Naturally Curvy

Start: 264
Last Week: 218
Today: 222

The problem I have with challenges is that I often challenges myself to do things when it’s not the right time. A few days ago, I figured this would be a good idea:

1. Workout every morning.
2. Drink 1.5 litres (at least) of water every day.
3. Replace dinner with a meal replacement shake.

So, because of number one, I decided to give my new dance DVD a go.

Mistake.

Ow, ow, ow, ow. I tried out the DVD, and I have had annoying stabby pains around my abdomen since. Sleeping is even hard because I move around at night which hurts mah belleh.

The good news is that I said ‘workout’ for the challenge, not ‘do dance DVD’. So I have decided to cut out the tough woman act and obey doctor’s orders, and ‘workout’ will be translated to getting out of the house for a walk.

…At least my weight seems to have finally balanced out after the surgery. I had a twelve pound drop after, and now I’ve gained most of that back. While I wish I could have stayed at 214, I’m not berating myself. I had surgery, my body needed time to adjust.

And that’s that.

At least it has showed me that I can get down to 214. My next goal is 211 (20% body weight lost), so now I know I can get there. I just have to start taking care of myself properly.

Besides that, I have decided to track calories on SparkPeople for a while. This isn’t a challenge so much as just curiosity on my part. I’ve never been one for counting calories, but I can definitely check in at the end of the day to see how I’m going.

How is everyone else going?

A lot of health/fitness bloggers around the internet are trying new things, setting up challenges and – by the looks of things – getting 2010 off to a great start.

My 2010 started with pain, pain, misery, pain, gallbladder removal and recovery. Fun stuff.

While I’m still technically not supposed to have any ’strenuous activity’ for the next two weeks, I’m thinking of doing a twelve day challenge starting on Monday.

(Hey, if I can handle sex now, I’m pretty sure I can handle exercise more strenuous than walking.)

(…like I was going to go a month without sex. Pfft.)

I have a new dance/exercise DVD I am eager to try out, as I love dancing. On another note, I’m realizing that dinner is a problem area for me. It’s disproportionate (bigger) than all my other meals, and I want to fix that. Thirdly, I’ve been slacking on my water.

So, for twelve days (because I’m leaving on the 13th and will be gone for a week), I want to do three things:

1. Workout every morning.
2. Drink 1.5 litres (at least) of water every day.
3. Replace dinner with a meal replacement shake.

Okay, so it’s not the most genius or hard challenge you’ve ever heard of, but I’m not set on wearing myself out. I just want to give the dancing a geniune go, get back in the groove of drinking more water and see if having a calorie-controlled dinner will help me lose weight.

It should be interesting.

Are you challenging yourself to anything next month (next Monday)? Right now?