Kangaroo with pumpkin mash

At the start of the program we were told to make a commitment to it – put it in words, say it out loud and let our family and friends know what we were doing so that we would get their support and be accountable to others for what we were doing.  This is the commitment I wrote then:

My commitment is to be a fit and healthy mum to my daughter, wife for my husband and most of all to feel great for me!

I will lose the weight I need to feel confident and happy in the way my body works and looks, this means at least 10kg off my weight and being able to exercise for an hour without suffering for the rest of the week as a result.  I will be fit and healthy so that if we decide we want to try to have a second baby my body is in great condition to handle pregnancy and childbirth, unlike this time.  I will eat more fresh fruit and vegetables on a regular basis instead of taking the lazy option of frozen veg and tinned fruit.  I want to set a good example for my daughter as actions speak louder than words.

I need to keep reminding myself of this.

I realise that exercise is supposed to hurt a bit, that means my muscles are actually doing something.  Providing of course that it’s just that “good” pain of muscle burn, not that “bad” pain of joints being asked to do things they don’t want to yet.  I’ve had a few clicks and things from knees, but it always seems to be when I get sloppy on the exercises and am not doing them properly, back to proper form and the clicking goes away – phew!  But really, knowing that it’s going to hurt, that it’s supposed to hurt, doesn’t really help when it IS hurting – like now.  Especially when I know that todays exercise includes squats in the first set…

So while the exercise is painful, I know it will get easier and I know I will like the results.  In the meantime though, there is NOTHING painful about eating meals like this:

Thai fishcakes and salad

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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.

Monday lunch

So apparently you can sign up to the challenge weeks and weeks before it starts.  Then each week in the lead up to the event, a new task is released to get you in the right frame of mind and all sorted out so that you give yourself the best opportunity to succeed.

Unfortunately I’m a bit of a spur of the moment, last minute kinda gal, so I only signed up last week!  There’s a group of new mums I’m friends with online and several of them had signed up to get themselves into gear post-baby and in the end I decided, what the hell, this is the motivation and support I need to get my eating and exercise back on track.  I had just started to get the exercise together a year ago, but once I was pregnant that all went out the window as I found myself too exhausted to do anything other than lay on the lounge and eat, just going to work was a major struggle.  So needless to say, there are a few extra kilos there that I can’t just blame on baby weight!

So, I got myself all signed up and plowed through the pre-season tasks.  I thought the videos would be a bit hokey, but this program is nothing of the sort.  I’m impressed right from the start, which is definitely making it easier to get motivated.  I have to admit I did skip through some of the pre-season activities I was supposed to do - I’m not emptying the cupboard of all its goodies, but I’m also very, very rarely tempted to help myself to things I shouldn’t have.  If it becomes a problem, then I will deal with it then.

The interesting part for me was the fitness test – oh boy!  I was definitely scared here – 12 months since I’d done pretty much anything…  I’m happy to say though, that I was pleasantly surprised with my results.  Technically, I should probably put myself in Intermediate (what the?), however I’m starting off firmly in the beginner camp.  My abs are shot - pregnancy and a c-section will do that to you.  And with ligaments still a bit lax from pregnancy, I want to really ease into the jogging/running side of things.  My results put me as 100% beginner for the abs – no surprises there.  I was 1 second off being intermediate on the walk/jog and would have made it if I had any idea of what my time was.  My husband was timing me and since I thought I had no chance of making it I didn’t push quite as hard as I could have in the final stretch.  Was still knackered at the end of it though!  All my other results put me in Intermediate, but, as I said, I’m happy starting in beginner and easing into things a little more than I am guessing the higher level would let me.  I can always swap up in a few weeks if everything starts getting stronger.

The other side of things – food!  Once the meal plan was released to us, I did a HUGE shop on the weekend – I’ve never bought so many veges.  There are a lot of salads in this plan, which I’m generally not a fan of, but you know what, I’m going to give it a go.  If I really don’t like something, then I won’t have it again, but these meals look really, really tasty and if I want to make a change, this is a damn good place to start.

Oh, and my quads nearly died on the fitness test.  They’re still giving me grief 3 days later…