I have had a bad back.  I didn't hurt it exercising.  I hurt it standing.  A couple of weeks ago I went on a hike with friends and then went home to shower before spending the next 4 hours helping at a charity BBQ.  It was aching a little while I was there and after dinner it was really hurting.  I put heat packs on it, rubbed it and finally had a couple of painkillers.

The next morning I could hardly get out of bed.  I couldn't stand straight or sit down .. very inconvenient first thing in the morning.  This was all made a little trickier by the fact that I was meant to be dancing later that day with a group of mums.  I am not a dancer btw.  Its just a fun thing we do once a year.  Still I had to be able to lift my legs and bend a little.  Icing it and rubbing it with deep heat and taking strong pain killers got me through.

This week I have been slowly getting back to running a little and my back is feeling lots better.  It was a bit of  a wake up call on taking my body for granted.  Pencil in more stretching and longer warm ups for this old duck from now on.

Today is the second day in this decade that I have weighed under 70 kilos.  I announced yesterday on several of the 12 wbt groups I belong to that I had reached a new lower decade on the scales, and was praised for my hard work.  I have to say I felt like a bit of a fraud.  It doesn't feel like hard work.  It does feel like I have been doing it forever but it does feel like I could work harder if I needed to.  Who knew exercising a little every day would be so effective... *eye roll*

I left it until today to blog because yesterday's 69.9 may not have stayed.  This morning it was 69.7.  I have another 2.5 kilos to lose to make it a loss of 50 pounds and I am aiming to hit 65 kilos - my penultimate goal by mid November.

The third round finale of 12 wbt is being held in Sydney on November 19.   I'm going!!  Apart from doing some shopping to celebrate, I have booked in with a group of other 12wbters and my sister to do this:

Sydney Harbor Bridge Express Climb

I am not thinking too hard about it or my fear of heights at the moment.

So...  I stink at blogging.  My major downfall is starting and creating a back story.  So... I have decided to not do that.  No back story... Just ramblings about this weight loss trip. Please forgive me. I will leave the earlier attempts up and just wade in.  I may backfill as we go on


So far I have lost 22 kilos.  12 of them doing Michelle Bridges 12 week body transformation.

92 kilos down to 70.1 kilos as of this morning.

I am a daily weigher!!  So shoot me I can't help myself.

Random stuff I have noticed since being on this trip. (tried typing jour.. journ... I just can't do it sorry)

Bones:  I have them in my bottom.  It will not be long before I need a cushion.

Muscles: I have them.  After boot camp I find them in places I didn't know existed. I am working on finding my abs.  I know they are there somewhere.

Chipmunk Cheeks: Well jowls really.  I thought they were a part of the aging process and that I frowned too much.  Well they aren't.  They were fat.  Hey there jawline... it's nice to see you again.

Food: I really, really didn't like vegetables before.  Now I do. OMG!

Running: I can do it.  Sometimes.  This C25K thing. It's meant to take a few months.  It seems to be taking longer but I can run now.  Slowly.

Skin: and hair... are a lot better if you eat properly.

Sugar: I can do without you.  I used to love your sweetness but no longer. 

Challenges: I am accepting them now.  I have gotten past worrying about failing.  I don't have to be the best at everything.  I don't have to be the best at ANYTHING.  I can have fun doing though. 

Now here is where I should put some interesting anecdote or  rounding out of the piece.  Not going to.  I need to go have some calories and hopefully I will be back sooner than in three months time.