The Biggest Loser
It's that time of the year again and I kicked off the first episode with a great start! It's very hard to watch live TV with two toddlers before their bedtime so as I always do I taped the show and watched it once the kids went to bed - and what a productive viewing it was!
I've learnt this weight loss journey is about a lifestyle change and lifestyle is about so many factors that influence each and every day. For more that means I need to be motivated and organised to juggle all of life's aspects - work, kids, weight, housework etc - today was one of those Sundays that I love and need to have more of! We had a sleep in then Michael took care of the kids while I had some "me" time to watch TV in bed with my breakfast and a coffee then we headed off to swimming lessons.
As is our usual routine on Sundays we took the kids to Hungry Jacks to get a kids club meal (their one treat of the week) and we grabbed subway and came home and had lunch together with the afternoon stretched in front of us with no plans! Mikayla went to sleep, Michael and Lachie went into the study and I cranked up the music and tidied up the house, washed the clothes, prepared dinner and did lots of food preparation, packed kids bags, organised lunches etc for the week ahead!
When that was done I relaxed in a hot bubble bath while Michael took the kids into the toyroom, then I had a bath with the kids, sat down for a family dinner, read to my little angels and tucked them into bed and watched The Biggest Loser while ironing enough clothes for me and Michael for the whole week!
I did NO exercise for the day and didn't even bother with my pedometer - it was a conscious decision I made this morning to sacrifice exercise on a Sunday for the benefit of better organisation in my daily routine and i'm on the biggest lifestyle high at the moment and it's an amazing feeling! That puts me in a positive frame of mind and a "nothing can stop me" attitude and that gives me the right starting point for a successful week.
I went out for dinner last night and the temptation of the all you can eat soup/dessert/salad/vegetable bar was too much - it's quite simple really, if you put food that tempts me in front of me chances are I WON'T be able to resist it! I acknowledge that which is why I adopt a fail safe environment. I felt guilty because I came home feeling full and yet I did make reasonably good choices. I ordered roast beef that came on a plate smothered in gravy with 3 roast potatoes - I ate 1 of the potatoes, 2/3 of the meat and pushed most of the gravy aside and added corn, carrots and peas to my plate from the vegetable bar. I did have a small plate of salad and had soup and bread but opted for the vegetable soup instead of the cream of chicken. I wasn't strong enough to resist dessert either but had a VERY SMALL serve of apple crumble with soft serve - given past experiences in these types of restaurants I was actually proud of what I achieved but still the guilt set in because I felt too full. The wind up for the week is that at present I have used more than half my exercise points, not a position that I like to be in but still it's not a bad result either.
I will weigh in on Tuesday night for the first time in 2 weeks, i'm not expecting a big loss but don't see any reason why it won't be a loss - I have the scales out at the moment for a February 1st weigh in tomorrow morning - January 1st showed me 119.7kgs on my scales, will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings.
I've been a very slack blog reader over the last week two but will catch up on that tonight and tomorrow night.
I've learnt this weight loss journey is about a lifestyle change and lifestyle is about so many factors that influence each and every day. For more that means I need to be motivated and organised to juggle all of life's aspects - work, kids, weight, housework etc - today was one of those Sundays that I love and need to have more of! We had a sleep in then Michael took care of the kids while I had some "me" time to watch TV in bed with my breakfast and a coffee then we headed off to swimming lessons.
As is our usual routine on Sundays we took the kids to Hungry Jacks to get a kids club meal (their one treat of the week) and we grabbed subway and came home and had lunch together with the afternoon stretched in front of us with no plans! Mikayla went to sleep, Michael and Lachie went into the study and I cranked up the music and tidied up the house, washed the clothes, prepared dinner and did lots of food preparation, packed kids bags, organised lunches etc for the week ahead!
When that was done I relaxed in a hot bubble bath while Michael took the kids into the toyroom, then I had a bath with the kids, sat down for a family dinner, read to my little angels and tucked them into bed and watched The Biggest Loser while ironing enough clothes for me and Michael for the whole week!
I did NO exercise for the day and didn't even bother with my pedometer - it was a conscious decision I made this morning to sacrifice exercise on a Sunday for the benefit of better organisation in my daily routine and i'm on the biggest lifestyle high at the moment and it's an amazing feeling! That puts me in a positive frame of mind and a "nothing can stop me" attitude and that gives me the right starting point for a successful week.
I went out for dinner last night and the temptation of the all you can eat soup/dessert/salad/vegetable bar was too much - it's quite simple really, if you put food that tempts me in front of me chances are I WON'T be able to resist it! I acknowledge that which is why I adopt a fail safe environment. I felt guilty because I came home feeling full and yet I did make reasonably good choices. I ordered roast beef that came on a plate smothered in gravy with 3 roast potatoes - I ate 1 of the potatoes, 2/3 of the meat and pushed most of the gravy aside and added corn, carrots and peas to my plate from the vegetable bar. I did have a small plate of salad and had soup and bread but opted for the vegetable soup instead of the cream of chicken. I wasn't strong enough to resist dessert either but had a VERY SMALL serve of apple crumble with soft serve - given past experiences in these types of restaurants I was actually proud of what I achieved but still the guilt set in because I felt too full. The wind up for the week is that at present I have used more than half my exercise points, not a position that I like to be in but still it's not a bad result either.
I will weigh in on Tuesday night for the first time in 2 weeks, i'm not expecting a big loss but don't see any reason why it won't be a loss - I have the scales out at the moment for a February 1st weigh in tomorrow morning - January 1st showed me 119.7kgs on my scales, will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings.
I've been a very slack blog reader over the last week two but will catch up on that tonight and tomorrow night.
posted by Tania | 9:27 PM
6 Comments:
Your day with the kids sounded lovely:-)
I agree that the weight loss journey is all about balance in so many ways. Good luck with your weigh in.
I don't think I can resist at those 'all you can eat' places either! I even eat dessert! Grrrrrr.
Have a great week chick.
Sounds like you had a good day! You did well at dinner,
I love those days with the kids, it makes everything seem right.
I totally agree with the need for balance in this journey. No balance, no losses.
Have a good week! Good luck at your weigh in!
Hiya, I am doing the challenge through WAS too:-) Sounds like you had yourself a lot more organised than me! I am still doing the ironing hahah
Good luck and I look forward to reading your blog:)
I thought the first episode of the BL was strange - going into a weigh in on the first night, where did the first week go - maybe it had something to do with a couple that were kicked off because the guy was a convicted paedophile.
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