Not that I ‘m biased or anything, but this is the loveliest dog around. She’s outgrown the naughty puppy stage and is now a gorgeous, young dog. One that loves a game and loves her owner (my Mum) and will do almost anything for a treat! Nick spent ages throwing a ball for her while I took photos and I’m sure Flair could have kept going (and going and going). Then, when it all got too much for her, she would curl up for a snooze on her blanket on the lounge.
So with the 12wbt over for now, it’s time to start changing things up a bit on this blog! I’ll still be posting fitness updates, and yummy photos of yummy food, but I am also going to start posting some of my photographs that I’ve taken recently. Starting with these ones – over the Christmas break the three of us (my husband, daughter and I) went up to visit my mum. She lives on roughly 600 acres in the middle of nowhere – solar power, tank water, etc as she’s too far from town to easily get any services. It’s a magical, relaxing place with so many photo opportunities and it doesn’t hurt that my mum is a keen photographer too.
This first lot of photos are a sunset, sunrise and night sky. We really lucked out this time and due to a lot of rain and overcast days these were pretty much the only decent sunrise/sunsets we had while we were there. And the sunrise was on the morning we left… This was also my first attempt at a night sky shot trying to get some star trails – I wasn’t overly happy with how it turned out, but plenty of time to try this again another time.
Little disappointed that all the final tests, weigh in, measurements, etc are done middle of this week instead of at the end. I feel ripped off that I miss out on that extra half week to lose a little more weight and get that tiny bit fitter. Ah well, it really won’t change that much anyway, so here it is – what changed from nearly 12 weeks ago until today?
The only real changes from 4 weeks ago is the time trial and the wall sit. And can I just say I’m pretty damn proud of myself for the time trial. At the start, I think I managed 300 metres jogging before I slumped back to a walk and I was absolutely shattered at the end of it. I didn’t have the best prep for it either, I had barely any lunch, no afternoon snack, not enough water during the day and I have always done my exercise in the morning, not the evening. So to kick another 30 seconds off my time is so cool! I think the improvement has come from the damn hill intervals I’ve been doing over the past 2-3 weeks. Cranking the treadmill up to 10 incline has really pushed my quads and given them the extra strength needed to push harder and faster.
Oh, and yes, I DID lose a decent amount of weight. Over 10% body weight in fact – I’ve gone from 82.2kg, down past my pre-pregnancy weight and this final week I dropped below my previous “holy crap I need to lose weight” weight. I’m getting close to my previous stable weight, but if I keep exercising and watching what I eat, I’m aiming to get back to my old “kinda fit” weight. I’m not aiming for my old “fit” weight – too time consuming but my next target is to get below 70kg. I’m thinking this is entirely do-able, possibly within the next 4-6 weeks since I managed nearly a kilo this week.
So onwards and downwards… Not sure what’s going to happen with this blog, I still have a few more posts to make for this round and then we will see what happens. It won’t stop, but it may change focus a litttle!