Week Two Round One 12wbt 2013

Photographic proof.  Carefully checked photographic proof.  The last thing you want is a reflection of you nakie on the internet.  Unless of course you are trying to sell a kettle (beware you may need to wash your eyes out if you click this link)

I celebrated hitting my goal by buying a snazzy pair of boots which have yet to arrive.  I am in no hurry to get them as it has been far too hot to wear much at all.

Exercising when it's hot is something of a challenge.  Luckily I have torn my calf muscle.  I say luckily because I am restricted to running on the flat.  I am also not allowed to run faster than 8 kms an hour.  So I have been doing most of my runs on my treadmill under the air con with a fan to keep me nice and cool.  I also have to ice my muscle after every exercise session.  Icing and cold showers are much easier to bear if its 30 degrees Celcius outside.

On the two occasions I have had to run outdoors - I am prepping for a 5 km middle of the day race, I have ended up feeling a little like this very hot guy.

I take my hat off to people who have to train in heat all the time.

Week One Round One 12wbt 2013

And we are off and running in this round and what an amazing couple of weeks it has been.  

I came in under 37 minutes in my Australia Day Fun Run.

I did my 1km time trial in 6:05 seconds.  My first 1km time trial in June last year was 9:55 and I felt like throwing up at the end.

I was selected as Fit n' Kicking's Fitness Star of the month.  Fit n' Kicking is where I go and do boot camp.  Don't let being the slowest and weakest stop you trying and a supportive trainer is worth their weight in gold.

I was asked to do a testimonial for Active Launceston.  I started doing a walk run program with them last June in the same week I started my first round of 12wbt.  When they asked I thought it would be something like this but apparently it's going to be a TV ad.  I have to turn up in gym gear and say a line in front of a green screen.  I am getting my hair done and wondering if shape wear is appropriate under gym gear.

Oh and I hit goal weight.

Yes... I hit goal weight!!!

That's 27 kilos (60 pounds) gone for good... well except for those cupcakes I had on the weekend on my daughter's 16th birthday party which bumped me up momentarily.

So finally after more than 20 years I am a healthy weight- a perfect size 12 (size 8 US).  I don't look like a bikini model but I feel amazingly well and fit and I know I can get fitter still.

The most amazing thing is that this round of 12wbt will see me -  
training for training's sake!
Two days in I have done a running class, a 5 km walk and a strength and stretch class, and today I did a Les Mills GRIT session.  This afternoon I head off to see the physio again about my niggling shin splint.

Training without the usual goal of weight loss or body shaping.  In 50 years that has never happened.  I really am thinking like a warrior, training like an athlete.  A smaller bum and tighter belly would be icing on the cake though. Calorie free icing of course.