Start as you mean to go on

As I write this it's the ninth day of the year. How is it going for you? Did you make new year's resolutions and if you did how are they doing?

I didn't make any resolutions, as such, but you will have seen that I blogged about saving and also having a jar of happy thoughts. At the end of the first proper week I can confirm that there is £1 in the money jar and four notes in my thoughts jar. I best keep this going for at least the month of January!

I got back on the scales this week, the first time in three weeks. I had gained a pound over the Christmas and New Year period which was fine by me. The decision to re-join weightwatchers before Christmas was a 'smart' one as I know that the pound gain would have been significantly more had I not!

So how are SmartPoints going?? Well I started off really well. I even managed to get through Christmas Day tracking and sticking to my daily allowance. I went for a 9.5 mile walk on Christmas morning which was great. The problem started when I opened my Christmas presents and discovered that I had been given four Terry's Chocolate Orange's! Once I had established that they were 48sp each there was no way that they were going to be tracked. The combination of that and having teenagers and twenty somethings in your house over the holiday period meant that I could easily be lead astray. #dominos 

I didn't actually start properly tracking until Monday so I think a one pound gain is not bad.

So what else have I done this week? I am not sure if I have mentioned but I live approximately one mile from where I work and had got back into the habit of driving to work. Not a good one! The new year meant being back at work and the decision to walk to work again, rain or shine. Thursday I could very easily have just gotten in the car but I didn't! I have walked to work four out of five times this week and the fifth time I had to take my car as I had to drive to an appointment.

I set myself a target of 12,000 steps a day and I have succeeded in doing that every day this week. As a Fitbit user I was asked to join two Workweek Hustle's; this is were you challenge other Fitbit users to hopefully help push you to do a little bit more. One of the challenges I know the person who invited me to join; I came second out of nine people taking part. In the second one I don't actually personally know anyone in the challenge; they are all just first names to me. I came first out of eight people in this challenge.

The Workweek Hustle is exactly what it says on the tin; the working week (Monday to Friday). I walked a total of 63,164 steps during this period. Not bad for someone who sits at a desk for a fair amount of the day!

The final thing that I did this week was to invest in the latest Davina fitness DVD; 5 Week Fit. I sat on Friday night and watched it through with my best friend! I need to be told what to do and what I like about this latest Davina exercise DVD is that it is a 5 week plan; structured with what to do and when. I will be starting this next week as it will be a great introduction before I start my Moonwalk training in earnest in approximately six weeks time. The only problem with Davina is that I have many of her mannerisms and I can see myself doing things that she does!

I am getting to grips better with SmartPoints, making better choices. I mentioned that my Saturday night pizza was now off the menu as it was a ridiculous amount of SmartPoints. I somehow worked it out wrong and I am pleased to announce to those that know what I have that it is only 20sp! I am really happy about this!

So week two starts tomorrow with an eight mile walk. Start as you mean to go on!