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| Project 20 by 40
Hi, my name is Rebecca and I am a member of MyBushWalks. A few months ago, I was having a chat with my manager about my desire to be fit and a healthy weight by the time I reached 40 which was just 20 weeks away. My goal is to lose 20 kilo's in 20 weeks. Week 8 Vital stats: Current weight: 84kg Starting weight: 89kg Weight lost to date: 5kg Weeks remaining: 12 Hi Everyone, Well, another week has come and gone and my goal seems to be getting further away rather than closer. I seem to be becoming a beacon for all the things one shouldn't do on a weight loss mission - this wasn't the goal I had in mind - maybe I should have been more specific in my visualisation! The only good thing I've done towards my mission over the past few weeks was Saturday sunrise. I arrived wondering why I hadn't lost weight and as I was pushing myself to run up slight inclines it all came flooding back to me; Gorgonzola, jamon, and the best Indian vegetarian hamburger I every tasted (not to mention the mandatory matching wines). I seem to have a complete inability to discipline myself to get fit and loose weight. It's a pattern I've followed for years now; as soon as I'm going well on a diet and start loosing weight, I sabotage my efforts like a contrary teenager doing naughty things just because I 'can'. After a while, I actually stopped trying, because I knew it would all end this way and I'd ultimately put on more weight that what I started with. This time seemed promising - I completely set myself up for success, which meant I needed to put a lot of effort into my sabotage. How can I pull myself out of this ridiculous habitual cycle of self destruction? Ok, maybe that statement was a little melodramatic, but in my head it's something I battle with on a daily basis. How can I maintain and constantly perform in a stressful corporate career, get the cooking, washing, homework, ironing etc etc done every week for a family of 5, but not manage to loose weight? It baffles me. This weekend, I'm not going to Saturday Sunrise. I'm going to Mudgee with my husband for a 2 day vineyard cycle tour in Mudgee. I can't wait! Hopefully this will inspire me to get back on track. And hopefully you won't have to listen to my whinging next week. Maybe I should write the post I wish to submit for next week and simply make it happen. Becc Week 6 Vital stats: Current weight: 84kg Starting weight: 89kg Weight lost to date: 5kg Weeks remaining: 14 Hi everyone, Week 6 and I seem to be fulfilling my unconscious mission of becoming a living and breathing, bona fide cliche. It's been a week of relapse after relapse, culminating in a bottle of Bollinger and ending in a plate of greasy pub wedges. Really, it was the relapse I had to have and now I've had it, I can turn a new leaf and be that rolling stone with a negative accumulation of moss and all that... Anyway, luckily I had that extra kg up my sleeve (and other items of clothing) to keep me on track. This week I really need to step it up and so I'm joining the gym at work and trying to get to the Wednesday bushwalks (if I can get off work a little early to make it for the 6:30pm start). My 13 year old son has been running with me in the nights and fancies himself my personal trainer, which is mostly endearing and occasionally annoying. Saturday Sunrise this week had a welcome surprise turn out of 14 people, despite the long weekend. We walked down a section of the great North walk, just south of the Berowra Waters ferry. When we arrived at the bottom, we all jumped on the ferry and grabbed a coffee and some sun in a cafe by the water - also a welcome surprise given the whether forecast predicted rain, wind and general unhappiness across the entire weekend. Despite a hard walk on the way back up, we all made it after clambering up the cliff-face, and I'm happy to report that I was one of the first up! Every week I feel like I'm getting stronger and fitter, it's amazing how quickly the body responds to exercise. Now I have Phase 1 of 20/40 humming (increasing my physical activity), I need to tackle Phase 2 which involves my greatest vice; food and wine. So wish me luck, I'll certainly need it! Look forward to seeing less of me next week. Becc Week 4 Vital stats: Current weight: 85kg Starting weight: 89kg Weight lost to date: 4kg Weeks remaining: 16 A few months ago, I was having a chat with my manager about my desire to be fit and a healthy weight by the time I reached 40. As the months ticked over, my passion for food and wine wasn't giving an inch and exercise could always wait 'till Monday (I never specified which Monday). During this time, my boss fell ill with cancer and spent the last weeks in radiotherapy, and I'm ecstatic to say she now has the all clear. I saw her a few weeks ago and she said to me 'how's project 40 going?'' I was pretty ashamed of myself, to say the least. She had just won a life and death battle, and I hadn't made any effort to stay true to my word. Or myself. So from that day, I decided to dive head-first into my own weight-loss journey and lose 20 kg before I turn 40; Project 20 by 40. To be successful, I need to lose 1kg a week - I also needed a plan. A friend's husband once said to me ''I don't know why you women are always going on these fad diets because loosing weight is easy. All you need to do is exercise more and eat less." My reply to this statement was nothing - because he was right. The simplicity of this is the principle behind my plan for Project 20 by 40; to exercise at least 45mins a day, eat carbs only for breakfast, and increase my fruit and veggie intake. Surely it can't be that easy? I've also committed to writing this diary every week as a kind of ''virtual'' Weight watchers-esque weigh-in to keep me honest! I've returned to my regular Saturday Sunrise bushwalks as of last week. I haven't been in 6 months and I can tell you it nearly killed me after not exerting myself more than lifting knives and forks and the odd glass off Chardy. The second week was much better and I found myself actually jogging through the scrub. I must have been over-excited as I jogged out ahead and missed the turn-off meaning I ran an extra kilometre before I realised what I'd done. This is a great way for me to exercise, because the walks (which are all planned by our sadistic bushwalking guide - yes you know who you are!) all involve at least 1 hill that will break you. There is also no other way out once you've walked down the hill other than walking back up it. I asked Greg to take this revolting picture of me in leau of my January photo in which I will be looking hot and wearing some kind of midriff showing my tanned 6-pack- that was a joke, but I suspect it will come back to haunt me in January! I look forward to seeing less of me next week! Becc. |
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