Fit & Fabulous

I did not get the time to update my blog this past two weeks, but my mini 3-month challenge is going well and it's doing me wonders.  I am already feeling so much more fit and stronger.  This is where I am at this moment:

• I completed the first 4 weeks of Kayla Itsines guide last Friday. One third through, yay!
• I am still following the IIFYM lifestyle and sticking to it 100% (I only took "off" on Father's Day to spoil my hubby with yummy treats though).
• The lady who calculated my original macros, recalculated it for me a little over a week ago due to me not being able to reach the amount of protein she wanted me to have. So she reduced the amount of protein by a little bit and it allows for some more carbs and fats.  My macros to reach at the moment is 199g carbs, 193g protein and 70g fats a day.

I had a fabulous weigh in on the 19th of June showing a awesome loss of 1.3 kg for that week.  Friday's weigh in did not go well as I showed a 300 g gain, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it because I know I worked out 5 times that week and stuck to my macros, so I did everything by the book.  It could very well just be my body adjusting to the increase of carbs due to the macro recalculation.  Laura advised me that it could take 2 weeks for our bodies to adjust to new macros.  So even if this week's weigh in does not go well, it will still be alright. 

On Friday, since it was my 4-week check in, I did an evaluation with measurements and progress photos.  I can definitely see I'm making progress in my photos, the evidence isn't "WOW", but it's there and I know it's going to be "WOW" when I compare my beginning of June and end of August photos - and that's what I'm working towards!  I lost a lot of cm - a whopping 8 around my waist, 3 from my hips, 3 from my thighs and a cm or two from everywhere else too.  I lost a total of 1.3 kg for the month.

So I would say I made good progress in this first month and I am happy and proud of what I achieved.  Now just to up my game even more in July as the exercise programme is going to get even tougher.  Persistence is key, especially since it's both my boy's and my birthdays in July!  And our dating anniversary anniversary on the 1st of August and hubby's bday on the 27th of August. So I will have to stay strong this next two months.

Note to myself:  Eat Clean & Train Hard! Water drops cut through a rock, not because of their power, but because of its PERSISTENCE!!!    Just like that I am going to persist, be strong and bit by bit I will shift my weight, get rid of it, build strong and lean muscle and feel fabulous by doing so.  I am working hard at a new me and I am NOT going to let my hard work go to waste again, this time I'm making it count. End of story, finish en klaar. This 3 months I am laying the foundation for the rest of my life!