Hmmm I probably could've asked myself this question about 250 muffins ago. Anyone who has never had to lie on the floor flopping around like a fish on the side of a pond just to inch their 'miracle' jeans up over their massive arse, may tell you it is. I can now categorically tell you that it isn't. Nothing is.

All this time I have agonised over how to lose weight. How to stop eating junk food, how to get my butt off the couch and do some exercise in order to make a dent in my weight loss goal- and it all comes down to that one simple question. How did it never occur to me before?

The beauty of this little gem is that it can be applied in so many situations- the happy meal that I just have to have, the 'I can't exercise cos the Kardashians are on' excuse, the cupcake I just 'can't not eat', the 'mmm just 10 more minutes and then I'll get up' sleep-in...

This is going to be my new 'go to'. Everytime I am about to hurtle myself (and my big butt) off the wagon, I am now going to ask first- Is it worth being fat for?

So week 2 weigh in was on Sunday. It has taken me until today to be able to write about it. I lost 0.2Kgs. That's it. I did 7+ hours of exercise- and according to my heart rate moniter, I was working hard. *BUT* I did not stick faithfully to my 1200 cals so I ended up with a measely 200g loss. Pooh.

I can't even believe it. I kept a diary (and yes even recorded the naughty things) and according to it's little inbuilt cals in v cals out calculator I should have lost 1.3kgs this week (I wasn't THAT bad with the food- just slightly over) but no. 200g.

I am not going to lie, it has been a bit of a motivation killer. Yesterday was a rest day (thank god) but MM got up in the night about 3 times last night and refused to go back to sleep. When the alarm went off this morning at 6.15am I thought "yeah right- good one" and hit snooze. Grrr now I have to fit in the 90 mins exercise when I get home from work- somewhere between dinner and bed. Not the best choice to have made.

I am trying to find motivation from somewhere and have googled before and after pics. Sometimes it helps to see that people who started from much worse beginnings to me have made it to what I would consider my ideal body. hopefully it's enough to get my booty shakin' tonight before bed. On a positive note- this week I have been sticking to the 1200 so if I can just make sure I fit the exercise in with NO excuses then hopefully this week will see some proper results.

I have an appointment with my therapist tonight- maybe we can talk about how I sabotage myself whenever it looks like I am on my way to achieving my goals. Honestly anyone would think I am afraid of success.

I know that for some people this post is going to be 'so 5 years ago' but I have just started a new love affair with Zumba. I have known about Zumba for some time now (let's be honest who hasn't?) but I had only ever been to one class. That class was tough. I was unco and got all the moves wrong and the experience was just the wrong side of frustrating and I never went back.

Last night however, I got home from work to find my Zumba Exhilirate DVD pack on the doorstep (ordered from eBay last week) and I couldn't resist getting stuck into it to see what the DVD version is like. I am in LOVE. This is BIG cos I am not the biggest exercise fan. It was so much fun and the best part was the Step by Step dvd which is included in the pack. It breaks down all the moves so even complete unco's like me can learn what to do. Yeah Baby!! I did it for an hour last night and 40 mins this morning (only stopping cos I was going to be late for work).

I can't wait to get home and do it again tonight. I am going to be shakin' my butt right off Whoo hoo.

Note: I realise this sounds like a product plug- it isn't. The good people at Zumba have never heard of me (lol and no one else knows who I am either). I just really like it.