Day 15

This past week I have learnt that if I don't follow a good routine, then it is harder (much harder) to follow my exercise & nutrition plans. Or, and I suspect this is close to the truth, I've discovered new excuses: 'I can't go to the gym, the house is a mess, and Hubby will be cranky!' and 'I can't exercise, I've only had 5hrs sleep!' Oh dear. I will add those ones to the list and writing some solutions. Hubby says he will be cranky if I DON'T go to the gym. I've never been good at setting & following routines, but I'm slowly learning. How does it go...?  Proper planning prevents piss poor performance!

I have been doing the odd sneaky daily weigh-in, and have been very happy with my results. Until this week. The last few days have been hard. For some reason my resolve to stick to the plan wavered and I was having a taste here & there.... Uh-Oh. I guess it just happens a few weeks into a new regime, it gets tougher, and old habits try to sneak in. But this morning I gave myself a slap, refocused on my goals and got back on track.

Speaking of goals, I can't believe I still haven't finalised my pre-season tasks... Shhhh, don't tell Mish! I will try to wrangle some time on Wednesday to get these finished. I've already had to re-evaluate one of my goals, which I have already achieved!

Here are a couple of delicious pics:

Baked *coughPoached* Eggs w Spinach, Feta & Wholegrain Soldiers

(Yes, there is an extra egg there... all budgeted for! ;)



Buttermilk Pancakes... YUM!!

They are so good, Hubby has requested these every Saturday!


I'm really pleased with my results so far, my Week 1 loss was 1.9kg, and Week 2, down another 1.3kg!! I must be losing cms as well, because my clothes are getting a bit baggy.

Today I burnt 500+ calories in my workout, YAY!! I have followed the meal plan well, and managed to get in a great workout, awesome!  The first 500+ workout was netball last week (646 calories), and tonight was BodyAttack (688 calories).

Now... to back it up and do the same tomorrow. Planning to do a double workout tomorrow (BodyStep & Zumba), hopefully to make up for my indiscretions this week. Hoping for another good loss on Wednesday morning!  Watch this space :)

My highlights/lessons of the first 2 weeks:

~ choosing not to partake in 2 work morning teas, I only ate my healthy snacks & water! (Quite different to the 'old' me that my colleagues remember - before I went on maternity leave)
~ handled a colleague saying 'GO ON, have some cake..!'  no thankyou :)
~ starting to feel my clothes getting looser
~ getting great results on the scales
~ starting to feel a bit fitter at netball, I spiked my heart rate to the max (187bpm) during our last game!
~ buying a calorie counter book and increasing my knowledge of low-calorie food options. I am disgusted at the things I used to eat, and am determined to NEVER eat like that again.
~ we need a bigger fridge! After our weekly shop it is bulging, and even with our Tupperware keeping everything fresh & stacked, it just isn't big enough. Lucky we have a 2nd fridge in the garage for the overflow, as we can't afford a new one.

Hope you're having a great week!!

Until next time,
Kylie