100 Things

As mentioned previously I'm starting this blogging thing again due to that book 100 Things.

So to kick start things here's my list so far. Hopefully I can achieve all of these!

1. Tattoo (have had ideas for years, but so indecisive it hasn't happened yet.)
2. Helix piercing (have wanted this for a while. Think it will happen soon.)
3. Shark diving (whether it's in a cage in an ocean or in a tank I think it would be pretty exhilarating!)
4. Learn to scuba dive (to go with the shark diving?? Plus did a beginner thing a few years ago and it was amazing.)
5. International charity work
6. Learn to speak French
7. Live in a country where I can't speak the language
8. Make 50 blood donations. (To date I've done 14 or 15.)
9. Go to a spiritual retreat in India.
10. Hike the Kokoda track
11. No makeup for a month (only because I seem to wear something every day and it would be a challenge!)
12. Teach ESL in a foreign country
13. Volunteer at a wildlife sanctuary
14. Run a half marathon (eeek! I'm not a runner at all so this would be hard!)
15. Be a tv or movie extra
16. Learn to ski or snowboard (can you believe I lived in Canada and never did this! Next time!)
17. Swim with the whale sharks
18. Adopt a dog
19. Take a photography course
20. Write a blog and keep it up. (Oh would you look at that!)

These are the things so far. I'm hoping to add to the list, but if anyone can help me out or come with me for any of these let me know!

Update

Recently I read a book called "100 things". Check out the link. It's basically about an Aussie dude who wrote down 100 things he wanted to achieve. This followed the death of his friend and he realised life is pretty short!

I was a bit inspired by this and started my own list. One of those things was to keep a regular blog! It initially was to be a travel blog, for next time I travel but I thought why not start now to get in the habit.  Usually when I travel, I write really long emails but blogs are better. I saw my friend April write her blog while we were in Canada together and thought next time I go away I'll do a blog! Plus people have told me I'm a good writer so we'll see what comes of it. :)

I've had a few online blogs over the years but can never seem to keep them. This time I will try again! Thought I'd better revive an old blog rather than start all over.  You will see in this blog, it's pretty random. Mostly about exercise....mmmmm.

Anyway, here's to new beginnings!

Group PT

Up early this morning for another gym session.  We’d booked in for the 5.30am group PT hoping that this week someone would come…and yay they did! (about 5 mins late though) It was a great session on the synergy 360 so we did a number of things like squats, weights, pull ups, prone hold etc etc.  It was pretty tough! My abs are starting to get sore already and think I’ll be feeling it tomorrow!  After 25mins and 37 secs I burned 221 cals.  Not too bad!  Will be going to zumba tonight.

Keeping it up.

Heading into week 2 of the gym membership and now I think it's going to get harder to keep up the motivation.

Last Thursday prior to attending ignition, I just did 30 minutes on the treadmill...which involved about 10 minutes of running! It actually wasn't too hard.  Not sure how many calories I burned as I kept my watch going while we did the Ignition.

Ignition is basically a trainer just showing you how to use the equipment.  So after 1 hour and 11 minutes, I burned 650 calories!

I then had 2 days off...which was well needed as I was sore everywhere! Friday was our Christmas party which was bigger than planned and I ended up with a hangover yesterday...not good when you go to a meditation course!  Anyway, after a lovely lunch and a catch up with my family last night I was back at the gym today.

Today I did all cardio, 30 minutes on the treadmill, 20 minutes on the stepper and 10 minutes on the cross-trainer and burned 651 calories.  The 30 minutes on the treadmill was week 6 of the couch to 5 k which I've been meaning to do so thought I should start around the week I think I can handle.

Really need to start doing weights, but it's a bit hard without any guidance.  Hopefully the PT will show up tomorrow morning for the group PT.  Then I hopefully won't feel so lost!

Gym

Have signed back up at a gym even though I vowed I never would again. Joined Go Health after hearing about it from my friend Sandi.

Went with anther friend Marnie and we both ended up signing up for 3 months plus 8 sessions of PT.

We went Monday morning bright and early (5.30am argh!!) all ready for a PT session...but they didn't show! :| Not a good sign.  So we just went on the treadmill.  I was pretty impressed as you can pick from all sorts of programs and it has an inbuilt tv.  So after 35 minutes and 12 seconds I burned 243 calories.  Did a program where I walked at 6.2km/h and the treadmill changed its incline.

As I still have classes valid at Mad Dance House I ended up going on Monday night to Zumba.  It's still enjoyable but even after not going for about 8 weeks I still remembered all the steps! After 45 minutes I burned 331 calories.

So Monday was a success exercise wise.

Tuesday morning comes and again we decide to go to a 5.30am class...this time body attack.  Thank god this was only a 30 minute class as we had no idea what to expect.  It was a high intensity, high impact (think those are the right terms) class where my heart rate was 170-180 bpm!!! FAR OUT! So good though.  After 29 minutes and 6 seconds I burned 317 calories!

Today, Wednesday...I've had a 36 hour break and it felt like every muscle in my body was aching.  But I had booked in for an Ignition class (where they show you how to use the machines) and I also had it in my mind to do another class.  Ignition didn't happen because of a double booking (wtf?) so met up with Marnie after her 5pm class and did some machines instead.  (I also think it was wishful thinking if I was going to do another class!) Did 20 minutes cross trainer, 10 minutes bike and 20 minutes treadmill.  The cross trainer alternated difficulty, bike was just difficult full stop (legs were so sore by this stage) and treadmill was a similar program to Monday.  Kept my HRM going the whole time and after 55 minutes and 20 seconds I burned a whopping 521 calories!

Now I am so sore. Ideally I'd like to have the next 2-3days off but we're booked in for Ignition tomorrow night.

So far the gym isn't too bad. Organisation wise so far isn't great as the group pt and the ignition haven't happened, but it's only week 1.  At this stage, all I can say is I'm glad I've only signed up for 3 months!

Hi...

So it's been weeks. Have not done anything for ages and it's time to check in...starting at Go Health Club tomorrow!

Previously I was:


Chest: 81.3cm
Waist: 68.5cm
Hips: 85.5cm
Thigh: 54cm
Weight: 57.5kg (approx - don't have digital scales)


Today I'm:
Chest: 81.5cm
Waist: 69cm
Hips: 85cm
Thigh: 54cm
Weight: 57kg

Not too bad considering!

Hanson and ZWOW #13

Hi! Long time no update.

September has been a crazy month and I haven't been able to exercise as much as I would like.  I was back at Mad Dance House just doing zumba and pilates. Haven't done tramp for ages as I've had other stuff on. The last 2 weeks have been really crazy as I was busy going to 5 Hanson concerts!

They were so amazing. Went to 3 shows in QLD and the 2 Sydney shows. Also went to a MOE (Members Only Event), got my Shout It Out album sleeve signed and saw my friend Di in the process. Can't wait to get the picture from the MOE as I was standing in between Isaac and Taylor. Also while getting my cd signed managed to say a whole sentence to Isaac "It was great to finally hear you sing a solo" and he laughed. Only managed to say thanks to the other two and at the MOE I was speechless...except for when I thought I banged Zac's hand on the barrier (and didn't) and said sorry.

Anyway, now it's back to the daily grind.  Thought I'd give a ZWOW a crack today.  Boy it was hard!!  Did number 13 which was tabata style for each exercise there was 8 rounds of 20 seconds work and 10 seconds rest so a total of 4 mins per exercise.

The exercises were:

• ALT leg balance burn
• bunny hop
• weighted leg raise
• broad jump death burpee

Modifcations:

Don't think I did the bunny hops as well as Zuzana and the weighted leg raises weren't weighted...it actually took a while to figure out exactly what they were.  Also didn't do push ups with the burpees.

Total reps for each exercise:

• ALT leg balance burn - 43 standing on the right leg, 45 on the left leg
• bunny hop - 151
• weighted leg raise - 46
• broad jump death burpee - 29

Not too bad considering I haven't done too much for ages.  In 16 minutes I burned 100 calories and after a cool down (20 mins) it was 122 calories.

Determined to get back into it now!