"At my signal, unleash hell."

Tomorrow I unleash the hell.

1 hour of working out every day.
1200-1300 calories/day.  (I changed this to a range because I have to hit at least 1200 a day to stay healthy so to give myself that planning help, I added the range.)  Believe me, 1300 still isn't big meals!
And, today I committed to Kelly and Nick that I would give up grog for the month.  (no champers at the races!!!)

29 days.
If I did the math right, I should lose 2.4 lbs/1kg per week.
2000 - I burn this on a one hour exercise day
1200 - calories I will eat in a day
800 - is the saved calories per day
400 - is what I can burn in an avg hour with exercise
1200 - is the saved calories per day
8400 - is saved cals *7 days a week
2.4 - is that divided by 3500 calories
(Did I do it right?)


It was difficult to do at Fitness Ridge so I know it will be challenging on my own.  But everyone is super supportive.  Yea for me.


*Russell Crowe, Gladiator

"I'm just one stomach flu away from my goal weight"

Now that we have the new scale, I can't stop weighing myself.
Which is stupid, I know.
And, it is making me nuts because it never says what I want.


GOAL - do not weigh myself until Sunday.


*Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Actually, there are a few great quotes that I could use but I don't want to duplicate movies in my titles, so here goes:


Andy Sachs: So none of the girls here eat anything?
Nigel: Not since two became the new four and zero became the new two.
Andy Sachs: Well, I'm a six...
Nigel: Which is the new fourteen. 


Emily: You don't deserve them, I mean you eat carbs, for Chrissake! 


Emily: Really? It's for Paris, I'm on this new diet. Well, I don't eat anything and when I feel like I'm about to faint I eat a cube of cheese. 

"All right, ramblers, let's get ramblin'."

I am so scared.  This is the big week on the c25k program.  Within the next three runs, I will be running at my blistering 7km/hr pace for 20 minutes straight.  When I finish my program, it will take me 36 minutes to do my 4k.

Then, do I start the c25k program over at 7.5k?  Or 8k?
Tim (at work) says I need to do sprints to improve my speed but how do you do that?  Must look online.

btw - I was overwhelmed by the amount of people willing to do FABULOUS FEBRUARY.  ... ... NOT!

*Laurence Tierney - Resevoir Dogs

"I am big! It's the pictures that got small."

FABULOUS FEBRUARY IS COMING!

I am going to go hard core for February.  1200 calories a day and one hour of exercise every date.

I want to put a whole bunch of rules (no alcohol, 8 glass of water, etc) I want to accomplish but I have decided to keep it simple.

Right now, my diet is 1200-1800 so this is taking out a lot of sanity for me.
I am exercising between 30-60 minutes/day.  So, this should be doubling my calorie exertion on my most days with no rest days.

I thank you in advance for your support but you can really support me by doing it too!  Come on!  Let's make Feb Fab!  (I did pick the shortest month of the year.)

The blog titles will be famous movie titles until the Oscars.
*Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard

"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

I know that I promised that all scalegate issues would end once we got the new scale.  Oh.... they have just started.  All I want is a stupid scale that will give me an accurate weight.  My new Tankia scale arrived today and the results were -

I was up by 11.6 lbs/5.3kg
Carl was up by 3 lbs/1.4kg
Andrew was up by 3.7 lbs/1.7kg

So, you think, maybe... the scale is off the more you weight, but:
1 - Carl weighs more than Andrew
2 - There is NO WAY I weigh the total on the new scale
3 - This is suppose to be an accurate scale
4 - I weighed myself at the doctors today and it was 6.6 lbs/3kg less

I AM OVER IT!!!!

I guess I will just keep the higher weight scale and use that?  But an 11 pound difference!?!?!?

So, here is my plan.  Sunday is my weigh-in day.  I am going to officially weigh-in on Sunday using the new scale.  I will update the blog with the new weight because I would rather be over than under.

Carl and I hopping on the scales.  He is on the old one and I am on the new one.

DARN!!!!  I've seen the new, bad, not accurate results.

Title movie quote - Peter Finch in Network.  First Aussie Oscar winner.

Need to kick it up

I got the 4k fun run newsletter today and according to them, I need to be running twice a week now and starting three times a week for the next month to be in shape for the race.

I have been letting that third run go every week which is why I am still only on week 4 of the c25k.  I only get two in every week.

New goal - ensure I am getting my full running week in so that I am easily able to do the 4k.

Anniversary just passed

I forgot to comment but for those who look at my sidebars... it has been 6 months without McDonalds.

I have definitely gotten over the hurdle where I don't think about it anymore.
Unless I am busy and it is lunch time and I walk past it.
Or, I am craving a Quarter Pounder with fries and a carmel sundae.
Or, I am in a salty fatty food mood.
Or, I see a commercial.
Really, it is mostly when I am busy and don't think I have time to get a better food choice.  But, I do and I have.

I really don't think about it as much anymore.