I survived Christmas!!!

In my last post I talked about how I was worried about going home to my parents place for Christmas and what was going to happen there in terms of sticking to my diet and training. I didn't want all my hard work to be undone!

Pictured: Hard work lol!

So the first thing I did was cook and prep all our kumara and brought all the ingredients I would need for three days worth of meals. I made sure I had everything including my teeny kitchen scales to be able to measure and cook all of the meals that we needed.

I was going down on a ferry at 2.30am in the morning for three hours, then driving for 2 hours so I made sure I had breakfast and my first two meals made and ready to go, so there was no need for me to buy snacks or junk.

Then I had all my meals ready so at home I could just cook the chicken and rice and heat everything up. Christmas day itself was easy, we just substituted some turkey breast for our usual chicken and a nice change.

When everyone else was eating dessert we were only on our second meal so  so we didn't really feel the need to join in.

While everyone was stuffed, we were only eating our normal amount of food. I guess I'm just used to eating ALL the time now!

I had some extra fruit in the afternoon and was able to ward off any cravings for chocolate and candy.

Even in the morning when my family were getting down with a big breakfast of bacon and eggs, I had some oatmeal with banana and berries.

One thing I'm a little disappointed in was how often I got to train. We got free passes for a gym on the way to my parents house and stopped down there on Christmas Eve and planned on stopping back on the way home Boxing Day. There's no gym where my parents live so I did a body weight workout in the house on Christmas Day and was gagging to get back in the gym.

Boxing Day we headed back to the gym at about 4pm only to find it closed at midday...I was so gutted. I was looking forward to a massive hit out and then it was taken away. We are really amped for the gym and needing to work out. Funny how things change when you've been working out every day and then you miss one!!

So tomorrow it will be back into it hard, I'm going to do legs for one training, back for another and then do some much needed cardio.

I'm pretty happy about my planning and self control through these Christmas holidays!! It's been a great three months so far and I'm pleased one weekend didn't spoil everything :D Also I got the additional bonus of hanging out with my family and getting some sun!!!