals etc for the remaining 6 weeks!

Now......off the the groceries and washing...........

Yes yes.....check out fat old me in my underwear! That's right - the OLD me!!

Hi everyone!!

This was a week to challenge one of my most hated things - technology!! Michelle set us a challenge to either write a 300 word response, or create a 3min video blog as to how (with help of 12WBT) we are making our lives more extraordinary. It was due at 6pm today, and at 5.35 I got mine loaded onto the forum site. Well better late than never hey? I had a day off sick yesterday and it took me half the day just to get the knack of how to edit a video!! Got up this morning to finish the last few bits before work, when the program crashed and all appeared to be lost!! Needless to say, as I am still sick and over tired there was an immediate bursting into tears!!

Thankfully my partner managed to retrieve it today from goodness knows where, and now that I am home from work, I am able to share it with you all.

It’s funny, I wouldn’t have wanted to share my ‘before photos’ with anyone, let alone my dreaded ‘number’, but I just simply don’t care anymore. That’s the old me!! And looking at those photos only makes me stronger, and pushes me to work harder, as I know where I’ve come from - and NEVER plan on returning there again!!

12WBT has given me determination, strength, self belief and a feeling of self worth, that I can achieve whatever I set out to do, and that no-one, most of all myself, can’t tell be that I can’t!! Because I’ve proven to myself I can.

I am living a healthier, more honest life. And aside from any other rewards - buying smaller clothes, getting compliments etc - that is what is what is most important to me.

I hope you enjoy my video, and now that I’m home from work, I can’t wait to sit back and watch lots of everyone else’s tonight!!

xxx

Check out me in my undies here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkrmJIZjnWQ