The day I measured the circumference of my thighs

Tuesday 13^th September, 2011.

Challenge Day 2

The day I measured the circumference of my thighs

So ladies and gentleman, I have a question, does anybody know what is more embarrassing than standing on a set of scales knowing you’re 20kg overweight in front of someone you’ve only met once before??  Well, it’s getting the circumference of your thighs measured AND testing the amount of fat you have on your back!  I told you it was pretty embarrassing!  Day 1 of the 12 week challenge kicked off in fine form yesterday.  I woke up with great expectations, hoping to lose 1 dress size overnight to help give me a new boost of confidence, but apparently it doesn’t work that way. 

Yesterday brought the dreaded pre-challenge weigh ups, measurements, ‘Before’ photos, and the diet and nutrition talk.  The nutrition talk had been what I’d been looking to forward to the most.  It’s what I know I would need the most help and guidance with to start off the challenge.  And boy, I couldn’t have been any more right.  If anyone knows me well (or even not that well, it’s not that hard to tell), they know I have a massive soft spot for good food – literally!  I love cooking food, I love eating food.  I love meeting up with friends at restaurants I’ve never been to and critiquing what we eat.  I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur, Masterchef’s most critical reviewer, but I never really worry about what kind of food is going into my mouth. If it looks good, I eat it.  If it smells good, I eat it.  Even if it doesn’t smell OR look good but someone made it especially for me, I eat it out of appreciation.  Yes, it may make me sound like a fatty, but that is why I know that it’s one of my biggest weaknesses.  Trace spent a lot of time talking to me about what foods I should and shouldn’t be eating, and you should have seen the look on my face.  The realisation of how badly I had been eating over the last few months hit me like a train.  Carbs.  Sugar.  Fat.  Processed crap.  Bugger!  This is going to be MASSIVE lifestyle change for me.  On my way home from the gym, I stopped in at the shops and got a few days supplies of food.  So far, I’m enjoying it, and haven’t been tempted as yet by all the different foods to choose from in the city (though, admittedly, I have been avoiding my ex-local food courts this week to help eleviate the temptation).

Tonight, I’m off to my first boxing session.  It should be fun.  While I know they won’t go easy on me just because I’m new, and I don’t expect them too, I am dreading the pain of the next few days.  3 days in the gym, one day of mid level cardio on Friday at home, then gym again early Saturday morning.  By next week, I may seriously be wondering what I’ve signed myself up for, but as Trace took my photo last night, and I cringed at the sight of my body, she said to “Relax”, because this was the last time my body would ever look like that.  And she was right!  Bring. It. On!

Mel x.