Pancakes

Seriously – this is diet food?  Sooooo yummy and perfect for a lazy Sunday breakfast.

Well, today was weigh in day again and I was very excited to see one whole kilo has fallen off.  Yep, after the last two weeks losing just over half a kilo, and then going out for yum cha and a movie (which always includes a frozen coke!) on the weekend I wasn’t sure what I was going to see.  So seeing 1kg having dropped off was great!  Not too much further and I will be down to my pre-pregnancy weight (maybe next week?).  Even though I was overweight when I got pregnant, it’s all these little milestones that make things manageable.

Being Week 4, I’m also supposed to take my measurements and see what I’ve lost there.  I think that one will be quite interesting as I already know I’ve lost a lot of excess baby belly and I seem to be shrinking in most other places too.  I’m currently wearing a pair of shorts that I couldn’t do the button up on 4 weeks ago!

Bacon and egg wrap

Can’t believe I made it!  It’s been one hell of a week – fitting in exercise, meal preparation, keeping up with some other mums on the program, looking after my 3 month old daughter, taking the photos and writing the posts for this blog, doing a 4 week photography course (silly timing on my part!).  I’m tired just thinking about it!  But, I know it will all be worth it and I’m loving the feeling of having some goals to work towards while being a stay at home mum.

The exercise was HARD!  Having done almost no exercise while pregnant, and certainly none since our baby arrived, this has been a huge shock to my whole body.  It doesn’t help that I’m heavier than I’ve ever been before, which also makes it a lot more effort than it has been before.  But on the other hand, I feel fantastic!  I feel like I’ve already achieved something and if I can get through this first week then I can definitely do the rest of them.  I know the exercises will get more intense, harder and faster, but just getting the body moving and knowing that I can do it is the hardest part I reckon.

Yes, that photo at the top was breakfast this morning – how good is that!  I love my eggs all mixed up with the yolk broken and messy.

Berry Bruschetta Breakfast

Seriously?  We have a weigh in on the morning of the 3rd day – that’s only 2 days of calorie controled diet and exercise.  But you know what, I reckon I’ve lost a bit.  Wow!  My start weight for this program was 81.7kg, and 3 months ago, just before my little girl showed up I was somewhere around 93kg.  And now here I am at 80.6!  I’m very pleased with that, talk about quick results.

Oh, and the berry bruschetta above for breakfast – looks fabulous but unfortunately I wasn’t a fan, the ricotta is a bit too bitter for me.  Maybe I can mix in a smidge of honey or something to sweeten it up because otherwise this is one delicious looking and filling way to start the day.

This blog will track my progress and most posts will also have photos – mostly of the food, what’s not to like about tasty, healthy and delicious looking food – but also locations I exercise at and other random, hopefully related, bits and pieces.  I will be looking at my progress, how I’m coping with it all, my goals, my rewards (yes I already have the first one lined up!) and any setbacks. I’m hoping that by tracking things here as well it will help keep me on track and motivated to finish the 12 weeks succesfully and continue with the good habits I will learn over the time.

So to start, here is a shot of this mornings breakfast – natural muesli with grated apple.