Week Two Post

Weighed in at 60.9kg this morning............up 700g from last week :( I think I should stop jumping on the scales and instead go by how I am feeling and looking, otherwise those damn things will do my head in!

I've taken another lot of progress photos and I "think" I'm a little tighter in the waist/stomach area??? Hard to tell really!

I've had a relaxed weekend with my eating and training, nothing too over the top just not as strict as during the week. BUT, not it's Monday so back to 100% clean eating and training everyday.

So with 7 weeks and 5 days to go just gotta keep on keeping on!

Check out my comparison pics and let me know if you can see any difference???

Week One Down

Week one down and 1kg gone ;) So on track!

I started this pre photoshoot challege last Monday at 61.2kg and weighed in today at 60.2kg. Only 5.2kg to go to get to where I want to be and 8 weeks to the day...........5.2kg in 8 weeks? Totally achievable!

I forgot to take "before" photos last Monday, but have taken some photos this morning which I will upload. Apologies for the rash on my tummy and arms if you notice it, i'm not a leper, it's a rash from Commando Crawls at bootcamp yesterday! Very itchy and sore :(

Of course I've got my muscles shots as well ;)

Date has been set

After many month of talking about having a photo shoot with Dallas Olsen, Chrissey and I have finally booked in a date of 26th June to actually do this! So we have just over 2 months to get into shape that we'd be happy to have our photos taken at.
Hence, project kick butt and get sexy!!!!!

So what's needed to kick butt and get sexy? Well, goals first of all. What do we want to achieve in the next 2 months? These are my goals for the photo shoot:
* Weigh between 52-55kg (will re-assess when I get to 55kg and see if I want to lose anymore)


* Muscle definition similar to that of a sports model, not figure comp, that's too lean. I want defined arm muscles that can be seen without flexing, defined muscles that can be seen without flexing and ab muscles that can be seen without flexing. Not too concerned about having big leg muscles, I just want to lean those right down.

* Exercise 6 days per week which includes 4 x weight sessions (4 day split) and 6 x cardio sessions (2 x interval sessions on non weights days + 4 x low intensity sessions on weight days)

* Eat clean foods 90% of the time (2 x cheat meals per week)

* Drink 2 1/2 - 3 liters of water per day

* Try to eat every 2-3 hours and have protein at every meal (even small meals at morning tea and arvo tea)

* Have a protein shake within 20mins of finishing training, then a meal within 1 1/2 hours of finishing training
 
On top of that, I have put together a diet to follow over the next 2 months:
 
Breakfast


• Oats on water with protein powder

• Omelette with tomato, mushrooms, onions, spinach

• Gluten free cereal with skim milk + protein shake

• Gluten free toast with ABC butter + protein shake

Lunch/Dinner

• Protein* salad with avocado and sweet potato

• Protein* and salad sandwich

• Protein* with sweet potato and steamed vegetables

• Vegetable soup with grilled chopped chicken

• Protein* stir fry

*Protein sources: chicken/turkey/salmon/fish/kangaroo/tuna/beef/lamb

*Red meat at least twice a week according to dietary recommendations

Snacks

• Piece of fruit + 12 almonds

• Piece of fruit + protein shake

• Piece of fruit + tinned tuna/salmon

• Piece of fruit + protein bar

Piece of fruit + hard boiled egg

• Yoghurt mixed with 12 almonds

• Protein shake mixed with berries to make smoothie

• Cottage cheese with fruit and sugar free maple syrup and cinnamon

• Cottage cheese with protein powder

So if I follow this plan then I should be in pretty good shape come photo shoot time and will hopefully be looking a little something like this:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Feel free to check up on me and make sure I am on track ;)
 

Update

Well, been missing for a little while! Haven't had much to report on to be honest, but in hindsight there has been a lot happening.

Nothing much to report on the weight loss front. Haven't been 100% for the past few months so haven't been training as much as what I would like to.

I decided to concentrate more on repairing my mind/spirit type stuff and have been having kinesiology sessions, cranial sacral sessions, yoga and meditation.
I definately think it's helping.

Many aspects of my life are working out for the better which definately helps feeling better about myself.

Chrissey came and stayed on Saturday night so we could get up early and head off to the IFBB competition at Caloundra.
She bought with her 8 balloons............which I first thought were for Nicky since it was her birthday on Saturday, but no..........I was wrong.
Apparantley we were going to write on them all the stuff we wanted to be rid of and "release" them. Mmmmm, I immediately felt uneasy and don't like to deal with my issues on other people's terms. But, this is my year of healing and if I want to heal, then I need to trust other people have my best interests at heart and can help in my healing journey.
So off we went off the backyard to sit with my Dad and write away on the balloons. Once we wrote what we wanted to release we spoke about it to each other then counted to three and released our balloons together.
Away all our issues floated and quite significantly the ribbons attached to the balloons entwined and floated away together. Kind of symbolises the support that Chrissey and I have given and will continue to give to each other in the future.
We did this two more times with other balloons (I could have really filled those balloons with lots and lots of stuff), then on our final white balloon we wrote what we wanted to achieve in the future, our manifestation to the universe.
One of my goals is to complete a marathon....................but that's another post.

So a massive thank you to my good friend Chrissey who just knows what a gal needs xxxx

Wow! What a weekend...........

Not sure how I am going to articulate this, but I'll try.

I just spent the weekend at Emazon Central with a group of fantastic women.
The weekend started with a bootcamp on a very, very steep hill - yucko! Not fun at all. It was good when it was over, and glad that I did it, but very hard during.

The remainder of the weekend was spent with Emma and Mark at Emazon Central. Those of us who have participated in Stand Your Ground courses before had a refresher of our fighting strikes, while the "newbies" learnt the basics from Emma.

The whole weekend really kind of merges into itself and I can't remember which things happened on what days.
I do remember being the most affected on the Saturday. I finally released. I finally had a good cry about my Dad. I won't go into the nitty gritty cause it's all still so raw, but I am confident that I have learnt the skills to deal with these emotions and cope with the grief. Now, I just need to be consistent.

I have come away from the weekend physically and emotionally drained. I only have 3 knuckles that aren't split, I have bruises on my shins from my roundhouse kicks, bruises on my elbows from elbowing the bags and bruises on my knees from kneeing the pads.
Basically I am bruised inside and outside.

I felt so vague today, really doey and weird. I really wish the whole weekend had been video taped so that I can go back and watch what had happened so I can remember all we were taught. I guess I just need time to process it all.

Managed to take some progress shots today, even though I didn't feel like it. BUT, i've made a commitment to doing it once a month and it's due today :)

I'm pleased with my progress, I can really start to see the difference in my shoulders/chest/upper abs/back.............now just for my stoopid butt and legs to catch up!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrr

Time to look after me

Got my blood test results back yesterday - all clear..................mmmmmm, definately thought something would come up.
Have been having head-spins, feeling dizzy, tired and generally just blah. My Dr was convinced I was anemic, but apparantley not. He was very impressed with my results and said that everything was normal or better than normal.

Soooooooooooooo his answer - stress. I was quite upset when he first said this, because it seems that everything that is wrong with me is stress related, which means - I am doing this to myself!
He told me to go home and think about whats been happening in my life over the past two months and see if anything could have affected me and made me feel stressed.

So I did that, and I had come up with quite a few actually:
* Not being happy at work and taking a month off from my long service leave so I can just get away from the place and figure out what I want to do
* Brining my Dad's ashes up from Sydney, very hard time!
* Renovations at home
* Family issues/disagreements
* My 30th birthday party

So maybe it is stress? Maybe now that most of these things have settled down, things might start to improve? He has told me that I need to look after myself. Eat right, make an effort to exericse, try some yoga etc.
So thats what I am going to do. I need to make a real effort to look after myself and if the issues are still there, then I can go back and we can explore other possible causes.

So here's to 2010 being the year I put me first

Progress Shots

Well................haven't posted for over a month! Whoops!  Have had sooooo much going on lately, what with Christmas and my 30th Birthday Party. Not that these are excuses for not making a lot of progress over the last month, but thats whats happened.

My new progress photos don't show much change (if any at all), but I have committed to taking monthly shots and will do so.

So here is my front on pic, first one is Dec and second one Jan

Then onto the back view

 

Side view

Biceps

Now here is a picture thats shows the difference of a few kgs, just to make me feel a bit better about how far I have come

So now that Christmas and my 30th Birthday are done and dusted I have no excuses not to find the time to exercise.

I did the stairs with Nicky yesterday and feel re-focused.

Promise to blog more regularly :)