March 2006

That’s right……….the weekend just gone was my six months out mark. I don’t know why exactly but a switch in my mind just turned on and I’m now in full swing for competing this year. Nutrition challenges are a thing of the past!

For the first time in a long time I don’t want to eat anything off-plan purely due to the fact that I can or it’s the weekend. Instead I’m going to continue eating clean until either I desire something or an occasion arises where I’d like to participate. Either way I’m fine with it, that’s the best part of this. I’m just so on top of things at the moment and it’s a truly great place to be in life. It doesn’t get much better then this people.

Everybody has the same 24hrs in their day, with the right attitude and the right tools there’s simply no reason why things can not be achieved. And this is what I’ve done, I sat down at my desk and worked out what I needed to be done and what I wanted to be done on a daily basis. Then I broke my day down into blocks of time and scheduled everything according to priority.

There’s a lot to be said for these two words. This week I’ve implemented my new time management weekly roster at home to see if what has been put down on paper actually works in theory. So far so good……….the last three days have been a success. I couldn’t be happier with myself. *grinning like cheshire cat* At the end of my day I sit down at my desk and go over the daily roster to ensure that it all works, if it does then all well and good but if it doesn’t then I simply make the adjustments. By the end of this week I’ll have it all sorted out and up and running. Then I’ll print of a colour hard copy, laminate it and put it on my fridge door.

Life is so much better when it’s organised! I love it when a plan comes together. )

Hatha Yoga . . . . what can I say other than THAT’S A LOT OF HARD WORK!! LOL!! By golly, someone should’ve told me that it was a lot like ca-eerugh-dio. (Thanks Rae)

I twisted, I turned, I sweated and that was just the warm up exercise. LOL!! It was an intense hour and a half let me tell you. I know that the benefits far outway the first experience so I’ll continue to go once a week for a month and then I’ll decide if it’s for me or not.

I know one thing for sure, I slept so well last night that for the first time I actually hit the snooze button twice on my alarm. Lucky it was muscle growing day so no need to flat spin and rush to work. )

Rae as always is a blessing in disguise. There isn’t a day that goes by that her name isn’t mentioned in my house or a thought that crosses my mind that reminds me of her in one way or another. But little does she know that it’s the little things she mentions on her blog that makes all the world of difference for me. Things like Birds Eye Atlantic Salmon Provencale & Glad Ware. These two things alone have bought about change which in turn makes my life that little more enjoyable. How so I hear you say . . . . . well with a simple change in my nutrition is enough to keep my taste buds stimulated without them getting bored and wanting to stray from the master plan. And then there’s the Glad Ware meal containers. My normal meal containers were to say the least unsightly, too large for my smaller meals and were quite bulky in my back pack for my daily ride to and from work. By changing to these more desirable smaller containers not only does it give the illusion that I’m eating a much larger meal but they take up less room therefore more convenient to travel with. I know, I know, so what! Time and time again I’ve mentioned that it’s the little things that matter to me and these are just two perfect examples.

And on another note, I’m off to my first Hatha Yoga class this evening. I’m really looking forward to it as I know from previous classes a long time ago how beneficial it is for stretching and flexibility, especially now and in this sport. I’m hoping that I like it enough so that it becomes a weekly thing. Here’s hoping that I don’t end up looking like a human pretzel.