Over the past few months my life has been somewhat unsettled, self imposed but unsettled none the less. Since halfway through November I have quit my job and stopped being an employee, packed, moved my stuff to a storage container, cleaned, moved out, house sat, stayed at my Mum's a couple of nights before driving to Melbourne for the New Year period and than onto Adelaide. I arrived in Adelaide on the 2nd of January and had varies places of accommodation thanks to some wonderful and generous friends. On the 17th January only a couple of days before I was set to move into a more permanent living arrangement my Grandfather died so the following day I flew back to Sydney to spend the week with my family, did I mention I also left my Son behind in Sydney to find Student Accommodation as he is going to Uni there. After a little over a week at my Parent's place I flew back to Adelaide and am pleased to say by this time my Son had both found somewhere to live and moved in.
For a good portion of the past couple of years I have exercised by doing Pole dancing along with a Strength and Conditioning class which I haven't done now since halfway through December. I may not have been eating as well as I could have and once I arrived in Melbourne and Adelaide I was going out most nights and having what were really nice meals along with either alcoholic beverages or soft drink (which if I was eating at home I wouldn't be doing)
When I got back to Mum's place I jumped on her scales only to discover that I had gained about 2kgs in the 3 weeks I had been gone, oh dear no wonder my clothes are becoming tighter and tighter. Mum is fan of juicing so during my week there I did at times substitute regular food with a vegetable juice. I must have done okay as by the time I left I was back to where I had been three weeks earlier, woohoo.
I have heard great things about Rene's Flat Belly Challenge from friends who have already done it so I decided that I would give it a go. Even better shortly after I made this decision Rene rain a competition and now I am even getting to do the challenge for free as a result of the prize.
I had intended to start on Monday however didn't really think that through too well as I didn't get back to Adelaide until almost 6pm Sunday night and wasn't moving into my unit until some time on Monday afternoon. Another little glitch with my plan was that in South Australia the shops are actually closed on all Public Holidays not just Christmas Day, Easter Friday and ANZAC day like I am used to.
I'm good at being flexible so move the start up until Wednesday giving me the opportunity to move into my unit and than spend Tuesday buying all the things I would need.
There is good and bad about starting an eating plan when you move into a place with absolutely no food. The good is that there is no junk food to be tempted by, the bad is that I just about had a heart attack when I had to pay at the cash register. Mind you I still think the cost is worth it as it will be cheaper than having to go out and by a whole heap of new pants!!
Although I have actually started the plan I will leave my thoughts about the first day for the next post. I plan to write every couple of days or so during the time of the plan with my progress. The first three days are a detox phase in which it is best to not drink coffee, I suspected this would be the case so over the past week cut back my coffee drinking each day to make it easier to handle once I stopped completely.
Okay I have a couple of things to get done before heading off to try out a gym that is close-by and give Aquarobics a go.
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