Morning everyone!
Phew.....no work today! I'm just chilling, spending some much needed cwtchy time with AB and catching up on Facebook, on here and with my emails! The bills can wait! lol!
So far today I've had 2 x WW warm petit pains with melted flora light and a little bit of Branston Pickle - a weird brekkie but it's what I fancied! Hope I'm not pregnant??
101 cals and 0.1g fat per baguette
I'm determined to get back on track this week and then have a straight run until Christmas! I'm D.E.T.E.R.M.I.N.E.D!
I've been totally CRAP for the whole of September! And am SO disappointed with myself - I've lost a grand total of....3lbs for the whole month! I planned to lose 12lbs! So 9lbs off target! But I can't really moan and complain when I know I haven't tried at all!
I've been eating out all the time, eating chips and chocolate (!), barely been to the gym, Curves OR Aqua Aerobics! and not been taking my Xenical tabs!
But one thing it's done is to make me more determined for October!
I know where I am and where I want to be and this monthly binge has made me realise what I DO want....and that is, to be on track and to be healthy! and eventually to be slim!
My head's back in the right place, and apart from health and happiness for AB, this is THE most important thing in my life right now! Even OH comes 3rd to it! lol!
He doesn't mind...he's got the health and fitness bug off me and is joining the gym with me too! So that'll be fab to go together!
We've decided we ARE going to join that gym and totally over-haul our lifestyle! We know it's alot of money, but we're fortunate enough to be able to afford that at the moment now I'm back in work so we're going to go for it!
I think it'll be a massive kick up the bum to MAKE me go, because of the cost each month and that I'll have to pay whether I go or not! So that's going to be the biggest incentive EVER, as is the fact that we'll be going together!
We know that if we use it then it's well worth the money and we wouldn't bat an eyelid at paying £30+ for meals a few times a month, so our promise IS, that we're going to stop spending our money on eating out and then that will pay for the gym easily!
We were also going to start treating ourselves to a Spa day once a month, and that costs £40-£50 each a time, so that's our gym membership paid for AND we get to have a Spa day every day there if we want!
The pool and the spa facilities are really luxiourious and EXACTLY the kind of place we book for our Spa Days so now we're getting the gym and that in one!
So we've justified it every way possible and have made the decision to improve our bodies and our health! We both agree that the facilities they offer there are SO stunning that we'll WANT to go and we've made a pact to kick each others up the butt if we're having a "I don't fancy going tonight...." night!
If we can go for 3 times a week we'll be getting our money's worth! So this is our planned time table:
*Every other Monday: I work every other Monday, so on the day I work we're going to have the night off & spend time with AB, then if it's when I'm not working we are both going to go and my mum have AB for 6-8pm. No classes on this night that we like the sound of, so spend 1/2 hour in the gym, 1/2 hour in the weight's section, then swimming and use the Spa.
*Tuesday: Both go, MIL have AB 5.30-8.30pm. An hour in the gym doing our programme with our personal trainers. Followed by a half hour class together (Boxercise or Boot Camp Circuits) then some time relaxing together in the Spa before we go home.
*Wednesday: OH's night so he's going to do his programme with his personal trainer and spend some time in the pool whilst I stay home and spend some time with AB.
*Thursday nights: My night!! OH is staying home & spending some time with AB while I have a "me" night!
I'm planning on getting there for 5.30pm and doing a 45 minute Circuits or Body Combat class, followed by 20mins in the gym, then a 45min aqua aerobics class in the pool, followed by some light swimming and relaxing in the hydro-therapy pool and Sauna!!
It sounds like BLISS not something I'm dreading doing! Especially when I can relax in the pool and sauna after slogging it out in the gym! I can even treat myself to a glass of wine in the bar afterwards! How very sophisticated! lol!
*Fridays: OH finishes at 1 or 4 and I rarely work a Friday so we're both going to go together on a Friday and we can take AB with us. This isn't going to a "planned" exercise day, just us using the facilities and whatever we fancy on the day.
*Saturdays and Sundays - Members and their families can use the facilities on these days so we're going to take AB there and spend the day using the gym, maybe going to a class, and then using the pool, hydro-therapy pool, sauna and steam room!
So it's going to be a joint/family thing! And instead of going out for meals in the night we'll be going to train!
We're meeting with our personal trainers tonight (ahh!) are both going to be weighed and measured and take part in our first workout there. We won't be training together for the first 3 weeks as every one of our sessions for the first three weeks will be with our own (seperate) personal trainers. After that we can have a personal trainer once or twice a week and then spend the rest of the time training together so that'll be nice!
I'm SO nervous about having a personal trainer! But they PROMISE results....so that's what I'm looking for!
They're all qualified sports coaches and dieticians and they tailor-make a programme for you to follow, so mine will be totally tailored to work for ME and OH's for him....and then they monitor your progress all the time and after the initial 3 weeks, if you no longer want a personal trainer to train with you, they still make an appointment to meet up with you every 21 days to check how you're getting along and make sure you're still getting results!
It's all very serious! And exactly what I need to kick my butt into gear! I'm really looking forward to being pro-active about my new lifestyle and about spending evenings and weekends working out and looking after myself instead of eating!
Here's to Esporta and Xenical transforming my life!!
Lunch today is going to be quite a big one of tuna and low fat cheese pasta bake with steamed veg because I won't be eating til after the gym then! Going to start making that soon.
Right, I'm going to nosey around other people's pages now before I make myself some dinner whilst AB is still snoring next to me!
xxxx