My Rewards, Goals and Week 1 lookback...

A while ago when i started talking about going on a diet for the wedding, Andrew said as my reward if i could lose 10kilos by June 3rd he would give me a day at a spa: facials, massages the works :) so that is what my reward is to myself and also one of my earlier goals...
I have lots of goals i guess but some seem to intermingle with the others:
Goal 1 would be to try and lose a kilo a week which seems to be what most people recommend
Goal 2 is to get down 10 kilos so i can have my reward :)
Goal 3 is to be 70 kilos, and with that my main goal of all is to not be a fat bride! I have just over a year to reach that goal so i should be ok as long as i have the restraint from food and the motivation to exercise.

So next sunday i'll be able to blog if i lost weight or put on weight or stayed the same!

This week was a bit up and down i exercised which was good but food wasn't consistant, have to stop getting these secret shopper jobs that involve pizza *G* I have started craving soups lately though for some odd reason so bought some of them and i'm starting the total wellbeing diet next week so we'll just see how it goes.

Hope everyone has a good "healthy" week :)

Rewards

Ok, so some of us have talked about our goals...but what about our rewards? What is your reward for yourself? Is it a trip? An afternoon off?

After much thought (ok not really), it finally dawned on me what a great reward would be. a).Clothes wouldn't be that great of a reward because they can get to be expensive and I already have a ton to pilfer through. Besides, by the time I meet my goal I will _have_ to buy new clothes anyway.
b).food just seems to be on the wrong scale of things.
c). can't really do a day trip in the car I have
d). So I am sitting down reading Saratoga when it dawns on me: I am still missing 6 lower number Trixies (meaning not books 35-39. And it dawned on me! That will be my reward! :)

And since I am a believer in rewarding one's self every 10 pounds or so, its perfect! For each 10 pounds (about every 6 weeks, if I do this safely)....I can attempt to find one of the one's I am missing!

Sounds like a plan to me.

So what's your plan?

Well I woke up sick this morning, to the point of not being able to go to work...so I did great in the food department! LOL....ate about one meal's worth of food today....no exercise though...so that's bad.

Oh, and as for goals...I want to lose about 50-55 pounds. And be more healthy too :)

As a side note: I am so glad that I found the Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type webpage...I had read another book (not the ER4YBT) and in it, it said I should stay away from wheat based products (avoid)...the "real" book, just says its a Nuetral....which better than an Avoid...that makes it alot easier on me in creating a menu...hmm...wonder about chocolate :)

Day 2 and a half?

Well to clarify...I haven't actually started the diet...just investigating what I need to do to get started...haven't been able to go grocery shopping yet....looking forward to it...especially since I found out oatmeal is ok after all :)

And a big thank you to Irish, Misty, and Angie for joining!!! I can't wait to see all of ours progress!

Exercise Wise:
Well i went and worked out this morning, did half an hour on the treadmill on one of the programs it has so up hill then down hill, whilst watching Ricki Lake :) felt good once i was done, its just very, very hard to get the motivation to actually get off my butt and go down there. But am aiming at a minimum of 3 times a week and the plan i have set for myself to start with is 10 minute bike warm up, 30minutes walking program and then 2 sets of 15 repeats on the weights they have. I'm hoping that will be enough to kick start the fat removal. :)
Food Wise:
So far today i've only eaten a bowl of porridge (rolled oats) and a pork salad sandwich, so doing good foodwise, i did some searching this morning and found this menu/diet that i am going to try and do and keep to. Its the Total Wellbeing Diet it looks pretty good, gives food plans which is something i need and the food mostly sounds pretty yummy so i'll let you know how it goes :) Will start that next Monday!
I weighed myself today properly *G* not good at all lol...but at least now i know if i lose any.
Anyways thats all from me.

Welcome Aleta and Sarah! :) I think we are all off to a pretty good start!

We can do it! :)