Oops. It's been longer than I thought since I last posted. My bad. It has been a huge week though, and to be honest, I wasn't sure what to say because I felt like nothing was happening with my body yet. But here I am now after surviving a colossal week AND I'm finally seeing some serious results!
The week got off to a rocky start... Plenty of gym work but diet was very unbalanced (i.e. practically starving in the first half of the day then eating way too much or just the wrong thing for dinner). I still managed to keep my calories to 1400 (except Wednesday night when Mike & I had apple crumble) and I have been smashing it at the gym. Monday: cardio & core, Tuesday: combat class (WOW I felt it the next day), Wednesday: off, but 2 shows, Thursday: boxing class (inSANEly hard) & extra cardio, Friday: RPM and today taking a rest (although I still have 2 shows).
I weighed myself earlier in the week to give an update on the detox (which by the way has certainly helped me feel healthier and energetic, but I didn't sleep more than 5 hours a night while on it - NOT FUN) but only lost 100grams which was depressing and confusing. I could certainly see a difference and was feeling leaner and stronger but really thought the results would show on the scales. Chose to ignore it and keep pushing through. Weighed myself yesterday and saw a bit more - down to 58kg even now... Still not what I was hoping, but trying not to focus on that because I'm looking and feeling better every day, so what the scales say at this point are fairly redundant.
One thing that has been seriously lacking over the past (nearly) 2 weeks is rest... Sleep AND a proper rest day of doing nothing. I was going to get to the gym before work today but my body said "no deal!" and thankfully, I listened. Since sleeping in those extra couple of hours, I can see my body has flushed away a lot of the fluid it's been holding onto and my my goodness - I'm starting to see real abs! Lesson learnt: rest is as equally important as the work. Now that I'm not feeling quite so frustrated, I'll snap some photos for my first real update and post them later today.
Most important thing I'm learning is to just keep at it. In the past when I'd have a disappointment, I'd immediately reach for the chips & cookies. It is a constant battle not to go back there as the cravings are as real as ever, but if I just keep going, the next morning I wake up looking & feeling better and the fight was worth it. I can also say that I have faced my emotional eating demons and believe they are out of my life for good. I see now just how self destructive it was and how it only made the negative emotions I was feeling even worse! Food has become my fuel and if I really need a treat, I make sure I plan it out, incorporate it into my daily caloric intake & enjoy it rather than inhaling it when I'm miserable! Don't give up. Results are inevitable.
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