Monday, November 26, 2007

Gup test coming up

I'm so happy!! My kids are both testing on Friday for their next belts. *I* don't have to test, although I am required to be there. I've got to be there on Friday afternoon at 5:00-ish for the Little Ninja/Young Warrior test and I'm staying through to the Gup test. It'll make for a VERY long afternoon/evening but I don't mind! I'll get to see my children test!!
I held them out of the last testing cycle as neither of them was ready. I still have my doubts as to their readiness but I'm not going to hold them back. Our instructor says they're ready, so they're testing. Aidan's testing for a green belt and Amanda's testing for her orange/black.
Just need to get them to class all week. They're running through preparations for the test on Friday. Every class will be run as if they're in the actual test. This will be most fun! That also means our Little Ninjas and Young Warriors will also run the same way.

Oh joy...here we go again...

Bear with me...I'm ranting and raving here.

One of these days I'm going to learn NOT to sabotage myself! I actually saw 197 on Friday, then it gradually climbed back up again to 201 by today. I have no excuses, just my poor choices. I had *no problems* on Thursday maintaining, but Friday, when I cooked Thanksgiving for my immediate family, I took it as a license to pick. I picked and I picked. I KNOW better! My downfall? That turkey. I LOVE the skin! I ate the skin. I made excuses for it, saying "I won't gain THAT much!" Did I exercise? Oh no! I sat on the couch and watched football games. I didn't even drink my water!!
I weigh myself daily, just because it works for me to see the fluctuations in my weight. If I was smart (obviously I'm not since I don't practice what I'm preaching here...), I'd just go with the once a week weigh ins and keep it there. I even got hubby to agree to go to WW with me. Have I been in a month? NOPE. Too bloody lazy to get up in the morning.
That is going to change. My lifestyle has GOT to reflect healthy for my children. I have two kids who don't need to have to live with seeing their mother fighting with weight issues. THEY shouldn't have weight issues. That's part of why I enrolled them in martial arts.
Anyway...I'm not going to sabotage my loss efforts. I have a thought in my head that I picked up from somewhere..."Conscious eating". If I'm conscious of what I eat, when I eat and HOW I eat, I'll be successful. Going forward, I am going to make every effort to be conscious of my eating.