My Body Is Changing!!!!

Breakfast:  2 Hard boiled eggs with chicken slices

Snack:  Cucumber, carrots and houmous

Lunch:  Chilli

Dinner:  Grilled Turkey salad with balsamic vinegar and olive oil and cracked black pepper

Exercise:  A killer session with Kathryn

Thoughts:

I find that when I am in an exercise program I get bogged down in my own world, I don't notice that my body is actually changing.

Each time Kathryn takes my measurements, she also snaps a photograph.  She's taking my measurements every 2 weeks.

On Easter Sunday (which was the worst day to take my measurements as I had a few glasses of wine and not very good food the days leading up to it) she took my meaurements and they are going down.  She then sent the photos comparing the last 2 measurements and you know what?  My body is changing!

First, my butt is becoming rounder and it is sticking out more (I am happy with that!  I am proud of my curvy butt!), looking at me from the front, my curves are becoming more defined.  You can see my waist better.  From sideways on, my tummy looks flatter.  My skin looks amazing (thank you avocados and water!) and when I am doing my exercises (mostly clean and press and dead lifts) I am seeing a change.

It started with my dead lifts.  I got into position (bent over, legs hip width apart and squatting) and I noticed my back.  I asked Kathryn, is that back fat?  She said, no, it's muscle.

I also noticed my triceps are popping through, my shoulders are getting definition and Kathryn said my back is getting a good shape.

I am seeing it in my extremities.  My arms look better, my calf muscles look fab (as always but that is down to excessive heel wearing), the fat on my thighs are starting to go.  Cellulite is slowly disappearing.  And my butt is now becoming a booty!

The place that I really want to see the difference, though, is my tummy.  I haven't noticed a difference but seeing the photos, yes, it is going in but it is taking its time.  I guess that I am impatient!  I am confident that my tummy and "fat shelf" as I call it (that bit of fat that is across your hips and it sags a bit) will go but it will take time.  It didn't go on over night and it won't leave over night.

I just need to keep on pushing, keep on working hard, make sure that I am eating clean and keep up my positive attitude.  I will have hard days where I want to eat anything and everything and I will have days where I want to open a bottle of wine and glug it down.  I just need to remember, I am doing well.  The weight is coming off and I will be in my motivation 2 piece in no time!

Tomorrow is a big test though.  I am working from home tomorrow and work from home days are hard for me.  I have succumbed to the temptation to not go to teh gym and to gorge on bread in the past.  Tomorrow needs to be different.

Onwards and Upwards!!