So the past week has been crazy busy. We haven't really had much time to go to the gym but have made some important changes. Firstly, I have loosened the diet this week because, to be honest, emotionally I needed a break.
The next important decision has been to sign up for a course at our gym where I will learn all about nutrition and diet plus get an exercise programme tailor made. It is a competition and we all know how that drives me!
Finally I have upped my PT commitment to twice a week rather than once. Hopefully all of these changes will help to make my sessions more worthwhile and effective.
I will update next week on how week 1 goes!
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
PT and A Boxing Mishap
Usually Monday night's are stressful because I have Body Pump the go straight into Boxing. Last night was easier - it was just boxing, or so I thought. I had stupidly gone on an empty stomach. 20 minutes in to the class I almost passed out and puked. It was upsetting and embarrassing. Lesson learned.
Tonight I was much better prepared for PT. I had wholewheat rice prior to going and was totally ready to smash it afterwards. We started off doing a 10 minute cross trainer session then we did a bit of HIIT training. We had to take it in turns: one person ran with 2 6kg dumbbells back and forward twice while the other squatted. Then we swapped. This went on for 4 rounds of 3 minutes with a 2 minute break between sets.
The next part of the session was some fat burn. We did knee raises (30 seconds each leg), squat splits (30 secs) then squatted fast feet (30 secs). Again 4 times through but with 30 seconds rest.
By this point, I would like to add, I was totally done in. Sweaty and broken after my earlier enthusiasm. But we weren't done yet. Next one of us had to do shoulder presses with dumbbells while the other was on the ski machine. Again bursts of 30 seconds before swapping. 4 rounds. Surely we were done? No? Ok, it's fine I will die 😂 exhaustion will kill me. For reals.
Finally we had to plank for bursts of 30 seconds - 4 times. That's a 2 minute plank essentially. 2 minutes. I'm just going to leave that there.
After tonight's session I have signed up for a weight loss class in the gym. It's a 6 week block which teaches about nutrition and exercise. It starts on April 4th so I will update more on that later!
Tonight I was much better prepared for PT. I had wholewheat rice prior to going and was totally ready to smash it afterwards. We started off doing a 10 minute cross trainer session then we did a bit of HIIT training. We had to take it in turns: one person ran with 2 6kg dumbbells back and forward twice while the other squatted. Then we swapped. This went on for 4 rounds of 3 minutes with a 2 minute break between sets.
The next part of the session was some fat burn. We did knee raises (30 seconds each leg), squat splits (30 secs) then squatted fast feet (30 secs). Again 4 times through but with 30 seconds rest.
By this point, I would like to add, I was totally done in. Sweaty and broken after my earlier enthusiasm. But we weren't done yet. Next one of us had to do shoulder presses with dumbbells while the other was on the ski machine. Again bursts of 30 seconds before swapping. 4 rounds. Surely we were done? No? Ok, it's fine I will die 😂 exhaustion will kill me. For reals.
Finally we had to plank for bursts of 30 seconds - 4 times. That's a 2 minute plank essentially. 2 minutes. I'm just going to leave that there.
After tonight's session I have signed up for a weight loss class in the gym. It's a 6 week block which teaches about nutrition and exercise. It starts on April 4th so I will update more on that later!
Sunday, 19 March 2017
Reflection, Diet and Knowing How to Move Forward
My last few posts have been particularly short, huffy and unhelpful - both to you and to me! Now it's time to re-evaluate and step back up to what needs doing. This blog was meant to be about the boxing class I didn't go to. The hours of training I didn't do this week. The excuses to find fault in the gym, my weight, my eating and my routine. A dreary ramble about my hatred of my lack of ability to lose any weight. If I had written this post when I had intended to - Thursday night - then that's exactly what it would have been. I decided that this is not what I started blogging for and or do I want to look back and see myself struggling through miserable times.
I'm Wednesday night I got home from work and went to sleep. I slept and slept for hours. My body was done in and screaming at me to just stop for one bloody minute and let it rest. I cancelled boxing and stayed in bed. Guilt-ridden but relieved. I stopped and thought about how I felt and realised that I was simply expecting too much from my body. I had just pushed and pushed and not realised I was emotionally hurting along with the physical pain. Beating myself up for wanting a piece of chocolate or some carbs wasn't going to do me any good. That's when my real low point hit me. I felt powerless to change anything and was gutted.
On Saturday morning I had told myself I would go to the gym and do a legs workout - my favourite - which I hoped would be a nice way to ease back in. Before I left I happened to look at my gym stats for the past 30 days (which have not been as active as my usual months) and realised that I had spent a whole 24 hours and 5 minutes in the gym. A whole day. That was the point I decided to have a word with myself. It was then I knew I was doing all I could to realistically challenge myself and to be fit and healthy.
I went into leg day feeling boosted and even had the guts to go back into the scary weights room I usually steer clear of. A full and thorough workout was had and then - to prove to myself I was over beating myself up and living on next to no food - I went to Starbucks and got myself a cheese and mushroom croissant and a large toffee nut latte (skinny - because we don't want to go too mental 😂). I had to show myself ideas out of my rut and that I would stop hating myself every time I ate something. It worked.
While I am embracing this new found peace of mind I am obviously still conscious of the task at hand: my wedding is 118 days away and, while my wedding dress now fits perfectly, I still have to keep a goal in mind (albeit a little looser than the goal I had previously set).
Today I weighed in at 12st 11lbs. I'm moving I the right direction now and I honestly believe it's a direct result of me just letting go of the pressure I have been putting on myself and my body. Long may the new positivity continue.
I'm Wednesday night I got home from work and went to sleep. I slept and slept for hours. My body was done in and screaming at me to just stop for one bloody minute and let it rest. I cancelled boxing and stayed in bed. Guilt-ridden but relieved. I stopped and thought about how I felt and realised that I was simply expecting too much from my body. I had just pushed and pushed and not realised I was emotionally hurting along with the physical pain. Beating myself up for wanting a piece of chocolate or some carbs wasn't going to do me any good. That's when my real low point hit me. I felt powerless to change anything and was gutted.
On Saturday morning I had told myself I would go to the gym and do a legs workout - my favourite - which I hoped would be a nice way to ease back in. Before I left I happened to look at my gym stats for the past 30 days (which have not been as active as my usual months) and realised that I had spent a whole 24 hours and 5 minutes in the gym. A whole day. That was the point I decided to have a word with myself. It was then I knew I was doing all I could to realistically challenge myself and to be fit and healthy.
I went into leg day feeling boosted and even had the guts to go back into the scary weights room I usually steer clear of. A full and thorough workout was had and then - to prove to myself I was over beating myself up and living on next to no food - I went to Starbucks and got myself a cheese and mushroom croissant and a large toffee nut latte (skinny - because we don't want to go too mental 😂). I had to show myself ideas out of my rut and that I would stop hating myself every time I ate something. It worked.
While I am embracing this new found peace of mind I am obviously still conscious of the task at hand: my wedding is 118 days away and, while my wedding dress now fits perfectly, I still have to keep a goal in mind (albeit a little looser than the goal I had previously set).
Today I weighed in at 12st 11lbs. I'm moving I the right direction now and I honestly believe it's a direct result of me just letting go of the pressure I have been putting on myself and my body. Long may the new positivity continue.
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Metafit
This week has seen no improvement on my feelings towards diet and exercise. In fact I'm sitting here contemplating a chippy. If anything the weekend has made it worse. I was good as gold except my cheat meal and lost nothing.
Gutted.
Today I had PT. We did a 15 minute cross trainer then 25 minutes metafit training. Metafit was mostly combat moves. We did an accumulated - a round of each exercise with 20secs rest in between then build up to 2 exercises, 3, 4 etc. Until we got to all 7 in a row no rest.
1. Squat big knees
2. Leg ups
3. Take downs
4. Press ups
5. Sprints
6. Pop ups
7. Squat jumps
It was intensely difficult. We were sweating buckets. Afterwards we did some heel taps to work on core strength. It was super intense.
I did yoga straight after which was great for a proper stretch out too.
Next time: boxing week 5!!
Gutted.
Today I had PT. We did a 15 minute cross trainer then 25 minutes metafit training. Metafit was mostly combat moves. We did an accumulated - a round of each exercise with 20secs rest in between then build up to 2 exercises, 3, 4 etc. Until we got to all 7 in a row no rest.
1. Squat big knees
2. Leg ups
3. Take downs
4. Press ups
5. Sprints
6. Pop ups
7. Squat jumps
It was intensely difficult. We were sweating buckets. Afterwards we did some heel taps to work on core strength. It was super intense.
I did yoga straight after which was great for a proper stretch out too.
Next time: boxing week 5!!
Thursday, 9 March 2017
What I Ate Wednesday + Done With Dieting (+boxing)
So today I have gone from down to more down with my weight journey. The last few weeks have seen my weight pretty much plateau which is making me so frustrated. I wake up every morning and step on the scales totally weighed down by how bad I feel. They are barely moving down and I want to scream and throw them through the wall. It might seem dramatic but it's literally the most frustrating thing ever.
Yesterday I had a busy day at work so my meals were pretty basic but tasty. I have to say I never thought I'd be ok with a lunch time salad but I'm actually ok with it now.
Breakfast: a banana (exciting right?!)
Break: small apple
Lunch: lettuce, tomatoes, spring onion, cucumber and sliced roast beef in a salad.
Dinner: I had 2oz of steak chopped into bitesized chunks and cooked in Chinese 5 spice, medium curry powder and tinned tomatoes. It comes out like an Indian style sweet and sour curry. I serve it with Tilda wholegrain pilau rice (microwave stuff).
Because we had boxing (week 4) we are dinner late and so really couldn't fit any more mini meals or snacks in.
Boxing this week was extremely difficult. We learned a new sequence involving crossing, jabbing, upper cutting and ducking. Sequencing is something I really struggle with. Anything after 4 or 5 parts and I literally want to crumble into a mess! My boxing partner isn't great with the sequencing either but he is helpful because between us we help each other. I must admit I felt great once I conquered it (after taking the whole bloody hour!)
This week is a total write off for me really. I've lost next to no weight and know that it's because of two things: 1. Not eating enough. 2. Not drinking enough water.
This is honestly the first week that I want to give up. I want to order a big fat Chinese and go to my favourite Italian and order all of the carbs. I started this blog as an honest and open overview so that is what it will stay as. I'm completely down this week and really really want to curl up, nurse my sore body back to health and cry.
I really hope my mood and motivation pick up next week. Really hope. Nobody needs to be around me when I'm as grumpy as I am right now!
Yesterday I had a busy day at work so my meals were pretty basic but tasty. I have to say I never thought I'd be ok with a lunch time salad but I'm actually ok with it now.
Breakfast: a banana (exciting right?!)
Break: small apple
Lunch: lettuce, tomatoes, spring onion, cucumber and sliced roast beef in a salad.
Dinner: I had 2oz of steak chopped into bitesized chunks and cooked in Chinese 5 spice, medium curry powder and tinned tomatoes. It comes out like an Indian style sweet and sour curry. I serve it with Tilda wholegrain pilau rice (microwave stuff).
Because we had boxing (week 4) we are dinner late and so really couldn't fit any more mini meals or snacks in.
Boxing this week was extremely difficult. We learned a new sequence involving crossing, jabbing, upper cutting and ducking. Sequencing is something I really struggle with. Anything after 4 or 5 parts and I literally want to crumble into a mess! My boxing partner isn't great with the sequencing either but he is helpful because between us we help each other. I must admit I felt great once I conquered it (after taking the whole bloody hour!)
This week is a total write off for me really. I've lost next to no weight and know that it's because of two things: 1. Not eating enough. 2. Not drinking enough water.
This is honestly the first week that I want to give up. I want to order a big fat Chinese and go to my favourite Italian and order all of the carbs. I started this blog as an honest and open overview so that is what it will stay as. I'm completely down this week and really really want to curl up, nurse my sore body back to health and cry.
I really hope my mood and motivation pick up next week. Really hope. Nobody needs to be around me when I'm as grumpy as I am right now!
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
3 Hours at the gym...where has my life gone?
Monday night was an epically long session. I left for the gym at 16:30 and got home at 19:30. It started off with Body Pump where I managed to keep my weights from last week but definitely feel stronger this week - basically it didn't hurt as much as usual. I am most proud that I managed to stick with the whole and track and do the planning section without falling.
Straight after Pump the new boxing class started. It was the techniques session for the people who haven't been to the Wednesday session. I was flying solo since the Mr was working away. The class was good but I don't like working with strangers. Social awkward capacity levels were reached, blown past and exploded. Could. Not. Deal. The class was good but for some reason I still seem to be boxing favouring my left side. Weird!
Today I was exhausted from the workout. I felt like I had no time to myself last night and by the time I had my shower it was bed time already. Because of the stage in at my weight loss is at a bit of a plateau which means my motivation and drive is in major decline. I'm trying everything but I feel like I may not actually be eating enough. I'm not sure really. What I do know is it took a LOT to drag myself to PT tonight.
PT started with an incline fast walk for 10 minutes then a bit of HIIT training - no pyramid this time a straight 5 sets of 5 exercises with a break of 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1 minute then 30 seconds. The workout was as follows:
30 secs - kettlebell swings (6kg)
30 secs - kettlebell squat raises (6kg)
30 secs - shoulder press (bar plus 3.75kg)
30 secs - burpees on stepper
30 secs - step ups on stepper
We finished the session with some ab crunches. Then I went with the Mr to yoga.
Yoga was a lot of fun, very relaxing and exactly what I needed today. I feel very much robbed of time due to commitments at the gym. From now on I am going to drop body pump on a Monday I think. I haven't fully decided. What I have decided is that I am going to do a weekly yoga session. I really love it.
Hopefully Thursday will be a more cheery post!
Straight after Pump the new boxing class started. It was the techniques session for the people who haven't been to the Wednesday session. I was flying solo since the Mr was working away. The class was good but I don't like working with strangers. Social awkward capacity levels were reached, blown past and exploded. Could. Not. Deal. The class was good but for some reason I still seem to be boxing favouring my left side. Weird!
Today I was exhausted from the workout. I felt like I had no time to myself last night and by the time I had my shower it was bed time already. Because of the stage in at my weight loss is at a bit of a plateau which means my motivation and drive is in major decline. I'm trying everything but I feel like I may not actually be eating enough. I'm not sure really. What I do know is it took a LOT to drag myself to PT tonight.
PT started with an incline fast walk for 10 minutes then a bit of HIIT training - no pyramid this time a straight 5 sets of 5 exercises with a break of 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1 minute then 30 seconds. The workout was as follows:
30 secs - kettlebell swings (6kg)
30 secs - kettlebell squat raises (6kg)
30 secs - shoulder press (bar plus 3.75kg)
30 secs - burpees on stepper
30 secs - step ups on stepper
We finished the session with some ab crunches. Then I went with the Mr to yoga.
Yoga was a lot of fun, very relaxing and exactly what I needed today. I feel very much robbed of time due to commitments at the gym. From now on I am going to drop body pump on a Monday I think. I haven't fully decided. What I have decided is that I am going to do a weekly yoga session. I really love it.
Hopefully Thursday will be a more cheery post!
Friday, 3 March 2017
Friday PT + Measurement Update!
Today's PT session was tough but also a bit flat. I made the mistake of not eating properly before going to the gym due to an epic power nap which over ran (oops!) as a result I felt shocking. It wasn't a great plan.
PT was mostly HIIT training again. We did it a different way this time though, not the pyramid style we have been doing. It went as follows:
30 secs shoulder presses (5kg)
30 secs kettlebell swings (8kg)
30 secs burpees on step
30 secs push ups
30 secs warrior ropes
6 times over. 6 times! I was feeling faint, dizzy and sick through it all and had to stop a few times to pull myself together. After we finished the HIIT we went up to the cross trainer and did 10 minutes on that. I was knackered but I had pulled it together a little bit by this point.
To end tonight's session we went to the exam room and got measured up. I was totally shocked to have lost 10cms off of my waist and 7cms from my hips. In total I have lost 17cms from my waist and 7 from my hips. I'm really pleased with the outcome.
My total weight loss is: 1st 13lbs (I know - so close!!!).
Next blog: New boxing class on a Monday and body pump!
PT was mostly HIIT training again. We did it a different way this time though, not the pyramid style we have been doing. It went as follows:
30 secs shoulder presses (5kg)
30 secs kettlebell swings (8kg)
30 secs burpees on step
30 secs push ups
30 secs warrior ropes
6 times over. 6 times! I was feeling faint, dizzy and sick through it all and had to stop a few times to pull myself together. After we finished the HIIT we went up to the cross trainer and did 10 minutes on that. I was knackered but I had pulled it together a little bit by this point.
To end tonight's session we went to the exam room and got measured up. I was totally shocked to have lost 10cms off of my waist and 7cms from my hips. In total I have lost 17cms from my waist and 7 from my hips. I'm really pleased with the outcome.
My total weight loss is: 1st 13lbs (I know - so close!!!).
Next blog: New boxing class on a Monday and body pump!
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