Personal Trainer
Today was a horrible day. I was on the go from the start.
I had the normal housework things to do. Bless Martin’s heart he organised pizza for tea today so I could have a sleep in. I was wide awake at 6am when the radio started, probably because I heard the hosts refer to Fit and Fabulous. After dropping the kids off I went to the mall to find a tee shirt for Dayna as she was getting photos today and couldn’t be light. I also needed a new quick unpick (they are now called seam rippers) I wanted a supportive sports bra so was on the hunt and found one at Farmers and also looked for some more fitness gear.
From there I headed to run a few more errands before I had to head home to change and go to the gym. I am pleased I didn’t fo another 5.30 gym session as Monday was fine as all excited but did feel it by 4pm and Tuesday was hard and felt it around 12.30pm and still feeling it today, but then again it might be the extra exertion.
Today the team met at 12pm for the Personal Trainer (Andrew) to give us our programme. We are all doing the Weight machines but at different weights to suit our level. We then can do the Cardio Machines. I grabbed him to discuss my cardio plans and my cardio work is a little different to suit my training. I will use the treadmill and run 1Km and each time increase it by .1 with the aim I will be able to run 5km so by the time this competition is over I should be able to run on the streets to 3km easy enough even though the terrain is different. Andrew plans the food too but he glanced briefly at my 4 day food diary and said it looks good but will look at it closer later today.
So my plans are Monday and Tuesday I will go in at 5.30am and Wednesday and Friday I have no kids in the morning so will go in the morning around 9.30am. Although today was 12pm as having a team session with Andrew. Thursday is rest day and Saturday and Sunday we will get together but no time decided yet.
So far I have only only spoken on the radio on Monday but will be called again for a more personal interview. 8.10am is when the radio station covers the Fit and Fabulous competition. It will be online by the end of the week with photos, blurb, weight, height, fat etc.
We got the kids to have their photos today which we like to do once a year but last year Dayna hated the experience so we had two different sessions then to get it done. Dayna once again didn’t play the game so I don’t think we will try again it is way to stressful.
We got home and had homemade chicken, cranberry & camembert burgers. They were yum.
I am off to relax and hopefully not fall asleep.
November 5, 2008 @ 8:25 pm
That’s encouraging Bernadine. You’re spot on with your nutrition/eating. Weights are so important for strong bones as well as muscle. You do know muscle weighs more right?
Did you catch DownSize me last night? One of the people from the past mentioned that if you want to change your shape you need to do weights. I’ve certainly found that to be true.
You’ve had another very busy day. The days must just go by in a blur.
Have a good rest day tomorrow.
November 5, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
So you go to the gym 6 days out of 7? That’s a lot of travel and a lot of petrol, not to mention the parking. Are you going to be able to keep that up for 6 weeks?
November 6, 2008 @ 7:37 am
I videoed Downsize me as wanted to see if they managed to keep the weight off.
I have sore shoulders today so know some of the machines are working. A couple of them work on the upper arm so hopefully I will loose/tone the bingo wings.
Yes we go in 6 out of 7 days. It will be a lot of petrol but for this opportunity I had to bear that. There is a team member in Silverstream and she has offered a ride if we go in at the same time, so that may mean the weekends. If that is the case it is only my cost 5 out of 7 days. There is a carpark so that frees up that expense.