Thursday, October 14, 2010

Half Way Mark

Well, we had our 6 week weigh in tonight.  It was great to get people together and hear the tips from Jax and Dan - its great to know they are there for support and advice.

I am happy with my half way weigh in.  Down another 2.2kg and I hit a wee milestone which had been alluding me for some months now, which has made me feel pretty good!  Just have to keep up the momentum for the next 6 weeks.

Tomorrow is our last day working at Pioneer, which means no more gym on tap!  I have thoroughly enjoyed being able to get into the gym before and after work and get along to one of the classes and will have to make sure I keep this up when we are back at the Civic Offices.  I intend to book in my motivational 1:1 with Ron next week.

I have had a good week exercise wise, finishing off the treadmill challenge at 31.31km.  I am happy with that result and pleased that I managed to get onto the treadmill at least once each day.  I went to a bounce class on Tuesday - a new one for me - and i really enjoyed it.  I took a spin class with Dan on Wednesday - that one really pushed me.  Having not fully recovered from the stair session on Sunday, I found myself pushed to my limits by the end of the class.  I had to have a little lie down afterwards!! 

I suffer from compartment syndrome, which is where the muscles in my legs do not have enough room to contract and become very tight and sore.  I have torn both of my calf muscles and continue to have trouble with my calfs and archilles.  At the moment I am suffering a bit and it gets dissapointing at times when I feel limited by it. 

...I suspect I will be very sore after tennis on Saturday!

I have just watched the silver ferns win gold against Australia - wow, what a game!  Extra time and then constantly equal until the ferms got ahead by two to win gold!  They are such strong athletes - it is really inspiring!

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