I have been saying for over a year now...actually I've been saying/thinking of all this since my youngest was old enough to go the gym crèche. She's now 17months old.
So lets call it 16 months. There, I've been lazy for 16 months. I always like definite statements.
I've signed up for the Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation more times than I can remember. I've enjoyed watching others succeed at the program. And yes, I've gotten stuff out of it, like recipes and workout plans. Did any of the mindset stuff sink in and make a difference? No. If it had, I wouldn't be typing this.
I don't have a problem with exercise. Sure there are times when I reeeeeaaaaalllllyyy don't want to exercise. But I've gotten good at telling myself that when I don't want to exercise, that's exactly when I need to be doing it the most. I've gotten better at making sure I give my workouts a red hot go, and not just going through the motions each time I'm at the gym. Finding video clips of songs I listened to in high school and watching them definitely puts a fire in my belly during my warm-ups, for some reason!!
It's food I have problems with. Actually no, scratch that. It's not food. It is my RELATIONSHIP with food and my body that is the problem.
I would love to be one of those girls who could eat whatever she wants and not get fat. But I ain't.
I formed a really bad habit ages and ages ago, long before child #3 was born, of doing my workout, leaving the gym, driving to the local servo and buying a red bull and a chocolate bar. Or 2, sometimes 3. This is now a habit I carry out every. single. day. regardless of whether or not I've been to the gym.
So even tho I'm flogging myself at the gym, making sure I put in 100% effort during my training sessions, I'm undoing all my hard work with 15mins of leaving the place!
No wonder my tummy size has continued to grow.
I've said/thought/wanted to for ages/dreamt of blogging my way thru my health and fitness journey. I'm crap at finding time to blog tho. Heck, it's 1:24am. My children will be awake in 5 hours knowing my luck!
But as of today (almost wrote tomorrow there!) it's 8 weeks till my birthday. I'm not going to be in the best shape of my life by my birthday, but I am going to be in a lot better shape than I am now.
There's also approximately 24 weeks till my husband's work awards night. I'm going to be in the best shape I've ever been by the time that night rolls around.
In the morning I will weigh myself, take measurements and some before photos. I'll even post it all on here!! 😳😳😳😩😩
It's time to stop only setting an example to my girls about a healthy lifestyle only thru exercise. It's time to start showing them it only all comes together when you include eating the foods which are beneficial to your body. In all the right ways.
- Posted from my iPad
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