Well here I am about to head into Week 4 of this program! I can't believe how quick these weeks are going. I think I am finally over my virus. I have been slowly weaning myself off the tablets that the doctor prescribed. Week 3 was a success, a massive overhaul to my mindset! I am very proud of myself, proud that I stayed true to my word and focused on my nutrition 100%. I have not been able to exercise but it is amazing to see some results already. I took a sneek peak at the scales and I am proud of what I have seen.
I am proud but I am also scared. I am scared because once I start to see results I start to become complacent and I am not tight enough when it comes to my nutrition! This is where I need to really remind myself of my goals, my commitment and the preaseason tasks that I have completed. This will be my round of success and I will do whatever it takes to get results. Hopefully I can start to get back into my exercise and really start seeing some amazing results :-)
September 16, 2012
September 11, 2012
Timing!
Well I have really learnt my lesson..... Read the recipe so you know how long it is going to take to cook your meal!! Hahaha it is 7:12pm and I am still making my Mexican Style Shepherds Pie!! It is simmering as I type and it smells delicious! I only wish that I had started earlier, I am getting pretty hungry and silly me did not look at the total cooking and preparation time!
This is really the first recipe I have made so far from Michelle's recipe index. My other nightly meals I have calculated the calories myself and stayed within the 300 cal quota. I am loving the sound and look of all of these recipes and can't wait to try some more. I am loving the inner master chef that is coming out :-)
This is really the first recipe I have made so far from Michelle's recipe index. My other nightly meals I have calculated the calories myself and stayed within the 300 cal quota. I am loving the sound and look of all of these recipes and can't wait to try some more. I am loving the inner master chef that is coming out :-)
September 10, 2012
Week 3 = Massive overhaul to my mindset!
So you may have all realised that I have been struggling lately. I have been finding it very hard to stick to this program due to the virus that has been attacking my body. I realised that I had just been buying into all the excuses that I have used time and time again and this was really not on.
Michelle posted this on her facebook page this morning
I liked it, and I would have done so a million times if I could because this week I am giving my mindset a complete overhaul. I may not be able to workout but I can stick to my nutrition 100%. I have even bought myself a personal training diary which allows me to keep track of not only calories consumed but the amount of protein, fat and carbohydrates that I am consuming each day also. There is also a section to write in my workouts and daily calorie expenditure! I am in love with this, it is my new bible!!
Michelle posted this on her facebook page this morning
"It's Week 3 kick off for my Round 3 team today. Get prepared for the week ahead!! LIKE this post if this is going to be a gooooood week!"
I liked it, and I would have done so a million times if I could because this week I am giving my mindset a complete overhaul. I may not be able to workout but I can stick to my nutrition 100%. I have even bought myself a personal training diary which allows me to keep track of not only calories consumed but the amount of protein, fat and carbohydrates that I am consuming each day also. There is also a section to write in my workouts and daily calorie expenditure! I am in love with this, it is my new bible!!
So here we go guys, let us all have an AMAZING Week 3!!!
September 09, 2012
Pre-season Tasks still playing a major role!
Having done previous rounds of the 12wbt before I have always completed my pre-season tasks. The pre-season tasks are tasks to get your prepared for the 12 weeks that are approaching. They include
1. Get real - which has you outline all of your excuses and write down solutions for them
2. Set your goals - the goals that you want to achieve along your journey.
3. Gear up - making sure you have all the right equipment ready to aide your success
4. Say it out loud - saying your commitment to the universe!
5. Kitchen Makeover - throwing out all of the unhealthy food in your house
6. Organise and Diarize - organising your workouts and eating plans
7. Fitness Test - to see what level you are going to start off at for the program
8. Measure up - taking all of your measurements
ALL of these tasks are confronting, and I can see now why Mish says that all of these tasks are important for your success. I believe that the problem I had in the past was that I was great at completing all of these tasks but I never went back and revisited them. They were like an essay that you write for english but you never really go back and read it do you?! I realise now that I have to make these tasks a part of my whole journey not just something to get me ready for my journey.
Get real is the one that I find I am reaching for now more than ever. I even placed my excuses smack bang in the middle of my inspiration board. I make all of these excuses but what good are they saved on my computer and not put up right in front of my eyes so that I can revist it everyday!! I have gotten sick and that was one of my major excuses that when this happens everything falls out the window and depression mode sets in and yup you guessed it that is exactly what has happened. I predicted it and I put it in my pre-season tasks yet when I got sick I didn't go back and read what to do, I just went back to what I always do.
I guess what I am trying to get at is that it is all becoming clear to me now, how important all of these elements are and how they are not only important at the beginning of your journey but all the way through. Even if you have not been struggling go back and revisit those excuses and solutions and the other pre-season tasks to keep you accountable and on task!
In my get real I decided to take on board Michelle's tough love approach... here is what I wrote.....
1. Get real - which has you outline all of your excuses and write down solutions for them
2. Set your goals - the goals that you want to achieve along your journey.
3. Gear up - making sure you have all the right equipment ready to aide your success
4. Say it out loud - saying your commitment to the universe!
5. Kitchen Makeover - throwing out all of the unhealthy food in your house
6. Organise and Diarize - organising your workouts and eating plans
7. Fitness Test - to see what level you are going to start off at for the program
8. Measure up - taking all of your measurements
ALL of these tasks are confronting, and I can see now why Mish says that all of these tasks are important for your success. I believe that the problem I had in the past was that I was great at completing all of these tasks but I never went back and revisited them. They were like an essay that you write for english but you never really go back and read it do you?! I realise now that I have to make these tasks a part of my whole journey not just something to get me ready for my journey.
Get real is the one that I find I am reaching for now more than ever. I even placed my excuses smack bang in the middle of my inspiration board. I make all of these excuses but what good are they saved on my computer and not put up right in front of my eyes so that I can revist it everyday!! I have gotten sick and that was one of my major excuses that when this happens everything falls out the window and depression mode sets in and yup you guessed it that is exactly what has happened. I predicted it and I put it in my pre-season tasks yet when I got sick I didn't go back and read what to do, I just went back to what I always do.
I guess what I am trying to get at is that it is all becoming clear to me now, how important all of these elements are and how they are not only important at the beginning of your journey but all the way through. Even if you have not been struggling go back and revisit those excuses and solutions and the other pre-season tasks to keep you accountable and on task!
In my get real I decided to take on board Michelle's tough love approach... here is what I wrote.....
1) I’m too tired
2) I’m not motivated
3) Everytime I try I fail or something gets in the way so why bother?
4) I’m too unfit
5) I will fail and disappoint myself and all of my family
6) I have just spent the entire day at work and I am too exhausted/can't be bothered to do a work out
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MOTIVATION! Put your shoes on and get out there now! You don't want to exercise, well too bad. You want a hot body and you need to do the work to get it! Don't let the past hold you back, everyone has made mistakes. Stop being so hard on yourself look at how far you have come! You have lost 20kgs! I know it seems hard after a long hard day at work but think about how you will feel when you are at the finish line! Get out there and do it!
1) I am too busy
2) It is too hot /cold
3) Id rather go out for a drink and catch up with friends
Are you serious! Look at these excuses, they are ridiculous! The approach you are taking is all wrong. By the time you get to the gym it will be nice and warm/air conditioned inside for you to train. Seriously, drink with friends? Let's not let all of our hard work go out the window now, your celebratory drink is waiting for you at the finish line, not now where it could easily be your downfall. Too busy? Too busy to get a fantastic butt and sexy abs... I don't think so! GET TO THE GYM NOW!
September 08, 2012
Changing I can't into I CAN
So here I am,
The 12wbt has started and this is my first blog post since because quite frankly I am very disappointed with how things have been going so far. I should be proud of myself, proud that I am making a change, proud that I am making my life better and working towards being the best possible version of myself. However, all i feel is disappointment.
I felt fantastic, I felt like I had set myself up for success. I had completed all of my preseason tasks (just as Michelle had told us to) and I had written all my workout days in my diary but even from week 1 I had problems. I had a gas leak in our apartment which meant no cooking on the Sunday before week 1 to prepare all my healthy meals. I did however try my best to find healthy alternatives and I made a delicious yummy chicken salad for work the next day and had ham and salad for dinner. I started to work out and was feeling great. Then Thursday came.... I started to get massive body aches all over and because I had not worked out for so long I thought that it was DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) however this was not the case. I went to my doctor on Saturday who told me I had a virus and would need to take time off work. I had to rest which meant no exercising at the gym and I just started to feel all the negativity setting in!
Week 1 was a mess up and I gained weight, week 2 weigh in I gained another 500grams. The depression was well and truley kicking in by now. My training had gone out the window, my eating had gone out the window. We are heading into Week 3 now and I am still sick and about 98% sure that I will have another gain this week :-(
There is however one task that Michelle has set which I am thankful for. The inspiration board challenge!! It allowed me to look at what really motivates and inspires me and where I want to be by the end of this program. I put up quotes and pictures and right in the middle I put my excuses and their solutions from one of my preseason tasks. I feel like I have been going about this the wrong way. The moment I can't exercise I just assume there is no point in eating healthy and suddenly those biscuits look appealing. Where in actual fact it is really 80% nutrition and 20% exercise. So from this week on even if I can not exercise I am going to eat super healthy and make sure that I am 100% onto my nutrition. Just because I can't exercise does not mean that I have to give up!
The 12wbt has started and this is my first blog post since because quite frankly I am very disappointed with how things have been going so far. I should be proud of myself, proud that I am making a change, proud that I am making my life better and working towards being the best possible version of myself. However, all i feel is disappointment.
I felt fantastic, I felt like I had set myself up for success. I had completed all of my preseason tasks (just as Michelle had told us to) and I had written all my workout days in my diary but even from week 1 I had problems. I had a gas leak in our apartment which meant no cooking on the Sunday before week 1 to prepare all my healthy meals. I did however try my best to find healthy alternatives and I made a delicious yummy chicken salad for work the next day and had ham and salad for dinner. I started to work out and was feeling great. Then Thursday came.... I started to get massive body aches all over and because I had not worked out for so long I thought that it was DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) however this was not the case. I went to my doctor on Saturday who told me I had a virus and would need to take time off work. I had to rest which meant no exercising at the gym and I just started to feel all the negativity setting in!
Week 1 was a mess up and I gained weight, week 2 weigh in I gained another 500grams. The depression was well and truley kicking in by now. My training had gone out the window, my eating had gone out the window. We are heading into Week 3 now and I am still sick and about 98% sure that I will have another gain this week :-(
There is however one task that Michelle has set which I am thankful for. The inspiration board challenge!! It allowed me to look at what really motivates and inspires me and where I want to be by the end of this program. I put up quotes and pictures and right in the middle I put my excuses and their solutions from one of my preseason tasks. I feel like I have been going about this the wrong way. The moment I can't exercise I just assume there is no point in eating healthy and suddenly those biscuits look appealing. Where in actual fact it is really 80% nutrition and 20% exercise. So from this week on even if I can not exercise I am going to eat super healthy and make sure that I am 100% onto my nutrition. Just because I can't exercise does not mean that I have to give up!
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