So after I returned home from our road trip I did the usual thing you would do after you unpacked, did all the washing and just generally enjoyed the comfort of being home......I looked at the photos I had taken. There was a particular pic of myself (undecided whether to post it yet or not!)...that I nearly died when I saw myself. Not to mention that on more than one occasion (despite the fact I had actually lost a few kilos before going on holidays) I was asked if I was pregnant again. So as I feel that I have done a few times in the past year I took the opportunity of being home and getting back into routine to look at my eating and exercise and what else I could do to change the body I had but really didn't want.
First up, I had been very eager to go and have acupuncture to assist with aligning my general health and assisting with my ongoing problem of poor digestion (I'll spare you the details that go with that one). So I went and had a treatment with an acupuncturist who is also a naturopath and spoke about what she recommend for an effective eating plan. To cut a long story short and give you the highlights. I pretty much eliminated sugars, dairy and wheat/gluten for a month. I went for a treatment each week for 3 weeks in a row to assist with my sugar cravings and now I go fortnightly.
So the food was in great shape (I have a little bit of wheat probably once a week but I'm still pretty much off dairy and sugar) and starting to have some great results.
On the fourth treatment of acupuncture I was asked if I was a member of a gym and what I was doing for exercise. My response "No, I used to years ago but not since living up on the Sunny Coast and I don't have the time to fit it in with Hudson." ...her response "Have you ever considered joining a gym with a creche?" Basically this conversation ended with it being established that I had a problem with this as I felt that I was being slack if I put Huddo in any sort of care so that I could take the time to do something for myself. But when you are devoting all your time to your child is it really that bad to take an hour to an hour and a half a day to go and workout so that you are taking care of yourself?? This was the magic question. After quite the discussion with Troy and basically establishing that it wasn't going to be a matter of Hudson not liking it, it was going to be a matter of me not being a sook and letting go a bit to basically stop me from letting myself go!
A few days later I joined the awesome gym up the road and as Troy thought (and deep down I knew too)...Hudson LOVED it! He had so much fun and now when I get my gym clothes on he gets this little smile on his face and gets himself his water bottle that he takes and is nearly standing at the door waiting for me so we can go.
In terms of what I do at the gym, well I pretty much am happy to try whatever class is on when I get there. (Les Mills classes mainly)...BodyPump, BodyStep, you name it I'll give it a crack. But my favourite would have to be RPM or 'Spin Class'. I get on that bike and pretty much just punish myself for 45 minutes and oh I feel great at the end of it.....exhausted, sweaty and near death but great.
The last change has been that I have basically swapped my facebook time for My Fitness Pal. A place where you can calorie count and not just look at total calories you consume but a breakdown of carbs, fats and proteins and insert your exercise to see roughly how many calories you have burnt in exercise sessions and how that goes for you for the day compared to your consumer calories. I have really enjoyed tracking this as I know I've mentioned before but due to still breastfeeding I'm always very conscious of not disrupting my milk supply.
So, my first Acupuncture treatment was on the 12th January.....since then, I'm coming up to 8kg lost. I'm no longer being asked if I'm pregnant again which is great. And my size 14 clothes are swimming on me and somehow I seemed to have bypassed size 12 and a comfortable size 10 again...........Size 8 here I come!
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