Sarah Z

New gym equipment

I'm so excited we are buying some new equipment for my home gym. I am getting an Avanti home gym which has chest, row, cable, lat pulldown, leg press and some other bits and pieces on it. I didn't want to go too extreme, as alot of my workouts involve free weights and dumbells, but I wanted something with a lat pulldown on and various cable attachements so I can do seated row, bicep curls, tricep pushdowns etc. The added bonus is it comes with a leg press. It will take up alot of room but I need it. Also going to invest in some good dumbells in the weights I use. My bench will be my fitball. The reason for this is I'm worried when I go back to work I won't be able to make it to the gym as much. Hubby works shift work and I can't just get up and go before work as I now have a child to look after. The same goes for after work, and the gym creche is not open at these times. So by having it at home I can workout anytime without the worry. I will still go to the gym when I can, but by next October I won't renew my membership just work out at home. I just hope I get the same motivation to do it. I think I will.:) My cardio equipment is spin bike, treadmill and x trainer, although the x-trainer isn't very good and quite hard to use and I often get put off by this.

posted by sarahz @ 4:31 PM 5 comments

Hormone inbalance

Looking into a few things at the moment but there is a big possibility I have hormone inbalance and thryroid issues. This will take a while to investigate but I'm hoping it will give me a solution. I have found out that I can't have any dairy which will be a big change for me as I love my cottage cheese, so my brekkie of oats and cottage cheese is a bit no no. I also can't have soy or any protein shakes unless they are rice based, so if anyone has any meal/recipe ideas please let me know. I have been having oats with egg whites for brekkie but this is getting boring. Related to all of this is blood sugar issues so just trying to limit my sugar. This is why all I have been thinking about lately is eating and am having huge issues saying no to 'bad' food like chocolate, cake etc. Once I get my diet under control it should be alot easier. I get my hormones tested at the end of the month so probably won't get the results in until 2nd week of December as it comes from Melbourne.

Enough about that, going back to work beginning of January and I just don't want to go. I don't have to but part of me feels as its only a 5 day fortnight with the 3rd day working at home I should give it a try. I just love staying at home and watching Jay grow up and learn and I feel like I will be missing out on some of it, but then when I talk to people it is only really 2 days a week, and they tell me Jay will love day care for those days. They do teach them quite a bit so I'm hoping he will. I think its just the thought of going back that scares me. Jay still gets up once a night and hubby works funny hours and I just don't want to feel tired and stressed. I'm also trying for number 2, heaven help me, but I suppose I can only give it a go. You never know it may give me a nice balance and may be good for Jay to not always have mummy around.

posted by sarahz @ 5:29 PM 2 comments