Smashing It September!

I have some great news this morning.  I will let the picture tell the story:

At last! I just-just made it and I want to say damn my body -  that it's so slow in losing, but then again I rather need to praise my body for being so strong and allowing me to push it so hard, because I really pushed myself this September.  Lower calories + more exercise... not ideal and I will need to adjust again, but it helped me to break through my plateau, or rather rollercoaster ride!

I am happy this morning. To see that 7 instead of an 8 in the front of that figure really made my day.  I know I will touch the 80's again as I know I retain extra water sometimes, but this October I will work hard to get as far away from the 80's as possible.  For now, I'll rejoice!  I ordered my reward - Funky Tights this morning, so there is no turning back now!

I'm proud of my September - total loss of 1.8 kg, 17½ hours of exercise and 25 perfect macro days :)

Next op - A Rocking October!  I will not stop, I will make it a success too. I will be determined... I know I would want to give up - it's a hard fight and it takes so much out of me, but I have come so far - from weighing 102 kg to tasting the 70's - I can, I must, I will... For >>>ME <<<

September thus far

Just a quick blog post to report how the first half of my September went.  So far so good!

I started tracking my weight daily and it constantly went up or down by a 100 to 400g on a daily basis, not really shifting.  So I decided to tweak my macros a bit.  The coach on the IIFYM page updated the calculator and I used it to determine my new macros.  Not a major tweak, just increasing my deficit with approximately 90 calories, less protein and less fat, but more carbs (yay me!).  Just after 1 week my weight went down with a whole kilogram.  I think this may just be the breakthrough I so desperately need.

Weight is currently standing on 80.6 kg - 600 gram to get to 80, after that I am so ready for the 70's!  I decided this morning that I will spoil myself with a Funky Tight as reward as soon as I break the 80's.

This is what the first half of my September looked like:

SEPTEMBER	Eating on track	Exercise	Minutes	KM
1	Yes	Run	45	5.13
2	Yes	Strength	30	N/a
3	Yes	N/a	N/a	N/a
4	Yes	N/a	N/a	N/a
5	Yes	Run	47	5.43
6	Yes	Strength	30	N/a
		Dance	30	N/a
7	Yes	Run	43	5.13
8	Yes	Dance	10	N/a
9	Okay, not perfect	Strength	30	N/a
10	No	No	N/a	N/a
11	No	Walk	15	N/a
12	Yes	Hip Hop	60	N/a
13	Yes	Hip Hop	40	N/a
		Run	15	2
14	Yes	Run	45	5.5
15	Yes	Hip Hop	60	N/a
	12	14	500	23.19
	Perfect Days	Workouts	Mins Exercised	KM Ran

Not a lot of running, but a lot of exercise none the less.

Watch this space for what's to come!

Non-scale Victories x3

I have to make a blog post about this.  I have to celebrate every minuscule victory and since yesterday afternoon I had 3!  After Accountability August I was a bit down in the dumps, I feel I did not make enough progress and I didn't break the 80's thanks to a weightloss plateau.  This morning I feel motivated again and this is why:

(1)
This morning I was out for my run, my freaking glutes sore as can be as I did strength training - leg day on Friday.  A car stopped next to me and a very kind lady said:

"I just want to say you are looking so well. I've been watching you since day 1, you are doing great"

It made me want to cry, and I actually did shed a few tears after I thanked her and told her it means a whole lot to me.  I have been running around our neighbourhood for about 9 months now and I never realised people are watching me. Well except for two old out walking from time to time and a few domestic ladies on their way to work, I always greet when I pass someone on foot.

It really did mean a lot to me, even though I don't see my own progress sometimes, because I'm too damn hard on myself, doesn't mean that progress isn't visible. I hope that lady knows how much her kind comment meant to me.

(2)
We popped into the mall yesterday and I saw two tops that I wanted to buy.  I went to fit and the large was too big.  I ended up buying 2x medium tops!  I can't believe it fit me! Coming from a size XL to XXL, it made me want to jump around with joy.  Medium!  Look!


























(3)
I got an email this morning from Runkeeper, the app I use to say that I broke my record for the fastest average pace in a month.  Yay, so running is making progress and I'm getting faster!

Thank goodness for non-scale victories. It helps so much to make this journey bearable.