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Dude, I wish I had your specific version of that problem haha. I'm a super keen baker (desserts! I will make ANYTHING that has oreos in it) and am still developing my steely self-control when it comes to not scoffing the results (particularly in progress - huge fan of raw doughs/batters ehehe).

mmm, stored meats... I eat a mostly vegetarian diet but am not against the odd delicious dose of meat :-D Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that. And the tastebuds more sensitive!

Awesome! I'm so tired and lazy right now, can't even bring myself to google it - think the plank record holder is a lady of advanced years, held her plank for nearing 40 minutes! Holy shamoly...

Super cool! :-)

Tuesday - 60 minute barbell class followed by an hour of cardio/interval training. Normal brekkie, ham and egg + salad for lunch, 2 kiwifruit for a snack, normal veg/bean/flaxseed dinner. A couple of dates, an orange and an apple afterwards. Wednesday - 60 minute mix of yoga/tai-chi and pilates followed by 30 minute core class. Oh and I biked to and from the gym. Normal food day. 100 minutes sports cardio in pm (training + a class). Thursday - martial arts class in am, express barbell class followed by core class. Friday - 60 minutes of sports cardio training. Saturday - did some core work in the morning. Fell off the good food wagon though. Bother you staff christmas party + lack of self control! Ah well, Sunday was a good day so I'm dusting off and moving on. Again. Lol... Sunday - Normal good food! Barbell resistance training in pm. Monday - Normal food so far (still dinner to go but I'm feeling in control so it WILL be a good meal to cap off a good day!) Was mega short on time so I only managed to guzzle a protein smoothie for lunch, that wasn't exactly ideal but I feel fine so far. Barbell resistance training at lunchtime. Still trying to get my workout balance right. Ideally want a days rest in between heavy weight days but it's just not fitting in properly yet. Have been feeling a bit meh lately so glad to be back on a positive track :-) Christmas soon, whoop whoop! Am strangely not nervous about Christmas Day food. I have a PLAN! One that involves a little bit of crap food to keep me sane and a decent dose of exercise to keep me honest :-D

Weeekend - 30 minutes bodyweight resistance training on Sat morn, normal breakfast, apple for snack, apple + yoghurt for lunch (again with the suckful lunch!), kiwifruit + coffee for snack, sorta junk dinner (self resolve, what happened to you?) at movie night with friends - slice lasagne + slice pizza + LOTS of salad (got something right ha)... + a few pieces of fudge. Sigh! Sunday - core class, normal breakfast, yoghurt + apple for snack, afternoon coffee + apple, assorted grazing in afternoon (OMG need to get a grip!), chicken drumstick + assorted veg + gravy for dinner. Piece of pumpkin cheesecake cake for dessert. Oh lord. Monday - back on track. Woke up just before noon (food coma?) so pretty much ate breakfast for lunch + apple. Body Combat class in afternoon followed by a delicious protein shake blended up with a few strawberries. Core class after adequate digestion. Blanched veg + boiled egg, baked beans, crunchy beans + flaxseed. A couple of dates and dry roast peanuts + apple for afters. I really need to get some different fruit tomorrow... Seriously back on track now. Have made a serious conscious decision to make good choices for my poor body!

30 minute core workout this morning. Normal breakfast. Kiwifruit and apple for a snack. Kiwifruit and apple + shake for lunch (NOT ideal, forgot lunch today). Coffee milk (literally coffee dissolved in a cup of milk lol) for afternoon tea. Step class after work and then a short sprint run. Deliiiicious veg dinner (broccoli, carrot, cauli + cabbage) with sprouts, some baked beans, a boiled egg and flaxseed. Love love. Finished off with a couple of dates and a small apple.

Breakfast - same. Had a small protein shake and a kiwifruit for morning snack. BodyAttack training at home then biked to gym and did 30 minutes of weights and then a 30 minute core class. Biked home. Protein shake, leftover steak and some broccoli with peanut butter for lunch. Followed it up with an orange actually. Might go for a bike ride for fun cos it's such a nice day today :-)

I like to eat a couple of dates at night to stave off the dessert cravings (I used to LIVE for desserts - I worked out specifically so I could chow down on the most epic desserts haha). I usually just have them by themselves but you can also throw a bunch in the food processor with some peanut butter or nutella, some walnuts and flaxseed. Once processed, roll teaspoonfuls into balls and pop in a container in the freezer. Tastes like Snickers bars and just one will do the trick to punch that dessert craving in the neck.

Wednesday - been at a work training thingummy all day so was amping to get to the gym afterwards. Fit in a BodyAttack class before a whole bunch of us went out for dinner. Looking forward to gym tomorrow! Was feeling like I'd lost my mojo but yay, think it's hotting up again :-D Foodwise, today has been pretty good. Tuesday was a bad day of which we will not speak so today was a mental recovery day. Ate my normal delicious oat porridge breakfast. Food was served at our training but thankfully it was pretty healthy. I did eat a couple of macarons though. Moving on. Steeeaaaak for dinner, so good. Had a couple kiwifruit when I got home and now chilling out with my normal hot milk before bed (I am such a kid!). So yeah, not too bad. Not my best but also not going to beat myself up about it. Onwards and upwards! VERY proud of myself for resisting the fudge that's in the fridge. Mission for tomorrow - GIVE FUDGE AWAY.

I shall start this off by getting something annoying off my chest. After 1 month and 3 weeks of clean eating, I lapsed and ate a blasted chocolate bar. Hopefully posting about this will allow me to release the guilt and move on :-p I'm going to keep a loose track of my daily exercise and nutrition here, whoop whoop. We'll start with yesterday because it was intense, and I want to start on a nice positive high lol - 4.5 hours of mixed cardio/resistance training (this is NOT normal for me, I was attending a group fitness workshop!). 1/2 cup quinoa porridge with berries and an apple for breakfast, the other 1/2 cup porridge for lunch (scoffed between classes) + a mix of dates/raisins/dry roast peanuts for snacks. Dinner was boiled veg dumplings with grilled chicken and veges + apple and hot chocolate afterwards. Sunday was a bit of a write-off. Was travelling home and ate a weird assortment of not-bad foods but they just weren't my usual and I found myself grazing too heavily on dates (I'm addicted. Honestly). And then I ate that darn chocolate bar. Waah. Oh well. Tomorrow is the start of a fresh new healthy week. The next meal will be a brilliant one! The next workout will be a bit of a painful one... :-D Until next time!

I'm a library assistant, library people are awesome! :-D

I've got vibrams without the toes so you can wear normal socks with them :-)

Glad you liked the vid, I get all spine tingly watching it lol. Same here, would love to get the strength up and bust out some of my own moves :-D We'll get there!

Love this, having only recently rediscovered the existence of the third option :-)

So cool when stuff like that just clicks into place in your brain :-) Milestone!

Nice! You'll be slamming them out from now on :-D

aaah chur for the info! Sense-making.

I want those sandwiches. 4 days into the start of my almost-paleo (can't give up oats lol) regime, so far so good. Nice to know there are some fantastic options out there!

I was under the impression that oats are gluten-free but because of the way they are grown/processed in most places, they are likely to be gluten-contaminated. But that is by the way lol. I cannot leave the house in the morning without having eaten my oats! Wholegrain, made up with a lot of liquid, a couple of dates and raisins thrown in, a teaspoon of oat bran and a good spoon of ground linseed (or LSA mix if I've found some on special). Love it. Favourite meal of the day :-D

Parkour, cool! Check out the vid below - parkour in my town (and even in my workplace!)

Lol there's a few dresses lurking in my wardrobe waiting for a fitter day :-D

Aaah cheat eating, it's a problem! Let me know if you come up with any good ways to deal with it lol. When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad... sigh. We'll get there! :-)

Love seeing all the Kiwis joining up :-) Oh and, coincidence much, we happen to live in the same city!

Yuss! Another Kiwi :-) Can I ask what your favourite foods are? Because you can probably make healthier versions of them for a start. Or take parts of them and add them to stuff you're not so keen on (like the veg and salads) to make them more palatable. I'm trying to tackle my own food problems at the moment (as are lots of people on here) so I know how you feel - you WILL get there! I bake stuff aaaall the time, it's like my stress relief, so I feel stuck between a rock and a cupcake most days :-p I'm trying to make it a personal mental challenge to just say no lol. I'll let you know how that goes! If you're new to exercise, definitely check out the bodyweight exercises like 61st says above. Add some easy cardio into your day like a short walk. Then next time, a longer walk. Then a brisker, longer walk. And so on and so forth according to how you feel. But yay, I'm happy to see another New Zealander about the place :-) Kia kaha!