Weigh In Wednesday!

To mark our 300th post I am beginning my weight loss journey. I had written in my diary that I wanted to lose 20kg by June, starting February 1st. However, somehow I managed to completely forget to actually start my new eating plan and exercise regime. Oops. For whatever reason I decided to hop on the Wii Fit board, weigh myself and get started today, something which has surprised even me.

As soon as I got the board down Ellie hopped on it, so I registered her Mii and weighed her first before popping on myself. James got a pez Wii remote, which we give her to play with when we have our remotes out, so she was pointing it at the screen to ‘play’. We don’t get the chance to play much (like once every six months lately) but she has already picked up what you’re supposed to do, by the time she’s 3 she’ll be flogging us!

She was not impressed with me being on the Wii board and I ended up having to re-weigh myself three times, it kept telling me I was a little restless and to stand still but Ellie was trying to push me off so she could use it! Apparently, I have lost 2.4kgs since I last did a test. That was a nice little boost to begin this adventure with! Especially given that I have two pregnancies worth of losing to do! When it became apparent that Ellie was not going to let me back on without a fight I decided to do some Tae Bo Total Body Fat Blaster. Ellie had a blast dancing around, laughing at me while I was literally KILLED by Billy Blanks! Maybe I should have started gentler, tried something soothing like Pilates, but I find I am easily bored by things like that. Plus, if I am going to work out I want to feel like it’s doing something and when you’re drenched in sweat, red in the cheeks and every muscle in your body burns you know what you’re doing is working! The thing I love about Tae Bo (or Billy Blanks to be more precise) is that when I get to that point where my arms and legs are on fire, my face is flushed and I have sweat beading on my forehead and I want to stop because I can really feel it he looks at me down the camera and tells me to keep going. So I do. In the end I feel refreshed, positive, proud of myself and maybe a little bit sore in today’s case.

After our workout Ellie put herself to bed (in our bed) while I was trying to make it.