DIET COKE CHICKEN

Serves 4 @ 4 points each

1 can Diet Coke
½ cup WW tomato sauce
4 chicken breast fillets

Mix diet coke and tomato sauce in a pan, and add the chicken. Mix will blend together once it begins to boil. Bring to a boil and cover. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 45 minutes. Remove cover and increase heat to boiling and stir until sauce becomes thick and sticks to the chicken. Note: the longer you cook it with the lid off, the thicker the sauce will become. The chicken becomes so tender you can shred it with a fork. If you use any other variety of tomato sauce, remember to add the points for it. Serve with baked vegies or chop up the chicken and serve over rice (tastes better than it looks)

It's been a fairly uneventful day today. Woke up this morning sick with a sore throat etc. Not happy Jan.

Was very pleased with myself today whilst at the shops. Saw an advertisement for a wrap that is sold at Muffin Break. Thought that it looked nice and healthy and decided to have it for lunch. When I saw that it had 22.5g of fat I walked away, came home and had ham, cheese and tomato sandwich. Isn't if funny how food can look deceiving - you think it's healthy but in actual fact it isn't.

I didn't get to the gym today but did take Rebel (our dog) for a walk. I've been looking at the Walking With Attitude website http://www.walkingwithattitude.com/index.php and it looks very good. I think I will be joining next week. Mixing my exercise up might be good and I will learn something along the way.

Confession time............... I am a hopeless cook lol. Honestly I can't really stand cooking and nothing I make ever looks like the pretty pictures in the recipe books. With this in mind I found a recipe on the net for Diet Coke Chicken and decided to give it a go. Actually turned out quite nice, chicken was maybe a bit dry but I did follow the recipe. Maybe just cook it a little less next time. Had a small chicken breast and rest of plate was veges.

Forgot to mention that I woke up this morning expecting to have very sore legs but surprisingly they are fine. My left shoulder is a bit sore which I think could be from reaching for the handlebars in the spin class.

Tomorrow I think I will fiddle around with my blog and try and get some stats in the sidebar. It will be trial and error as I don't really have a clue how to do it.

Well time to head off to bed.

Catch you tomorrow.

I Survived.........Just

Well I finally went to my first RPM class tonight. What a tough class! After a while I was thinking "How can I get out of here?" lol.

I must confess that I couldn't do all of it, I did cycle for the whole class but I found that I could stand and cycle for a bit and then I had to sit down. I suppose that is to be expected when you first attempt this class. The aim is to improve I think.

Oh and I have to tell you that my ah..... Hoohaa is a tad numb! I imagine that in the morning I will be a bit sore. Those seats are sooooo hard.

Whilst at the gym I asked them if they could do my measurements so that I would know where to measure. These are the updated figures:

Arm: 34/32
Chest: 125/119
Waist: 107.5/104
Hip: 137/135.5
Thigh: 73/62

Total loss of 24cm.

I'm still on the hunt for a pair of cossies. Couldn't find any in my size at the shops. I would really like to do some swimming. This is a bit of a surprise as hubby has never seen me swim and we have been together for 14yrs. He actually asked me once if I would still remember how to swim. I'm sure it is something that you don't forget, a bit like riding a bike.

Bit Of A Let Down

Well I trotted off to the gym today for my 4wk reassessment. I was really looking forward to seeing what my measurements were. Get there only to find out that measurements aren't done until wk 10 so another 6wks.

He did weigh me as I was curious what my BMI is now and it's down 1.5% which he assures me is excellent. I've also lost 3kgs in 4wks.

I've decided to change my gym program to include 2-3 classes a week. I'm going to do Pump, RPM and Step. On alternate days I will do cardio and then have Sundays off. I'll see how I go with this and maybe drop it to 2 classes if I'm not handling it well.

I'm also going in a fun run (well mostly walk lol). It is the Bay to Bay and is 12km. The gym is starting a training program for it on Monday.

Now back to these measurements. Got home and decided to try and do them myself. Quickly realised that I haven't really got a clue if I'm measuring in the right place. I can't possibly have lost 11cm off my chest - can I?

This is what I came up with:

Arm - 34/32
Chest - 125/114
Waist - 107.5/104
Hip - 137/131.5
Thigh - 73/61

These measurements can't possibly be right. The ones I am dubious about are the waist and hip. Not sure if I'm measuring in exactly the right spot. I think when I go in tomorrow I will ask them to do my measurements so I can see where the right spot to measure is.

Tomorrow I will be doing a Step class which shall be very interesting as I've never done this class and co-ordination isn't my forte.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Well Here I Am.......

I've really enjoyed reading other people's blogs and thought it was about time I started my own. It will be an excellent way to keep track of my weight-loss journey. I can't guarantee that it won't put you to sleep lol but I will try my best.

A little bit about myself...... I'm Renae, 32, married with 2 children, 12 and 10. We bought our first (and only) house 2.5yrs ago and live on the NSW Central Coast. We also have a dog Rebel and cat Princess.

The journey to the healthier me began on 18th January 2006 at 106kgs. I'm now at 97.6 so 8.4kgs gone. I joined the gym 4wks ago and had my measurements etc done. BMI is a tad scary and not quite game yet to say what it is. Tomorrow is my first reassessment so it will be very interesting to see what my measurements are and also if my BMI has gone down.

I think that's about all for now but I will be back tomorrow after I've had my assessment.