Are the scales broken??

Ive been on such a high from the last weigh in and then mother nature decided to turn up and turn this week upside down for me. Ive been feeling like a crazed animal "looking for food" Or better still like the Pac-man from one of those computer games from the 80s. Emotions been up and down. It seemed no matter what i ate i was craving one thing, something really sweet.I tried the usual fruit and yoghurt but that didn't work so i gave up and went to bed. The one thing that i hadn't been doing was writing down my food diary, i just stopped when i was ill  few weeks before. I believed that i was a miss know it all and didn't need to jott anything down when actually it would of helped me to stay focused and i was prob not eating enough. So i decided to actually do what works best and since Monday I've been writing everything down. Its been great so far as i could see straight away I've not been drinking enough fluid. We've just had mothers day and it was my first mothers day so to celebrate i actually had my first bit of cake which seems like forever since I've last ate some. This wasn't just any cake, this was one of my old favourites, carrot cake from Costco. Whenever we have party's this cake would be there. I could eat so much of it.

The first bite was "ooo lovely, bit sweet tho" I decided i would still eat what was on my plate but within 20mins-1hr i felt so ill. I had same side affects as if i was hungover from being on the booze all night! I knew then that there is no way i want to feel like that all the time. That must of been how i use to feel but i would carry on eating processed foods not realising how much harm they can do to your body. I felt so guilty after, let myself down but to be honest with you i actually needed to know how to choose responsibly. Once my time is over with Deborah Welch doing this body transformation i honestly think because I've been following her nutrition plan for a while now its actually becoming habit rather then just a plan. Its now a way of life. I can safely say I've now developed a taste of goody nutritious wholesome foods and that "Eating clean and training dirty" is what works for me, its my fuel my body needs. So if you've been like me and had your blip, don't kick yourself about it. Draw a line after that blip, don't go reaching for other temptations and remember that  by eating temptations only lasts for a few moments but the damage can last a life time if you continue down that path.

Ive worked so hard at kettlebells this week, i absolutely love kettlebells, and bootcamp is actually becoming one my faves.Its working, I've never ever in all the years of going to the gym have i ever achieved what i have achieved now. I think when you have a instructor/trainer with a great personality in front of you that can push you but in the most inspiring motivational way it works. "Don't give up, think about smaller bums" or "Think about summer in you bikini" and one my faves are, "Just do this bit and you can have a drink" That one makes me laugh, its like you push yourself to finish , your covered in sweat and having a sip from your water bottle seems like a huge reward. It really works :)

Ive been working out once a week with my partner, he loves lifting weights. So sharing something he loves keeps him happy. Last week he was amazed with how much ive lifted. I was deadlifting 84kilos with reps. The most one off lift was 90 kilos. Then he had me doing front squats and squats of 60kilos. I cant tell you now I'm not clued up with numbers but apparently I've lifted 14.5 stone! that's my body weight I've lifted. Cant believe it. I was taught to just pick up the weights and stand. I'm very chuffed with this. Just proves that you don't have to be huge to lift weights. Its mind over matter :)  I thought that i would do my blog abit differently today, i really want to talk to you all about the importance in inch loss rather then numbers on the scales, so sorry if i ramble on but will try show you in pics too. I got weighed with Deborah Welch and i had only lost 1 pound. 1 crappy pound i thought after all that lifting weights ect. I felt disheartened but i did already know that the scales would slow down.  Now 1 lb is actually still qite alot. Its equivalent to a large mug filled with fat.

 

Now heres what 5lb of fat and 5lb of muscle looks like.Muscle doesnt weigh anymore then fat, its just shaped differently, making our bodys look more streamlined rather then bulky/chunky. If you had two people that weighed the same and was the same height yet one person looked more streamlined ,toned then the other thats because they both have different compostion of fat. 

 Now i know it may take me awhile now to loose  some more weight however i am noticing I'm still shrinking. The week i lost my 5 lbs i still couldn't get into my size 16 jeans. However the week after i only lost 1lb and they now fit me.They are also baggy in places. This can mean only one thing- INCH LOSS!  Inch loss= smaller sizes!! So the next time you think your scales are broken, go and try some clothes on that never use to fit. You will be surprised! i know, because i was!  Before i go i just want to leave some Motivation for you to take away ;)

"Remind yourself that your body is a living machine that needs to be pushed past its normal physical limits, you will start to feel so much better in yourself, and you will see change! It doesn't happen over night but it does happen if you work hard at it.You may not see the difference at first but you will feel the difference! People will start to notice and trust me that's a good feeling to have"


"The best taste you can ever have, is success."

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