I've opened up my personal blog to my family, friends and new-found friends in 12WBT...so why not more people? Telling my story...sharing my trials and tribulations will help me in the end (at least that's what I think anyway!).
So here goes...
- Tell us a little bit about yourself. What makes you, you?
I turned 40 in December 2011...the big 4...0...wow. I'm still reeling from that realisation to be honest. I used to tell myself that I would get my weight under control before I turned 40, that it would only get harder from that age and that I had plenty of time to make the changes necessary to lose the weight. Boy was I wrong...life takes over and I kept pushing away those rampant thoughts telling myself to get in shape.
I'm originally from Canada and moved here because...well, let's just say that I was running (away from myself, avoiding my issues and thinking that someone else - yes, a man - could fix everything). Boy was I wrong! BUT, I left that d***head and ended up meeting a wonderful man named Mark. One thing led to another and we married in 2005. Mark has three grown children of his own and we now have four grandchildren who have been added since then.
I work full time in the city in the legal industry and enjoy cooking, though rarely have enough time to really indulge my cooking fantasies due to the commute to and from work and daily committments, but obviously I love food. I love to eat food and eat and eat and eat. Portions are my problem.
- Why did you decide to do the 12WBT?
I originally saw the 12WBT advertisement and thought my husband might benefit from it (he's a police recruit and has changed his whole life around working out every week and eating much more healthily than ever before in his life). His need for dietary change affected my own eating habits (for the better) and I lost 15kg last year...but put it all back on (and more) when I started to revert back to cooking using pre-packaged, pre-prepared meal bases and eating A LOT over the holiday season. We weren't going to do anything with the program, but I kept seeing Michelle's face everywhere...and I just thought to myself "why not, what have I got to lose?". I read up about the program, found a few people online talking about it in their blogs and realised this just be the right tool to get me back to where I needed to be.
- What are you hoping to achieve through the program?
Confidence within myself. Obviously to lose weight but I want to gain the confidence to make the changes in my eating and exercise habits for the rest of my life. I need the support that Michelle's forums and followers provide.
- Why have you decided to blog about the 12WBT? What will be the main focus (eg, food, exercise, a bit of everything?)
I used to journal as a child and know how important writing about your thoughts and feelings is to a process which involves significant changes...so I decided I had to do it. I needed to share what I was going thru, if to no one else but myself so that later on I could read it and realise just how far I've come.
- How will you be exercising this round? Gym, home, outdoors or a mixture?
With my husband exercising to join the police we've set up a home gym complete with a treadmill, elliptical machine, weight bench, chin up bar, ball, boxing gloves and pads...so really I had no reason to join a gym. I knew that I could also ride my bike and work out in the footy oval across the road as well.
- What is your greatest strength that will help you?
Wow...strength...that's not something I see in my personal life usually. Don't get me wrong, I know I'm a strong and determined person when it comes to work or my married life...but my personal life (my weight, my confidence and all those things that affect my body and mind) well I have never felt strength.
But if I have to find the one thing that would help, I guess I'm a very organised person (sometimes to my detriment as I will keep organising when I should be doing!).
- What are you afraid of?
Not winning, not completing, finishing the program and losing the weight...I'm afraid of a lot actually. None of it makes sense but it's a well-grounded fear that rips through me every day.
- What are you looking forward to the most over the next 12 weeks?
Coming to the realisation that I am strong, that I am capable of doing this. Meeting new friends. Building a better relationship with myself and being happy with my physical and emotional self.
- What is your downfall? Food? Exercise? How will you overcome this?
Exercise...it's my biggest issue. I always find an excuse not to exercise. I have issues with my lower spine which I've lived with for over 20 years and it has affected how I deal with all aspects of my life.
- If you had to pick one word to motivate you over the next 12 weeks, what would you choose?
Believe.
I need to believe in myself, believe in the program, believe in others when they tell me I can do it.
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