Food, Fitness And Fun

Keeping focused to a better body...but enjoying it along the way.....well trying to!

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Motivated for life

Well a new year has dawned and its time to get my fat tush back to the gym! Towards the end of last year everything had gone completely wrong in terms of training. Busted hip and ham string led to very little training being done, fingers crossed after plenty of rest i can now get back yo doing what i love - training!!! Tonight and this week i will mostly be doing cardio work, having put on 5lbs in the last couple of months, it's time they buggered off somewhere else! 500 cals of 15% incline on the treadmill here i come, followed by some legs and abs. Not a shabby way to start afresh 😜 Goals for this year are: Be a skinny toned biatch by May Do a pull up Rid me if my double chin Hahaha - lets do this. K x

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Sneaky weigh in..

We are off to London this weekend so won't be home for our usual weigh in (which is Sunday morning) so I decided to jump on the scales and see how I was doing. Since the 22nd November I have lost 1.8kg and my body fat percentage has dropped by 8% I would saying that is classed as 'winning at life' L x

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Killer session...

New week, new 4 week programme which looks like this:

20 x squats (40kg), 20 x pull ups – 3 sets

4 minutes tabata – Prowler 20 second sprint, 10 second rest

20 x Bulgarian split squat (8kg), 20 x kneeling row (15kg) – 3 sets

4 minutes tabata – battle ropes 20 seconds, 10 second rest

20 x seated inclined bicep curl (4kg), 20 x tricep dips – 3 sets

4 minute tabata – 10kg ball slams 20 second, 10 second rest

This is a monster session and only 1 out of the 2 days we train in a week. So along with this and being back on track with food I am hoping that I will see the results at weigh in.

Fingers crossed

L x

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Today's lunch! Courgette noodles, red onion and rainbow cous cous (made up of cauliflower, broccoli, beetroot and onion) with chicken tikka masala L x

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Exercise to live. Never live to exercise

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Injured....again

I can go to the gym, deadlift 100kg+, do 60 press ups, run with the prowler, chin ups, bench press, plank, squats...but I bend over to pick up a towel at home and ping! There goes my back again. This time it hurts.

A lot.

Its effecting my sleep mainly as I’m struggling to get comfy at nighty but this time I'm ok about it. I was saying to John just last week that I needed to work on not letting it bother me so much when I am injured, throwing in the towel and just accept the fact.

So, its pretty likely I will miss my sessions this week (first one was tonight anyway) and I'm ok with that.

I’ve started back low carb and I will stick to it so when I'm back to fitness, I can go full throttle up till Christmas.

One step at a time

L x

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Me today L x

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Having the strength to get up each day and push yourself beyond your limits is hard to do. But the more you do it the easier it gets.

Have more faith in you because if you do, so will everyone else

L x

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Resetting your mind..

As per my previous post, I have been acting like a grumpy child. My food has been poor which then goes to follow that my mood suffers, my sleep and my work. Oh, and my headaches are back. 

Wonderful. 

Today I was back to working out after a week off with injury, another headache, another mentally challenging day. Safe to say I didn’t want to go but I knew this was the step I needed to take to get me back on track.

And I was right, it was EXACTLY what I needed. 

Just from going back to do one session and doing my workout I can already feel the difference mentally in my mood and giving me the motivation I need to get up and do: do the washing, do the ironing, tidy the house.

I just need to stay here now, where I am meant to be.

L x

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Like a grumpy child...

I know I have disappeared since last Saturday, sorry about that. I was having a 2 year old tantrum which I’ve maintained most of the week.

I went training last Saturday and put my back out, I managed to achieve about 5% of my intended work out. And I was pissed. I cannot tell you how frustrated I get when I am injured (hence my grumpy child heading).

But I am only punishing myself, I know I am going to have to get my head out of my backside eventually

L x

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Finding it hard....

This week our leg session has been moved to today. I am tired. Very tired, work has been a challenge for the past 2 weeks. A positive challenge and I feel so much more comfortable in what I am doing but still a challenge none the less. I have been rubbish with what I'm eating as well. I know the tools I just seem to be ignoring them at the minute and I need to give myself a swift kick up the bum and I'm using you to do it. The first step is admitting it ☺️ So I had my Chorizo and Spinach omelette this morning and I AM going to get back into the routine of being better. At the end of the day it's only myself that suffers so I have no one else to blame, so this is me admitting fault and getting back up when I feel beyond shattered to keep on going. Because that's what makes a strong person. L x

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Reflecting today on how far I have come. When it gets hard this is what I use to inspire myself to keep going. Because in the end it's a marathon, not a sprint L x

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Fitbit-mares

Today i forgot to put my Fitbit on after charging 🙉 to say this is a bit of a dilemma would be an understatement- im off the gym after work boo hoooo! 😂😂 K x

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Tonight’s leg session is...

...going to be a killer!

3 sets of 6 squats with 52.5kg 4th set to failure

4 sets of 3 deadlift at 82.5kg 5th set to failure

5 sets of 15 hip thrusters with 10kg

3 x 1 minute prowler lunge sprint

3 x 30 seconds RKC plank

3 x 45 seconds oblique crunch

Cue me crying...or not walking at least

L x

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After 2 weeks off due to illness and injury its time to get back to the gym 👍🏻

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Next time you're tempted to say you 'can't,' remember that what you're really saying is, 'I don't want to.

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Today's activities...

Today there are no weights involved, no mats and no gym. Today I am off to do my bit for a local school and help put together a garden for them. So I will no doubt be aching tomorrow but all for a good cause. L x