3.1kgs :-)

It would seem there was an advantage to being sick! Now to keep it off! To be honest, after not eating much for a few days I am expecting some of it to go back on, but seeing as I only had to lose 1.5kgs to achieve my 10% loss i'd be happy to know that I still have it next week! So if any has to go back on I just hope it's less than 1.6kgs, but rest assured i'll be doing everything I can to avoid that happening.

Now to those people that are often nagging me about doing too much (and it's not just people that read my blog) I have made a decision today. I have decided to cut back to 2 sessions of gym a week from now on. I've done this to ensure that I can spend more nights with my family and because it suits me when i'm committed to a gym I really don't like that much for another 8 months - of course the advantage is that i've now worked my way up to 90 minutes of cardio and will continue to do that every visit and fully intend to add 30 minutes of weights into that in the near future - so 2 visits means a total of 3 hours at present and will equl 4 hours eventually. Of course i'm still doing an aqua aerobics class a week and using my treadmill at home fairly regularly to get my pedometer moving to 10,000 steps a day.

The fact remains (gastro aside) that I set myself a goal to lose 20kgs this year and i've lost 8.1kgs in 6 weeks, I feel if I keep putting too many expectations on myself it may begin to slowly unravel. having said that i don't feel like i'm putting pressure on myself but I also can't deny that I did feel relieved having come to this decision.

I'm now feeling much better and looking forward to going back to work tomorrow and being back in my normal routine. It's amazing how much you take the simplest of things for granted when you're not feeling well! I've even tracked my food (believe it or not I actually missed tracking), now I know i've become "addicted" to this new way of life ... lol