weigh-in Wednesday | week 3!

After a hellish week food-wise, I was dreading stepping onto my scales this morning. Prepared, yes, for whatever numbers came up. Dreading seeing them tho, as I was expecting a massive gain.
So when these numbers popped up, I was pleasantly surprised....


That's a loss of 100grams! Last week's weight was 68.4kg. I am more than happy with these numbers. I have a lot of work to do in the next week.

I began reading the blog Dear Baby G last night. Sarah has done 1 round (I think?) of the 12wbt. She is on to her second round, the current round. She has done so well, come so far and so has her husband. I will be getting the agent to read the post her husband wrote!!

In quite a few of Sarah's posts about her journey on the 12wbt, she (and her husband in his post) points out how important food is. It's slowly getting thru my thick skull that going to the gym and then coming home and doing this.....
...will not get me the results I want. This is something I can't get thru to the agent either. He is quite good at mindless snacking on the lounge, after dinner and at all hours of the night as he watches tv. Yet he will complain about the size of his belly and say "oh I must lose this!!"

Anyway, enough of pointing out other's downfalls. I can only and will only concentrate on my own.

If there is anything the 12wbt can teach me, it's that for me to change my body and get the results I want, I must control what I put in my mouth. No amount of exercise will help me UNLESS I eat nourishing food.

I love rewards. Who doesn't?! however for far too long now, I've bee hitting the gym, busting out a great workout and then rewarding myself with the above foods.....and I'm wondering what my tummy and thighs and butt are the way they are?!!!!

I started a jar a while ago, where I'd put a dollar coin in after each workout I did. I had planned on the money going towards my next tattoo, which I am hoping to get at the end of this 12wbt round. I've thought about only buying Lorna Jane gear when I reach a certain goal, however most LJ styles get sold out pretty quickly and I don't want to miss out! As a result, I have a few LJ items in my cupboard which I haven't worn yet. Most still have their tags on!

So here's my plan of attack to help my headspace:
1. Find all the Lorna Jane gear I have which I haven't worn. Work out what item can be assigned to a goal I want to achieve. Eg - when I reach XXkg, I can wear this LJ top/tights/whatever.

2. Find my normal, non-gym clothes which I want to be wearing again and do the same as above.

3. Do a blog post about each of the items above, and any other rewards i have planned!!

4. Listen to all the 12wbt videos and snip-tips I can about nutrition. Revisit the kitchen clean out task and clean out our kitchen. Again. Properly. More thoroughly.

5. Print out my goals for the month of March and put them on the fridge.

6. Set some rules up for all members of our house hold about eating, and where it happens.
 
Things are changing. They must, as I'm sick of begin unhappy with my body. Yes it's carried and birthed 3 beautiful children, however it's not how I want it. And only I can change that.

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