Spiffy's Battle Log AKA My Health and Fitness Shenanigans

[Spiffy]

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!

[Spiffy]

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.

[Spiffy]

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 :-)

[Spiffy]

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.

[Spiffy]

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!

[Spiffy]

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