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23 and trying really hard to life

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On the weekend I did Relay for Life with a team of other graduate nurses from Eastern Health. We basically walked around an athletics track for 24 hours, someone from our team was always on the track at any time. We managed 600 laps of the track as a team which is equivalent to about 240km. I’m so proud of us for walking so much. There’s still plenty of time to donate so if anyone would like to make a donation, however small, to our group fun we would greatly appreciate it. 

My team walked the event in memory of the patients we have all lost over the past year. And we’ll keen registering every year until cancer no longer plagues us.

Donate here.

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The cool thing with the Surge is that you can track 7 other exercises besides walking on the Surge device itself, and the HR monitoring makes me feel as though it is HELLA accurate compared to the others. The only downfall is the cost of the Surge.. but if it works the way it should (which in my experience it does) I guess thats the sacrifice you have to make. I hope this helps you decide! I don't know much about the Charge HR but I know that the Surge is a very awesome "fitness super watch"

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So at the gym I signed up for a 28 day weight loss challenge. I followed a 1200 calorie a day diet, exercised 6 days a week, and dropped 5.7kg in 4 weeks.

This is my weight loss in a graph on my fitbit app. 

I started at 80.5kgs and ended at 74.8kgs.

Now I worked really hard, and it paid off. But now the challenge is over and I’m worried about what’s going to happen. I’m going to weigh in at the gym tomorrow to see if I’ve maintained or if I’ve gained (I think I’ve gained) and I’ll go from there. 

Another thing that is exciting is that the owner of the gym made me member of the month :)

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I find the fitbit logging my sleep to be really interesting. I thought mine was okay until I compared it with a friend who says she sleeps like a log every single night. Hers has no pink “awake” times at all and only two or three light blue “restless” times! I think the reason I always feel so tired is because of all that time that I spend during the night being restless.

Does anyone else have the same problem? Or have you got other opinions on it? Let me know!?

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Christmas Abbott

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Jump lunges! I like it.

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My workout at the gym today as a visual! I love graphs, like I just cannot get enough of them. I’m loving the heart rate monitoring with the fitbit surge, these sorts of things are a great motivator for me.

Planning to go for a walk this arvo too. Days off are the best.

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A stack of information! 

(1) Did a walk today, but it started raining so we cut it short :(

(2) My average steps per day is over 10,000 but I’m alarmed at how few days I’m actually hitting my 10,000 step goal. There are too many blue days and not enough green! This week I want to have 7 green days! #goal

(3) I upgraded to the fitbit surge and it’s fantastic! Getting heart rate details everyday which is super interesting. Lowest resting heart rate day has been 62 so I’d love to decrease that as I get fitter!

(4) I’m still not getting enough sleep, even on the weekends so I want to work on that too.

I’m having a weigh and measure tomorrow so I’ll post details of that!

Stay fit!

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And I’m donnnne-nope.

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Melbourne Fitness & Health Expo Events

A post with no pictures today! Sorry!

1. Rob Forte Reebok Invitational - These guys were amazing! They were crossfitters in teams from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. I am just always amazed by people who are motivated enough to train this much and get so strong and fit! They were doing these swinging pull up things, 5 cleans and 5 lifts, and then pilots (one legged squats) on alternating legs. Victoria and NSW were neck and neck for most of the timed challenge but NSW ended up winning by a second or two. Would have liked to see the Vic team win but it was cool to watch anyway. 

2. Kara Webb - A super strong crossfit girl who won a big comp last year. She was part of the QLD team at the Rob Forte Invitational and she was an absolute gun. If only I could be that awesome!

3. Body building! - Like oh my god these girls and guys were sooooo muscly! I found out that male body builders only have 5-8% body fat and females only have 15-18% body fat! That is a crazy low number! I can’t say their bodies were exactly nice to look at but their extreme dedication is incredible!

4. Michelle Bridges - I tried to listen in at one of her talks but unfortunately sound wasn’t great so I couldn’t hear a whole lot. The best thing she said was that she aims to train every day of the week, but life happens around that and she typically actually trains 5 days a week. She said it’s better to schedule more workouts than you actually want or need to do because life will always get in the way or you’ll be tired or sick or whatever so you’ll end up missing some. Interesting thought!

5. The weightlifting! - These guys were lifting incredible weights! We only saw the bench press and the back squat but wow! A girl broke the Australian female record for the back squat which was super cool. Just really inspiring to watch actually.

That’s really all that was going on! Can’t wait to share the awesome thing with you tomorrow night! 

See you then, stay fit!

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Some brands/products from the Melbourne Fitness & Health expo that I thought were cool:

1. Adrenaline Hit - The way the lady described this was “a more relaxed version of crossfit” which sounds perfect to me! She gave me a free session there to try it out which I’ll definitely go to. I have already paid my current gym membership until May 2016 so I wont be signing up to anything new but it’ll certainly be interesting to go to.

2. RM Sports - They had a really cool skipping rope... I mean I only stopped to look at it because it was pink but the guy totally sold me on it. It’s like super durable and you can get these coil things for like $2 that protect the rope when you’re using it on concrete so it doesn’t wear out. Considering buying one but not sure yet.

3. Be4Life - You’ve probably all seen people with like fruit and stuff in their water to make it flavoured?? Well these were special Drink bottles that have a section to hold the fruit. They were half price at $15 so I couldn’t resist! 

4. MediBalls - Okay so like, I’m aware this product is a bit weird, but I’m a nurse and I can’t resist checking things out if they could help my patients. So they’re like balls for women, you put them in the vagina and they weigh 45g each and you just have to hold them in for a bit and the muscles strengthen. The lady goes to me “Oh I had a customer last week who had been using them for a while and she told me her husband noticed the difference before she did!”. So maybe a little too much information but hey, it’s interesting right?

5. Hipssister - These were elastic kind of belt things that stay in place during exercise and hold your stuff! They looked really handy but the lady was really pushy and wanting me to buy one so in the end I told her I’d come back a bit later (I didn’t). Anyway I ended up getting an email from them saying I’d won one! So it should arrive in the mail soon!

All of the brands and products above have links to their websites so check them out. 

Tomorrow I’ll talk about the events that were going on at the expo! And I’m excited to share something awesome with you on Friday!

Stay fit!

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Day two of my five days of the Melbourne Fitness and Health expo and I’m sharing with you my clothing purchases!

You all know how expensive exercise gear is, so I do try to limit myself each time I go shopping even though I really just want to buy all the things!

The two tops on the left side are from a shop I discovered called Rainbow Body. I really loved their stuff because they had tonnes of brightly coloured items and it just all looked really fun. I think one of the reasons I love exercise gear so much is all the lovely colours so this was just amazing to me. They were $30 each originally but I got the two tops above for $50 together. If you check out their website they are very reasonably priced. They have a store at Highpoint in Melbourne and are opening a new store soon at Northland which I’m really excited for!

On the right is a zip up tank from Lorna Jane. I love everything they have there but find it quite expensive so I can’t really buy from them very often. I couldn’t resist with this one though! I’ve been after a zip tank for a while especially for winter because you can wear it over a long sleeved top. 

I am a bit of a shopaholic so I absolutely loved this part of my day :) Hope you like these as much as I do!

Tomorrow I’m going to share with you a few brands and cool products I found out about at the expo!

Thanks for reading, stay fit!

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So here is all the free stuff I collected over my day at the Melbourne Fitness & Health Expo!

1. Macadamia & Coconut bites: People were all over the place handing out free samples of foods all day, but we didn’t get many whole packets so this one was good. Unfortunately I’m allergic to nuts so I couldn’t try this one (as well as many other yummy looking things on offer) but I’m sure the boyf will enjoy them.

2. Cookies & Cream Protein bar: We tried many protein bars throughout the day and this one probably didn’t even come into the top 5. There was protein everything at the expo! Protein chocolate, protein cookies, protein bars, protein shakes, protein coffee, protein juice, the list goes on! Too bad I’m not a mega fan of protein stuff!

3. Bupa sweat band: We kind of walked around just talking to every stand because we were scared we were going to miss something good. So when we stopped at the bupa stand they asked me if I wanted to hop on a bike and ride as fast as I could for 30 seconds. So of course I said yes! Didn’t get anywhere near the record for the day but at least I got something free out of it!

4. FIA Fitnation towel: At FIA Fitnation we did a grip strength test, and a standing long jump and neither boyf nor I got very close to the records but got little show bags out of it. I’ve been meaning to get an exercise towel for ages but I’m kind of against microfibre towels and the way they catch on your skin. Anyway, I’ll give this one a go and if I hate it I might have to get a normal towel for the gym.

5. Hydralyte Sports: The lady was telling us that this has the same fluid/electrolytes in it as an exercise drink like Poweraid, but Hydralyte only has 1/3 of the sugar as an exercise drink, and it also contains heaps of vitamins and minerals that you don’t get in an exercise drink. Super keen to give this a go.

6. Vital Greens: I was really keen to try this one! It was the first stand we stopped at when we walked in and it looked really amazing and healthy. But when I drank it, it was so incredibly sweet I almost spit it out by accident! Veggies shouldn’t be that sweet, no matter what form they come in!

7. Plantronics skipping rope: These guys have wireless bluetooth headphones and wrap around the back of your head and hook over your ears so they don’t fall off while exercising. They are also waterproof and really hardy. They were going for over $100 so I wasn’t keen to get any on the day, but she gave us a show bag anyway and then asked boyf what “Hong Kong Rugby” was because it was written on his t-shirt. 

So we had a massive day, it was exhausting walking around that huge place for hours! But it was so worth it cause I learned lots of things and got some cool stuff. 

Speaking of cool stuff, tomorrow I’ll be showing you what fitness gear I bought! I’m also so excited to share something really cool with you on Friday! Can’t wait! Catch you soon!

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Hello friends.

SO yeah. This is again going to be my attempt to lose weight. I guess that saying, “doesn’t matter how many times you fall as long as you get back up” is relevant in this situation. The recent passing of my mum at 52 has been a massive motivation for me. I know that if I don’t do something about my weight, I too will die at 52, or younger. So I have my own “home gym” of sorts organised. I will change my eating habits. Making the necessary lifestyle changes to get the job done.

Okay, peace out xo

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My best friend has lost her mum at the age of 52 and is keen to change her lifestyle so that she can be the happiest and healthiest she can be. 

Please support her by following her!

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Update!

Hey guys! My apologies for not posting for ages!

I’m back into the swing of things now so there’ll be more posts happening.

I went to the Melbourne Fitness & Health Expo today so I have lots of stuff to share with you about that. I’ll be making one post about it every weekday this week. 

Tomorrow, day one, is about all the stuff I got that I didn’t pay for! Stay tuned.

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I want to talk about a few things. (1) This week has been a little bit weird m I've been finding that I'm not reaching the 10k goal daily but I'm having days that I'm doing heaps more steps so I'm making up the weekly steps of 70k. (2) I had so many steps yesterday and when it was 11:50pm I had 19,400. So I started like running on the spot to try and make 20k but it clicked over to midnight before I could reach it which was super annoying. (3) I haven't lost any weight at all so I think I need to make some changes in that regard. (4) The fitbit Charge HR came out and I really want to upgrade so I'll be doing that asap! Anyone have any opinions on the Charge HR vs. the Surge?