Back to Reality, With a Thud!

Our first night - dinner on the beach

We arrived home from Bali yesterday, and saved this week's weigh in until this morning.  And my result was - *Drumroll* - a gain of 3.7kgs.  The funny thing is, I am not even in the slightest bit upset about it.  Wow, how my mindset has changed!  It just proves that no longer am I worried that I won't be able to shift the weight! I now know I WILL be able to lose those extra kilos, and if I had to do anything different on my trip to Bali, I definitely wouldn't!

The Bali Bombing Memorial

We had a ball!  The first 2 days were bliss - celebrating coupledom with the freedom of sleeping in, going to the toilet without any little person joining you, no cooking, no cleaning, just relaxing.  Shopping & long walks on the beach!!  Unfortunately the next 3 days were spent in close proximately to a toilet within the hotel grounds thanks to a dose of Bali Belly for the two of us, but day 6 we spent with our own private driver taking us to the spots we wanted to visit - Ubud & the beautiful rice paddies, Tanah Lot temple, lunch in Seminyak & sunset drinks at the Rock Bar in Jimbarin Bay.  Our very last day was spent doing a 40km bike ride from Kintamini volcano down through local villages and rice paddies to Ubud.  Just magic!!

Relaxing poolside

I notice my last post was about the guilt & worry I felt about weight gain - how quickly that changed when I realised I just had to embrace the time away & enjoy myself.   I missed the kids terribly, and I think it was a little too long to be away from them.  We got some good exercise in - lots of huge walks, a gym session, and bike rides.

And the big difference is that today I am straight back into the 12wbt.  In the past, I would continue on in "holiday mode" with terrible eating, and of course drinking.  But today I are straight back on the 12wbt wagon, and ready & raring to go!!!  Of course, was a huge struggle to get out of bed this morning & get the kids organised for school & Kinder.  Back to reality with a thud, indeed!

Now, I am looking forward to planning our Bali trip next year - with the kids of course!  What a great present to myself & Greg to return to Bali at our goal weights, leaner & stronger than ever before!

Bring it on!

Prawn, avocado & artichoke stack anyone??  YUM!