Wow, so 2 months have passed. Two thirds through my own personal winter challenge and I am happy to say I made it through without any setbacks. The only setback I had was 1 week when I was sick, and after a weekend with a sick toddler in the hospital, so I took a week off from training, but kept my eating on track (mostly). I made it through my boy's birthday party, through his birthday and through my birthday 2 days ago and I have not lost focus. I had birthday cake and treats, but straight back on plan the next day. My main goal is still to make it through 3 months and see what a difference 3 months of extreme focus can do.
So... yes... I am 35 now, which was a bit sad for me, because I originally wanted to be at goal weight at age 35, this was my long-term goal and I have not made it, not even closely. But then again I am a lot closer than what I was.
Here I am two months in and still following IIFYM and completed 8 weeks of Kayla Itsine's programme (I did weeks 5 and 6 twice), so have another 6 weeks to complete. I hate her workouts, I truly dread it before hand, suffer through each and every one, but when I'm done I feel good and am on a bit of a high, so not all bad. I love the results though, so that helps me get through it.
I have not weighed today, not after a visit to a chocolatier on my birthday, but I have weighed a week ago and my weight shifted, but not that much - by only 2.7 kg, which is not great for a week less than 2 months. That being said, I do not measure my success by the scale any longer. On Fridays I ask myself two questions: 1) Have I exercised the way I wanted to i.e. 4 to 5 times that week? 2) Did I stay within my eating plan and macros. If my answer is yes on both that questions the week has been a huge success in my eyes, no matter what the scale (which we already no is a lying son of a gun sometimes). My other measures of success is taking my measurements (which I will take at the end of the 3 months) and photo-progress.
Here's my pics comparing my progress from 1 June until today:
I felt so ashamed after taking this new set of 'before' photos. That tummy was bothering me so much... I still looked pregnant after my baby turned a year, it was enough to make me cry. Today I wanted to cry happy tears, because I had living proof that it is busy disappearing.
These photos will help a great deal to carry me through August. Yes! Let's do this. I vow to make August a HUGE success and I aim for it being my best month!
This!!!:
And can't help but post this one, because my hubby teases me because of my love for squats, but squats makes out a huge part of Kayla's workouts and it yields results! So I squat when I pick up Shae, squat when I check something in the oven, squat just for the heck of it! One day I will squat with a bar as well! Working hard towards it
