Say Goodbye to Fatty Boombah - The one where I try to kid myself

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Its Friday, so its 12 Week Body Transformation post time. Week 3 weigh in.

This weeks weigh in was hard for me. I  had an increase in weight and instead of looking at what I needed to do to improve for next week, I tried to kid myself, registered a lower weight in my stats and then pretended it didn't happen.

I thought that if I just put the weight in as a lower number, next week I would do better and it would all even out. What lies I tell myself! This is probably one of my biggest problems - if I tell my inner self something enough times, then it must be true. Who am I kidding? Only myself! Who am I letting down? Only myself!

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Then I read this post from the wonderful Sarah and I saw the contrast in attitudes to dealing with disappointment. I buried my head in the sand, she resolved to make a difference. It was reassuring to know that others were experiencing the same situation as me. 

With that in mind, I resolved to get over myself and exercised my butt off on Wednesday night. Instead of throwing in the towel like I would usually do and console my self with food - emotional eating much??? - I am going to continue to exercise hard and eat well. 

I have stuck to the programme to the letter, so it was really disheartening to see an increase. It was an increase of less than a kilo, but it wasn't a loss. I realise there are many reasons that you don't lose as much weight one week compared to the next, and I am really hoping that I see some results next week. I would even be happy if there was a cm loss at our measurement next week, or an improvement in the fitness test. That will at least reassure me that I am heading in the right direction and all this is not a futile exercise.

Onwards and Upwards - or scales downwards at least

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Chantel x

Dear Masterchef Producers and Channel Ten.....

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I love your show. I love food, I love cooking and I love to see what your 'average Joe' chef's come up with under pressure. I love to watch their journey as they develop new skills, learn posh words for a technique that Nanna called 'braising' and become a bit up themselves as they hob nob with famous chefs. 

What I don't like though, is the editing of the show. The repetition of scenes coming out of the ad breaks as though we are all so stupid that we will have forgotten what was said three minutes ago.

I don't like the commentary from the contestants - they must feel so silly talking to camera and having to break every task down into every obvious little step. Things like "If she doesn't put it in the oven, its not going to cook".

I don't like how you use music to create suspense, but then you ruin it by playing the piano tinkling bit early, so we know that there is a silver lining coming. 

I don't like the David Caruso stares into the distance from the judges as they taste the food, and the close ups of George chewing in general. 

So yes, there were many things that got on my nerves, but I still watched as I enjoy the essence of the show. The biggest thing that made me want to write this rant though, was Channel 10's coverage of the finale. This is a wonderful series for all the family to watch, get involved in and have our kids inspired. But then you decide to split the finale into two parts to try to boost the ratings of the obviously ailing The Renovators (does anyone actually get the format of this show???) so that the winner is announced a long time after any child should be awake when they have to get up to go to school tomorrow. 

I would be very interested to see how many people changed the channel over while The Renovators was on. I certainly did.

Much Love

Chantel x