Why did I let myself get so fat

Starting all over again

Oops I did it again.............

I took a little break which lead to a massive break, which lead to me getting massive.

So now here I join the rest of the new year new me bullshitters!!

I am so lazy, overweight  and unfit now, starting all over again is horrible! Everytime I do this I swear that I will never do it again!

I didn't even start on January 1st!! Everyday I had an excuse!

I did a little bit this week and cut down on the calories. Officially starting on Monday. (Everyone knows you can't start any other day only a Monday)

This is me

I'm having trouble losing weight

Tired much?

So this week I turned it up a notch which is something I should have done about two weeks ago!! I went for a run every weekday before training and when I say run I mean jog as I am no Usain Bolt. It was about 6k every night. I even skipped training on the Wednesday night and just did the jog and every single night I was fit to collapse when I got home.

Guess what I GAINED WEIGHT!! I feel thinner and I should be at least the same weight if anything but I somehow managed to gain weight. I was ready to kick the weighing scales off the balcony this morning!!! But I couldn't because my legs are so stiff and tired :-)

The Grind

I have another goal! Completing the Grouse Grind in an hour!

The Grouse Grind is known as mother natures stairmaster. 3k up Grouse mountain and gaining 2,800 feet in elevation!

When I first tried it two years ago I felt like I was going to die and I spend the time bitching and moaning and resting! I never expected it to be so difficult. I thought I was fit!

This year I decided to tackle it again. 6 weeks ago I'm ashamed to say it took me an hour and a half to get to the top but now from going up the Grind or a similar trail nearby it once a week I am after shaving some time off that. 1hour and 9minutes! Still slow to some people but to me it means a lot!

Once I start it I get that same feeling I do before the start of a fight "Why the hell am I doing this?" But in a fight it instantly goes away when the fight starts. In this case it goes away when you are almost at the top. I end up looking like a sweaty Betty but I get rewarded with an amazing view.

I find it's after improving my fitness for longer hikes and my legs are a bit firmer. It feels good to enjoy something other that Muay Thai!

Mid-week Motivation

How I walk home from a hard training session

All Kale the Queen

So Kale is the Queen of Greens, amazing super food, kale chips, kale this kale that bla bla bla
Its high in fibre, low in calories, has zero fat, packed with antioxidents, high in iron, contains more Vitamin C than an orange and the list goes on!

Kale salad.

For the past 3 weeks now that's what I have been eating for my lunch in work Monday-Friday. It was a bit boring at first but now I'm so used to it I don't even want to change up my lunch. It's tough though when you can smell the beautiful aromas of other peoples deadly lunches. I even said no to free donuts.

Eat me!! I'm free!!

I sit across from 2 men who are eating machines. They have selections of munchies at their fingertips all day long. It's so hard trying to ignore what they are eating!! I got to think thin!!!

Mantra: Nothing is as good as skinny feels!!

Mantra: Don't give up what you want the most for what you want right now!

Mantra: A moment on the lips is lifetime on the hips

My mood on a diet..........

NIGHT TIME EATER!!

When the coach tells you that you have good technique

Dieting at the Weekend is the Worst

Eating Salads for Lunch

Running..............

Monday Motivation

Lazy Lorraine

I am a lazy person by nature when it comes to exercising. Especially the last few months since I've being working in an office. It's my first time having a job where I sit down all day for my whole shift. While the regular Monday to Friday hours are great for training, the sitting part has made me more lazy than ever.

Once I plonk my arse on the couch when get home (with all intentions of doing some form of exercise) I just can't get up and end up watching TV for the night.

With watching TV comes the craving for something to eat and that leads me to dragging myself into the kitchen to get my hands on whatever I can eat or else pop to the shop for a little munching session. I have become the human Homer Simpson these last 2 months. It's something I can easily slip into on and off over the years. Time to put Lazy Lorraine away for as long as possible!

HOW I FEEL AFTER TWO MONTHS OF NO TRAINING