I Survived the Cadbury Half Marathon

Well... I surprised myself when I crossed the line at 2 hours and 3 minutes, 2 minutres faster than when I attempted in 2 years ago and was 7 kilos lighter. Explain that? It's a mystery to me. All shapes and sizes were there yesterday. It just goes to show that you can't judge a book by its cover.

After indulging in a BIG BREAKFAST at Salamanca Place. I basically spent the rest of the day on the couch. There were many other things I should have been doing. I was exhausted.

Now the girls are trying to get me to try the ENDORFUN Tasman Arch run. It is 17km and very scenic, but I don't know if I can afford a whole day out and about again. It starts at Tasman Arch and ends at Fortesque Bay.

Here is an image of Fortesque Bay... the view is tempting!!

EPIC FAIL!

Hello tulips!

The weather is stunning today. I met my friends in the morning to go a 10 km jog. about 7 km into it (maybe it was even 5km) we ran past a cafe, paused...... "Does anybody feel like a coffee?"
So the 10km run did not happen but the coffee was great.

Rob has been pesting me to buy more "snack" type foods at the supermarket. I purposely buy wagon wheel biscuits for his snacks because I don't like them.


But now he is sick of them and wants chocolate chip biscuits. I kindly bought them and managed to eat half of them in 12 hours. Today I get the "How are you going to be the size you want if you keep eating crap" lecture. But I think it is his fault for making me buy them. Agree?

Well tonight is New Years Eve. I am going out for Thai with another couple. I only want a quiet night. Any resolutions? Not me. Last year I had a buy no clothes one, and it worked! I hope that I manage to get to 73kg by our engagement party, 26 Feb! WATCH THIS SPACE.

Happy New Year and Skinny Thoughts

Pollyx

Is it morning again already?

I am so tired. I don't know what is wrong with me. I left work early yesterday to snooze because being at work was a waste of time for me. Now I have to do it all over again.

I went for a run on Monday and ran 12 km and then I went to barre pilates. The festive season makes it difficult for exercise. So much socialising to be done :-) I am having drinks with girl friends after work which also stands for "MUST MAKE AN EFFORT WITH APPEARANCE TODAY". I am wearing some black pants that are just very slightly TIGHT around the bottom. I think a few threads have already busted! Oh well fingers crossed they survive!

This is where I am having drinks! Salamanca Place. Gotta Love OLD HOBART TOWN.

Skinny thoughts Px

Let's wake up and run 14km?

So Saturdat night as I went to bed I was all talk. "Polly, you will wake up early and go for a run. This time you will run further. Let's try 14km".

So I woke up this morning around 7. Got out of bed half an hour later pulled my gear on and heading out for a run. 2 km into the run I WAS BUSTING!!!! What does running do to our bodies that takes over your bowel? Luckily, I was running in the bush so I was able to go in the shrubs and um... yeah... Anyway, after that I did not feel too comfortable about an extended run so I just ran back home. TUT TUT!

Issue: On the 9th of January I am doing the CADBURY HALF MARATHON. Issue: The longest I have ran is 12km. I will give it another go tomorrow.

What an eye sore

Last night I went to judo. I love judo. I have been playing it since I was six but in the last couple of years I probably only show up to training once a month if I'm lucky.

I also blame judo for my weight woes (as she says whilst eating Arnotts shapes and typing, have you tried these?). My competing weight is 70kg. I started competing at the age of 14 and ever since then I have had it in my mind that I must weigh 70kg. It's weird for some to grasp. I have been adicted to the scales and I use to weigh myself sometimes 2 times daily. Once I had to lose 8 kilos for a competition. I managed to lose it in 5 days. Hence I am a former yo yo dieter and struggle to get out of the routine.

At judo last night I was accientally (well so he says) poked in the eye at FULL FORCE. It was so bizarre that I couldn't open my eyes, I totally lost my balance. I went to the eye doctor and spent $140 to be told that no damage was done. I guess it is good to know but $140 is a lot of money that I could have to pay off the evil credit card.

Skinny thoughts. Px

How time flies when you are eating cake

I haven't been blogging. I am not the creative writer type that loves to write nad write and write but I do love reading about everyone else. Recently I have been following plenty of Designer Blogs. Tasmania has so much talent, I just want to obsorb some. I guess it is about risk taking and just having an idea and going for it.

I went to the Hobart Designers Market on the weekend and was just amazed and overwhelmed by the level of innovation and creativity.

So what's news with me? Well... in August Rob and I got engaged!! Yahoo!! I would post a ring but I actually don't have one. We are having an engagement party in February (fingers crossed I have some bling by then).

Weight wos... well they are still the same. I am now weighing around 76kg. Last week I was running hardcore and got to 75kg. But I think I over did the whole running thing.

I have decided to enter in the Cadbury Half Marathon as a form of motivation. So far I am only running up to 14kms. With 3 weeks to go I need to find my inner GO GO JUICE.

I am actually fairly happy with my body. But it will be super cool if I could still get to 70kg. There was a picture of a girl on facebook who lost 20 kilos this past year and she looked amazing and almost too skinny. She motivated me to wake up this morning and run 10km :-)

I am going to try and keep blogging and share my wedding journey with you. Maybe you can give me some tips? For example: How do you deal with un happy friends who were not chosen to be a bridesmaid? I have a large cirlce of friends because I belong to different social groups. Choosing was tough! You sometimes wonder if I chose the right ones. One girl hasn't even really made contact with me since. I know she will be a freind for life and she isn't the person to touch base regulalry but when you have friends who reguallry visit you and ask you out for a coffee you do wonder....

Skinny thoughts (No, Polly stop thinking of hot chips)

In contrast to the skinny ones...

A couple of the ladies at work are asking me why I want to lose weight - I tell them that I have a whole wardrobe of clothes (really nice ones) that I cannot wear. Some things are brand new. These ladies are a little bigger than me and I can see their point in a way. I have friends that are smaller than me and want to lose weight. Are we ever going to be happy!

We don't get American Idol here but I saw the highlights of it on one of the entertainment segments of the Today show this morning and Janet Jackson is looking really good. She is a yo yo dieter for sure. I wonder what extreme measures she took to look like that? The costumer is a bit odd - ha ha!

When I am around my little running group I feel like the big person. I am taller and about 3 sizes bigger. I know we are all different shapes and sizes. We all have a different bone structure and fat goes to different areas of our body. I just feel out of place, odd!

Anyway, I have been good and I'm looking forward to weigh in on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!