Our local University has a 'smart foods centre' of research and they are always undertaking interesting trials. The latest one they are recruiting for is to determine the value of dietary fats as part of a weight loss program.
I've put my name down - how interesting!!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Blink and it's Friday again
It appears that time is just going way too fast these days. I feel as though I am just rushing from one thing to another, without time to stop and smell the roses along the way.
Yeah yeah. Whatever!
All totally self inflicted of course.
I am sure I'll slow down soon enough.
On another note, I subscribe to a lot of fitness emails, and one thing that keeps creeping in to the subject lines is 'the great cardio debate'. It's an interesting topic, and obviously one that requires constant regurgitation, because the masses will probably go to their graves believing that more constant steady state cardio is the only way to lose weight.
If I think back to the first time i did Body for Life, I lost around 12-14 kilos, and I do recall the first 4 weeks was just getting out and walking because I'd become a bit of a lazy slug. The last 12 weeks was definitely into the sprint intervals!
..and they were only 20 minutes three times a week. Not much really. I think that was the thing I loved so much about the Body for Life concept. Not only was it fairly easy to fit in - 40 minutes of weights x 3 a week, and 20 minutes of cardio x 3 a week, but... it worked.
I think right now, I could do with a B4L revisit - just to regain some control and structure and make myself set more goals and go all out to achieve them. I've just been spinning my wheels for too long this year allowing other things to take priority.
This weekend I'm off to another dog show with Miss Jemima!
Yeah yeah. Whatever!
All totally self inflicted of course.
I am sure I'll slow down soon enough.
On another note, I subscribe to a lot of fitness emails, and one thing that keeps creeping in to the subject lines is 'the great cardio debate'. It's an interesting topic, and obviously one that requires constant regurgitation, because the masses will probably go to their graves believing that more constant steady state cardio is the only way to lose weight.
If I think back to the first time i did Body for Life, I lost around 12-14 kilos, and I do recall the first 4 weeks was just getting out and walking because I'd become a bit of a lazy slug. The last 12 weeks was definitely into the sprint intervals!
..and they were only 20 minutes three times a week. Not much really. I think that was the thing I loved so much about the Body for Life concept. Not only was it fairly easy to fit in - 40 minutes of weights x 3 a week, and 20 minutes of cardio x 3 a week, but... it worked.
I think right now, I could do with a B4L revisit - just to regain some control and structure and make myself set more goals and go all out to achieve them. I've just been spinning my wheels for too long this year allowing other things to take priority.
This weekend I'm off to another dog show with Miss Jemima!
Monday, May 26, 2008
How gorgeous is this?
Several years ago a woman found a malnourished lion cub in the Jungle. She took the cub home and fed him and brought him up until he was too big to keep anymore. She made arrangements with a zoo in Colombia to take the lion. This is the video of what happened when she went to visit him in the zoo for the first time.
Click on the link to the website below.
Click on the link to the website below.
Netball Grand final
Well, last night we made it to the Grand Final, and then proceeded to have the hardest 32 minute workout of our lives!
Sadly, we lost by 5 goald - 26-21, but given they had a couple of apparently new 'pro' ring-ins we thought we did pretty well.
I kept that miniature (think low centre of gravity - therefore easy to zip around) WA in good defence, and we did score some goals off of some of my intercepts, so I was pleased...especially when they are all so much younger than me! The WA I was defending was about 20 and still at Uni...
Sadly, we lost by 5 goald - 26-21, but given they had a couple of apparently new 'pro' ring-ins we thought we did pretty well.
I kept that miniature (think low centre of gravity - therefore easy to zip around) WA in good defence, and we did score some goals off of some of my intercepts, so I was pleased...especially when they are all so much younger than me! The WA I was defending was about 20 and still at Uni...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
So where did the last two weeks go???
*blink* and they're gone.
there's been a Jemima injury - which I was scared was a cruciate ligament, but luckily she's been given the all clear... although we had to keep her quiet for a whole week. This required sedation. BUT Jemima refused to be sedated...well, she just fought it every step of the way. Poor thing, I think she had a bad acid trip! She wobbled up to the bench and woofed at my handbag... god only knows that the damn handbag was saying to her.
I had to go to a work conference - which finished with a team building exercise - based on the Amazing Race concept. Except we just had to identify 5 key behaviours that we felt were necessary for all of us to function effectively within the team.
Picture this - one of the behaviours was 'good listening skills'. One of the girls and I were pulling together the images to put into the presentation, and others were writing the words for each of the behaviours. We got to the 'listening' part of the preso - and kept asking, then shouting to be heard for 'who was writing the listening words'... Do I need to say anymore? Talk about a bloody disfunctional unit. Clearly needs a $hitload of work to make that an effective team unit.
So glad to be home!!
I did run a 'bootcamp' session for a few of the girls one morning though in the Domain, so that was good!
there's been a Jemima injury - which I was scared was a cruciate ligament, but luckily she's been given the all clear... although we had to keep her quiet for a whole week. This required sedation. BUT Jemima refused to be sedated...well, she just fought it every step of the way. Poor thing, I think she had a bad acid trip! She wobbled up to the bench and woofed at my handbag... god only knows that the damn handbag was saying to her.
I had to go to a work conference - which finished with a team building exercise - based on the Amazing Race concept. Except we just had to identify 5 key behaviours that we felt were necessary for all of us to function effectively within the team.
Picture this - one of the behaviours was 'good listening skills'. One of the girls and I were pulling together the images to put into the presentation, and others were writing the words for each of the behaviours. We got to the 'listening' part of the preso - and kept asking, then shouting to be heard for 'who was writing the listening words'... Do I need to say anymore? Talk about a bloody disfunctional unit. Clearly needs a $hitload of work to make that an effective team unit.
So glad to be home!!
I did run a 'bootcamp' session for a few of the girls one morning though in the Domain, so that was good!
Thursday, May 08, 2008
What a perfect morning
Such a perfect morning this morning. Jemima and I headed down to the beach...
WOOF EVERYONE, WE'RE HERE :-)
Not a soul on the beach, we had it to ourselves for the first 20 minutes - just perfect to allow a rambunctious puppy some much needed energy burning activity (with no poor unsuspecting victims around). She raced across what she thought was wet sand to head to the water, and SPLASH! straight in a hole.
Laughter is the best way to start the day.
We're so lucky to live here...
Monday, May 05, 2008
Kado
Gosh, since I've been doing so much with young Jemima, poor Kado is obviously feeling a tad neglected.
I should start thinking about competing again....
Have only just started jumping again for the first time in over a year.... takes a while to get that confidence back when you haven't done it for a while!
Maybe I should go here:
http://www2b.abc.net.au/abcdiary/event.asp?id=95522&display=fromtoday&gatewayid=2&presdir=local%2Fillawarra&category=illawarra&PageRec=10
that time of year...
It's fast approaching that time of year when my Mum died. She died 3 years ago on the 19th.
This is where I scattered 1/2 of her ashes (Sandon Point)
This is where I scattered 1/2 of her ashes (Sandon Point)
Thursday, May 01, 2008
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