I feel the urge...
...to write!
It's been sooooo long!!!!!!!
I started this blog last year, then abandoned it. I could kick myself. So many things have happened since my last post. Most important of all being the birth of my second child, a cherubic gem of a baby. Being a mother of two boys is indescribably awesome. I'll remind myself of that fact the next time my 2-year-old decides that our living room walls are his personal blank canvases.
As I type this, hubby and the boys are in bed and I'm (unfathomably) wide awake, having finished a bit of work. Ah, the other major development from last year! I got hired as a presenter for a new morning show on Viasat 1 TV in Ghana. That alone is a saga worthy of its own entire blog, but suffice it to say that it has changed my life immensely and every day presents a new challenge. So here's the gist of it all: June 2012 -- found out I was pregnant with number 2. July 2012 -- Got hired. August 2012 -- Show premiered. February 2013 -- Gave birth to baby boy number 2.
You can only imagine how much juicy material I've omitted. I'll try to do better with the blog this time around.
Another week starts tomorrow and I'm already longing for next weekend, even though I'm constantly working. If I'm not on set, I'm working on content for the show and if I'm not doing that, I'm working on another show for the same channel. In-between those duties, my brain is going a million miles a minute with ideas, concepts, topics, scenarios, music and the occasional thought about how many diapers are left and whether or not I've checked in with hubby. All of a sudden, 24 hours in a day is woefully inadequate.
Especially when I have to dedicate some of that time to my weight loss plan. Big, huge, whopping *SIGH*
Now let's face it. I'm not a slim woman. Never have been but hopefully will be. Somewhat. At some point in the future. You see, I'm fully aware that it's not healthy to be overweight or to carry around excess fat in unsightly bulges, and I'm more than happy to put in my time at the gym or the beach or wherever I have to go for my workouts, but the truth is I have a problem with that deliciously awful food group known as carbohydrates. That, my friends, is the sinister saboteur of my valiant weight loss efforts.
If it wasn't for this sad fact, I'd probably be a size UK 12 by now instead of a UK 16-18 (I started the plan in June). It seems so simple, doesn't it? Limit certain foods and you'll see results. When I follow this meticulously, it works. The minute I backslide, the seams on my clothes start straining again. Ok, maybe I'm being a bit dramatic, but this yo-yo phase is annoying. I must mention that I have an amazing weight loss coach called Rema who is determined to see me succeed, and I exercise with one of her trainers, a dedicated young man named Basil. I should also mention that I need to stick with it so I can give updates to viewers of the morning show. I know I'll get there, but I'm an 'instant gratification' kind of girl, if you know what I mean. Losing weight sucks. It is not fun, it is not easy and it is not temporary for someone like me. It's a lifelong struggle but I'm determined to succeed. Having said all of that, looking at the pic of hubby and me from the February 2012 blog post, I do see a difference. A good difference.That's encouraging, I guess. #slowbutsure :).
It's been sooooo long!!!!!!!
I started this blog last year, then abandoned it. I could kick myself. So many things have happened since my last post. Most important of all being the birth of my second child, a cherubic gem of a baby. Being a mother of two boys is indescribably awesome. I'll remind myself of that fact the next time my 2-year-old decides that our living room walls are his personal blank canvases.
As I type this, hubby and the boys are in bed and I'm (unfathomably) wide awake, having finished a bit of work. Ah, the other major development from last year! I got hired as a presenter for a new morning show on Viasat 1 TV in Ghana. That alone is a saga worthy of its own entire blog, but suffice it to say that it has changed my life immensely and every day presents a new challenge. So here's the gist of it all: June 2012 -- found out I was pregnant with number 2. July 2012 -- Got hired. August 2012 -- Show premiered. February 2013 -- Gave birth to baby boy number 2.
You can only imagine how much juicy material I've omitted. I'll try to do better with the blog this time around.
Another week starts tomorrow and I'm already longing for next weekend, even though I'm constantly working. If I'm not on set, I'm working on content for the show and if I'm not doing that, I'm working on another show for the same channel. In-between those duties, my brain is going a million miles a minute with ideas, concepts, topics, scenarios, music and the occasional thought about how many diapers are left and whether or not I've checked in with hubby. All of a sudden, 24 hours in a day is woefully inadequate.
Especially when I have to dedicate some of that time to my weight loss plan. Big, huge, whopping *SIGH*
Now let's face it. I'm not a slim woman. Never have been but hopefully will be. Somewhat. At some point in the future. You see, I'm fully aware that it's not healthy to be overweight or to carry around excess fat in unsightly bulges, and I'm more than happy to put in my time at the gym or the beach or wherever I have to go for my workouts, but the truth is I have a problem with that deliciously awful food group known as carbohydrates. That, my friends, is the sinister saboteur of my valiant weight loss efforts.
If it wasn't for this sad fact, I'd probably be a size UK 12 by now instead of a UK 16-18 (I started the plan in June). It seems so simple, doesn't it? Limit certain foods and you'll see results. When I follow this meticulously, it works. The minute I backslide, the seams on my clothes start straining again. Ok, maybe I'm being a bit dramatic, but this yo-yo phase is annoying. I must mention that I have an amazing weight loss coach called Rema who is determined to see me succeed, and I exercise with one of her trainers, a dedicated young man named Basil. I should also mention that I need to stick with it so I can give updates to viewers of the morning show. I know I'll get there, but I'm an 'instant gratification' kind of girl, if you know what I mean. Losing weight sucks. It is not fun, it is not easy and it is not temporary for someone like me. It's a lifelong struggle but I'm determined to succeed. Having said all of that, looking at the pic of hubby and me from the February 2012 blog post, I do see a difference. A good difference.That's encouraging, I guess. #slowbutsure :).
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