12 week weight loss challenge- week 2 results #moms
Hiya,
I am a little late with my week 2 results but don’t worry I wasn’t hiding out due to a lack of them. I was very happy to weigh myself on Sunday and find that I had indeed lost 1kg bringing my total to 2.1kgs for the two weeks. For those of you on the imperial system this is about 4.62lbs. I am happy with the result and I have to say that it does make feel that pushing myself to stick to the diet and go to the gym etc was worth it!
I am also happy to report that this week has been easier than last week. I am finding it easier to do the exercise and resist the food now. I have been tested a couple of times this week and I passed twice- and failed once…
I’ll start with the naughty stuff- on Saturday night it was one of my best girlfriend’s birthday. She had a party and I had given myself leave to have a couple of drinks- this was a calculated decision as it very rarely happens, Dave was able to look after Max and I felt that I could do it as I had been good with the exercise etc. I chose to drink something with less calories than wine, so it should have been ok. I also had bargained that I was not allowed to eat the BBQ dinner or any of the snacks provided by my friend- I had to take my own food and that was it. It would have been good but I didn’t allow for a couple of things- I don’t think I ate enough food to make drinking alcohol a good idea- it kind of went to my head quicker than it normally would, this impaired my judgement (as it does) and I ate chocolate cake- my big slip up!
A valuable lesson learned- if you think willpower may be an issue then don’t drink any alcohol because as I learned on Saturday night it is much easier to talk yourself around your resolve and give into temptation if you have had a couple of drinks- when you add this to the calories in the alcohol it is just a bad idea all around.
The good things I did though made me very proud of myself. On Saturday morning we had a friend over for breakfast and fruit salad and warm croissants with strawberry jam (my favourite breakfast) was on the menu. Unfortuately not on my menu due to this challenge. I had to eat my breakfast early as I was off to the gym first thing and there was no way I’d be able to handle it on an empty stomach so at our breakfast with our friend I was due a snack rather than a whole meal. I actually managed to eat a portion controlled serving of fruit salad and resist the croissants completely! Now this may sound easy enough but oh boy was it tough. I actually sat there and debated the whole time whether or not I should eat one- I had one voice saying “remember your goal- it’s only 10 more weeks and then you can have one- the goal is too important”, the other voice, a MUCH louder voice was saying “you’ve been good eat the croissant, you just worked out surely it can’t hurt… it’s only 1 after all”. I managed to stay strong but only just- even as Dave was clearing away the plates I was fighting back the urge to say “wait stop I am going to eat that”.
The other good thing happened just yesterday- Tuesday night is swimming night for me and Max and Dave usually goes to the gym (which is in the same building). This routine is always made easier by the fact that Dave helps me carry everything into the centre- there is a lot- a floaty for Max, towels, Max himself etc.. Yesterday the routine was thrown a little out of whack by Dave having a late meeting and not being able to come. My first instinct was to not go- I even told Dave I wasn’t going because it would just be too hard with Max and all of the stuff. This sounded good to the old me- but didn’t quite sit right with the new me- the one that wants to be slim and fit and healthy… By the end of the day I had figured out a way to make it happen (a backpack is a very handy hand-saving device). So Max and I went swimming as usual. I had decided that my goal was not going to depend on Dave’s schedule and if I wanted it to happen then I had to take control- and I did. I am very proud of that too.
So it looks as though it is working- I am llosing weight steadily and I am seeing my fitness improve with every gym session which is cool. The results are not visible yet- but I am hoping they will be soon. Well that’s it for the week 2 recap- I had better go and get on with week 3 
Rhiannon xoxo
