5lbs in 7 days:) - Week 1

Yippee, a week may be a long time in politics, in my life 7 days have proven to be more eventful!  I have dropped almost 5lbs, well 4.6lbs to be exact, please lets put that into perspective.  One pound is generally accepted as being equal to 3,500 calories, so that's 16,100 calories....not eaten or burned in a week.

While Obama was running the most important race of his life praying for the numbers to go up I was working very hard to keep the numbers down and guess what? Each of us had our victory.  I will not belittle his success - so please don't belittle mine.

The first few pounds are always the easiest to lose and with me being public property for at least 30 days, there was never going to be a greater motivation to stick to the plan than that.

Nov. 8th - 2nd Week - 203.2lbs (92.1kgs) 

Previous week.

I have been relatively good, a couple of temptations in form of my daughter's bakewell tart and a cinnamon stick-  I succumbed, but only to one each. I have replaced my sugar cravings with pomegranates and tangerines.  I have had rice, yams and wholemeal pitta bread.  This first week has been a bit tough.

 I have tried to keep as close as possible to the plan and I think I managed to pull it off, the one thing I have struggled with, is proper exercise - yes I have done the walks, but I need to start throwing that kettlebell around if I want to get arms like Michelle O's and thighs like Beyonce's

Next week.

I will start on the exercises - kettle bells for at least half an hour for 3 days.  I will be using this video  - Angie Miller's Kettlebell Bootcamp and an 8kg kettle bell in my sitting room - just pray I do not drop it......

Have a great week...and do let me know if you want to see any more pics.