week 3

My dear friends ,I had a great week :) .  I am now 5.6kg away from my goal,after a hard week of staying focus on the program and 4 gym sessions ,an hour of power walking and a couple of day dreaming walks..lol.. i had a loss of 500g! Now, how do i manage to stay motivated,some of my  my friends "ask"! After such a hard week and have such a small loss?  well the way I see it is every gram i loose it is a step closer to my goal,and lets face  it...it  is much , much better then putting 500g on.!!  I have been presistent in going to the gym,and no i do not rock on the machines and go crazy for hours with work outs..i am really happy with my zumba classes and body combat..I really think that is the key. Find an exercise that you are really passionate about,and have fun with it!
I have registered in a couple of walks such as the bondi-coogee,the workout with Michelle bridges at the oval in leicharddt,they are fun activities,great excuse for a get together and a  lovely  coffe afterwords:). i also have enjoyed a couple of morning walks this week in brighton!Not just the beautiful sunshine and the coffe while u walk,but the amazing people you met ,without expecting!!!Set a goal, Go for it, have an amazing  week,cant wait to share what mine will bring..Love Lurdes.

"The Sky is your limit"

and remember:
 Whether you think you can..or think you can't.....you're right!

Week 2

Well my beautiful friends,what a great week I had! I have not yet shared my goal with you:) !! I have Started my weight loss journey with 77.5kg,, exactly 10days ago and had a 1.5kg loss on my first week.  My goal is to reach 69.9kg by the end of the 12weeks.Why 69.9??? just like the number...LOL
I think its a realistic goal and I am ready!  This week was a challenging week though ,being my beautiful husband's birthday..I had to spoil him, with that comes a bit of travelling,amazing restaurant,a spoiling desert and a few bubbles...hehehe all part of turning 42,we cant help that!!! What you can help is not giving up on your routine,yesterday after a long day at work i told my inner me : No, you will not do my head inn...We will go to the gym and we will do a double session...I won!! we got there!Hard work let me tell u:)
Any way ...I got to my first class (pilates) never done it before...put my mat down ,set my self in position 30m later I started thinking why everyone was looking at me,during my poses,I said  to my inner me...I think we r popular all ready!!!hehehehee...took me 30m to realize that I was in the wrong position insted of being turned to the teacher like everyone else I turned my self to the people in the class!!!well that was the reason why everyone else was staring at me...they thought I was a very ,very bad pilates teacher...I turned arround,and everyone had such a good laugh,well i laughd until today!!!I even got good comments,some poses were really good,but some...same need improvement...cant wait to my next class,just have to make sure I turn to the teacher..like everyone else!
Lets see what this week will bring..cant wait to share it with you.
Love
Lurdes

Why ???

Well..why am I joining this journey....i have always been happy with who I am! No... i am not a super model..LOL.. no I am not  extremely happy with my body,but to tell you  the truth I was never mooved by this diet thing...I have always since little been a little ...lets say, voluptious,hehehehe!Comming from a Portuguese background, it is very hard to say no to good food! well as i said i have always been happy with who i Am so the reason of my enbarque in this journey its not the skinny ,atracting body,but my heath. Last year due to a little stress in my life I have develop high blood pressure,I got really scared,and i reached a turning point that I had to decide to look after my self..The only way to bring my bp down was to became a healthier, moore active  person.  Well here I am..8months later ,with a few kilos less and almost with  a perfect BP. I have discovered the reason why I am doing this:

How about you??? Do u have a reason that you would like to share?? Have you enbarqued in a journey like mine ??
I will be looking forward  to read about your thoughts....
Love
Lurdes

The walk

Just a couple of months ago I have decided that somehow I had to allow exercise to walk into my life:)...I have opted for joining the gym, I am starting to enjoy some classes, and I have been taking the opportunity to walk, also have decided to join this 12WBT program, that has been one of the best things I have done in a long, long time. I have managed to drag a couple of friends along, and we are all enjoying this ride very much!
Well my note is all about the "walk".
Every Sunday I have been doing what some people call the Bay walk. It is starting to be fun to do, as I usually go with someone that I really enjoy being around, and it become part of our weekend outings to do the Bay walk.
After all, we are starting to love walking!  So we have committed to do the Great Illawarra Walk. If you don’t know, it’s for Camp Quality, an institution that helps children with cancer and their families. The Walk goes for 100km from Shellharbour to Stanwell Park and back.  I have joined the walk on part 2 witch goes from Stanwell Park to shelllharbour, a walk of 50km.
The reason I want to share this Walk with you, is that I always try to get something positive out of almost everything I do in my life, even when things don’t look too bright! So here it is what I got out of my walk...
I have really admired a very young lady that was walking behind me for a long time for her wise words...Her other half /friend?? I don’t know...Kept saying to her how worried he was about his legs! "Tomorrow I will have very sore legs" She had the right words to say, that made me see my walk with very different eyes. Her answer was: These children wake up every morning with Cancer. If you awake up tomorrow with sore legs its ok! That is what I call a learning curve!
Are we too busy in our own world, that we become so selfish?
Walking, walking, walking I had an AIM, to overtake a very fast walker that was ahead of me the all time ,I tried to catch up with her so many times...she was so fast. She was in her late 50's, she had a beautiful smile, she was happy most of the time, and her energy level....OMG...I just couldn’t keep up with her, once I was jogging for over 200m trying hard to get a shot of her...when all of a sudden I see her taking a break in a bus stop, I passed, she said big hello with huge smile on, then I thought to my self: finally I will overtake her:)!
We kept walking, under heavy rain, I had second thoughts of stopping right there and then...My foot was starting to really hurt! I was wet, and cold, lost in my thoughts...when I looked ahead she had overtaken me again. And less then 5 minutes I  lost sight of her! I thought to my self if this lady can do it. I can too. Well I end up giving up at my 25kms I could no longer keep going, but I have no doubts she has made the end of that journey! "you" lady in pink, with a positive attitude with a bright smile on, with" one leg only” you were an inspiration to me, and too many others along that long road :).
Other thing that made me think a lot during this journey was the Sea Cliff Bridge, I was amazed by all the padlocks that have been attached to its rails...They say "Sea Cliff Bridge holds the key to love". The tradition is nothing new but the illawarra's most famous bridge is becoming a place where people can literally express the bonds of love. They add the padlock to the bridge and then throw the key in the sea. My Question is: Can we lock love?? Or should we use a smart padlock ...the one with combination numbers, Perhaps... so its not to tight, and its negotiable, and we still hold the key :) !?
It was for me, a walk to remember!

Week 1

I  have just started week 1 of the12 weeks  body tranformation program ...two days and an amazing 1.3kg gone!  I have put my positive energy on ,a bright smile and I said to my self I am ready to rock! I am not an early bird so I do struggle with time to excercise. I have commited my self 3 times a week to go to the gym. I have managed to attend those classes just after a long day at work.  I am very happy with the results this week, even knowing  that today I didnt have the best day...TEMPTATION...any way i have reset my mind and planned for a better day tomorow.   Looking forward to share it with you!
Love Lurdes

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. 
 ~Author Unknown