THIRD POST! RECAP/FOOD

Week 1 I was in it to win it. I did everything by the book. Had no cheats. Ate perfectly. Then messed up my Saturday Session workout. LAME! I was so pissed off. Plus i was super cranky from reducing the size of portions that I had grown accustom. Oh well blow it off, move on too week two.

Week 2 smooth sailing. The workouts got easier I am faster and feel stronger. No cheats until....I freak out and am craving sugar from the beginning of the day Friday (6am) until 3pm. When I fall. I am at the grocery store and I purchase a Coke. (I know. I should be shot.) Here I am Trying to lose weight and I eat candy.

...Oh! You don't know me.....

 While I am not a large consumer of sweets....YES I AM!
I could eat a candy bar every day and clean it up with a tub of ice cream. It has happened before not frequently, because I know I love to eat...So I don't buy the stuff as a general rule. But at work there is a bowl of Snickers, and Mars Bars, individually wrapped funsize chocolates that I could just inhale if I was stressed enough. (I wouldn't really need to be stressed.)

So back to this coke. I drank a bit of the coke. It was great for one drink. It took me three days to finish the coke and by the end of this sad flat 600ml bottle of coke I really didn't want it. But I forced myself to down it. At the time I thought. I am going to allow myself this one sweet a week and it felt like a good choice. Going through the day with a craving so intense must mean that I am sugar deprived. Fast forward one week later. I have the second coke. It was 2 for $5. I had decided to have one once a week. I had some yesterday and again first drink was ok. Not as good as the week before. I have finished the bottle because I don't want to drink it anymore. It made me feel bad and hurt my stomach. I have switched coke for Schwepps Sparkling Mineral Water with Lime. YUM!

I have been cooking so much that I have a freezer full of food. I am going to use them for my meals this week. This means I will cook a bit less this week! YAY! And I have two weeks of holidays at the end of this week. I am set to be awesome by week 6.

Last bit of information. I can now fit in all my old clothes except this one pair of shorts. They never really fit me at my fittest. I think they will fit me comfortably in 2 or three more weeks. I can't wait to see.

I am writing three posts in one day. I have to write three for the challenge but I have three things I would like to say anyway. The first you have read. An little something about me. I'll pretty much type how I talk. I'll try to keep my grammar appropriately edited but sometimes i might ramble.

The second- Is my view of how Michelle Bridges sees the participants of the 12WBT. (The Third will be the next post)

I have no particular affinity for Michelle Bridges. Not that I dislike her. But I don't love her either. I don't think she loves me. (We don't know each other so we're not BF's yet)  I think she is a smart women that has put together a program that she would give to her own family members if they were overweight or wanting to lose weight. I enjoy her voice of wisdom, because even if the majority of the message doesn't apply to you, it does apply to someone else. That person should hear what she is telling them. Plus for me there has always been some new insight learned. Even if it is small, it has made a difference to my training.

As of today I have lost 4kg. This is the end of my third week of training. I am quite impressed. I am not the smallest I have ever been yet but I am looking better than I have. I feel strong and am thankful that she has taught me how to eat appropriately to knock off this weight. I have faith that I will attain my goal weight which is only 5 or 6kg away by the end of this.

Thanks Michelle Bridges.

P.S. The ten minute rule video/JFDI one saved my week this week.

YAY!! I have a use for my blog! Thanks Mish!

So... This blog was originally about my different interests. I have plans to do a couple art projects but have not found the motivation. (Haha Funny word) Plus some logistical details make a couple of them harder to attain. However, that shall all work out in three months! YAY! (Hopefully.)

At this point I am biding my time before I make some new realities for myself. The first reality I am making is a fitness level. I want to be fit and thin. I have been fit many times in my life but fit and thin has not been on my menu. I feel like I am at the restaurant, asking all the right questions to get a great meal, but the last best meal was on the other guys plate. I came just a little too late.

So...I don't care if I'm late. I want the meal I came for. For me that includes me learning how to eat healthy and workout appropriately. I have big legs and they annoy me. Yes a bit vain but thats the truth. This weekend I tried on some shorts that have not fit me for two and a half years. They fit. I'm winning this fight. I am going to get my meal.

Anyway this is my first post for the Michelle Bridges 12wbt. I suggest anyone who might StumbleUpon (BEST IPAD APP EVER) this sight to join her program; if you are struggling with knowing how to eat properly, losing weight, want to run, or just need a place to voice your frustrations. My posts here will be about my frustrations and life while i am on the MB 12 Week Body Transformation!

Day 1

Today is day one of me 'Releasing Creatively'. I want to explain this right so let me think for a day or two about what i want to say.....I'll get back here shortly.