Some rules are just not ment to be broken.....

After last week of realising what i needed to make differnt, ive been very good.When following Deborahs "M.E.T.H.O.D and nutrtrion plan there are a few rules to follow, simple rules but they make all the difference. They help with your fat burning and metabolic rate and overall wellbeing. Last week i was so tired, it really caught up on me these odd late nights i had, but it also showed in my weightloss. I was too tired to even get through my workouts.From last Tuesday i was so focused, i told myself i would be back on track with the good habbits, and it worked! I got through the week, completed some fab kettlebell sessions and bootcamp. Even did a extra bootcamp. By Friday i came down with a full blown cold and had hurt my hip at home by slipping on the kitchen floor. I was aching that much from my workouts that at the time i had forgotten i had hurt my hip. Then the dreaded thought came over me, Do i still go to class tonight with this cold? i feel awful but i know that it be much worse give it another day or two. Nose was streaming and i had visions of turning up with bits of tissue shoved up my nose. Not a great look. Lucky for me i found some mucus relief tablets. Im not going to let this strike me down, ive not got time to have a cold .Come the weekend and i felt like someone had dropped a concrete block on my head. Now dont know about you but when i usually have a cold, my other half would go to the local garage and come back with a bag of goodies. Pizza, crisps, choc cornflake cake, haribo sweets. I would scoff the lot thinking its what i need but somehow that feeling only lasts from the moment the packet was opened to the last bite taken, before the withdrawal and realisation sets in. Yep its all gone, and yep youve scoffed the lot, and yes youve packed on a few more pound while loosing a few from your purse.

       So while sat on the sofa all snuggled up, the other half said im just popping out. When he came back with a large carrier bag, my eyes lit up. "Brought some treats for you" so i took a look, a bag of blimming Oranges and apples. Not what i want but it shows hes supporting me. So my weekend consits of  greentea with lemon and lots of oranges. Its one of those things i know is a habbit and i now need to make new ones in place of the old if i want to see this body transformation to the end and to make it my new healthy lifestyle.

So i arrived at my Mondays class that i call my "Last chance workout" and it was brill. Intense then usual but im sure thats because deborah is away for a few days and wants every to have a real good session, Its like a few days worth rolled into one session lol.My  hip started playing up so i couldnt keep up with it all but i did what i could. Think i left walking like John Wayne in one of those cowboy films.
I got up early Tuesday morning to be weighed, wasnt well enough for bootcamp. I lost 4lb!!! cant believe it. what a huge difference from last week. I really believe its because i followed those simple rules. Actually did what i was told for once. So glad i did :) .

I so cant wait to see what i will get next tuesday now.Really am starting to feel different.

Week 1- noticed how much energy i had. By end of the week my skin looking clearer.
Week 2- My size 18s had become to big to wear.Size 16s just fit. Lots of compliments from people about me looking slimmer.
Week 3- Even more compliments! Noticed that my hips have shrunk dramatically and my ex pregnancy belly  overhang has shrank so much that even the large magic knickers will have to be sacked! theres not much to hold in no more. Legs,shins,knees look more thin. I can no longer call them turkey drumstick legs. All this equals one thing=

HAPPY,HAPPY,HAPPY!

My advice to anyone thats been following my blog and want to do the Deborah Welch Drop a Dress/Jean Size to get in touch and go for it.Honestly, give it your all and you will see results. In three weeks i have lost a total of 16 pounds so far. however its not the number on the scales that count, its the inches ive lost and the healthy lifestyle im slowly adapting too. http://www.deborahwelchfitness.com/ for all details and classes that Deborah has to offer. Sign up to her newsletter also.  :)  Im so glad i started when i did. 

Heres a few examples of what i eat. I also each week try and make my own take away versions off food. Will start sharing some of these recipes and ideas with you in the next few weeks. Im loving sweetpotatoe chips at the moment. So heres a update of my blog.I could ramble on some more but i should be resting. If your on facebook come and "LIKE" my page https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Diary-Of-A-Body-Transformation/318610108175065 

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Nothing tastes as good, as losing weight feels...

Feeling brilliant compared to the last blog update.Reflection really helped to see why i felt so low. It wasn't the nutrition plan. It was me, I'm changing shape, and my clothes are becoming far to big for me. In fact i wore one top that Ive not worn for four weeks and somehow it now resembles a nightie. I don't think i have quite got it in my head that I'm actually loosing weight. This plan is actually working for me. I love the exercise, yes sometimes i moan, but i knew that it wasn't all going to be plane sailing. I hate burpees, i really do but i know that I'm going to love them. They are becoming so much easier to do, and they are what is really helping me to change. The one thing I've noticed was how much luggage I've carried, I'm not just talking about "more junk in the trunk" (chunky butt) but why I've put on the weight, I also know that its time to let it all go now. New start and that means a new me. So its time to turn my frown upside down and fight through the emotions,past hurt and pain and leave it all behind. Clinging on to`the past has only left me clinging on to the weight. Talking to one of my close friends today and actually opening up to her has made me realise. Ive spent too much time one putting everyone else first and that's left me coming last. So I'm being selfish for once, making a stand and doing something for myself. If I'm not healthy and fit how can i be expected to look after my son and partner.

 

I'm now on my third week. i lost 2.5 lb which is good! I'm 2lb away to loosing a stone, and i know that's very achievable. Last week i also had few late nights and I'm paying for it now.This week I'm making sure i go to bed by10pm.I remember how good i felt that first week, and theres no way I'm going to jeopardise my weightloss.So here's to a good week! I have a vision of looking fantastic nice for my sons first birthday! That's not until July but its made me realise this will become my way of life. I'm sick of having a life that is like Oprah Winfrey. Slim,fat,slim,chubby,slim,fat... and lets face it I'm not getting younger and the older i am the harder to shift the weight. So bring it on! I want to see my end result! Plus a wardrobe of new clothes would be lovely too! :) 

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You can feel sore tomorrow, or feel sorry, your choice, you choose!

I'm not going to lie to you, this week has been so hard! I was on such a high Tuesday and by Wednesday it all came crashing down. The other half said to me, "Whats wrong with you? You seem down." Of course my reply was, i don't actually know. He came up with the answer tho.Diagnosed by my fiance as having weightloss depression. Yes I'm sat here laughing to that but maybe hes right. Ive never ever had large number of weightloss like i did last week and its got me thinking? What if i put on weight next week? Have i actually done enough this week? Could i have done better? Of course the week for me isn't over yet. Weigh in day isn't until Tuesday. I know I've done what i can so far as this week goes.Its been half term and I've been doing lots with friends out and about. Cant always sneak in a 2litre bottle of water in some places, even taken a smaller bottle just isn't enough. Then theres the prices of water brought in these establishments. £1.20! i mean come on that's got to of come from some fancy spring for that price. One mouthful and its gone. Just not enough to keep my body ticking over, then you've got the cafes that don't serve salad. Just fat laden chips and dried out peas, Chicken processed nuggets or anything coated in stale old oil. Well that's what it smells like to me.Lucky for me ive learnt to have my lunch just before i go out the door and carry a banana in my bag or some almonds. Since starting Deborahs Welch 'M.E.T.H.O.D' nutrition plan its re-programed my mind and the way i think.Being out and about sat next to a friend and watching them sip a diet fizzy drink made me realise i don't miss it. I know whats contained in that can. Which is why i don't miss it. Unlike the days before i started the  'M.E.T.H.O.D' nutrition plan i was glugging away at the no sugar squash thinking it was healthy because it contains no sugar, never mind the artificial junk it contains.


Then I had to face doing our weekly shop, going through the huge double automatic doors waiting for the supermarket to swollow you up and make you buy the chocolates and Easter biscuits that's on offer by the door. No not me, i push my trolley down the isle expecting to be attacked by packets of bright coloured sweets coated in sugar. Hi sweets, bye sweets im off to the fresh veggies and fruit. I did it, i succeeded. I really thought id want them.Shopping must of been £40 pound cheaper. Just shows how much processed food we do actually buy. Lighter on the purse is a big plus doing it the Deborah Welch way. The only pounds I've lost are the ones that been glued to me for years. "Welcome to my World" That's one of the very first things i can remember Deborah saying. I must of thought i was crazy, but for now I'm glad I'm here, I'm hoping to stick around for a while. :)

So today is Sweaty Sunday. Ive enjoyed kettlebells then weight training with the other half plus a long walk around Ashton Court. That's my day complete. Ive made some motivation photos up. Ive decided to do the same at the end of this transformation just so that i can see how far I've come :)

Here's another picture that i will add, the first pic is me at Xmas, the middle is what i had achieved from my own nutrition plan but was also when i started Deborah Welch 'M.E.T.H.O.D' nutrition plan. The last photo is me few weeks after. You can really see the difference!!

Got a double class on Monday and that will be my last chance workout before Tuesday. Really don't know how it will go. But as long as I'm following the plan and looking at these pics, i know its working.
Heraclitus: "There is nothing permanent except change."

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Aches and pains but no gains :)

What a crazy 4 days its been, Kettlebells on the Sunday was wicked! I love it, there was bits where I thought I can't do this yet I have that inner voice that takes over me saying " bloody do it, push through, show them you can!" That's the skinny mini in me just dying to come through. I came home to then go and train with my other half. He had me doing circuits using weights. 1 min at each station. Leg press, dead lifts, triceps pushdowns,clean n jerks, dumbell press,and oblique twists using the largest crow bar youve ever seen! Loved it all. Yes there was the odd grunt here and there, dread to think what the neighbours must of thought.(working out in garage). I made a citrus salmon dish in the slow cooker.it was lovely.nice to do something different with fish other then just cook it in the oven.

Monday was my usual busy day with my son, I find what helps is if I prep up my snacks and fruit for breakfasts in tubs. I like to boil eggs and keep in the fridge. Handy and great for after working out.I decided that I was going to try Two classes of Deborah Welch on that Monday evening. All Abdominals , cardio and Conditioning. To sum it up in one word would be SWEAT! I loved the first class, calm, relaxing ab session that hits the spot but the second class was out of this world. I'm what you call a aerobic-phobic lol never liked it but this was different. It had some bootcamp moves, squats, jumping jacks, jogging on the spot, I actually enjoyed it. Then we did some crazy thing using paper plates and our mats. Not sure what you call it, slipping and sliding around with paper plates under my feet was hard but so good.I'm still feeling it now and its been a few days! Then to finish off a lovely cool down. All I remember after was my legs felt so wobberly and Deborah saying," see you in the morning for bootcamp! And weigh in" . Drove home,shower and bed.when I woke in the morning my poor body ached from head to toe! Went to Deborahs and had the shock of my life, yep you've lost 9.5 pound! And 3inches of fat gone from my waist! I mean , where the hell did that go? I couldn't wait to get bootcamp over with so I could go home and tell my other half! Bootcamp on the other hand was hard. But I just kept on going.When you think you've finished you hear Debroah shout out "right now you just need to put it all together" This is when I think I really can't go on, but somehow I always do go on! What a fantastic first week, and even tho I've just been food shopping and other half is putting in his treats in the trolley I'm smiling to myself thinking, if only you knew what's in that. Here's to another week, who knows what I will loose, but I know for certain that I will not cheat, Il only be cheating myself ...........

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Shopping, Sabotage and Sweaty Sundays!

Wow I'm only on day four but what a huge difference i feel already. Friday day time i cooked a lovely lentil and chicken dish in the slow cooker, ate about a hour before my kettlebell workout but felt not 100%. Workout done and what a workout. Lieing on my back doing pelvic tilts with a kettlebell and i felt like i was from the music video Eric Prydz - Call on me. If you don't know it, check it out on youtube. I did struggle doing the lunges, but i did what i could and stuck at it. Better to give 3 good ones then 15 bad one. I need it to work, and doing it the easy way is noway to get results. I'm pretty please with my shopping, got some good veg without compromising on the quality.

This was only half of it! The only side effects Ive noticed since Ive started is Ive all of a sudden come out in spots, and i haven't actually craved anything yet! However i cant avoid temptations, there everywhere!!  Ive got the other half forgetting what i can and cant have and i went to open a packet of baby organic crisps and first instinct was to put one in my mouth.... so glad i didn't. To top it all off i needed to travel to Birmingham to visit family. My family is lovely however they always have crisps chocolates,cake ,bread to offer. Really wernt sure how it was going to be so i prepacked some food and snacks.

Theres no excuses! plan and prepare! It got me through that Saturday. Even phoned and explained to my family what i was doing. Very supportive. I was a bit moody on the drive back home and was glad to go to bed. Another day done! Now Sundays are what i call sweaty Sundays, had a bad nights sleep but still had energy to get up, I'm feeling fab even tho its that time of the month when mother nature visits, its usually the time where i struggle and hibernate, don't like going out but i feel fantastic.I had a ace kettlebell workout and even tho i still feel it from Friday i can actually say i worked out 110%!!  Came home had a snack, boiled egg and few almonds and prepared lunch.

On Tuesday is when i get measured again, I'm not sure how its going to be but i have defentantly followed  Deborahs plan 100%  I want a change and i have so many people following my progress. Its funny, i brought new underwear two weeks ago and this week Ive noticed they are getting to big. I so cant wait to get into all my old clothes. Most with tags on still!


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food glorious food....

Wow what a busy two days Ive had, removed all temptations. Went shopping for lots of yummy veg and fruit! Deborah had given me a list of foods i could have.I just cant believe that it was so hard finding normal full fat yoghurt. Its diet this, low fat that, and contains so much hidden sugars!

• Sucrose
• Glucose
• maltose

• Dextrose 

Just to name a few! Theres so much out there. So i woke up this morning and had a fruit and yoghurt breakfast with sesame seeds on top, snacked on carrot sticks,celery and boiled egg, lunch was a large beef and feta salad with lime dressing. Just juice from a lime and black pepper to add some flavour.Then i had to go out, so instead of taking the car i walked to town.Proberly  a mile or so each way. Tea was a warm salad, spinach,broccoli,cabbage,spring greens,mushrooms,red peppers,red onions,garlic,chili with slices of lean beef. Yummy! not even starving!

Ive have also purchased a slow cooker so i can cook some yummy evening food effortsly while still paying my son (6months and crawling!) lots of attention. Cant wait for tomorrow to try it out.I'm making my fave take away meal, chicken Dhansak,lots of lentils.

I have my favourite workout class to look forward too,Kettlebells! Here's a pic below of me before i started kettlebells with Deborah Welch Fitness and on the right me three weeks after! Really does help to tone you up.

As you can see, its crazy what difference three weeks doing kettlebells/bootcamp and eating well can do. In the next post i will show you a pic taken from tonight of my start of this transformation.

 "If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end."Julius Erving

No Looking back, its not where we're we going.....

So i met up with Deborah yesterday, we spoke about the  healthy food plan, the exercise, but also importantly why i have to eat plenty and drink lots of bottled water! And all other tips that will help me aid fat burning, and repairing muscles, big factor is Sleep! Its crazy to think that if i had this basic understanding from school i probably wouldn't be the way i am today. The plan seems simple to follow, a few rules here and there, but no calorie counting or syns or points or even weighing. Il be eating every three hours so i shouldn't go hungry.Cant believe tho il be buying full fat yoghurt for the first time in years! It was lovely to actually speak to someone who really wanted to listen and help. I then went and got weighed, I'm so shocked of how much body fat i have. Yep that flashed up on the scales too! Theres no hiding! I also had certain parts of my body measured.  I wasn't going to start this until Monday, but I'm starting to think, "Why put off tomorrow, what i can do today" So its shopping for me tomorrow and then prepping food ready. So hopefully il be ready to start Thursday the latest :) Bye bye sausages,bread, Sugar and processed foods! I'm already putting in the hard work with exercise so i may as well start! Had bootcamp first thing this morning and im aching all over, but thats a good ache lol
Here's a few old pics of me, slim and big......  

To be honest with you, i don't think i enjoyed the camera as i became bigger. The only time i enjoyed being big was when i was pregnant. By the way the pic above was few years before i was pregnant.I don't even think i knew just how big i looked until after this pic was taken.  So this is now my past, and that's where it will stay, as I'm no longer looking back. Even the old slim me can stay in the past, i want a newer, healthier, no cutting corners version.The new one will have a story to tell with a happier ending.......   

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Time for a change!

Hi! I'm Semira and I'm 27 years old. This is my blog on my journey to fight years of unhealthy eating and to become not only slimmer but a healthier person. This is my story, and i hope you will all follow me, il be working alongside Deborah Welch Fitness & Fat Loss. Deborah will be supporting me with my fitness and diet.So sit back enjoy my blog and watch me shrink! After having my baby i felt the need of a change, i was over weight before i was pregnant.Putting on 3 stone during my pregnancy and having a pregnancy related illness which had caused me to be on crutches from 4months pregnant had left me miserable. I knew that if i was smaller my condition proberly wouldn't of been so bad. My son was born and my weight loss journey had began. To start off it was the pram walks, dvd workouts then the occasion session down the gym,i needed something different......
  
I had  heard about a bootcamp style workout in the area that i live in and decided to find out more. I found Deborah Welch on facebook through a friend that was going to do the bootcamps. At first i was unsure, i mean i thought bootcamp was some tough army guy shouting at you constantly and reducing you to tears,somewhere you stay for a week and eat awful food,but i was so wrong. I first started off doing a free "taster" class of kettlercise.A kettlebell is quite simply a cast iron ball with a handle attached to the top of it.Kettlercise is a metabolic workout and therefore increases your metabolism, burns bodyfat fast, and delivers results quickly! My partner had taken a picture of me before i started and another three weeks later and i could see a difference. I was then attending one morning a week at "Bootcamp" Ive become hooked. So hooked i even attended bootcamp on Christmas eve!

 Here we all are down the sea front wearing our Santa Hats doing our squats!

Ive decided to really go for a change, Deborah was looking for someone to take a step further then her DDS (Drop a dress/jean size)Plan, a complete body transformation! Now thats what i call perfect timing! I'm braving it and taking the plunge,I know i have to step outside my comfort zone to achieve my goals. No cheating is allowed, i have to follow Deborahs plan and to workout a minimum of three times a week.... Can i do it? ..What have i got to loose? Somehow i know its not going to be easy, but you don't get results from doing things the easy way !