...and so we reach the final day of the 2nd last month of 2013. Wow! Everyone seems to be getting into the festive spirit and there is lots of charitable work going on. What we did this morning was a 90 minute zumbathon. It was the Movember zumbathon and we were each given a stick-on moustache! The "entry fee" was a toy which Virgin Active will donate to under-privileged children. Well, are we not just the most blessed zumba class this side of the equator?!! Why? Well, we have the two hottest zumba instructors ...like...ever!! They are really like chalk and cheese, but they each bring their own brand of sexiness to the class. Elroy, with his awesome body, flamboyance and wit, and Sakkie with his ...how do I describe him.... Afrikaner boy sexiness, rhythm and great sense of humour. They are ruthless mind you, and make us work really hard, but we are having such fun that before we can do another booty shake, the class is over! A 90 min class every Saturday would be great - especially now that we need to be "beach ready". I have a feeling though that tomorrow morning I am going to be moaning their names as I attempt to get out of bed!! And not in a good way either!
So with only 4.5 weeks of 2013 left, I need to get the booty into gear and burn off 3.8kg. If - no, no, no - when I do this, I will have achieved my 2013 goal weight. How wonderful that will be to enter 2014 with a brand new goal. Yessss!
Saturday 30 November 2013
Monday 25 November 2013
Year Three
It's been eight months since my last post...I would call that severe neglect! So much has happened in those eight months, it's difficult to know where to start, so I'm just going to ramble!
I'm in year three of being a gym member and, I am proud to admit, a regular gym bunny. I love going to gym - for various reasons. I think the biggest plus for me is the de-stressing factor. I can pour out all the day's frustrations in sweat and I can pound that stepper or shake my booty unashamedly in the zumba class, and the world just seems like a better place afterwards. Of course that's not the case at all...I'm just a better me afterwards! The most wonderful spin-off of being a regular at the gym is the friends I have made who have added a wonderful spice to my life. I think they add to the de-stressing factor hugely. We laugh - a LOT! I can't leave out the fact that being fit or fitter at least, adds a quality to ones life that is absolutely awesome. Everything is brighter and better. Unfortunately my appetite too! They... you know who I am talking about, those people that know... they say that your results come from 80% diet and 20% exercise. Well, I have to admit that they seem to be right! Ok, so I am not 20kg overweight anymore, I have only 9kg to lose now and my body fat has dropped a bit, but given that I have been working at this for three years, my progress is a tad slow. I admit freely, I'm not quite getting that 80/20 thing right! I can attest to the fact that by dropping a large percentage of carbs, ensuring you get enough protein and keeping a positive frame of mind, the results do appear. I know what I need to do - it's implementing it that gets a little tricky! I am a Gemini and it really does seem as if there are two of me who have constant arguments about food consumption. I walk past the snack shelf in the local Kwikspar, unfortunately located directly next to the healthy fresh veg, and those Doritos Late Night Chilli Ribs call my name... I swear! My inner gym bunny says "blegh, walk on by, you know you don't eat those disgusting high GI carbs" and my inner couch potato says "oh come on now, you work so hard, life is short, you can have a few delicious, crunchy, awesome Doritos". I casually look around to see if anyone else has noticed the argument going on, but everyone seems oblivious. Sometimes gym bunny wins, and sometimes couch potato wins. Now if I can get gym bunny strong enough to challenge couch potato to a burpee competition, it would shut that slouch up once and for all!
A month and a half ago I had the most amazing experience. I went overseas for the first time in my life! Not only that, I went to a place I have been longing to see for years - Thailand. What an awesome, mind expanding, wonderful experience. It's as if you brain has been wired to deal with work and domestic issues, work and domestic issues and more work and domestic issues for the last 25 years. Suddenly those centres of your brain get to shut down and this whole new department of your brain sparks. You suddenly have new smells, new tastes, new climate, new sights, a new language, rain that is warm, sea water that feels like bath water, people who are non-aggressive, food that is absolutely divine and many other awesome experiences. There is nothing quite like walking through warm tropical rain, the steamy climate, the temperature in the thirties, then stopping at a roadside pub and having an ice-cold Chang beer. It's crazy to swim in crystal clear, warm sea water. The nature of the Thai people is just beautiful. The whole experience has given me a whole new take on life. I need to go back and experience more of that! On the fitness and fatness front, in general, although the Thai people have a staple diet of rice and or noodles, there are few overweight people. My theory is that Thai food is quite spicy so you tend to eat small amounts. This points back to Granny's advice of "everything in moderation"!
Anyway, before I turn this into a travel blog, let me sign off with the promise that I have the best intentions of keeping this blog up to date with at least a weekly post. I have plans to enter 2014 4kg lighter than I am now. Let's hope I can beat that couch potato into submission!
I'm in year three of being a gym member and, I am proud to admit, a regular gym bunny. I love going to gym - for various reasons. I think the biggest plus for me is the de-stressing factor. I can pour out all the day's frustrations in sweat and I can pound that stepper or shake my booty unashamedly in the zumba class, and the world just seems like a better place afterwards. Of course that's not the case at all...I'm just a better me afterwards! The most wonderful spin-off of being a regular at the gym is the friends I have made who have added a wonderful spice to my life. I think they add to the de-stressing factor hugely. We laugh - a LOT! I can't leave out the fact that being fit or fitter at least, adds a quality to ones life that is absolutely awesome. Everything is brighter and better. Unfortunately my appetite too! They... you know who I am talking about, those people that know... they say that your results come from 80% diet and 20% exercise. Well, I have to admit that they seem to be right! Ok, so I am not 20kg overweight anymore, I have only 9kg to lose now and my body fat has dropped a bit, but given that I have been working at this for three years, my progress is a tad slow. I admit freely, I'm not quite getting that 80/20 thing right! I can attest to the fact that by dropping a large percentage of carbs, ensuring you get enough protein and keeping a positive frame of mind, the results do appear. I know what I need to do - it's implementing it that gets a little tricky! I am a Gemini and it really does seem as if there are two of me who have constant arguments about food consumption. I walk past the snack shelf in the local Kwikspar, unfortunately located directly next to the healthy fresh veg, and those Doritos Late Night Chilli Ribs call my name... I swear! My inner gym bunny says "blegh, walk on by, you know you don't eat those disgusting high GI carbs" and my inner couch potato says "oh come on now, you work so hard, life is short, you can have a few delicious, crunchy, awesome Doritos". I casually look around to see if anyone else has noticed the argument going on, but everyone seems oblivious. Sometimes gym bunny wins, and sometimes couch potato wins. Now if I can get gym bunny strong enough to challenge couch potato to a burpee competition, it would shut that slouch up once and for all!
A month and a half ago I had the most amazing experience. I went overseas for the first time in my life! Not only that, I went to a place I have been longing to see for years - Thailand. What an awesome, mind expanding, wonderful experience. It's as if you brain has been wired to deal with work and domestic issues, work and domestic issues and more work and domestic issues for the last 25 years. Suddenly those centres of your brain get to shut down and this whole new department of your brain sparks. You suddenly have new smells, new tastes, new climate, new sights, a new language, rain that is warm, sea water that feels like bath water, people who are non-aggressive, food that is absolutely divine and many other awesome experiences. There is nothing quite like walking through warm tropical rain, the steamy climate, the temperature in the thirties, then stopping at a roadside pub and having an ice-cold Chang beer. It's crazy to swim in crystal clear, warm sea water. The nature of the Thai people is just beautiful. The whole experience has given me a whole new take on life. I need to go back and experience more of that! On the fitness and fatness front, in general, although the Thai people have a staple diet of rice and or noodles, there are few overweight people. My theory is that Thai food is quite spicy so you tend to eat small amounts. This points back to Granny's advice of "everything in moderation"!
Anyway, before I turn this into a travel blog, let me sign off with the promise that I have the best intentions of keeping this blog up to date with at least a weekly post. I have plans to enter 2014 4kg lighter than I am now. Let's hope I can beat that couch potato into submission!
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