Come so far in a short amount of time....

My week has gone so quick, well it feels like that. I now wake up feeling lean and toned rather then flabby and breathless. My body doesn't ache too bad from all the exercise because I'm now use to it. My knees no longer feel like they are going to buckle underneath me. I can actually say my legs are especially my shins and calf's are the thinnest Ive ever seen in my life :)  After another week of metabolic class, kettlebells, bootcamps and weight training I'm proud to say i had a 1 and 1/2 pound loss. That's like a large cup and half of fat gone from my body.

I have only got about a week left with my transformation with Deborah Welch. I also go back to work, my maternity leave has come to the end. However during my journey i realised that this isn't a quick fix. i didn't want it to be another moment in my life. Ive worked too hard to just throw it all away. I will be continuing my blog as a working mum wanting to stay healthy and fit. Theres people out there that actually believe they haven't got time to be healthy or to be fit. I want to show you all that you can. Even if your funds are low.I only know too well how hard its been and may have not always put it in my blog. When i started with Deborah i was over 16 stone, im now currently around 14 stone mark. I was 19 stone after the birth of my son. My weight started to hit a plateau and since meeting Deborah its just melted away. As the weight has fallen off so has the bad memories of my past, the hurt,the pain and the anger. I had learnt that through exercise i could channel these thoughts and bring out something positive and although some things in my life especially through my transformation  i couldn't prevent- ie my mum having cancer the second time round. I had learned to carry on rather then stop and be a complete worrying mess. Life is hard, but sometimes its just all swings and roundabouts. You gotta take the rough with the smooth and tackle life in a more positive way. I decided that if I'm a healthier person and i fall ill i would have a much more better chance in fighting.

I went from this.......

To eating foods like this......

 To changing my body shape, loosing fat, lots of inches all over and having a more sculpt body. Two stone might not seem a lot on the scales, but the amount of inches I've lost is unbelievable! Ive overcome doubters, haters and learnt to kick other negative putdowners out of my life.

My progress month from month, the top was my start, middle was the end of the first month, and third row was the end of the second row.

Now if i can do it, so can you! Don't sit and take a back seat. Don't be like how i was, watching tv programs of other overweight people loosing weight and thinking oh i wish i can do that. I spent the last 5 years doing that. Fad diets, shakes, pills. Always searching for that next weightloss fix!

All you need is determination and the words  "I KNOW I CAN"

Remember, life is for living! So find your true self-worth and live it how you really should!

Look out for next weeks blog :)

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Old habits creeping in...

Just as the title , old habits are creeping in between the gaps of my life. It sucks because I've let it happen. Late nights, not drinking much water, didn't continue my food diary, stop eating my snacks and ended up either not eating enough or eating huge portions in one go. Although the scales didn't move this week more did I put on I feel somewhat disappointed with myself. The determination and motivation seems to have slipped. Well no more! Why should I allow myself to go backwards, why should I not only let Deborah Welsh (trainer)down but most of all myself. How can I have new goals if I haven't completed the ones I already have. Yep maybe your thinking I'm being hard on myself but to be honest I think by giving yourself a talking to every once in a while isn't a bad thing. I'm shaking this up. Food diary has been started. It helped before because I also could make sure I ate little and often. I've cleared my mind and have started today as if it was my first day I started with the Deborah Welch M.E.T.H.O.D  nutrition plan. After all there's method in her madness and it actually works. I'm proof of that. Gonna pull it out of the bag for her and myself next week. If any of you that lives near by and Fancy's trying out what Fitness classes Deborah has to offer then please do add her on Facebook. Sign up to her news letter free to receive free advice,recipes, exercise tips. I'm a girl on a mission now. Needed to get my mojo back, will let you know next blog if I actually do :) . Breakfast was large  scrambled eggs with peppers,onions,spinach. Snacks ,boiled egg, red pepper banana and Lunch, sweet potato jacket with humous,feta and spring onion with side salad. Roast Turkey for tea tonight with all the trimmings just no gravy for me. My last meal will be at 6pm the latest.  I'm currently aching from last nights metabolic class and have completed bootcamp in the rain this morning. Wasn't too bad when your on the move. You forget its actually raining.I'm hoping to do Thursdays bootcamp too then kettlebells at end of the week. All classes  ran by Deborah Welch and there is always variation in each class. Never get bored, she always has something new to show you and get you to take part. In my  last blog I had spoke about how I actually found loosing the weight easier when I was bigger.It's getting harder now, so I need to start challenging myself to do what is asked, to not give in before the desired time and to put more reps in. I'm finding I hit that burn feeling and rather then pushing through it I stop. One of the most things I find hard at the moment is working on my abs.Deborah always has brilliant exercises for the abs, its hard but it works.I'm going to be pushing myself even more during our abdominal workout... I really want to banish this lower part of my tummy now :)

 Heres an old pic of my stomach, I'm putting it here to spur me on and to keep me remembering what i want and can achieve....

 Heres to a much more better,positive week for me!

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."
– Jim Rohn



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Last few weeks left!...

As usual just another hectic week in my world. Ive been eating so many greens, specially spinach. I'm on a mission to get rid of my pregnancy belly. It feels like its taking forever! I know its shrinking but being impatient its not shrinking fast enough. Id love my hourglass frame back. Ive seem to have forgotten how far I've come, instead I'm thinking how much I've got left. And to be honest considering I've been with Deborah for 2 months Ive actually done very well! Ive now lost 2stone on top of my previous weight loss. Ive now lost 5 stone! We've just had Easter holidays and I'm so glad its been and gone! It was hard. Plus kettlebells had finished for Easter to.I was lucky that my fiance Simon was home for a few days , so i manged to get 2 sessions of bootcamp in :) and some weight training also.


So here are my 2nd month results, in 8 weeks i have lost 2 stone, 9" off stomach and 10" off hips and I'm one very happy girl :)  Here are some photos to show you my start, 1st and 2nd month into my transformation.

 When i first saw my photos the first thing i did was pic fault. I'm so used to picking fault with myself that really i should be saying well done me! I can see my arms are getting smaller, my back is alot smoother, my bottom has shrank and although my belly is there its shrunk too. I really need to put my all into these last few weeks now. The strange thing is, when i had all this extra weight i moaned and struggled at everything i did during exercise yet looking back i actually think that was the easy bit. Having the extra weight actually helped me to burn my own body fat. Yet now I'm smaller I've got to do a few more repetitions in and work even harder to get to my goal. I'm actually finding this the hard bit now. What i do know is, doing anything that takes you out of your comfort zone is what will make you reach your goals. I'm gonna push,push,push myself now. I'm going to do things that  i don't really like in exercise class or make me feel uncomfortable, because i want to see results. I wouldn't mind, defined abs well actually some abs to start off would be nice, but realistically i don't think that's achievable in four weeks. So here's my advice to you, if your just starting out and your aim is weightloss, don't put yourself off that workout or let others tell you what you CANT do. Just do it. If you don't like waking up in the morning early, tell yourself all you have to do is roll out of bed sweep your hair back and workout. Getting it done out of the way first thing means you have the rest of the day to yourself, handwork has been completed and you don't have time first thing to make up excuses to why you cant workout today. After I've finished this transformation I'm gonna continue my blog on some new goals of mine. Loosing this weight so far has took a load off my shoulders shell we say lol. The new me is now in arms reach and no longer round the corner.

 "Never,
    Never,
      Never
        Give
          UP"






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Triggers

 We all have choices to be made in life. Everything we do is and has been a choice made by yourself. You choose to speak,walk, eat,sleep. You choose to say hi,drive,
walk, do the shopping. Some choices are made because its instinct. Some are just habit. It's 5am in the morning and I couldn't sleep. I had all this going through my mind because of the day I've had. Having bad news nearly made me choose bad choices but I've decided to try put a negative and turn it or its outcome into something positive. This blog I'm going to try explain about what triggers are and how
we can turn the negative into a positive energy. It's actually so important to weight loss. I held on to my weight and insecurities for four years. Yes I've been big before and lost weight but I've never been on such a healthy lifestyle like I am now. My trigger today was learning of my mums illness progressing. The feeling of guilt about certain things can really take over and what I Probably really felt was the thought of loosing someone close to me. The old habits started to try creep back. Your down and feel the need to stuff your face. But why? What would I actually achieve?  You need to ask yourself is it even worth it? Don't think oh IL have that now because IL burn it off tomorrow because truth be known, you Properly won't.the damage is already done. So was the contents in your fridge/ cupboard or the take away menu. Don't undo what hard
work you've already done. Make a stand and tell yourself that you believe in ...YOU! No matter what is going on in your life. Stress can come and go, you just need to learn how to relax. It's taken me till now to actually learn to relax. I was always on the go in everything I do that by just being busy had caused me to become stressed. It's like a mountain that you climb, before you know it you've reached your peak.
The amount of time it takes to lose weight, and the natural tendency to slip up occasionally, can leave people feeling discouraged and disappointed. This can lead to self-criticism, anger, or even guilt about letting friends or family down.

When we have negative thoughts and feelings about our bodies and what they can do, these feelings may overflow into other areas of life. Negative thoughts can control and take over a person's self-image and make it difficult to accomplish goals. This is were you need to change these thoughts and emotions around. Start by loving yourself. If you feel tempted to put your body or yourself down, focus instead on your workouts and by the end of that hour workout you will feel de-stressed and re-freshed.
Another great way to boost self-esteem is to accomplish goals that you set for yourself, just small goals like getting into a pair of jeans or workout 3 times a week. Give yourself a reward, mine isn't in a treat meal but shopping. I told myself i wasn't going to buy any more clothes the same size. Now i can actually fit in clothes a size smaller! Never thought i would but i do and i actually need to go a size smaller again. I do however try make my goals about changing behaviour's. Another way to feel good about yourself is to find others who support you. I'm very lucky as I've built up a really good relationship with other people that go to bootcamp, fitness class and kettlebells. Not all are there to loose weight but some are there to keep up their healthy lifestyle. The encouragement i get is mostly feeling like I'm able to turn up to class on my own not worry what others think. Unlike the gym where you cant get to chat to a few random people.

I use to eat food just because i was bored. Now i keep myself busy. I now know the signs to look out for and replace these habits with good ones like making sure my fridge is stocked up with handy snacks like carrot sticks, humous,boiled eggs, nuts. So if i fancy food i have healthy choices available. Deborah says "failure to prepare equals prepare to fail!!"  

     

This week has been a emotional rollercoster for me and i really hope for everyone that reads this blog can take something away with them and share any information given. Not only have i decided to change my habits but I've also decided to change my lifestyle and work is one of them. i was basically "living to work" Since starting this body transformation I've decided to "work to live" Money although it helps really isn't everything. Sorry but you cant put a price on health. Plus life is too short. I don't want to spend another 30 years of my life not having time to smell the flowers outside because I'm too busy working. I want a balanced work/ life and to start enjoying my good health.  I don't ever want to feel like that sluggish lack of energy girl i once was. This week I've lost 3 pounds. I really want to loose another 2pound to get to the 2stone mark I've lost since being with Deborah Welch fitness and fatloss. I'm feeling very much excited with what the future could hold for me.:) 

"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There's not such things as life in-between."
Pat Riley 

" The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers. "
Walter Percy Chrysler

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