DAY, I have decided TO-DAY

Well, this is awkward.

I haven't written in ages and its mildly ridiculous, but also very understandable.

My diet, haha down the drain.
I have decided to stop putting so much pressure on losing weight and rather just take it day by day.
I cannot predict the future and I cannot always have everything right.

So, day-to-day is my new plan.

Today is my mom's birthday and I don't feel happy or impressed about it, I never know what to do on special occasions/ every second weekend when I have to go visit.
I always feel so uncomfortable and frustrated and then I end up cutting the visit short and running back to my comfort zone.

 I rate I am still carrying all the unnecessary drama in the back of my mind.

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE...
I am Engaged:)

Have been since 4 October, nothing fancy.
Just personal and very US.

My ring is mighty stunning... I will post a pic.

Slow progress

I mentioned a while ago that i had started my eating plan and things were slow.
I have since only lost an additional 1.2kg but I know its my extreme chocolate addiction thats spoiling things.
LUCKILY I have only been losing and I have not picked up a gram yet.
The two things I have been most dedicated in consuming have been water and CHOCOLATE.

I am not even going to stress.
Winter has this effect on me, once summer arrives I always drop atleast 4kg.

I have been so cold its been making me so hungry for the most ridiculous things.
I have however taken up a new hobby in the meantime, collecting make up.

My friend has been teaching me bit bit, but I have been thoroughly enjoying buying colourful palettes and brushes.
Since this post is a bit more random than thought out and structured I thought Id add a funny picture to lighten it all up.

Eating what?

Three posts in one day, lets not get too excited.

I started back on the eating plan 29 July.

Three weeks of detox (no carbs, NONE, NILL, ZERO)

And the remaining weeks I get to add 10g carbs a week.

Its been strangely easier than I thought it would be, although the lack of carbs has made me an easy target for sickness (read below post).

I am both excited and DREADING Monday's weigh-in.

Excited because the moment I leave I can have an apple or something CARB-Y.

Dreading, well I have to weigh in after being on my own for 2 weeks...GREAT... I have a feeling this time the loss is hectically slow.

The first time I did this plan I lost 6kg in the first 3 weeks... and I have only lost 2.2kg in the first week this time... I was super disappointed. 

BUT this time, I really need to push through and do this, there is nothing better than feeling your clothes slowly becoming to big to fit the same.

AND because I love to buy clothes ALL THE TIME, this is the best excuse.

I haven't been able to exercise properly for 2 weeks without coughing and wheezing... so hopefully this bronchitis gets the message and buggers off soon.

I will try and keep things as updated as possible, and record my progress as I go.

Head, Shoulders, Knees, Knees, Knees... Toes

I chose this title mainly because after feeling very proud of myself for working my ass off for 2 weeks, I have a knee injury.

When I was fresh out of school I bought an old, piece of junk scooter.
It carried my then skinny ass to and from work, through rain, storms, and firey hot days.

One day stands out though.
It was raining "cats and dogs", insanely heavy rain, horrible stormy weather and I was travelling by scooter down Blouberg road on my way home.

My scooter slid out from under me and I landed knee first on the tar, with my scooter on top on me.
I had to ride with my buckled wheel and painful legs all the way home, on Koeberg road.

Anyway, back to the point.

Since that lovely day, I have had a knee that cramps when its cold and gets red and hot when I walk to far.

So...because of my dedication to wearing something skimpy this summer, I have bruised the inside of the joint without bumping,knocking or touching my knee.
I have a massive blue mark and I can barely bend my leg.

I am to stay off my leg and resume exercise after a week, DOCTORS ORDERS.

I am not very excited about this arrangement, I am VERY scared my laziness kicks in again.

I guess its up to the 2 liters of water per day and high protein to burn my fat for me.

1. 2. 3. GO



Today marks 2 weeks since my Boyfriend and I started our OFFICIAL eating clean/ excercising 6/7 days a week.

I must honestly say, its not that easy to get into a pattern of excercise and sore muscles, but its fantastic.

I have Zumba'd everyday for the past 2 weeks, so I can say I am a pro at shaking my hips by now.

When my dad was in the process of loosing 50kg, he bought a huge weight-lifting machine that works so well for arm excercises.

I am telling you, doing the job I do with sore arms... not so nice, but I am not stopping now.

Hopefully, I can continue the pattern I have developed and this time next year I am looking even better than before.