Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Those elusive last 5 kilos ...

Weight loss can be addictive! Especially the weeks when you put in a huge effort ... And get the results you want!!!

And seeing the numbers add up! 24kilos!! Can you believe it??



The thing about those last five kilos ... Especially when you have been overweight ... Is you never know when you are there. How can you know when you are in those last five kilos when you just aren't sure what that final point is for your body??

In the past my goal i had in mind was to be healthy. To be at the top of my healthy weight range. Cause anything else seemed impossible.

Now i have the tools ... I know i could do even more than that ... And it is tempting to keep going fuelled by the addictive nature of the success of weight loss.

So here i sit today. If my goal was to hit the top of my healthy range, i am almost there. Less than 5kg. 4.3 kilos to go.

Somehow i think i want to be less than that. Not skinny less ... But heathy with a buffer zone. Once i am healthy i dont ever want to go backwards to overweight or obese again.

So the thought is ... What to do? Am i in those last 5 kilos?? Or when do they start??

I know it is just a term ... But it matters to me to name that part of my journey ... And to work through those last 5 kilos with intensity.

So i have decided.

As of today i am losing my last 5 kilos. That will take me down to a weight of 65.3kilos ... A seemingly impossible goal in september last year.

After i hit that goal i may still lose weight.
I will still eat to plan. I will still train.

But i am going to focuss on my fitness ... Not the weight loss and i will see where my body wants to lie.

It is a decision that brings me peace ... But also gives me the fire to go onto goal!!!

Bring it on!

Massive week!!

Last week i decided no more slow losses. This week i was going to bring it for a week and see what happens.

What resulted was 5500 calories birned in exercise.

And a 1.6kg loss.

6.1kg in 7 weeks

And 24 kg total

I have less than half a kilo to go until i am in the 60s!!!

Doing a happy dance today!

Monday, April 4, 2011

What it takes.

When i started doing zumba i could do pump + zumba and burn 1200 cal!

Now ... I struggle to burn 700 ... And that is with some added cardio ... The downside of getting lighter and fitter i guess ;)

Yesterday i set out to see what it takes now ... At my new level of health to burn 1200 calories ... And it was a LOT of work!!!

This is what 1200 calories looks like in april 2011 ...

4km run
+ warm up /cooldown walk
+ 30 minutes cardio including beginner intervals program
+ group power (like pump)
+ zumba = 1200 calorie burn day

Smashed it!!!!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Sunday. Rest day.

Yesterday I did almost nothing.

OK - I worked. Went to a birthday party for a 6 year old. And went on a 40 min easy walk.

I planned to run.

I wanted to run.

But my body was telling me NO and that's ok!

Mish once said that if we are training as hard as she wants us too - then we are going to NEED rest days! And she is right.

There is no way my body could have coped with a heavy session yesterday.

It needed a day to recover.

Not only the body - but the mind.

And today ... I am back ... ready to train hard. Eat clean.

Bring it on!

Smashing it up this week!

I am sick of small losses. This week I am bringing it! Wed, Thurs and Friday I amazed myself by burning over 1000 cal a day! Look at that facebook entry ... even Mish was impressed. Saturday was 400 - yesterday a light rest day walk .. today I am going to SMASH IT UP! Bring on those losses! I want to get to my healthy range SOON

Friday, April 1, 2011

Making it real ... Day 3

Today i didnt even need to set a task. I found my new reality slapping me in the face!

I was at PT and i had worked it hard. She had me doing heavy squats ... And there was some serious weight on that bar.

As she got me to spot myself in a mirror to watch technique i was blown away. I saw me. But not the me i rememeber but someone who looked strong, toned, and fit! So fit!

This is who i want to be ... And i am reallly getting there! My life and my reality has completely changed!

How can i not run ....

When God sends me a gorgeous rainbow to inspire me??




I decided not to run for time. I decided not to worry about distance. I decided just to put music on i love and run for the sheer joy that i CAN run!!!


And look what happened!!! 8km!! and that is after a killer pt session in the morning!!!

My third 1000 calorie burn day this week!!!

Rockstar!!!



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