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So this is day 2.

I ate well today, drank loads of water, did sitting-situps (when you tense and release your diaphragm very slowly) while at work, got home, did dishes, dinner, then went for a good brisk 25 minutes walk (with a pathetic attempt at jogging for about 3-4 minutes).

Now I feel fantastic!

I’m also adding a new player in the challenge, my mom Francine!

Ma maman Francine
Goal: Go for a walk when getting home from work and walking nice and briskly!

Yay this is becoming a great big multi-people challenge!

This morning’s weight: 145.4lbs

Breakfast: teacake with Flora and a cup of hot water.

Lunch: Brought with me 2 apples, a banana and a low-fat Ski Vanilla yogurt. Will buy a salad or a soup and wholewheat roll for lunch. Snack on fruits during the afternoon.

Note: The hot water or herbal tea seems to fill me up quite a bit and stop me from wanting to snack. Good stuff!

[edit: had to correct that! I typo’ed my weight really badly hahaha Merci Jo! 😉 ]
[edit 2: Bugger it! I took the password off, who cares if the whole of the ninternet finds out I have a big ass! Maybe Oli will stop offering me Belgian chocs if he reads this!! 😉 ]

Ok I doubt I’m going to do a daily roundup and 26 million other health posts so don’t worry, this won’t turn into a total health nut blog! 😉

Alright, so today, I’ve had three people (possibly 4) joining me for the challenge!

My sister Jo in Canada
Goal: Bike or rollerblade at least twice a week for 45 mins. Lose 3lbs. Resist temptation to snack while studying for exams!

Benjamin in Germany
Goal: [UPDATED] Starting weight: 167.5lbs
Goal weight at the end of the Challenge: 158.7lbs
Drop bad habits like eating chocolate and at the cafeteria

Steven in London
Goal: [UPDATED] Prepare for the BUPA 10k Hyde Park run by jogging regularly to reach 10k in 45 minutes

My challenge
Goal: Lose 7lbs to get within the 130’s I don’t mind so much. Exercise daily (a good walk, some situps and dumbells while watching TV or gym at work or bike, but SOMETHING daily!). Cut out unnecessary snacks at work, eat smaller portions. Drink a whole lot of water and herbal tea.

Roundup of my resolutions for today
Goals for the day:

• Eat homemade bulgur with chicken and tomatoes, buy yogurt for pudding, nothing more. Have herbal tea this afternoon. As Jo at work bought us fine belgian chocs, allow myself ONE with tea if I don’t cheat at all the rest of the day. – Check! Had one choc but didn’t give in to anything else.
• Half an hour at the gym after work (If my back is still killing me at the end of the day, I’ll go for a long walk instead but still, gym will be done twice this week at least.) – God knows where the daylight went after we got in! To make up for not going for a walk, I did 50 slooow situps. Not quite as good but not bad either! Stretching made my back feel miles better!
• Positive thinking, little TV watching, more productive evening. – Yup! No TV, positive attitude, some useful Marketing reading done.

So, decent day, no real cheating but I need to kick up the exercise one notch!

Email me at thatcanadiangirl {a} gmail dot com if you want to join the fitness challenge, or just know what I’m hiding behind those passworded posts.

I just think that by making the posts passworded, Google won’t index the posts containing my weight 😛

I’m resisting the bad bad Belgian Chocolates and the Portuguese cookies!

So this is day 1

Starting weight on April 11th: 146.2lbs
Goal weight by May 13th: 139lbs (hey, I’m being realistic here!)

Goals for the day:

• Eat homemade bulgur with chicken and tomatoes, buy yogurt for pudding, nothing more. Have herbal tea this afternoon. As Jo bought us fine belgian chocs, allow myself ONE with tea if I don’t cheat at all the rest of the day.
• Half an hour at the gym after work (If my back is still killing me at the end of the day, I’ll go for a long walk instead but still, gym will be done twice this week at least.)
• Positive thinking, little TV watching, more productive evening.

Since the month-long Christmas binge, I’ve gained a bit of, lets say, baby fat. (One can still have baby fat at 23, right?) Either way, these love handles definitely seem to be holding on a bit too long.

So here’s the plan, I’d be grateful if some of you offered a bit of moral support, because I’m going to need it.

The Fitness Challenge

As of tomorrow morning, April 11th, I’ll start a set of private posts (which means a password is required to read them) and only the people joining into the fitness challenge will be able to see my actual weight progress. UNTIL May 13th, where, no matter how much or how little weight I have lost, I’ll have to show everyone my progress (or lack thereof). I think that alone is motivation enough to prove to me (and you) that I can do it. Note: I leave for Canada on May 15th and I don’t want to have to stress over this while in Canada or while moving to the new house as soon as we come back. Otherwise I would probably extend it to 6-8weeks for more exciting results.

This effectively gives me a month to do my best to reach the goal I want.

It’ll take more than the occasional salad instead of a sandwich lunch swap to get to a size where I won’t get mistaken for a beached whale when we go to Menorca in June.

If you want to jump in and join me in a last attempt at not frightening the neighbours when wearing a bikini this summer, send me an email or a message and we can be health buddies! If your goal isn’t weight related, but you want to get an arts project done or write a book or who knows what else, you can join in too! And it doesn’t matter when you start, you choose your timescale and your goal!