Day 17 - Motivation please!

Thought it was about time for another belly shot. I have compared this one to the photo I took on Day 1 and I think there is a bit of a difference, although maybe not visible to the naked eye! Haha. (Excuse the bra in the photo...not meant to be porn...but if it did get anyone excited, including the lovely red marks on my belly, I'd be seriously questioning your mental health).

I woke up this morning with zero motivation to get up and exercise, so I tried to think of something that would lift my spirits. I decided to weigh myself. I knew this could prove deadly but I needed something drastic. I had only just weighed myself on Monday but I thought what the hell. And, drumroll... I lost a kilo! I'm now 68kgs!

I went to the gym with a spring in my step and did 15 mins on the cross-trainer, then worked out my lower body. I changed my weights to 3 sets of 10 reps instead of the normal two sets of 10-15. This was by Larry's recommendation. He said the 3 x 10 reps is the 'pantyhose workout'. It's a 'one-size fits all guaranteed way' to tone up and trim down. I put my weights up where I could bear it and enjoyed the new challenge of 3 sets.

At the gym, another instructor, lets call him Ian, asked if I'd lost any weight doing the challenge. I said a couple of kilos. He said you can really tell. I felt quite chuffed and trim, taut and terrific! I am very close to my goal weight of 65kg. I started the year at a whopping 80 kgs and now I am almost where I want to be. But this time it's bloody well staying off!!!

After the gym, I went over to my sisters for my usual afternoon baby time. Today I spent a bit more time with twin 2. Normally I spend more time with twin 1 as I hold her while my sister organises herself and twin 2. But today I did a bit of a switcheroo, so it was nice to bond with my other little darling. By the way, I don't actually call them twin 1 and 2 but I'm respecting their privacy of course. They can choose later in life whether they want to be famous by association ;)

Tomorrow is gonna be quite hectic. I am in a job hunting course from 9am to 4pm in the city, so I'll have to go to the gym at sparrow's fart. Then at 6pm I'm getting my hair cut and coloured. Can't wait! I go every 8 weeks but it always feels like too long between visits. My hair is getting so long now...I'm not sure whether to cut a bit more off. Sorry boring girl talk, I'll save it for my hairdresser!

Food:

Meal 1 - glass of lemon water
muesli with milk

Meal 2 - glass of water
apple and nuts

Meal 3 - glass of water
chicken salad with tiny bit of avocado, whole diced tomato, bit of cucumber and rocket

Meal 4 - glass of water
protein shake

Meal 5 - glass of water
small eye fillet with corn on the cob and celery with hummus

Meal 6 - glass of water
yoghurt

Catch yous all later!