A gymbunny, I will be

I FINISHED ! ! !

Not my bike but, two neighbours down. Made my morning WAY better.

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Well hello. The deal is sealed. For real. Once you pick up your race pack, you are competing. OSIM 2010 is a fine tuned machine, lots of years of experience, everything down to a T.

Step 1: You sign up, pay and receive an email confirmation as well as notice information on when to expect to pick up your race pack

Step 2: You receive an email which gives you two days from 11am till 9pm to pick up your race pack

Step 3: You arrive, you are immediately greeted at the door and directed to the right queue.

Step 4: You collect your race pack, everything packed neatly and you can change the size of the dri-fit even.

A lot of volunteers to pick up on so much as a doubtful glance. Very encouraging to not feel lost. I'll review the race and post-race after this weekend.

Oh. The purpose of this post:

My take on it is this. Imagine running at 9.30 in the blooming morning, insanely hungry and you run behind this girl with "cupcake" as her tag. You would totally be lusting after a cupcake, get distracted and perhaps even DNF (did not finish) just so you can satisfy that craving. Don't underestimate the power of suggestion. That, and I really love cupcakes and didn't have the chutzpah to put down "gymbunny"

Monday

um. I can't remember. I just recall a sinful dosa/ masala chicken dinner. amnesia.

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Tuesday

• Couch to 5K running programme (Intervals) (more…)

< 5 days to my first triathlon, and I am absolutely worried to the core. I have not run enough, I have not done bricks, effectively "I have nots" are piling up. CP's last advice to me was that I should lay off all activities by Thursday which leaves me Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday to run and cycle (I'm going to wing swimming).

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do – Epictetus

I will finish the OSIM tri in under 50mins. thegymbunny.com has just been renewed for another year, this journey has been so amazing and encouraging with my gymbunnies behind me (all two of you!)  It has been absolutely key in my success and will be crucial for my progress.

For all your aspiring tri bunnies, I've made a list which I will expand after I complete/kick ass at the OSIM Triathlon 2010

Image courtesy of Matt Coats (Flickr)

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I am part of the statistics. At 2.20pm this afternoon, a leg of roasted chicken was my downfall. Sitting down in a balmy food centre, I felt a twinge of guilt for all of a second and it was followed by balance in the world. In defence of the diet, I failed because, I had a nagging headache which did not go away inspite of medicating twice a day. Coupled with an pre-existing condition, I didn't want to risk downing painkillers and have bad gastric reflux issues. Day 3, I was ready to throw in the towel. I can feel lyposis happening because, I'm going through water bottles like a marathon runner and my tummy feels considerably flatter.

With the end of this short attempt, I am grateful because, I am now back on track for my old diet – high protein, x 5 meals, no sugared drinks at all (black coffee/green tea), at least 2litres of water and more attention to how much I am sleeping.

We all know that sleep is crucial for weight loss. It is in rest that your body has the time to repair itself so, I've included a sleep count into this review. I get my fish oil next week, so this week I have to tide myself over with less than ideal fish oil intake.

Day 1

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Resolutely sick with my plateau which is a result of not working out at full intensity and not being 100%. Deeper down, it is a loss of focus. E was such a great trainer in that he knew exactly how to motivate. We started bets, he checked on me regularly, he gave me reasons to be better, to want more.

Unfortunately, his departure coincides with a failure in getting back to my workout routine. In this bid for fitness, I have earned the desire to learn new things – I started a running programme, signed up for a 5K, a mini triathlon, went climbing and completed it!, woken up more mornings in 2009 than I have ever had all my life, I work out without fail at least x 1 a week (not sufficient for weight loss/fitness) which is not what I can say about most people.

MB started a biggest loser-esque bet with me and right now, he is at -7kg and I'm at -2kg (even this is doubtful because, I've started eating carbs so  my water weight retention averages 2-3kg). Aside the need to win this, I also have to break out of this and here comes in the crazy part. After hearing it from K, I've done some research and decided to give this a whirl. 28 days and my commitment. The hardest part of this, should be in the social aspect of this. I have 1 healthy meal a week to eat. 

What is it?

The Velocity Diet is for all intents and purposes, a liquid diet based on supplements to provide the nutrients that the body needs. The diet is four weeks of protein shakes x 5 times a day with one healthy solid meal (HSM) a week. Uh huh, not a day. A week. The purpose of this diet is to lose as much fat as possible without losing muscle. (more…)

Admittedly, life has taken over yet again. I am still grappling with my plateau which I deserve since I still am not working out consistently. *pout* Mentally, I have given myself one month to stick with my current gym with 100% committment. If it does not show ANY result, I have to find something that inspires me more. I wish I could find my grit, where is it? I am incredibly lucky to not have put on much or any weight save for water retention, of course there is no doubt that there's been muscle loss.

Ubin Run in less than two weeks, OSIM less than a month! Time to kick it into gear! Bring it!

Monday

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