Well, Duh! See what happens when you track?!

I am very pleased with myself! I managed to track, abstain from alcohol (hands are a bit twitchy though, lol) and followed week 1 of Superstart. And........wait for it..........lost 1.8kgs. Learned my lesson, didn't I? So now I'm making a promise to myself that I'm going to track ALL THE TIME!

Into week 5 of Boot Camp, and this morning we were building sandcastles! We had two teams of three, two team members had to collect the sand from a certain point and carry it in those big rope-handled buckets back to the third team member who had to shape it into a tall mound. We alternated so we all got a chance to scoop sand and sculpt. Our team lost because our sandcastle wasn't as tall as the other team's, but ours seemed broader, and would have had more sand. I told my team-mates that ours was more "structurally sound". Trying to make them feel better about losing - don't think it worked! Legs are tired from all that running on the sand, and my hands are red and sore from the rope.

On the home front, my "baby" Kiera has applied to be school captain. She had to do a written application, then she was short-listed with 4 other girls and 4 boys. Interviews were held yesterday, and she should hear today how she went. But I feel like I want to burst, because I already know that SHE GOT IT! Her teacher told me last night at an evening for the preps and their grade 6 buddies. I hate keeping secrets, so I hope they tell her today.

Well it's Valentine's Day today, and I got a big fat nuthin'! I'm not too worried about it though, because I'm not a great believer in it. Still, sometimes it would be nice to get a little surprise - but NOT CHOCOLATE! We may be going out to dinner tonight, not for Valentine's Day, it's work-related, but that's better than having to cook. I hope everyone gets told "I love you" today - and every day to come!

Get Over It and Get On With It!!

I was mad. I say was, because I'm now over it. And I'm moving on. I've given myself a good face slapping and I've re-focused. A 1.2kg gain on Tuesday!! Partly to do with TTOM, but I was mad because of all the hard work I was doing at boot camp. Not fair!

So, where am I going wrong? The most obvious mistake is that I've stopped tracking. Thinking it's okay for me to go around with it all in my head and not writing it down just does not work. I might not be going over my points by much each day, but I guess it all adds up.

And alcohol. We are not getting along very well at the moment. Those couple of glasses of wine when I'm relaxing with Russ of an evening is just going straight to my jelly belly! And unlike water, it doesn't seem to want to exit via the bladder.

So, the BIG plan for this week is: 1. track, track, TRACK! Everything. 2. NO WINE/ALCOHOL! This is a toughie! and 3. Follow week 1 of SUPERSTART to the letter.

As Bob the Builder would say: "Can we fix it? Yes, we can!"