Where am I right now

I'm drinking a glass of Merlot wine while doing this entry tonight....:)

For the last while my eating has not been stella....I've been snacking and not eating proper lunches like I know I should.

I also have not been drinking my 3 cups of Green Tea...one if I'm lucky and not enough water...some days as little as two glasses...when I'm cold I really struggle with water...I want to drink coffee instead.

I've been having toast and peanut butter most lunch times...

I bought ingredients for my fav Green shake last week and never made one!!!

I have to throw the plain yogurt away as past sell by date now.

So what I'm saying here is since Italy, I have not been very good with my eating..

I dont eat bad foods, but just not the way I normally eat so its rattling me a bit.

On the 1st November I'm joining a few of the ladies on my online group to do the 17 DD again as this plan works...I have lots of energy and drop kg's.

I want to get my eating under control before I go on my South African 8 week holiday in a months time...

If I don't I fear returning having gained weight and this is something I've never done before.

My training is going well...in that department I am totally in control

I run 4 x a week always 8km or more, never less

I do kettlebell for strength training

I teach 2 class and PT once a week...

I'm enjoying the next few days before the eating plan starts....hence the red wine tonight as once on plan that is something I cant have..

I have warned my hubby that I will be doing this plan....

Weight wise am still holding my maintenance weight...

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

Running Tips

I enjoyed hearing the South African accent again!!!!!!!!

Weekend chat

This weekend we had cold minus temps in the morning and by the afternoon a high ( hahaha ) of 10 degrees...still cold, but the sun was out and the sky was blue...I can deal with the cold weather when the sun is out and the sky is blue, I cant when it rains and the sky is Grey...sometimes we have this for weeks on end and I really do get very depressed....so far so good, but do know that in about 5 weeks I will be heading off to Cape Town, South Africa for sunshine as it will be summer time there...3 months of summer....while Europe is freezing, bliss I cant wait...I will not be envying everyone in the snow this year I promise....I just cant face having to return to snow...but then THANKFULLY :) two weeks after I return to Germany from South African I head out to Abu Dhabi, the land of heat and sunshine all year round.

Okay, I know I just bragged a little...but am honestly so excited about our planning to go home this year as I really struggle in the cold and even more so since I lost the weight...the weight helped keep me warm...but if I had to chose the weight or being warm, I chose this weight!!

I did Kettlebell toning workout with my 10kg KB on Friday for 45 mins

Saturday, Hubby and I ran for 9.5km

Sunday my neighbor and I ran or 7.92 km

So am happy that I did my training this weekend...

Now I look forward to next week...

One PT session

Teach Step class

Teach KB class

Then the rest I will decided when I wake as need to see what the weather is like and what I'm in the mood for.

Wednesday will be my off day this coming week as take my car in for a service and then have my nails done.

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

Short Update

Things are going well....I am missing going out for my run, instead I have returned to the treadmill.....I hope to still have a few runs before I leave for CT in 5 weeks time, but in general with the cold and rain this time of year...its TREADMILL time again.

Last night I joined hubby at the gym for my workout...Ran on treadmill ~ 5km in 30 mins then went and did 30 mins of own body weight training...

I had a good workout, and really enjoyed it.

I was drenched when I was finished....

Today is my off day...

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

Last Weeks Catch up

This is the one and only photo I took of any of the meals I ate in Italy

I ate pasta, pizza and ice cream while there...but this evening I had duck!!

I haven't blogged all of last week as been so busy with other stuff....

But I have to say I did manage to get my training in even with being crazy busy!!

I read a STATEMENT on FB the other day and so agree with it...

IF YOU GOT TIME FOR FaceBook, YOU GOT TIME TO TRAIN!!!

So during my crazy busy times, I made sure I found an hour to get in my workout.

Last week I trained 9 x for 9 hours

I ran 3x Monday, Saturday ( Treadmill ) and Sunday

Taught 1x Step Class

Taught 1x Mixed cardio class

PT 1x Kettlebell workout

Did 3x Strength and Kettlebell workouts

I'm very aware of my food, but do feel as the weather gets colder I want to eat more...and not happy with that...

I'm going to have to think of something before this runs away with me....

On Saturday evening Hubby and I took a friend who's wife is in UK at the moment for dinner....at Italian...I ordered a Tuna Pizza and drank 2 glasses of Champagne...we were celebrating their new grandson's arrival...

I did say NO to dessert and more champagne...

Last night Hubby asked me if I wanted a magnum ice cream...I did say NO..

Now that I'm writing things down it does look a lot better than what I think in my head..

I'm going to work hard this week on my food intake :)

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

Monday was good

Since doing the 17 DD I try drink 3 Green Tea's a day...I don't always manage 3..but I do try.

I don't like the taste of the plain Green tea, so have bought many versions of taste ~ last Saturday I found this one while out shopping and must say, for me, its the nicest tasting...the Orange is so refreshing.

I am going to stock up on this tea as I only bought one box.

Today I got my training done..

One hour of toning biceps, triceps, shoulders and Abs, then did forward lunges and Step ups for legs. I did most with the 7.5 and 10kg Kettlebell

After a snack of activia yogurt and 1Tsp protein powder I decided it was time for my cardio

Jogged the first while, then walked up the hills and ran the flats for about 3km, then ran the rest of the way, but slowly, keeping my pace no faster than 10km and ended up with an average pace of 8km...perfect for what I set out to do training wise today.

Eating wise I was on track.

I downloaded a program to my ipad and it tells me I should eat about 1 350 calories a day...gosh I would starve as I love eating.

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

Weeks feedback

I had a good training week, considering I've been so busy with photo shoots and photo editing...not forgetting other normal chores I have during the week.

The weather has been amazing, its called * Indian Summer * so wanted to outdoors for at least an hour each day as by Wednesday the dreaded cold weather is back.

I challenged myself this week ( first week back from Italy ) to train for 7 hours this week, but each workout had to be one hour and no less... I managed that..did 7 hrs with 7 sessions.

I reached my goal

This coming week I'm going to train one cardio session of 1 hr and later toning session of 30 mins...so its one hour and 30 mins a day...

I need to get my metabolism working a little faster, feel its got a little sluggish with one week where I only trained for 55 mins...

My eating will be as clean as possible this coming week as well, I'm going to be focusing on how much sugar I have in my daily plan...will be keeping a note on sugar and not calories this week.

This coming week I teach a Personal Training Kettlebell class...My first step class to my ladies on a Tuesday for them and its been over 7 years since I taught step...but one never loses the ability to teach so basic step will be fine for the level my class is at...then on Thurday I teach my group Kettlebell...so thats 3 hours already planned for my coming week.

I do plan to run tomorrow....hopefully the weather is okay for me to run on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday....the rest will be filled in with toning...

I have set an October Challenge on my online group for the ladies so its great motivation for me to keep to good eating and training...cant expect them to and I don't :)

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

Day no 4 ~ Going Well

Yesterday I did a baby photo shoot...took me sometime to get the room ready and then the shoot took 3 hours.... didn't have much time to think about food...which I like of course...so the answer is to stay busy!!! :)

I also taught a mixed class last night....Warm up, boxing, Low Impact, squats, toning and stretch...was a good workout for me as sure the other ladies thought so as well as most only train once a week so not very fit.

Today I went for a Trail run...I left home not worrying about my time verses kilometers....and was really surprised to see it was my fastest Trail run ( on that route ) that I've run ~ so it was a nice surprised for me at the end of the run.

It was very misty this morning and around midday it opened up to this beautiful day,so rushed out!!!

Eating wise ~ Day No 4 and still on track, not tempted to eat anything wrong after all the eating I did in Italy! :)

Tomorrow is Kettlebell day...no running ~ trying to split my cardio and toning up equally.

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

Modern Hotel Gym In Italy

Took these photo's at our first stop in Italy...

I loved the gym and wanted to train the moment I saw it, but was too late and Hubby kept telling me to relax, give my body a break!!

I gained 500g's ( half a pound ) while on holiday and thankfully have already lost it as I got right back to my eating plan on Sunday, I was not going to wait for Monday...

I ran in Italy on Friday morning for 55 mins, then on Sunday Hubby and I ran for 10 km, yesterday I ran for 11km...Today I'm teaching my Power Ladies....so making sure I'm staying active with being back on the 17 DD plan.

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.

Am back from beautiful HOT Italy

I'm back from beautiful, HOT, friendly Italy

I ate without thinking for one week...

I ate Pasta, Pizza, Ice Cream and drank lots of wine

I ate all things white...( and suffered ) :)

I did get to run once for 55 mins while hubby went for a meeting

I did walk KM's every day and climbed so many stairs it was scary

Today ( Sunday ) our first day home, Hubby and I went for a 10km run in the beautiful sunshine...Is such a beautiful day, we lay in the sun tanning as well....so happy as I would be so depressed having been in Italy where the temps were over 30 degrees every day...

I climbed on the scale this morning and with all my eating I only gained 500grams

Am back on track today...

Doing the 17 DD plan for two weeks as I need to detox from all the sugar.

8 weeks to my South African * Summer * holiday...

I cant wait.

The way I see it, isn't necessarily the way you see it.