Back in sunshine!

So I’m home.  The day before we left was nice and sunny so all in all we had 2 clear days, and 5 days that pissed down.  I managed all of 2 hour long walks in the national park while I was there.  That was the extent of my exercise.  I didn’t feel up to going to the gym at all.  From Hastings Street we had a big steep hill to climb via stairs to get back to where we were staying.  I had to stop at least twice to catch my breath every time I climbed it.  I feel so weak and have no stamina.  I don’t like it much!  I am going to ask for an iron test on Tuesday when I have my next scan.  He said he’d do it at week 12 but I want it done now.

I caught up with Di for a coffee while in Noosa which was lovely – we decided then to catch up again (with the boys) the next evening for dinner at the Coffee Club in Coolum.  We had lots of laughs as usual. 

I’m back to my old ways of waking at 3.30am on the first morning home.  Bugger.  So I’ve felt worn out all day and again, no exercise.  My eating has been a lot better though and it needs to be.   Still feel crook but the morning sickness pills are doing a reasonable job.

Had some great feedback from my Drop a Dress Size Diet just now.

Just wanted to thank you for sending me a copy of the “drop a dress size” diet. After being “on plan” with my diet all year, I decided to go “off plan” for one week and just enjoy our holidays. Even though most of my main meals were healthy, and I did continue with my weight training, I also had quite a few treats and wines in between. By the end of the week I was feeling quite bloated and lethargic. I had already made the decision to eat clean and low carb and drink lots of water the following week to flush out the excess fluid I was carrying. Then I came across your generous offer which took all the guess work out of it for me. The only change I made was having green salad instead of green veges at lunch. All I can say is WOW! I dropped almost 4 kilos and felt great. Being just fluid weight, I regained 1.5 of those kilos when I went back to my regular healthy eating, which now brings me back to my “happy” weight. I love that it was so easy to stick to and it only took 5 days. I will definately be using this diet again when I have a special event coming up.

Again, THANK-YOU! I am definately back on track now,

Regards Lynne.

Ok well I think it’s time to clock off and give my brain a bit of a rest.

How much fruit can one eat in a day?

Yesterday we had our spa treatment which was heavenly. Though afterwards I really felt quite ill – I think all that massaging and stuff really stirred things up and made me feel very off. Oh I got sucked in big time too, after my treatment they applied a light make up using Jane Iredale mineral makeup. I decided to buy the pressed powder and a brush to go with it as I’ve never used mineral make up and it looked nice and natural. I just said yep I will have one of those and a brush thanks. Ah hem – $168 thank you very much! The damn brush was $83! WTF?? I know I could have gotten it for at least half that on the net. Next time.

Anyway today I felt good, really good. I swear the morning sickness pills are working. However, now Damien appears to be getting the flu! We can’t win! And the weather is still shit. I only had one sleep today, about half hour.

I never realised how good fruit really tastes. I found some big juicy white peaches in the IGA here and I have been eating 3 a day! And today at Eumundi I bought a pineapple, which happens to be the best pineapple I have ever tasted. And 3 mangoes. I figure surely it can’t hurt if I eat lots of fruit. However, I am also eating lots of cheese. I have a thing for sandwiches at the moment. Ham, cheese, tomato and lettuce on wholemeal multigrain. I also bought some home made butter at the market, oops, and some big muffins – ginger and banana, and feta and pumpkin. Oh and some coffee and walnut greek yoghurt, yum. Tomorrow we are going to the Farmer’s Market – probably much of the same stuff but I will get some more muffins and perhaps another pineapple!

Pic is from the photo shoot I did a week and a half ago.  7 1/2 weeks and I thought I should wear a bit of a loose fitting top :)   We are sitting here deciding what to have for dinner.  Neither of us are particularly hungry, me because I eat all day long and only have room for little bits at a time, and Damo coz he’s sick.  I feel like a couple of steamed dimmies hehe.

My first spew

Thank you so much for all the well wishes, congratulations and comments – I’m truly overwhelmed!  I’ve been trying to thank everyone individually but I am having a hard time getting my internet to work here.  It works for about 5 mins then shuts down.  Very frustrating. 

So, I had my first spew last night as the headline indicates.  Nice, not.  We had dinner out, seafood platter, and before anyone has a go at me for eating seafood, my OB has no problems with it so I figure he should know.  I think it was the mix of foods, there was hot and cold and various bits and pieces.   Come 11pm (I’d been asleep for 2 hours already) I was up and driving the porcelain bus.  Twice.  I felt a lot better after that.

I am really shocked at how much food I am putting away.  I’m starting to feel it too.  And I still don’t believe the fatigue – it’s really incredible.  I got up at 6am (sleep in), and it’s now 10am and I need another sleep.  I have no inclination to work, to exercise or do anything really.  Not that you can do much in this god awful weather.  I might have to change my favourite holiday spot to somewhere else.  Have has shit luck when it comes to weather up this way.

Tomorrow we will go to the Eumundi markets, and then the Farmer’s Market on Sunday.  This arvo we have our spa treatments.  Kerry thanks for the tip, I have sussed all that out, they know their pregnancy stuff.  No hot tubs, I’m having a body scrub and wrap (not a heating one so ok for pregnancy) followed by a mini facial and a 60 min pregnancy massage.  Cannot wait.

Ok well I simply wanted to say thank you to everyone who has wished us all the best.  You all rock.

x

Going public…

So, I have avoided making it public because as you might understand, I feel a bit paranoid and scared about it because of my previous miscarriage.  I thought I would at least wait until my first scan, of which I had today.  I’ve been so excited to just make the scan, to see what is going on inside!  My baby has a heartbeat!  So that’s a good sign.  I’m at 8 weeks.  It just looks like a little smudge on the ultrasound.

My weight is staying stable, yet I’m eating like a horse.  Lots of carbs – fruit, fruit and veg juice, wraps, sandwiches, rice cakes, pasta, you name it. 

I ate a pie the other night for dinner!  Had this thing for pastry.  Chile con carne pie with cheese – was pretty good too.  I NEVER drink juice, but I have had this thing for fruit juice as water doesn’t seem to quench my thirst.  When I went out for lunch with my mum and sis the other day I had a carrot, apple and ginger juice.  Yummo.  I think the ginger helped ease my nausea – so now I have a thing for that too.

I’ve been sick – not physically, but just feeling nauseas 90% of the time, often with a constant headache, and unbelievable exhaustion.  I yawn all day.  By 5pm I’m absolutely stuffed and can’t do anymore than sit on the couch.  Insomnia is pretty bad – waking at 3-4am most days again, though I did have a good 2 weeks where I slept well and thought that was over.   So the sleep deprivation hasn’t helped me in being able to keep active because I just feel wrecked.

I eat often as it eases the nausea.  Some days even though I eat regularly I get so hungry very quickly.  It must be in times of a growth spurt or something, because other days this doesn’t happen.

So all in all I feel like a washed out rag for the majority of the day and night.  I hope it goes away as soon as possible!

I am off to Noosa on Thursday morning for a week – I am SO needing a week laying around the beach and pool.  Have booked in for a 2.5 hour spa treatment at Ikatan Spa on the Friday – heaven!

Ok well I think I might go for a drive to try and find some of these ginger lollies that are supposed to help ease the queasiness.

Mmmm, healthy Indian Curry

I’ve been very productive for a weekend, let me tell you!  I’ve all but finished my work for our big project pitch.  I’ve had a redesign of my recipe e book cover and the actual book we will be working on making bigger and better and will include photos. 

As of next week my husband shall be working alongside me.  We’ve been advised we need a special relationship to be able to do such a thing :)   Damien finishes up his current work on Monday – something he really wasn’t enjoying.  It’s quite exciting really because I have a number of things on the whiteboard that I would like to get up and running – one of those is developing the men’s side of the business, and the other is bringing out an affiliate program for my programs and products.   I am revamping and redesigning my instant programs as well so will all have a fresh new design and the workouts will change as well.

On Thursday I have a photoshoot booked – I am making an exercise database for dumbbell and barbell training to include in our member area.  Additionally these images will be used for our current project – of which I hope to be able to talk about in more detail soon.   So, I have booked in for hair and makeup – tan I will just Deam tan I think – I will only have arms and back and lower leg to do.  I am not a big fan of spray tans.

Tonight are going out for dinner with Nadia and Pete at a new restaurant here.  Well, we’ve been twice already so it’s not so new to us.  I know what I’m having – an awesome seafood spaghetti dish.

I’m so excited to be heading up north in less than 2 weeks.  We have booked a week in Noosa, my favourite place of all time.   It will be a working holiday however, but that’s all good, I will enjoy the change of scenery.  I hope the rain will have finished by then though.  I plan to walk the Noosa National Park every morning, like we did last time.

A few people have asked for the recipe of our Authentic Indian Curry Sauce that I often talk about, pic above.  Please read our newsletter which will be sent out this week for the recipe! 

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend so far!

Update on happenings

Well over the next few months there will be a few big changes happening.  Unfortunately I can’t say too much because you never know who’s reading – or should I say, I’m always surprised to find out who IS reading.

I have some work to do between now and Friday where I have a deadline for providing programs for the big project that is still in the pipeline.   I have a few other projects to get underway in the next 3 months.

You should see my house – I really have a little shop happening here now.  Empty boxes everywhere, and my cupboards are just full of stock.  It’s a little bit of a trap to have the yummy new Chef Jay’s Gourmet Brownies in the cupboard I pass before I go to bed :)   I have so far tried the White Chocolate Mousse, the Ultimate Chocolate Walnut, Lucious Peanut Butter and the Caramel Butterscotch Torte.  I am not sure if I will try the Double Chocolate Decadence or not – single choc is just fine for me, don’t want to go overboard!  So, yes you guessed it, I’m not dieting for a comp anymore.  It didn’t last too long, I’ve had a few things come up so for now there will be no comp.

We are planning to have a trip up north soon, just not sure when exactly.  Probably Noosa.  I’d love to go back to Palm Cove actually, the Sea Temple was awesome.

Nadia and I went to a seminar preview last night, for Alpha Dynamic.  It was really, really interesting.  As always I am a bit skeptical of this stuff, but when they demonstrated the memory thing, I was blown away.  This lady sat out the front while the presenter asked 20 people in the room to suggest a  ‘thing’ – for example, Women’s Health magazine, hydraulic oil, Blackberry Mobile phone, V1X 3 golf ball, a red apple, and so on.  He wrote them all down on a whiteboard.  When asked, this woman systematically went through the 20 items, 1 by 1, in perfect order.  I was amazed!  I want to send my husband to the seminar just to improve his memory!  Anyone else had any experience with this sort of brainwave stuff – Alpha, Beta, Theta, Delta?

My Big Pud has been told by the vet he needs to go on a diet :)   Poor Pud.  He’s 7.3kg up .5kg since last year.  I think he looks very healthy!

Have a nice weekend everyone.

New You Challenge Winners and more stuff

NEW YOU CHALLENGE WINNERS – 2009
 
What another wonderful year it’s been for spectacular body transformations at Ideal Bodies Online.  Again we have had some extraordinary entries, and as always to choose just one winner and one runner up is always a difficult task from so much talent.

But, we managed and we’ve chosen two very well deserved winners from numerous entries. 

Click here to see who the lucky winners are:

New You Grand Champion 2009

New You Runner Up 2009

The lucky ladies have won some fabulous prizes including cash, supplements, products, magazines and ebooks. 

Congratulations to everyone who entered and who made outstanding positive physical and mental changes throughout their journey with Ideal Bodies Online.

Enter our current New You Challenge here:
 
 

FINAL PHASE FAT LOSS
 
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you are probably aware I’ve been promoting a new stubborn fat loss training program called Final Phase Fat Loss, a program specifically designed to help you annihilate any fat loss plateau and/or lose those last 5-15 lbs of stubborn fat.  One thing I may not have mentioned is that you do not have to have a gym membership to utilize this great program.

As long as you have a pair of adjustable dumbbells and an exercise ball, you can do these workouts ANYWHERE.  The important thing is the CONCEPTS that govern the workouts and not the exercises themselves.  For instance, you can easily change out any barbell exercise for the dumbbell or even resistance band version and still make the same incredible progress.

The Grand Opening sale comes to a close as of today, 4pm Victorian time, and the product will more than DOUBLE in price.

If you have purchased it, great, you have made a very wise decision and will have some brand new tricks to add to your fat loss training arsenal!  If not, this is your last opportunity to secure this package at more then 50% OFF…

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MORE DELICIOUS NEW PRODUCTS
 
Check out Ideal Bodies Online’s new products in store – absolutely decadently mouthwatering treats that you CAN incorporate into a health eating plan.  Chef Jay’s Gourmet Brownies, our latest edition.  Can you say Caramel Buttersotch Torte or Ultimate Chocolate Walnut (just two of 5 delicious flavours available).  Un freakin’ believable!
 
As a special introductory offer you can grab these Brownies for HALF PRICE!  Normally $4.50 each, now, for one week only, you can sample as many as you like for just $2.25 each!  Until stock runs out.  When you put the items in your cart the discount will apply automatically.

Free offer ends soon!

brocenstiens

Either this guy has a massive gut or is in very severe lower back hyperextension.  Either way, it’s not pretty.

Anyway, so my sleeping has been crazy.  I am getting up at 4am most days – a sleep in for me is 6am.  No idea why.  I’m starting to feel a bit shagged today, I guess it is catching up with me!  I don’t think I can do a training session today, it would just wipe me out.  So, will make sure I get a decent night tonight (not sure how I will do that yet, not like I have any say in it!), and then do Friday and Saturday gym sessions.

It is so very humid here at the moment – training is really tough, sweating like a pig and heart rate very high.  Burning heaps of calories. 

I had a coffee and 2 hour chat with Nadia Tuesday morning.  That was great, we don’t stop yakking the whole time.  Looking forward to our bike ride and sand sprint session on Sunday morning.

I did an ancillary shoulder, arm and calves workout yesterday, followed by 20 mins of cardio.  Mike said it was ok to add some additional isolation work since I don’t have any in this particular program.

My foam rolling and dynamic warm ups and stretching are going well – my chiro was impressed with my hammies this time around, much more loose and not overly sore.

I believe SHAPE magazine is out today!  Go get yourself a copy of this brand new fitness and health mag, it’s gonna be big!

Please note, our special free products trial offer closes on Saturday.  So make your purchase in our Products Store before Sunday to recieve your free Trioplex Bar and Elite Oats sachet.  Please specify your preferred flavour in the comments section.  NOTE – uness you do this, you will not receive your free samples!  We have sold out of Brown Sugar Cinnamon at this stage.

Stay tuned for the announcement of our NEW YOU champions for 2009!

Exercise for the over 50’s…

This seems a little daunting to start with but if you apply yourself you may find that it’s not as difficult as you think.Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side.

With a 5-kg potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax.

Each day you’ll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer.

After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-kg potato sacks.

Then try 25-kg potato sacks and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 50-kg potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I’m at this level.)

After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each sack.

hehehe (thanks Kerry).

The kids of today…

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning….   Uphill… barefoot…   BOTH ways  Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay  a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it  and how easy they’ve got it!   

But now that… I’m over the ripe old age of thirty, I can’t help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You’ve got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!   

And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don’t know how good you’ve got it! 

I mean, when I was a kid we didn’t have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!   

There was no email!!  We had to actually write somebody a letter – with a pen!   

Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take, like, a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents! 

Child Protective Services  didn’t care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe! 

There were no MP3′ s or  Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!   

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We’d play our favourite tape and “eject” it when finished and the tape would come undone. Cause – that’s how we rolled, dig?  

We didn’t have fancy crap like  Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that’s it! 

And we didn’t have fancy Caller ID either!  
When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn’t know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!  

We didn’t have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We   had the  Atari 2600! With games like ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘Asteroids’. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen… forever! 
And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!  

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel! NO REMOTES!!!

There was no  Cartoon Network  either! You could only get cartoons on  Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I’m saying!?! We had to wait  ALL WEEK  for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards! 

And we didn’t have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove! Imagine that!   

That’s exactly what I’m talking about! You kids today have got it too easy You’re spoiled. You guys wouldn’t have lasted five minutes back in 1980   or before! 

Regards,
The Over 30 Crowd

Thanks for the laugh Hils!