Life's a Beach

Mordialloc this morning for a lovely stroll along the beach. It is cooler today and a lovely morning to be out and about. Mordy is a dog beach as well and so was nice to see all the activity.

Training tip for all those walkers out there who walk along the beach, run up any steps you come across and then back down and continue your walk. It's fun.

I think from my calculations I walked about 4kms this morning not including ramps and stairs along the way. Also did something called a bull ring on the soft sand where the group spreads out in a circle and one person runs around them while the others do a set of something like squats, then rinse and repeat until everyone has had a run.

I am not going to run through the rest of my day today, suffice to say it was exhausting. My mind is in overload and need to get some of it down.

Danni, one of our trainers, mentioned a quote which is "You are not a dog, don't reward yourself with food". Yesterday when I did the block walk for the first time (before breakfast and on our day off *cough) I had a revelation that I often have an internal dialogue of things like "I work hard and am a good person, I deserve a drink after work/bacon sandwich/chili sausage etc etc". This is what I have to change, food is a fuel, I don't deserve it, I need it to live. Until I can get the weight under control and start feeling healthy and fit I don't deserve to use it as a reward. I am not a dog!

Don't be concerned I have not turned into a zealot of any sort, this is about me and to get to the size I am I have had a lot of dedication to over indulging. This means I need to take food/drink out of my reward system. Then I think it makes it easier to make healthy choices. Along with asking myself "Do I want to stay fat?" when I am really tempted.

Short term pain for long term gain. If I choose not to have a drink/eat high calorie food etc then I choose a long term gain which is living a healthy life.

 I am sure some of you reading will have watched biggest loser and possibly seen where they analyse the contestants BioAge. It's called a  VLA or Bioimpedance Analysis and I got one when I first got here.Now I can't find out much dirt on this test on the net and so it can't be too bad. Basically it shows you a whole pile of information about your body. This site has a full list of what it can read - http://www.vitalityandwellness.com.au/cellular-health-analysis 

It was an eye opener, my bio age was 82 (much higher than anyone else in the room). On Saturday I get retested which will be interesting. There was a bunch of other useful information on there that can show why some weeks we (I mean people who train *cough*) can push it all week and not lose weight. It does this by monitoring your fat content VS your muscle content.

Shouldn't be an issue with me not losing weight with this diet and exercise but I thought that might be interesting for some people reading!

I am having some stunning meals in here, really delicious. Today I had a scotch egg for breakie, goulash for lunch and a really nice eggplant lasagna this evening with it's sauce made from spinach and ricotta.

 I made everyone pork roast and cauliflower sauce last night which turned out better than expected. Heart smart pork fillet rubbed with mustard and garlic and wrapped in ham, served with Emma's zesty lemon broccoli and carrots (with some onions thrown in) and then a sauce made with mashed cauliflower, stock and garlic. Who said healthy food needed to be boring!

I'll start collating recipes as I go along but probably not on here as not everyone is interested.

I also forgot to mention, and I know a few people who will laugh at this one. In the house, despite having to get up at 5:30am, we are expected to make our beds (properly), open the blinds and windows and make sure the room is tidy.  The reason is so that if we have to come back at any stage we aren't walking into a dark messy hole.

Shot for today, taken from my surface as my phone battery has died a sad death.

For now adios from the Dandenongs

Kat