The food diary

From this:

Chocolate self saucing pudding with a chocolate croissant

To this:

Open Chicken Burger

Chargrilled Chicken with tomato salsa

Grilled salmon with grilled zucchini and capsicum (one of my favourites so far!)

Chicken Rice Paper Rolls - also another favourite

Baked Beans with a fried egg (runny just the way I like it!)

Chicken, Apple, Walnut, Spinach and Feta Salad - my other favourite

and for a bit of fun...

I like to have a bit of fun with afternoon tea!

Motivation - Songs that make me go mmmmm

I've been reading some people's posts on the 12WBT forum and it's been interesting.  Some are scared of starting.  I'm not that kind of person.  My problem has never been that I've been scared of starting anything.  My problem now is not that I don't have support - my boyfriend for the most part is wonderful.  My problem is actually committing.  All too often, I have decided to start eating healthy the following day, and I'm usually fine until the 3pm binge, and then I go and spoil things.  When I commit to something, though, nothing stops me.


In the last 2 and a half weeks, I've started following MB's meal plan in her book Crunchtime Cookbook, and I have not slipped up once.  In two and a half weeks.  I feel like the light switch has finally been flicked on.


I thought I'd share some of the songs that are motivating me at the moment to go harder at the gym, songs that make me pedal faster on the exercise bike.


Cup of Life by Ricky Martin
I love this song and feel like it's my new theme song... With lyrics such as "And when you feel the heat. The world is at your feet, No one can hold you down. If you really want it, Just steal your destiny. Right from the hands of fate, Reach for the cup of life. 'Cause your name is on it, Do you really want it..." how can you not be motivated by this song??!







I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man) Kenny Loggins
I love this song and it's my second theme song.  I know the song is about a relationship and fighting for the one you love, but why can't it also be about the most important relationship of all: the one you have with yourself?  Here's the lyrics so you can see what I mean:


Looking into your eyes I know I'm right
If there's anything worth my love it's worth a fight
We only get one chance
But nothing ties our hands
You're what I want
Listen to me
Nothing I want
Is out of my reach

Chorus
(I'M FREE)
HEAVEN HELPS THE MAN who fights his fear
Love's the only thing that keeps me here
You're the reason that I'm hanging on
My heart's staying where my heart belongs
(I'M FREE)

Running away will never make me free
And nothing we sign is any kind of guarantee
But I wanna hold you now
And I won't hold you down

I'm shaking the past
Making my breaks
Taking control
If that's what it takes 





S&M by Rhianna
Seriously, doesn't this make you feel just a little bit naughty?! Every time I'm on the bike and I hear this song, it reminds me how I'd love to wear sexy lingerie again for my Sydney Boy (and actually feel sexy wearing it!!!)... 



The Pretender by the Foo Fighters
Love love love this song... I've actually banned myself from listening to it in the car because it makes me speed.  It also has the same effect when I'm on the exercise bike, but that's a much safer option... ;)





That's all for now, I'll add more at a later date.


Ree
xxxx

Intro

So this is me.  This is where I start.  My 12WBT is about to begin.


A little about me:
I'm 25 years old and live in Sydney with my darling boyfriend, let's call him Sydney Boy... I won't bore you with our love story, but if you're really bored and really interested, you can check out my old blog: http://a-datebook.blogspot.com/


Where I've come from:
I've always been overweight, although growing up, I was told that I was just 'big boned'.  I was picked on at school (weren't we all?) and often called Fat-Maree (instead of Ann-Maree).  


I always hated sport and my grandmother or my mother would usually be persuaded to write me a note so I didn't have to participate.  I hated it partly because of the teasing I copped from others, and also because I felt uncoordinated.  The only thing I enjoyed was netball which I played once a week.


My mum worked split shifts, so it was left to my grandmother to feed and bathe me etc.  My grandmother used to cook the same thing every night: meat and two veges.  Which, I guess was sort of healthy (if you don't count the sausages) but the desert that followed sure wasn't.  I guess this is where my love of sweet foods came from.  After my mum finished working due to injury when I was in year 6, she wasn't much used to cooking and couldn't cope with having to cook a meal every night for my dad, my brother and myself as she was so used to heating up what my grandmother had cooked instead.  So, pretty soon, our dinner used to consist of anything that was in a box that could be nuked (ie microwaved) or put in the oven.  She used to struggle with her weight (and still does) and so when she did go on a health kick, salads would be boring and consist of something like iceberg lettuce, tomato, cheese and ham.  I never realised salad could be even remotely delicious!


Where I want to be:
I want to get down to a healthy weight.  I want to be able to wear a bikini on the beach again.  I want to be able to buy knee high boots and not have to pay hundreds of dollars when others can get a pair for $50 from Target.  I want to feel more attractive than I do.  I want a baby and being overweight is not going to help get me pregnant, or help me have an easy pregnancy (is there even such a thing?! ).  I don't need to lose a lot of weight at once, as long as I'm consistently losing some weight I know one day I'll get to where I need and want to be.


How will I get there? 
I've just joined Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation.  I will work toward my goals with the guidance of Michelle Bridges meal plans and exercise routine.  This blog will record my journey.


Sit back, pop open your water (no more coffee or bubbles for me!) and enjoy the ride.  I have a feeling, it's gonna be one hell of a ride!

Hello!

This is just a quick hello from me.  I'll do a proper post tomorrow night if I get time after I get home from the gym.

Ree