Week 2 of the Challenge

I managed to lose a total of a kilo in the first week of the challenge, which I am so happy with! If I can keep that rate of loss up or increase even slightly I will be beyond happy, so now it's just a case of keeping up the level of commitment I have right now and not allow negative comments to bring me down :).

Well, yesterday was the start of the second week on the 12 week challenge. Being a public holiday, I started off with a bang, had a quick bite to eat before racing off to meet a friend at the gym for an hour of cardio, and felt wonderful afterwards. Then I went home and got started on what turned into a mammoth cooking session of epic proportions. Almost 6 hours of cooking later, and I was over the sight of food and suffering back pain and sore legs from standing non stop that entire time. I didn't have the most healthy dinner as I just couldn't muster the energy to eat anything more than a couple of slices of peanut butter on toast, but now I have a freezer that is packed full of goodies and don't have to prepare meals for at least another week and a half!

Today is going to be the real challenge though. I have woken up with a mammoth headache, am in a very grumpy mood and am tired beyond belief. I'll probably have the urge to have a nanna nap come mid afternoon (which won't happen as I am at work, sad to say). I've still got to go to the gym this afternoon to do a body pump class for todays toning session and I know that I'll go as I have pushed myself through this feeling many times lately as winter has set in.

A lot of people have sent me messages of encouragement via facebook when I have obsessively checked in, and today will be one of those days when those words of encouragement are the only reason that I go. The support and encouragement has meant more than a lot of you will ever know and I thank you for that. And if I'm annoying people with the check ins etc, I no longer care, you don't want to see it, hide it, it's quite simple really. I'm doing this for me and I'll be damned if I let others who don't have the same level of motivation or dedication to being the best they can be bring me down! *mini rant ended* don't even know where that came from, must be the exhaustion, but it's also how I feel :)