May 2012
Tonight, I am dancing alone in my room like this,
because I came home starving from crossfit, ready to fly into the fridge like this,
But, I was all like ‘no, Liz, no!’ think about the consequences first, like this
And so I cooked up a storm in the kitchen, like this,
And then got ready like this,
To eat this,
And was all like this,
But here’s the kicker,...
Wednesday.
I love it when I pour myself the perfect coffee/sugar/milk combination When I reach into my bag and the first thing I touch is the item I actually wanted When the 8 minutes it took to choose a good pair of stockings, actually paid off And the satisfaction I get from writing a personal letter in my favourite blue, ballpoint pen The moment I see the influx of dollars in my bank account (pay day!)...
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Motivational Monday.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this post lately. How to write the words I want, without coming off, well, forgive me if this post comes off any other way than I intend.
As you know I have a blog. Obviously. A blog which has slowly, over time become a wonderful asset to my life. A blog that over the months and years has taken me from an incredibly self conscious individual (I’ll never...
10 Things Monday
I am coming off the most splendidly lazy weakened ever. EVER FOLKS EVER. The weather outside was frightening, which meant staying indoors and/or in bed was all very guilt free and awesome. We saw Dark Shadows on Friday night (I liked it. Matt thought ‘meh’), and on Saturday I had a girls night out with some ladies I met at my hostel way-back-when (this is going to make me sound super lame, so...
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Friday night | pouring rain | crazy wind | movie | popcorn | boyfriend | lulu lemon pants | no make up on | uggs | scarf | sleeping in tomorrow | heater on | spooning | talking | cold outside | warm in | it’s the weekend baby | gonna have me some (homebody) fun
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exercise + sleep
looking back on the last few months i think it’s safe to say i wavered in and out of a rut (depression?). it’s easy to see that now. now that things are different. but back then i refused to admit it. or, even see it. i was absolutely okay, and 100% myself when people were around me. everything was normal then. if my roommates were home. matt was over. or i was out with friends, the...
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Great Ocean Road 23k - PHOTO BOMB
Before I jump into the photo bomb below (which I can only assume will be tagged with HI-Larious captions (<— lie)), I wanted to first show you the dirty-dirty details of Sunday’s run. Why? well to impress you of course.
So ta-da! Number 1: Check out those continuous hills over the first 15k. Number 2: Be impressed with my rear end for turning into a power engine and getting me through...
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Look at the shiny thing to your left! Do NOT look...
In an attempt not to be a shady blogger (You know who you are. As I look at myself in the mirror.), I wanted to take a quick moment to update my weight. And you thought I wouldn’t *shaking my head at you. fo-shame.*
On Saturday I weighed in at Weight Watchers, and as I had stated on Friday, I was pretty excited for the weigh-in. I felt like I was in that I’ve-fo-shizzle-lost-weight...
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It must have been about 4:40pm because I was walking over the Monash highway from work to the station, debating whether I should run for my 4:46 train.
I heard a huge bang.
I swung around
And then I saw it.
A black Mazda swirling out of control and off the road. It hit the curb rail across from me, jolted back and started coming towards me. It all happened so fast it’s actually hard to...
It's Friday! It's Friday! Gotta Get Down on Friday
So… my boss calls me Lisa, let’s start with that. You guys… what do I do? Part of me just wants to roll with it, I’ve always liked the name Lisa and besides, Liz | Lisa, they’re practically one and the same anyways. But at some point he’ll find out, and oh how awkward and red faced I will get. Because I’m psychotic about my weight (see archives for proof), naturally I peeled off every layer of...
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Tonight at crossfit we were given a routine workout consisting of as many circuits we could do in 15 minutes. It consisted of seven box jumps (jumping onto a box with your two feet next to each other), seven kettlebell swings and seven (ring, for me) pull ups. Now, for those of you who have ever done a box jump you’ll already know this, but the whole thing is a huge mental battle. You stand...
I am in one of those how-the-hell-is-it-only-Thursday? moods. All I want is the clock to strike 5pm, on a pretty, beautiful Friday afternoon. Today promises, wait, today has proven a really sore body from my desk chair (false: from being a machine yesterday at crossfit), a constant I-wanna-eat-all-the-food-in-the-world feeling, as well as a crossfit class this evening, which yes sir, you are...
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I’m sleeping naked tonight. And no, I’ll let you know right now this is not a sexual post. Rather, a thankful post.
I don’t even know if this is an embarrassing confession or not, but I’ve never been able to sleep naked before. And yes, I mean my entire life. A tank top, a big t.shirt or flannel pajamas were absolutely a must. Growing up I’d always hear most people...
One of those days...
Start to finish I was running late. Ugh. I hate running late. (And yes, I’m always running late.)
I woke up at 8am. I started work at 8:45am. I arrived at work at 9am. And shoot, I left my phone at Matt’s house. Double awesome as the Internet is 99% blocked at my job. Then I met a friend for lunch. I was late for, and getting back from, lunch. Yay. Then they asked me to work late....
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But I'm Too Lazy To Record
A few weeks ago I was chatting to someone who knows I’m doing Weight Watcher’s and he said this to me, “I feel sorry for you - that you have to count, track and plan everything you eat. That must suck for you.” I couldn’t stop thinking about that little sentence all week…
He’s so right too, it does suck. I would way prefer to just live my life without...
Five Things.
On Weight
I’ve become (yet again) obsessed with weighing myself. It always happens when I’m actively trying to lose weight, and truth be told I don’t really care about the whole ‘only weigh yourself once a week/month/whatever’ rule, as I find weighing myself a lot motivates me whether I’m up, or down.
I’ve struggled to find an appropriate Weight...
An Autumn Run
I was feeling good when I got home from work today, so I laced up my shoes and ran. (Can we please note how that previous sentence makes me sound like a natural runner? ha!) It was my first run in a really long time, and I don’t know what exactly brought it on, but I can honestly say I was “craving” a run. (WHO AM I?! I know…)
It was a simple, sunset run where I pumped my...
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Crossfit! Oh Me. Oh My.
Remember this post? The post about thinking I was too unfit/lazy/fat/big/tubby/hefty for crossfit? Yea, well… turns out I wasn’t (#shock #gasp yes yes yes, you guys were right). And straight up, whoever you are reading this, if you think that too, neither are you. #fact
It all happened so fast: On Monday I messaged Melbourne’s CBD Crossfit. On Tuesday they responded. On...
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Completed (barely) my first ever crossfit class...
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Motivational Monday.
I am not a quote person.
Whatever that means, but really, I’m not. Sure, whenever I see them I read them, and think ‘ohhh that *is* good and motivating and inspiring,’ but that lasts for about 3.2 seconds and then I forget it, move on, and never think about those oh-so-very inspiring words again.
Except. Cue “likes” on tumblr and the wonderful world of Pinterest,...
There is something about Sunday nights which I simply love. Despite the impending gloom that is Monday morning, I’d say the time after about five or six pm each and every Sunday, I love.
It’s the hit ‘refresh’ button time, where the previous week’s mistakes, and errors, and woes fall to the sideline and I’m given a fresh, shiny, new slate. The new week’s...
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
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