If I keep this up I will be at a 10kg loss on Wednesday

I jumped on to the scales this morning and they made me excited. If they keep going in the downward direction until Wednesday morning then I will have lost 10+kg since starting the 12wbt pre season...eeekkk

Today before work I ducked into Kmart (my works opposition) to buy a new pair of black work pants. My current ones are a size 22 and they are falling down on me. I tried a 20 on and they felt too loose also. So I ended up buying an EIGHTEEN (yep an 18). I haven't worn an 18 for a long time. I am so excited that I am now going to head to a 2nd hand shop like Savers/Salvos etc and buy some cheap smaller clothes ! There is no point in buying expensive clothes when my shape and size will vary so much in the next 6 months or so.

My eating is back on track thankfully, I am having 1200 calories a day now. It is great to be back in control in this area. I am still doing and loving the gym classes, I definitely think Sh'Bam is my favourite, followed by Body Step and then Zumba. I still want to give Body Attack/Combat a go when I can.

I'm not surprised !

Wednesday weigh in is here and I had a not surprising gain. A 600 gram gain ! As I have said previously the exercise is going really really well. I am actually loving the gym and as I haven't been for 2 days due to beig away I am missing it. Today I am hoping I can get back there but I have to catch up on washing and general housework after being away. Also Hollie has a dentist appointment this afternoon !

So my issue is definitely the food. I haven't been eating 1200 calories everyday, it has been more like 800 calories, so I think I am sending my body in to starvation mode and it is not liking it at all. Therefore I am not losing the weight I set out to lose. I guess this is a learning curve for me and I will use it to get back on track. I know the 12wbt works, I just have to use it correctly.

I just reviewed my goals and if I continue not eating the correct calories I will definitely not reach my goals. So today I will look at what is happening for the rest of the week and next week and get back on track.

Onwards and Upwards !

Time to re-watch the mind set lessons I think.

I have been feeliing a bit blah this week. It was my 36th birthday yesterday, maybe that is why :/
I am going really really good on the exercise and I'm really loving going to the gym everyday. Today I was there for 3 classes - Sh'Bam, Core, and Body Vive. I also did 30 minutes on the traeadmill between the last 2 classes ! At home I am also keeping active with general housework and gardening. I really do have much more energy than before this started.

However, I have not been following the food program 100%, more like 80%. I mean don't get me wrong, I haven't had anything nasty to eat since starting the pre season, except for going out for dinner for Clint's birthday. I have been doing my own menu plans with the information I have already learnt. I don't think I am truly ready for this though just yet, and I think it is showing on the scales. I am only losing between 400-700 grams a week, and I know that is totally fine, but it won't allow me to reach my goal at the end of the the program at this rate.

So I will re-watch the tasks and then go back to the weekly plans and follow them exactly as asked.

Amazing and Inspirational

This gorgeous girl has been doing the 12wbt program for a few years... her results are amazing! She is amazing!

Music

I found this picture today and it is so true. The music that is played at the classes is awesome, I find myself singing along and working harder with it.  It really does get me moving harder and my muscles (some I didn't know I owned !!!) are definitely being tortured !

I tried a new class today

This morning I had an assessment at the gym - they did the routine measurements, which I'm not going by. I much prefer to go by the ones I have already taken for the 12 wbt. Also their scales show different figures than mine so pfft to them ;p

So after the assessment I came home and got the kids ready to take them to the pool at the gym complex. So while they were swimming I did my 1st ever Body Step class. I felt really comfortable with the class as there were lots of newbies and it was a small class of about 10 ladies. It was damn hard work and I sweated like I have never sweated before. I did find it really tough with some tracks being much faster, but overall I loved it and will definitely be going back next week.

Yesterday Hollie had another cali competition but it was a later one so I got up early and went and did a Zumba class. It really had me energised for the rest of the day and for work that night :)

My eating has been all good foods this week, however I made my own choices and haven't followed the menu plan exactly. All my choices were good ones though. So tomorrow for weigh in Wednesday I am hoping for a loss of 1-1.5kgs :)

Getting there !

Well I have been to the gym every day since joining except one when Hollie had a calisthenics competition all day and I had to work that night. The 1st few days I just used the treadmill for an hour, I just walked on it. I then moved onto using the tready and the bike. The bike was hard work. I am now starting to learn to run on the treadmill.

I have done 3 classes. 2 zumba ones and 1 Sh'Bam class. I love them both. I am getting up the courage to give Step and Attack a go now, while I continue doing zumba and sh'bam aswell as the gym equipment.

I actually thought the gym would be intimidating but actually everyone just goes about their own work out without even worrying about anyone else. Just the way I want it to be.