1st week over.

Wow - it's been just over a week since I signed up for the program. I was determined to start getting into good habits during pre season like getting used to cooking the meals and starting to exercise. Weigh ins are on Wednesdays so I decided to do my own 'weigh in' as well today.

I have lost 2.7kg this week. I know that you always lose a fair bit in the first week, especially with the shift in diet, and you always do seem to fluctuate weight from day to day, so I'm excited, but cautious at the same time! Next week will be the real test I guess.

I'm a little behind with my pre season tasks which has had to do with domestic duties and bub having had his immunisations and just being a little bit 'off'. So even though I have been thinking about them a lot, I'll be writing my goals today for task three and getting stuck into task 4 in the next day or so. I've decided to set myself a 'mini goal' and I would really like to hit 79.9kg or lower ready for the start of the next round - thats 19 days to lose 4.4kg - that certainly seems achievable. But I won't kick myself if I don't do it, I'm still learning what I need to be doing (with the guidance of Crunch Time) and I am easing myself into things.

I will probably not train as intensely as I am asked to do purely because that is just far far too much of a change for me to take in at one time. My focus this round is to get my eating habits under control and learn about 'healthy eating'. I'll still go for my walks and work out to DVD's, but probably not as much as I "should" be. This may be disappointing for some reading this, but I know myself. I know that too much of a drastic change for me will see me throw my arms up in the air and give up. I work better with change if I can take baby steps and do it at my own pace. But I might actually surprise myself and really get into it.

This morning's achievement was waking up and thinking "it's such a nice day, I might head off to the esplanade and go for a walk" then I thought "oh, bub might still be cranky from his needles" but no sooner as I had thought that than the other voice just said "JFDI" - he'll be just as cranky at home as he will getting fresh air. So off I went for my 5km walk - bub wasn't cranky, he was his usual beautiful happy self. The more I get out there and do it, the easier it will get.

Oh, I went for the walk on Saturday too....!!

I'm still enthused about doing this, I still doubt myself going on past history, but history is just that - it's in the past, this is now and is a new opportunity for me to snatch and make the most of.