Good-bye NOvember

30 days of clean eating with no sugar and no rubbish food, no excuses, following the plan, sticking to 1200 calories, no negative self talk and no regrets!!

 I did it!!

 2 slips ups – 1 choc chip cookie on a night shift – No excuses – just did the wrong thing and 1 extra afternoon snack and bread roll at dinner on a camping trip last weekend – clean but over the 1200cal.

 I am super proud that I made it 28 days out of 30 – the negative, nasty mole sits on my shoulder and scalds me for the slip ups but the new positive, more accepting, kinder version of myself is patting me on the back!!

Like a child I placed my stickers on my Calendar before bed every night to symbolise my success at getting through the day without compromising my goals and it sounds funny, but it actually works!!

 From the 1^st to the 30^th of the month I lost 1.6kg but most importantly I have lost that crutch on sugar I was using to get through the days – and that little bonus is immeasurable. 

 

I will most definitely keep up the stickers for December and take myself through the silly season with further losses on the scales!!!

Heavy Lifting

A Lean and Fit Tuesday looks a little like any old day of Lean and Strong - Leg presses, shoulder presses, chest presses, biceps and triceps, lunges and burpees - just to name a few!!

"No Problems - I'll be all over this" I thought to myself having missed the feeling of strength training lately - But I forgot one teeny tiny element.....the "Ladies" area of the gym is closed off after hours and I got there at 4am.... So what?? So, when I'm hitting the cardio, I don't really care who is around me, but when it comes to the weights area.....I kinda do...actually, as it turns out, I really do!

I am not comfortable lifting in front of men who are straping 20kg weight plates to their ankles while slamming out pull ups off the cage!! It was such a reality check because I used to be absolutely comfortable in there after a round of Lean and Strong..... but after leaving all the heavy lifting out of my training for months and months (and gaining 5kg), I went stright back to that intimated, shy, insecure, unsure, fat girl, in the weights room.  Oh how I wish the ladies area opened before 530am - I had to be home by 530!!!

I found myself hiding about the place, taking my weights to different areas of the gym to hide myself and my insecurites away from the grunting and the slamming and the high fiving happening in the scary grey jungle of the main weights room!!!

But I did it - I did every bit of what was asked of me, I got up at 345am, I hid away in a corner and I got the job done!!  I am well prepared for the DOMS that will surely await me - and seeing as though I am working tonight, into the wee hours of the morning, I am sure I will feel the progression of the aches and pains long before I hit the hay. 

I'm sure that as I start to lose weight and get stronger, I may gain some more confidence in the Grey Jungle - Bring it on!!!



My arms were shaking too much, post workout, to get a clear shot of the grey jungle!!

Week 1 Day 1

Alarm set for 4am - Check!
Training gear by the front door - Check!
HRM located and ready - Check!
After Hours Gym Key - Check!
Positive Attitude - Check!
Training plan written out - Check!
H20 bottle filled - check!

Ok I'm ready!!

I smashed up my first day of Round 2 with a HUGE 1013 Calorie burn!!!

I parked myself at the gym and walked to my start point of 1km of flat ground to complete my time trial for the fitness test!

I started the clock and sprinted for my life.....well lucky my life wasn't in real jeopardy because I felt myself slowing, after about a minute….I stopped the clock at the 1km mark with a time of 5min and 4sec.

 

This is slower than my last time trial – but the first of this round, so its onwards and upwards from here.

 
I walked up the MASSIVE hill back to the gym and I smashed out my Lean and Fit Training session from start to finish.  My HRM was showing a burn of 850 something calories – too close to 1000 to leave  now!!

 

I climbed up onto my stair master – always there for me in need of a fast calorie burn – and smashed out 10min to climb my way (literally) to the 1000 mark!!

 
Feeling good!!!

 

Home for some Apple Muesli (thanks Mish – I loved it!!) and on with my Day.

 

A relaxing pampering session with Miss 3 and a meditation session to boot, to focus my energy, think positive thoughts and to take much important time for me!!

 

Today I have set the pace for a round where I will try harder, go further and eat cleaner and relax more – I am excited about the things to come and the results I know I will achieve!!

 

 

 

No More Excuses - JFDI !!

Week one is finally here!!!

 

I have been preparing my mind, my kitchen, my diary, my life - ready for the start of the round and it is finally here.

 

Re-visiting my Pre-Season tasks was quite confronting – Setting goals is always fun, I enjoy thinking about what I can realistically achieve, Saying it out loud – is something I find easy, Kitchen makeover was quite unremarkable, I also enjoy diarising and planning, so that was great too – but Getting Real…. That was the task I was dreading the most – confronting my excuses, laying them out on the table and really facing them in order to conquer them – that bit can be a bit tough.

 

Excuses are such a crutch! We’ve all got them – we all carry a bag of excuses around with us, ready to pluck one out when we’re faced with something that we should do, that we maybe don’t want to do.  Last week I used every excuse in the book to get out of my training from “My Friend doesn’t want to come with me” to “My husband stole my early morning training spot” to “I didn’t get a good enough sleep last night”, what about “The round doesn’t start until Monday” or “Sunday is a rest day” – HELLO!! Not if you haven’t trained for most of the week it isn’t!!!

 

When in reality – I was coughing up excuses left right and centre because I was in yet another funk – my head spiralling with self-doubt and fear and that nasty little voice telling me that I’m only setting myself up for disappointment beginning this program again!! Useless mole that voice is!!! So the excuses came flying – sad thing is I didn’t believe a single one of them – I was just throwing them out there because I didn’t want to do the work.

 

So if I didn’t want to go to work would I phone up and say “Sorry, I didn’t get enough sleep last night” or “My husband isn’t home, I can’t leave the kids in the house by themselves, so I’ve just gone back to Bed”???!!! NO! I wouldn’t – there is NO WAY that I would throw an untrue excuse out there to avoid going to work – that would let down my peers, my colleagues, my patients and the company – it’s a no brainer. So why do I easily allow my excuses to stop me for working for me???

 

No more excuses!!!

 

I will train 6 days a week, I will keep these appointments that I have made with myself, I am important, I need to respect to myself more and do what it takes – I go to work because I enjoy it and because I get paid – I train because I enjoy it and the payOFF is the hot bod that I will achieve in 12 weeks time!!



Is it hard work - absolutely!! Can I do it - ansolutely!!

So this is what I'll tell my mole self if she tries to stop me from training - If you wouldn't use this excuse to get out of going to work - get your butt up and out and JFDI!!

 

 

 

 

 

Hello NO vember

I am so excited about this month – this month where I am taking back control of my life, my nutrition and my training regime!!

I have been letting my negative self- talk and crazy work hours determine what I put in my mouth and when I get my arse into the gym – but NO vember will see me saying “No” to the sugary treats and the sleep ins that have become oh too normal lately.

This month I commit to….

As well as  NO going over 1200calories a day  

 and          NO skipping out on My Fitness Pal

 

I have re-signed up for the next round of Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation.  And in the coming days I will set forth my pre-season tasks that are going to see me set some goals and really look at all the excuses I have been using lately – my work schedule has been HUGE over the last 2 months – long long shifts through the night, followed by busy busy days on VERY little sleep – I have been letting all of my old excuses creep back in – so it’ll be great re-focus and re-train my brain into telling my body all the right things to do to see me smash my goals.

 

I am going to put a little sticker on my calendar every night before I go to bed  - it seems a little childish, but I tell you, it feels good to have a little merrit system in place to reward myself for eating clean and training hard.

I feel good, I feel in control - winning!!