Turning around my downward spiral

For the past couple of weeks, i've had some bad eating days (severely bad). I couldn't figure out why I was doing this to myself. I've done fantastic and luckily the scales have still been heading down, even if it has been only slightly some weeks. I've finally realised that I got back into my old habit of eating instead of face my emotions. I've been having a few issues lately with certain family members who are not speaking to me due to my weight loss and each time I find out something else that has been said about me, I hit the pantry. WELL NO MORE OF THAT!!!

I really thought I was ok and that these negative people in my life weren't bothering me, but it seems I wasn't handling things as well as I thought I was.

It is my own fault I let it get to me and i'm owning it. So now it is back to basics for me and to get my head straight! And starting today i'm smashing it up again! 1021 cals burnt today. My goal is to burn 4000 cals over for days so I have 3000 to go!!!

My Reward for hitting a healthy BMI

So i've been planning my reward for a while, infact it was booked for a while so I definitely had a set target date to hit a healthy BMI and I did it!!!

Thursday 22nd March I got my reward!

This design was taken from my daughters leggings that she had painted in Thailand, as soon as I saw the artwork I wanted it on my arm, had to be tweaked a little to make it tatt friendly but there it is. I love it! Now to work on a design for my next reward :)

What do you think of my new artwork?

12WBT Round 1 2012 Week 6

Can you believe it? Half way through the round already!

I've had a big week. Eaten 110% clean, trained well. I've done a lot more weights this week in the gym. One of my goals is to get over my fear of doing weights in front of others and i've discovered it isn't really doing the weights infront of others, it is more not wanting to wait around for the equipment! Some days it is so busy, it is just easier to do cardio.

I've started playing around with my food - still nutritious but i've been needing to shock my body and  maybe start eating a little more with the amount of exercise i'm doing. Well it worked. This week saw me lose another 1.7kg bringing me down to 64.1kg bringing me into a healthy BMI

I also conquered another fear this week. 12 years ago I tried Body Step and I was embarrassed out of the class when I fell off the step (that coordination thing that happens to me- or lack of coordination I should say!). So today.............. after deciding I need to shake it up a bit, I did Body Step and it was a tonne of fun! I still don't have the best coordination in the world but it was fun and a good laugh and it burnt some calories!

So big achievements this week for me with the weights, body step and a nice big weight loss! Tomorrow i'll be having a rest day and treating myself to a reward for all my hard work.

This is me at the half way mark of my 2nd round

(Week 6 Round 1 2012)

Week 4 Measurements and Fitness Test

I can't believe how much i've been stressing this week. My weight loss has slowed dramatically and it has been playing on my mind. I've been exercising and eating clean and with only really maintaining my weight i've been very mentally fragile.

Today though I got a nice surprise. Measurements taken and fitness test done have proved that i'm progressing, and not just slightly but by quite a bit so here are My Stats!!!

Measurements:
Week 1                                      Week 4
Weight: 70.3kg                          66.6kg
Chest: 95cm                               90cm
Waist: 88cm                               83cm
Hips: 101cm                               96cm
L Thigh: 59cm                            55.5cm
R Thigh: 59cm                            56cm
L Arm: 25.5cm                           25.5cm
R Arm: 26cm                              26cm


Fitness Test
Week 1                                      Week 4
1km Time: 6:24                         5:01
Pushups Toes: 0                         24
Pushups Knees: 49                     53
Wall Sit: 1:31                             3:05
Sit & Reach: +2cm                    +7cm
Ab Stage: 2                                2

So it seems i'm doing well, in all things other than those dreaded Abs! I can actually do stage 5, just not stage 3 or stage 4!

Did my gym session today, didn't get to my SSS of 1000 cals but we have a busy day ahead and i'll go for a nice walk later on to make it up once we've reached our destination today. I've managed 718 cals so far.

Tomorrow hubby is taking me fishing, kind of excited and kind of nervous. I've got my food and snacks sorted so i'll be right with my calorie intake. Hopefully he'll allow me to go for a nice long walk to explore and hopefully not get lost hahaha

Round 1 week 4

I really must keep this blog up to date!!! So here is a quick overview.....

Well the last 4 weeks i've had a few ups and downs, as in my weight is up and down! Luckily on Weigh in Wednesday's it has been down or maintained. I was stressing yesterday so I grabbed that tape measure and did a quick measure up and i've been losing cm's so that helped the stress levels.

In Week 3 I set myself a challenge, burn 7000 cals in the week. I ended up burning 7272 cals for the week, ate rather well and maintained! Talk about disappointment!

So now it is week 4, i'm currently at a devlish 66.6kg and just managed to squeeze into some size 12 jeans I bought on special with a goal to be in them at week 4 and i've managed it, without struggling into them!

I've had a little bit of fun experimenting with creating my own meals and I have a few yummy ones and will start posting recipes once I have tweaked them.

Now tomorrow I need to do my fitness test and measurements. I've had a few issues with my Achilles so have been trying to rest it as much as possible before my 1km time trial but it hasn't stopped my training...... i've just changed what i'm doing a little!

Back tomorrow to update with my measurements!