Derailed.. almost

I was 100% sure I would get derailed today and fall into pieces. I had cereal for breakfast and then followed my kid around. She was particularly difficult today. I picked things up, she threw them around again. I stowed clothes into drawers, she pulled them out. I threw things into the garbage, she put her hand into the garbage and.. you get the picture?

By 12 p.m., I was finished... and not even half a day had gone by. What to do? I gave my baby a bath and warm milk and then hoped she would sleep for a while and I would sit on the bike. My baby didn't sleep till 1 p.m. When she finally did, I realized I had to make a few important calls. I did those and then felt like collapsing on the bed. I decided to go online for a few. I came across an article that focused on women who had lost a lot of weight. I read the first story: this lady had tried everything imaginable and couldn't stick to it. One day, she was staring at her plate. It was piled high with spaghetti. She began to cry. That's when she decided enough was enough.

I felt motivated. I didn't bother reading the rest of it. Instead, I sat on the bike.

20 minutes later, my baby woke up and came sat on my lap. I pedalled for another minute. She decided she didn't want my lap, and preferred to touch the pedal instead. I wouldn't allow that! I begged with her, distracted her, tried to get her attention with the phone. Nothing worked. I tried pedalling another 10 minutes somehow or the other, and then gave up.

I had a plate-full of butter chicken with 1 1/2 roti and thought that was the end of my regimen.

An hour later, we went to the park to take part in the easter egg hunt. That was fun.. and what a glorious day it was!

My friend, who has lost a lot of weight recently, was there too. Her smallest pair of jeans was slipping around her waist. I got motivated again.

After returning home, I took my baby out for a 20 minute walk. But I still wasn't satisfied. At 9 p.m. I popped a movie into the dvd player and sat on the bike for 60 minutes. So all in all, I had a great 90 minute work out and felt good! Rewarded myself with a paratha and a half and a small serving of chicken and potatoes, followed by half a cup of apricot meetha.

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