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I just finished my first run in nearly 3 weeks. Im feeling better for it now, but ouch those hills!! 1) Bedtime - I was only late to bed one night this week, this goal has been almost completely spot on so far. 2) Consistancy - not so awesome, but there is no time like the present to get back into it 3) Bonus - Ive had a few walks this week which have been nice 4) Knitting - Ive nearly finished the back. Just have to shape the top bit then its on to the front section!

You are going great guns!

1) Bedtime - Ive been asleep by 9:30 the last 2 nights. Makes for a nice change of pace and I am feeling better for it today 2) Consistancy - the consistency is not going well at all. I did a weights session 2 days ago (first active thing in 2 weeks), yesterday was a rest day, today I went for a swim and managed to get motion sickness about 500m in. I was very close to hurling at the 750m mark so I hopped out. Right now my body kinda sucks. 3) bonus - walked 2 days ago and will be walking again tomorrow. 4) knitting - the knitting is going surprisingly well. I might actually have this jumper finished within the 6 weeks!

As someone who has never made it across the monkey bars, I am SO impressed!!! Good on you!

Thanks for the encouragement guys, it is much appreciated! So the knitting and the bed timing are going swimmingly....AND I went back to the gym today!! Felt a little faint in my warm up, but then powered through my weights session with only a little coughing up of the lungs. I also left the car at home for the kinder pick up this afternoon. Its about a 30min round trip, getting there sans little peeps is a bit quicker than the coming home part.

Still not 100% but I have started the jumper (the second attempt is much better than my first go ) and I have been in bed by 10pm. Going for a walk today. Tomorrow (Monday) I will be back to the gym regardless of my health even if its just for a walk on the treadmill. Im officially sick of being sick.

Cant wait to try it, thank you!

Ok, this is getting really silly now. Why why why am I still sick??? Hay fever on top of the cold is like a double whammy of cough-and-snot.

What is the recipe you use for the goat cheese soup??? That sounds amazing! With the chopped tomatoes, if you pop a piece of bread into a container before you put the tomatoes in they will last longer. The bread soaks up the extra juice.

I feel like I have found my people I am shocking with the sweet stuff! If it is in my house I eat it straight away, if I manage to exert some self control I just obsess about the sweet stuff till I finally cave and eat it. Its ridiculous and not something I am proud of. I try really hard to not keep lollies and chocolate in my house, and I try really hard not to make eye contact with the stuff in the supermarket. What does help is going cold turkey. Instead of ice cream I have a chopped up banana and a few spoonfuls of yoghurt, instead of lollies or chocolate I have either a sweet herbal tea (raspberry and cranberry is lovely and no sugar) or pitted dried dates. Far out its hard to stay away from the sweet stuff

Still manfluy but I think I am starting to get a smidge better. My bedtimes have all been at 10pm this week and I even managed to get out for a walk with the small peeps today. Starting the jumper on Friday

Bah stupid manflu. I cant believe I am still sick

Welcome back!! Your goals are solid, no luck will be needed

I love how detailed your goals are!

The hat is awesome! Yeah my knitting is MUCH more basic than that.

C25k is brilliant! I used it after I had my children to get back into running and it was SO hard, but you will find in a week or so that it wont be quite as hard, and I bet by the end of this 6 week challenge you will be kicking C25k butt. I used the DJ Beatsmith ones which just have bells for the audio cue rather than someone telling me to go or slow down.

Cowboy boots! Brilliant! For a kid? I was thinking about doing a weekly update photo to keep me on track with it.

Great goals!

http://youtu.be/VbmbMSrsZVQ Manflu (aka Mancold) is a very very serious disease....

Wow I fizzled out big time at the end of the last challenge. Exhaustion and man-flu kicked my arse. Ive still got a bit of a chest infection, but Im ready to have another crack at another 6 week challenge. 1. Bed by 10pm. I did really well at this one last time until my husband went away for work. The later I go to bed, the worse I feel the next day and the more inclined I am to skip a work out because I am too tired. So no excuses, 10pm curfew for me. The exception being either Friday or Saturday nights when I can stay up a bit later. 2. Consistency! I have a fairly hit and miss record with being consistent. I start well then peter off. This week because I am still sick I will walk instead of run on my run days. From next week I will run 3 x week, do weights twice a week, and swim once a week 3. Bonus activity, at least one per week. Either a ride, a long walk, yoga etc. Something active but fun. 4 - Lifestyle - Knit a jumper over the next 6 weeks. I can crochet, but I only know the absolute basics of knitting and it is something that I want to get better at so I can make more clothes for myself and my family (self sustainability and all that). I have a pattern, knitting needles, and yarn so I am good to go

Great goals! What are the knitting projects you are working on?

Im still kicking around here. Ive been swimming and nearly melted on yesterdays run. All the months of cold weather and rain has made me soft lol. The last 3 nights I have been in bed by 10pm, Ive been switching the tv off at 9:30 which has helped a whole lot. Starting to feel like I am back on track.

1km swim yesterday and I was in bed at 10pm...read till 11 but I was in bed at 10 so that is something. The unfinished projects are coming along nicely, Im just sewing in the ends of the blanket - next is the pouff and I am getting excited about finally having somewhere to put my feet up. The snack part of the challenge is the only bit that is really letting me down. I think it is just a habit rather than a need to eat. This week I will be paying more attention to this one.

This week has not been awesome, all these late nights have turned me into a bit of a zombie. From tomorrow night I will be back on track with the in bed by 10pm at the latest thing. On the upside I completed an 11km fun run this morning in 1:09. Not a PB but I didnt die or come last and I did get a free race shirt!

They are deadly dull arent they? Watching telly helps, but time still really drags. I think part of the problem is that it is too easy just to stop and hop off? If I am out on the road somewhere, I have no choice but to come home. I can shorten my run and take a short cut, but I cant just stop running completely. You know? I went for a swim today, 1km. No PB's but I had a lane to myself and I didnt get motion sickness and I didnt drown so it was a good swim.