Blogger Challenge Answer: Week 1 - Introduction

This year I'm joining the Blogger Challenge you can find it over at Nutritionally Yours, I for one find it really inspiring and encouraging to read everybody's journey and see however you are all getting on with the program. It's also great to get some tips and tricks along the way.

1.Tell us a little bit about yourself. What makes you, you?
Well OK let's see I'm a 34year old Mummy to a cute 3 year old little boy called Harrison and a Wife to a darling Hubby Mario whom I've been married to for 12 years. I'm a stay at home designer I own a small business that I run from home called Gifts Created ( www.giftscreated.com) and I love anything handmade and often find myself lost within the confirnes of my computer mostly browsing Pinterest. I'm very independent, and love to be organised, I often find my self wanting to do things for my self cause I like them done a certain way. I have a major sweet tooth hence the reason why I'm here!
2.Why did you decide to do the 12WBT?
I saw a fellow craftier friend have major success with her weight loss through this program last year and during that time I was doing Jenny Craig and not have much success so was convinced to begin and I started in Round 3 2011....NOW I'M HOOKED! I've lost 15.5kgs from last round....Yippee!
3.What are you hoping to achieve through the program?
I need to lose as much weight as I can I'm a very heavy girl so have a long way to go but through having completed the last round I have learnt that this is a complete journey of body as well as mind and that the small goals are a stepping stone to success.
4.Why have you decided to blog about the 12WBT? What will be the main focus (eg, food, exercise, a bit of everything?)
I not only want to share my successes with people in a similar position but also share the hardship that I come across as I know there will be many as I'm far from perfect. Blogging for me also hold me accountable for actions and keeps me in check. My focus for this blog is that it is a true life representation of ME what you see is what you get.
5.How will you be exercising this round? Gym, home, outdoors or a mixture?
Last Round I only ever did DVDs so this round I'm already doing outdoor 7km walks, I've joined a weekend circuit work out group and I'm also doing indoor DVDs so I'm totally mixing it up I'm also thinking about some gym sessions.
6.What is your greatest strength that will help you?
This is a really tough question to answer as I think I'm still trying to find my strength however my focus for my weight lose is to fall pregnant by end of year so I guess the ability to not give in to temptation would be a strength I would like to hold once this Round ends STAY TUNED!
7.What are you afraid of?
I was afraid of working out in a group, of not being at the level that everyone else is, of standing out for all the wrong reasons for not working to my best and digging deep however things are changing for the better...I'm no longer scared of working with others cause I now understand that every ones at there own levels and that no one is judging me but me.....So i guess now my biggest fear is not succeeding.
8.What are you looking forward to the most over the next 12 weeks?
Besides watching my butt shrink watching other butts shrink...And working together on the friendships I've made along the way.
9.What is your downfall? Food? Exercise? How will you overcome this?
I guess I need to build up my will power cause they are all in a way my down falls however overall self sabotage seems to be the biggest down fall I have...Still working on that one.
10.If you had to pick one word to motivate you over the next 12 weeks, what would you choose?
BABY