Well after a hard Christmas/New Year period of trying to keep my weight gains from going sky high, I have managed to get very close to my pre-Christmas weight which has made me as happy as a clam seeing as I worked very hard whilst I was away on holiday in Queensland. I tell you that the choices I made were very good apart from the lunch I had Monday afternoon at Sizzlers which I did not beat myself up over as we had done anywhere up to 6Km walking every day. I lost 1.2Kg this week after coming home and I figured it was a very good effort despite having to decipher menus and come up with ways of keeping myself on track.
Here is a piccy of me standing with the tiger in Dreamworld which was nice as I felt good on this day even though I managed to get a little sunburnt.
The holiday was most enjoyable and having gone from being overweight to the weight I am now meant that I was not afraid to walk around Wet n' Wild in my bikini, I was not afraid of not fitting into the seats of the rollercoasters at the theme parks, I was not afraid of trying every single thrill ride there was. Being thinner meant I could enjoy everything my kids were enjoying without worrying about seats, safety bars or comfort. I saw one overweight lady who had so many problems fitting into one ride and I remember thinking at the time "I feel sorry for her". Who wants to be so overweight that they can't fit into the seat of a ride? It happened to me one year at the Adelaide Royal Show and I can tell you that I died of embarassment because I managed to get in and sit in pain during the ride only to find myself struggling to get out of the seat. It was the first and last time I felt like that. The plane rides were comfortable too, I had room either side of me in my seat which meant I could enjoy my flights without feeling like a beached whale. I also thought about the number of summers where I hadn't coped with the heat yet I was not struggling in the Queensland steamy conditions like I used to. It certainly was an eye opener of a trip. I realised that losing weight had meant so much to me as a person. I will never go back.
Until next time,
