Saturday 27 June 2009

Targets 2

57 kg = 126 lbs = 8 stone 14 lbs
58 kg = 128 lbs = 9 stone 2 lbs
59 kg = 130 lbs = 9 stone 4 lbs
60 kg = 132 lbs = 9 stone 6 lbs 29 June 2010
61 kg = 134 lbs = 9 stone 8 lbs
62 kg = 137 lbs = 9 stone 11 lbs
63 kg = 139 lbs = 9 stone 13 lbs
64 kg = 141 lbs = 10 stone 1 lbs
65 kg = 143 lbs = 10 stone 3 lbs
66 kg = 146 lbs = 10 stone 6 lbs
67 kg = 148 lbs = 10 stone 8 lbs
68 kg = 150 lbs = 10 stone 10 lbs
69 kg = 152 lbs = 10 stone 12 lbs
70 kg = 154 lbs = 11 stone 0 lbs
71 kg = 157 lbs = 11 stone 3 lbs
72 kg = 159 lbs = 11 stone 5 lbs
73 kg = 161 lbs = 11 stone 7 lbs
74 kg = 163 lbs = 11 stone 9 lbs
75 kg = 165 lbs = 11 stone 11 lbs
76 kg = 168 lbs = 11 stone 14 lbs
77 kg = 170 lbs = 12 stone 2 lbs 12/08/09
78 kg = 172 lbs = 12 stone 4 lbs
79 kg = 174 lbs = 12 stone 6 lbs
80 kg = 176 lbs = 12 stone 8 lbs
81 kg = 179 lbs = 12 stone 11 lbs -
82 kg = 181 lbs = 12 stone 13 lbs 10/07/09 29 weeks
83 kg = 183 lbs = 13 stone 1 lbs 27/06/09
84 kg = 185 lbs = 13 stone 3 lbs 26/06/09
85 kg = 187 lbs = 13 stone 5 lbs 22/06/09
86 kg = 190 lbs = 13 stone 8 lbs 19/06/09
87 kg = 192 lbs = 13 stone 10 lbs - 15/06/09
88 kg = 194 lbs = 13 stone 12 lbs - 03/06/09
89 kg = 196 lbs = 14 stone 0 lbs - 26/05/09
90 kg = 198 lbs = 14 stone 2 lbs -18/05/09
91 kg = 201 lbs = 14 stone 5 lbs 11/05/09
92 kg = 203 lbs = 14 stone 7 lbs
93 kg = 205 lbs = 14 stone 9 lbs
94 kg = 207 lbs = 14 stone 11 lbs
95 kg = 209 lbs = 14 stone 13 lbs - 12th April
96 kg = 212 lbs = 15 stone 2 lbs
97 kg = 214 lbs = 15 stone 4 lbs
98 kg = 216 lbs = 15 stone 6 lbs
99 kg = 218 lbs = 15 stone 8 lbs - 18 weeks - April 20th
100 kg = 220 lbs = 15 stone 10 lbs = next target
101 kg = 223 lbs = 15 stone 13 lbs
102 kg = 225 lbs = 16 stone 1 lbs
103 kg = 227 lbs = 16 stone 3 lbs
104 kg = 229 lbs = 16 stone 5 lbs
105 kg = 231 lbs = 16 stone 7 lbs
106 kg = 234 lbs = 16 stone 10 lbs
107 kg = 236 lbs = 16 stone 12 lbs
108 kg = 238 lbs = 17 stone 0 lbs - 9 weeks
109 kg = 240 lbs = 17 stone 2 lbs
110 kg = 243 lbs = 17 stone 5 lbs
111 kg = 243 lbs = 17 stone 7 lbs
112 kg = 17 stone 7 lbs
113 kg
114 kg
115 kg
116 kg
117 kg =18 stone 4lbs 250lbs

Sunday 7 June 2009

weights and measures

14 pounds = 1 stone

1 kilo - 2.2lbs

6.5 kilos = 1 stone

My Personal Trainer

I knew I had to take my training up a notch and see results, getting a trainer has helped me to focus on the right exercise for me in terms of fat burning, weight burning and strength.

So along came Lorna, my personal trainer who is fantastic - i see her once a month for a work out and in between i work on the specially created workout programmes she creates for me. To have a trainer doesnt mean you have to join a gym or see it as a luxury item if you have time to loose weight. Of course if you are loosing weight in a short time frame then to have a trainer 4 days a week is going to be expensive.

As my journey is not in a hurry - of course whilst i have milestones and key dates - it could still take one year or even longer... for me to see Lorna once a month is a monthly kick up the arse and re focus! And its very valuable to me :)

The programmes she writes for me are mostly strength and abs based and i do them at home, i brought weights from ebay and i already had a gym ball thats all i needed!

I tend either do the programme in two parts mid week or in go at weekends and they are tough! today my arms ache like hell!!!! Thanks lorna :)

Heres the link to her page

http://www.passionateaboutfitness.com/

Jillian Micheals 30 day shred - tally

Level 1

1 - 5th May 09
2 - 8th May 09
3 - 20th May 09
4 - 23rd May 09
5 - 26th May 09
6 - 27th May 09
7 - 3rd June 09
8 - 20th June 09
9 - 6th July 09
10 -7th July 09

Level 2

1 - 15th July 09
2 - 24th July 09
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10


Level 3

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Jillian Micheals 30 day shred - level one

In order to mix up my work outs and keep my body constantly changing its exersize routine in addition to my walking/jogging and strength training I'm doing Jillian Micheals 30 day shred work out.

This is a high intensity circuit training working in cardio with strength and abs... there are 3 levels 20 minute workouts that you do for 10 days before moving onto the next level.

I have a few workout dvds but I have never done one as many times as I am doing this one..the work out is fantastic, no nonsense and intense - for me and my body burns its just over 200 calories in about 25 mins which is brilliant. But then I dont except anything else from Jillians Micheals.

The mixture of strength, cardio and abs is really effective and I would recommend this DVD to anyone who wants to put in hard work and see results. Is not for the faint hearted as Jillian says her self in the DVD, 'you want results, well they are not coming for free'. One day i'm going have that printed on a tee shirt!

Seriously thought, this work out is not only effective but the positivity and motivation that comes from Jillian makes you want to keep doing it to move up those levels...to work hard and see those results...

Saturday 6 June 2009

crying..........................................

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Today I broke down in the middle of bicep curls - mostly out of frustration because after the 9th rep I just couldn't lift it and it was driving me insane - there were several points when I just thought WTF am I doing this for? Why am I killing myself like this?

Why? Why? Because I don’t want ever go back to being 'that' girl and also because in time I will have a healthy body even if that means I cry every time I work out! I refuse to let the fat win. There will be only one winner in the end of this fight and that is me!

Sometimes it’s so hard to push yourself when you just want to give up - but I have spent more than half my life 'giving up' on my body, on my health - and I cant, I refuse to do it anymore.

It's a really strange time for me right now, my weightloss journey and my lifestyle change is 6 months in and with each new day, each kilo dropped it gets tougher, harder and more agonizing.

I have 9 days until reach the mid way point. I still can’t quite believe I have reached six months already. I've gone from fitting into a very tight size 22 to fitting into a size 16.... this shocks me and when I look in the mirror and I don’t know me, however I looked pictures of me 5 or 6 months ago and I don’t recognize that girl either. That’s confuddling

Whilst I feel positive and happy every day - these past few days I have felt emotional and tearful...I know what I am doing is changing my life so much and so quickly. The weeks seem to flash past and physically I am disappearing but mentally and emotionally I don’t think I have caught up with that body mass loss. I feel fairly overwhelmed with how people are really starting to notice - it makes me feel sad, happy, even smug one occasion when I came face to face with a frenemie who was most shocked to see how much weight I have lost.

Regardless to what emotional I feel the biggest thing for me is accepting my smaller size. As I can never remember being a normal weight so I have no idea what it was once like to be normal weight so adjusting now being smaller, is hard, I'm looking at myself in the mirror and shaking my head in disbelief and perhaps fear. I have an overwhelming fear that I'm going to wake up one day and find this was all dream and that I am still 117kg (18stone4) and not my current weight....

I know the next 6 months, are the next step... the next push...the big push, its going to get harder, and I'm going to have to work harder... fight harder, cry, god knows what else as well... and I'm scared.... I'm scared of what the next six months holds, I'm scared of failing, I'm scared of what I am going to be.... and whilst I'm scared I know if I want this I have to fight... and fight for me - not for any one else, but for me, fight for my life, for my wellbeing and for my mental health.

I know that every time I cry, every time I ache, or burn, or think WTF I am doing I have to re focus, on saving my life... because I put myself here... and only I can pull myself out...

As Jillian Michaels says.....

"The past does not define, you the present does."

"Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!"

"Sometimes people will hear you and be able to change their behavior, but often their behavior has more to do with their own need for approval than with your need for support. No matter what their response, you need to be firm and hold your ground. At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility."

Count down the next 10 kilos


87
- 13/06/09
86 - 17-06-09
85 -23-06-09
84 - 27-06-07
83 -29/06/09
82 - 10/07/09
81 - 26//07/09
80 -01/08/09
79 -07/08/09
78 -10/08/09
77 - 11/08/09