March Madness is more than basketball

I have so much to blog, probably more than when I was at fat camp, but... my internet has been down for almost a week.  So, I have to tell you about:
 - the 4k
 - the ou- of-shapeness of the 4k
 - how Fab Feb panned out

BUT... I need everyone to quickly jump on the March Madness bandwagon.  Starting tomorrow, I want to put my blog followers onto two teams to get fit for March.  Basically, now many kms can you run in March?  This will help me train for my next 5k.

I have two team ideas:
1 - boys vs girls
2 - USA vs AUS vs the rest of the world

I have to figure out how to track this on the blog but start documenting your kms on 1 March!!!

Lets do this thing!
Turn it up!
Get your running on!!!!!!!!!

"I'll have three fingers of Glenlivet, with a little bit of pepper... and some cheese."

I have found something I am really enjoying - Express Zumba.
I am not sure why they call it zumba, it really is just aerobics to latin music instead of 80s music.It is a 30 minute zumba class during the week.

30 minutes is enough time to work up a bit of a sweat, you can have a shower and still get back to work.
Just a quicky.


*Will Farrell, Anchorman

"First we'll make snow angels for two hours, then we'll go ice skating, then we'll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookie-dough as fast as we can, and then we'll snuggle."

We are finally over scalegate and now we have (dun dun da)  Tape-Measure-Gate  (TMG for short)

I did my measurements yesterday and I was the exact same as my last October measure.  NO WAY!  I am down two sizes and 40 pounds/18kg.  There is no way I am the same.

Do I know how to use a tape measure?
It was a different tape measure than last time.
Could the numbering be inaccurate?

TMG is on.
I'll measure again in four weeks.

*Will Farrel, Elf (I know Elf got two mentions but they are so funny and food related.)

"Sounds like a sexy hamburger!"

YEA!  I lost again this week and am feeling really energized.  (It is a vicious circle, isn't it?  You are in a slump so you feel like eating and not working out. or... you are energized so you want to eat well and exercise.)  But I do feel like I am in a good in-between right now.

I am going to the gym.
I am going out with friends.

I lost 2.64lbs/1.2kg this week!  YEA!
Totals are:
40.7lbs
18.5kg

I am about 1.2lbs/.7kg better than my goal.  (keeping to the 1lb/.45kg goal per week)

I really want to measure myself but I can't find the tape measure.

*Quote is from Superbad - the scene is:
Officer Michaels:  McLovin?
Fogell: Yeah.
Officer Michaels: Great name.
Officer Slater:  It is, it just rolls off the tongue.
Officer Michaels:  Sounds like a sexy hamburger.

"We have a lot in common. We both like soup."

If I've said it once, I've said it...a lot.  Weight loss is a mental game.  All of this stuff is so in-your-head.

This whole week I have had a huge block - I simply didn't want to do the 9-3-9 on my c25k program.  On Wednesday, I did 9-3-5 but just mentally could not do the last 4 minutes.  Friday I was suppose to try again, but couldn't even start the program.  I felt crap so I just walked.  I was so mad at myself, I decided I was going to skip 9-3-9 and go straight to 20 minutes straight.

So that is what I did.

I got on the treadmill this morning and just ran the 20 minutes.

I knew I could do it but was just blocked mentally.

One week until the race.


*Best in Show

"stick to the four main food groups, candy, candy cane, candy corn, and syrup"

BL Camp really helped me today and I am grateful.  It is very difficult when you get to Utah and spend all the money for the camp, and getting there, and taking the time off and then you hurt yourself.  And, when you are doing that much intense training, it is really difficult to get through a week without something pulled, sore throbbing or pained.  So, they do teach you how to work through it.

My toe was still painful this morning but it is FFF!  (you know what that first f is for but I am not swearing)

I got up and went to the gym and worked on the weights for my hour.  I still did my gym time but worked around my injury.  Tomorrow I will walk as much as I can in hopes I can do my run on Wednesday and get back on the c25k.  I also have my two hours of dance tomorrow so it will be a busy one.

I am also inspired today because I was just watching BL Singles in Australia and a girl who weights about 300 pounds/150kg was running at 8.5km on the treadmill.  grrrrrrrrr...  I need to kick it up.

After my toe is better.

*Will Farrel, Elf

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

Slight setback but am not going to let it stop me.  Yesterday we had some rain in Melbourne and as I was walking through a parking lot, slid right across a weight metal grate and fell.  Nothing serious at all except a deep gouge in my toe - not a big deal.  Except, it is where I push off when I walk, jog or do the elliptical.

I did nothing today trying to let it scab over.
Tomorrow I will go to the gym and do weights.
Hopefully, by Tuesday there will be a slight scab and I can push through.

Only two weeks until the 4k!

*The Godfather, of course!  You knew this one was coming!

"Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good."

I received a lovely gift from Kelly today - new plates.  Well... the idea of them is lovely but the practically makes me think that my friend wants me to starve to death.

The plates are called Slimware.  And the idea is that they are decorative with three circles in them.  These circles are your portion control at meals and you are only allowed to eat what is in the circles.

Do you have any idea how small these flowers are?  How little food is allowed?
It is so small.  Tiny.

It is fabulous February so we'll give them a go.
But they are so small!


*John Travolta, Pulp Fiction

"Don't play with the food! When I was your age, we didn't have food!"

Yesterday was tough as I had TWO dance classes that went well past my bedtime.  My dodgy hip seems to be back and my knee cracked.  So...I skipped my hour of exercise today!  It may have also subconsciously been that I don't want to do my next run which is the 20min straight.

It is true confessions time!

My body needs the rest and I can feel it so I know I will be back on it tomorrow but I can't believe I only lasted one week.

Tomorrow I am back on strong.  February is still fabulous.  FABULOUS!

*My Big Fat Greek Wedding

"Lunch is for wimps."

I am going to assume that all of the Americans are just going to roll their eyes when I talk about this but here in Australia, I just had the most beautiful thing in my mouth...better than chocolate.  (Not better than cake but lets just assume that there will never, ever be anything better than cake.  Or ice cream.)

Seedless black grapes.
They are so beautiful!
60 calories per cup.
I think I am going to have 20 cups today.


* Michael Douglas, Wall Street

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."

Fabulous February is absolutely fabulous!
I am back on track and just... on it.

I lost 2.2 lbs/1kg my first week.  I guess my math was pretty good.  My total is 38.08lbs/17.3kgs.
I am now officially ahead of my goal which is one pound per week.

3 weeks until the 4k.  My new mantra is "I am a runner, with a runner's body.  I am a runner, with a runner's body."

- Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

"Welcome to Fight Club."

 The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: someone yells "stop!", goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: No shirts, no shoes. Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

Don't make me fight you!  :)
What do you think of my headphones?  I LOVE THEM!  I really don't like earbuds so I wear my old school 80s headphones.  But, they do get super sweaty gross when I am running.

I may need to try out some of those new Bose things that sit in your outer ear.
Don't they get sweaty too???

*Brad Pitt, Fight Club  (pretty obvious, but so darn good!)

"After all, tomorrow is another day!"

How did you do your first day of FABULOUS FEBRUARY?

I was really good - positive and it was a perfect Melbournian day for FF.

Other FFers, sound off -
The Pookeys were perfect. But Pookey C just stuck his finger in the peanut butter jar.  COME ON!
Miss Elisa was perfect.
At Work Simon is on it.
Waiting for more check ins.

Question - does dancing around to Hall & Oates concert tomorrow night count as exercise?

*Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind