Gladiator ready?

 

I am typing this in a Scottish accent - I think it's because when I think of a challenge, it generally involved two lycra clad men - one very muscular and a bit 'steroid aggressive' looking, and the other, usually some weedy normo bloke, both armed with giant cotton buds. No, just me? You blummin fibbers, I'll bet most of you tuned into Gladiators and watched all the giant foam fists punching the air with glee!

Already, I am waffling, but I feel a little over excitable for some reason.

I completed one of the steps I mentioned in the last post  - by  staying to the SW class. SW lady was on excellent form, as she had been to their Woman of the Year ball, and heard some inspiring stories. She showed us the program from the evening, and the woman who had won it had dropped from over 29 stone - she lost 19 stone in total! Amazing. What an inspiration.

Now, thankfully, I haven't quite got 19 stone to lose - but I have got a lot - so for me seeing a story like this with the before and after photos, is really quite inspiring, as I have said before - losing 2, 3 or even 5 stone, is an amazing achievement - but I can not relate to this, as I have so much more to lose. Seeing someone with such a massive weight loss, really helps me.

SW lady went round the room asking us all what we thought we could lose realistically this week - I found myself saying 2, as I thought that was do-able, but she suggested 4lbs! I balked a bit at that to be honest, as that's the kind of weight you lose at the start of a 'diet' - but as she quite rightly pointed out, if I have managed to maintain my weight for 3 weeks with no planning, and all my good habits going out the window, what could I achieve if I treated this week, like week 1 of the plan again?

Fairenoughski - I thought, that is a blummin good point - so I have planned tomorrows grub.......if you're interested.....readybrek with a banana, grapes, chicken salad (maybe with a bit of bacon if the mood takes me)and then baked potato with tuna for my tea - so a good start, and intend to do the weekly plan of food and Internet shop tomorrow night.

Also managed to take out new acquisition, our very bouncy Springer Spaniel puppy out for a walk tonight - it's only his third time out - as he's a little baby - so not very far, but we did walk it at warp speed, so I am officially back into my walking, as he must be walked - no excuses for me now!

So I head into this week feeling a bit lighter already - just one challenge tomorrow - to avoid the tuck box at work which some idiot has started up (oh, yeah, that was me - oops) but it is to raise money for charity - so I will just have to make sure if I 'need' to have anything, that I think it through first, and go for a low cal hot choc sachet, or a cereal bar rather than crisps and chocolate.

Wish me luck xx