Definitely NOT a supermum!

What a difficult week and a bit I have had!
Food wise it has been a disaster. We had no food. Well that is a lie. There is always some kind of food in our house. We just had no food that made it easy for me to make healthy choices. That is there was no meat of any kind in the freezer (unless you count 5 meals of spag bol, but who wants to eat that every night for a week?!), next to no fresh vegetables in the fridge and no money in the bank to buy any. I was cooking from the pantry and it wasn't pretty! Tasty enough but not healthy. So I failed on that account. BUT I do expect to make better choices this week. I went grocery shopping yesterday (foolishly WITH the children...now I remember why I don't normally do that) and have better grocery options.
Exercise wise. Well it has not really been happening. I have been too cold and too tired to get out of bed in the morning for an extra walk. I think I may have been out once with the boys, but I definitely wasn't much more than that. On a positive note tho, my youngest brother got me a 10 pass to Croydon Leisure Center FOR FREE!!! So I went and did a Body Combat class there on Tuesday night. It was cold and raining but I still went and I loved it! I'm still sore from it but it is such a fun class. The instructor was fantastic and she did lots of the old tracks which I remembered from when I first started doing Combat 4.5 - 5 years ago. So I am really excited to be able to do that for then next 9 weeks! I nearly went for a walk this morning. I was wide awake at 5:50 but my husband had to leave for work a 6:20, so I didn't go. Perhaps I shall take the boys for a walk to the park today.
Weight update as of this morning is 108.0kg. That is a gain of .6kg which I am not surprised at. hopefully I have good news next week.
Thanks for reading.

What is it they say...'It never rains, it pours'!

Well. After my declaration last week I woke up early on Wednesday morning to find Aunt Flo coming for a visit. What a great start! Despite that I went for a walk by myself and threw in some extra cardio things like running up a few hills and some stair runs. What a great feeling and a great way to start the day. I did the same on Thursday, but alas I haven't been out by myself since. Life gets in the way... In the form of a super clingy 9mth old with separation anxiety and a boisterous 2 year old! But that is ok, cos I'm following plan B (the B standing for babies...I guess I could make it plan C for children...or maybe I should make it plan L for life!) But, I have been out every weekday which is great!

Food wise I'm doing well. I am eating way more than I was before cos I am having snacks, but I am making sure I don't go overboard with my mains meals as I have always been inclined to do. I am serving all my main meals with a measuring cup and not going over 1 cup of starchy carbs (pasta, rice, spuds) and keeping lunch to one good sandwich (with a 'meaty' multigrain or soy and linseed bread) with protein(usually tuna or ham) in it. The hardest thing I am finding is that when I sit down to enjoy whatever I have prepared for myself, I have my 2 year old and 9mth old seagulls begging me for some of it! Even when I have just fed them their own food. Such is a mother's lot I suppose.

I am very happy with/proud of the effort I have put in in the last week, and I am feeling quite well in spite of the trying week I have had. It would have been very easy for me to call it quits many times. I think that many of us overweight mums think that I'll do it when such and such calms down or after we move or when the kids go to school cos it will be easier then, but I don't think there is ever a 'good time'. There will always be something going on that is hard to cope with, kids, husbands...life really! So I'm pleased that I didn't get sucked into it this time and hopefully I won't ever again :)

I weighed myself this morning and am happy to report that the scales were kind and read 107.4kg! That is a loss of 2.6kg. I'm happy with that! Though I am not expecting such a dramatic result next week.

I was going through some of my skinny clothes and discovered a pair of jeans which I forgot I had. I found them at the op shop. They are from Colorado and I used to wear them all the time. They are the perfect style for my extremely chunky legs (even when I was slim I still had huge legs). Here I a pic I took to help keep me from blowing it!

And here is a detail of the cute pockets on the back.


Thanks for reading, see you next week :)

Long time reader, first time poster.

Well they say there is a first time for everything, so here is my very first blog. I have been thinking about starting a blog for a while, and I think that now is the time.
This is going to mainly be an avenue for me to feel like I am accountable to something/someone. You see...I am fat. There I said it. Now I can get on with doing something about it. I am hoping that by putting my goals out here in cyberspace, I will be able to stay on track more than if I just tell myself 'I want to lose weight'.

So here is my goal. I am going to lose 10kgs by December 31st. That is 8.5 months. That is give or take 1.1kg a month. That seems reasonable to me. I have more to lose than that, but that is may starting point. Mountains into molehills!

In order to achieve my goal I am going to do these things to start with.

• I am going to eat 5 times a day: 3 well portioned meals and 2 healthy snacks
• I am going to drink 2 litres of water
• I am going to go for a good walk everyday (or at least every second day)

So here is my start picture...
This is not the best picture but it has made me want to shift that weight. I am starting at a weight of 110.0kg

I know I can do this. I have done it in the past and having babies is not an excuse for being fat and not looking after myself. I am ditching my all or nothing mentality. I will do the best I can in my current stage of life which can be very busy caring for my babies.

I will weigh in weekly.

I would love your encouragement :)