Blimey those 3 weeks have flown passed!
This time three weeks ago I was starting to feel nervous about the start of the Fat 2 Fit 3 week detox program with Chris Lupton (www.innovatefitness.co.uk) and Chris 'coffee' Mackay, and now suddenly, somehow we are at the end already and I am 14lbs lighter than I started :)
The group has been flabulous! A great set of women with one goal in mind and the spirit and determination to do something about it :)
I must admit that the idea of a group exercise session didn't fill me with joy at the start, I can't imagine anyone with a body like mine being happy to have a bunch of strangers watching them wibble and wobble their way through a series of torturous exercises (thanks guys!). However, I am happy to be proved very, very wrong on this occasion, because it has been BRILLIANT!!!
The working together, sharing ideas, supporting each other and general chat has been a real bonus. I like to think that this is just the beginning for us all, and even though some are not carrying on with the sessions, we will all stay on contact and keep showing each other the level of support and banter that we have started to develop.
Before I get too gushy, I really should thank the chief torturers - Chris Lupton & Chris Mackay. They have done a fab job of taking a group of skeptical women and converting us to a way of living that can only lead to better things. I would especially like to thank them for the ridiculous circuits they put us through, who knew smashing a ball into the floor could be so pleasurable!
So now we are moving on, the original band of 'losers' is breaking up (sob) and new folks have signed up, I must admit to being nervous that the ethos of the group might get diluted, but I guess we will just to wait and see.
Well, here's to the future and the next 14lbs :)
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Week 2 already
Can't quite believe that we have reached the end of wk2 of Fat to Fit (I still like my alternative name better!).
It's been ace so far, lots of laughs, lots of torture, (thanks Chris & Chris) but as masochists we keep turning up 3 times a week for our fix :)
Fridays session was tough, far too many burpees and crunches for my liking and I was convinced that my stomach 'muscles'* would be hurting on Saturday morning.
* - I use the word muscles in the loosest sense of the word because I am in no doubt that I do not have any muscles there, anyone who witnessed my attempt at a 5 second crunch will whole heartily agree!
However, after a fun evening in the pub, consuming water, which is surprisingly easy to do, although the odd look from people who don't know why and assume you must be a recovering alcoholic, I woke on Saturday to no pain. Yaaaaaaaaaay abs of steel!!! lol
Had fab plans to hit the gym on Saturday but was called upon to help out a friend so never made it, oh well ;)
Like every weekend we have had during this program I have not felt hungry, so after having a glass of juice for breakfast, I decided at 4pm that I really should have some lunch, didn't really want it but forced myself to eat a jug of turkey chilli. That was it for food except for a cheeky Nakd bar, I love those guys.
So........ Sunday morning dawned and as we know by know it is officially LKD (Lead Knicker Day). The scales (Wii fit board) beckoned my to step upon it, I didn't want to, it kept calling, I still didn't want to. Having dreamt last night that I had gained back all the weight I lost in wk1 I DEFINITELY didn't want to get on the scales. However it is an unavoidable necessity and I duly climbed aboard.
3lbs gone, making a grand total of a stone in the 2wks :) I know I shouldn't be disappointed but I really wanted to drop 4lbs this week to take me into the next stone bracket, but hey ho, this will only serve to spur me on. Having purchased a proper tape measure this week I was hoping that it might show some loss of inches, my clothes are feeling looser so it must be happening, sadly not. Once again I measured and found that I have only diminished by about 1 inch overall, aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhh.
Well it was off to the gym this morning instead, I do like exercising. Some cardio and lots of core, plus some kettle bells - I am a machine! A fairly slow, ploddy type machine, but we all know it's the tortoise that wins, right?
Although we are now in the final week I am glad that the torturers are continuing with the group exercise classes, I must admit I didn't think I would like it, but as we are mostly in the same situation it has turned out to a real laugh, I hope the new classes have the same feeling.
If you're interested, and if you are looking to step up your fitness/diet/both the get in touch with @ChrisLuptonpt at http://www.innovatefitness.co.uk . He will hurt you but you will love him ;)
It's been ace so far, lots of laughs, lots of torture, (thanks Chris & Chris) but as masochists we keep turning up 3 times a week for our fix :)
Fridays session was tough, far too many burpees and crunches for my liking and I was convinced that my stomach 'muscles'* would be hurting on Saturday morning.
* - I use the word muscles in the loosest sense of the word because I am in no doubt that I do not have any muscles there, anyone who witnessed my attempt at a 5 second crunch will whole heartily agree!
However, after a fun evening in the pub, consuming water, which is surprisingly easy to do, although the odd look from people who don't know why and assume you must be a recovering alcoholic, I woke on Saturday to no pain. Yaaaaaaaaaay abs of steel!!! lol
Had fab plans to hit the gym on Saturday but was called upon to help out a friend so never made it, oh well ;)
Like every weekend we have had during this program I have not felt hungry, so after having a glass of juice for breakfast, I decided at 4pm that I really should have some lunch, didn't really want it but forced myself to eat a jug of turkey chilli. That was it for food except for a cheeky Nakd bar, I love those guys.
So........ Sunday morning dawned and as we know by know it is officially LKD (Lead Knicker Day). The scales (Wii fit board) beckoned my to step upon it, I didn't want to, it kept calling, I still didn't want to. Having dreamt last night that I had gained back all the weight I lost in wk1 I DEFINITELY didn't want to get on the scales. However it is an unavoidable necessity and I duly climbed aboard.
3lbs gone, making a grand total of a stone in the 2wks :) I know I shouldn't be disappointed but I really wanted to drop 4lbs this week to take me into the next stone bracket, but hey ho, this will only serve to spur me on. Having purchased a proper tape measure this week I was hoping that it might show some loss of inches, my clothes are feeling looser so it must be happening, sadly not. Once again I measured and found that I have only diminished by about 1 inch overall, aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhh.
Well it was off to the gym this morning instead, I do like exercising. Some cardio and lots of core, plus some kettle bells - I am a machine! A fairly slow, ploddy type machine, but we all know it's the tortoise that wins, right?
Although we are now in the final week I am glad that the torturers are continuing with the group exercise classes, I must admit I didn't think I would like it, but as we are mostly in the same situation it has turned out to a real laugh, I hope the new classes have the same feeling.
If you're interested, and if you are looking to step up your fitness/diet/both the get in touch with @ChrisLuptonpt at http://www.innovatefitness.co.uk . He will hurt you but you will love him ;)
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Halfway there....
Crikey, these last few days have been a blur.
First the good news..... I lost 11lbs in week one :)))
Second the not so good news...... somehow my inch loss was miserable, barely an inch gone off the bits that were being measured :(((
Must admit to using a metal tape measure, but even so, I was sure I would have shown a better return, I guess all the fat must have been from one of my multiple chins!
The exercise classes with Chris Lupton (http://www.innovatefitness.co.uk) and Chris Mackay have been ace, really enjoying the group workouts, the sound of the others puffing and panting covers the sound of my sobbing and swearing!
Can't quite believe we are already halfway through the program but I must admit I have found the complete change of diet fairly easy to manage. As a bakers daughter, food tech teacher and confirmed bread lover I was dreading not being able to have anything made from wheat flour but having taken time to look at recipes online and using the feedback and ideas from the rest of the group I am managing to put together a nice range of meal ideas.
One of the best things I have done is to buy a juicer :) All the results so far have been fab, although my first attempt of just fruits was too sweet, I now add loads of veg to the mix and spice it up with some root ginger. I must say that I have not been disappointed.
As a result I am now replacing breakfast with a glass of juice, quite frankly I was getting a bit sick eating eggs, didn't really eat them before so suddenly eating them on a daily basis was all a bit too much. Obviously if they were in cake form I might not have given them up so easily.
That said, I have made a pastry free quiche and it is delish :)
More good news today... @ChrisLuptonpt and Chris M are planning on continuing the group fitness classes - yay :)
Although I go the gym, I find myself quick to cheat if I am left to my own devices, so the fact that I will still be seeing the top torturers is good news for me and my plans.
Roll on the rest of the week!
First the good news..... I lost 11lbs in week one :)))
Second the not so good news...... somehow my inch loss was miserable, barely an inch gone off the bits that were being measured :(((
Must admit to using a metal tape measure, but even so, I was sure I would have shown a better return, I guess all the fat must have been from one of my multiple chins!
The exercise classes with Chris Lupton (http://www.innovatefitness.co.uk) and Chris Mackay have been ace, really enjoying the group workouts, the sound of the others puffing and panting covers the sound of my sobbing and swearing!
Can't quite believe we are already halfway through the program but I must admit I have found the complete change of diet fairly easy to manage. As a bakers daughter, food tech teacher and confirmed bread lover I was dreading not being able to have anything made from wheat flour but having taken time to look at recipes online and using the feedback and ideas from the rest of the group I am managing to put together a nice range of meal ideas.
One of the best things I have done is to buy a juicer :) All the results so far have been fab, although my first attempt of just fruits was too sweet, I now add loads of veg to the mix and spice it up with some root ginger. I must say that I have not been disappointed.
As a result I am now replacing breakfast with a glass of juice, quite frankly I was getting a bit sick eating eggs, didn't really eat them before so suddenly eating them on a daily basis was all a bit too much. Obviously if they were in cake form I might not have given them up so easily.
That said, I have made a pastry free quiche and it is delish :)
More good news today... @ChrisLuptonpt and Chris M are planning on continuing the group fitness classes - yay :)
Although I go the gym, I find myself quick to cheat if I am left to my own devices, so the fact that I will still be seeing the top torturers is good news for me and my plans.
Roll on the rest of the week!
Saturday, 15 September 2012
I Don't Like Lamb
Day 5
The day I thought about bread
Here we are, nearly at the end of week 1 of our group project. A small select band of ladies all working REALLY hard with Chris L & Chris M to put in place some ideas and mindset to help put our (my) life back on track.
Now, I've been really proud of myself all week and I am still am feeling proud of myself, but crikey its been a tempting couple of days. My exam groups have been doing some fine cooking and bless them, as always they want my opinion on what they have done, sometimes it's so hard to say to no, but once I explain why they are brilliant. But, my god I could have ripped the banana muffin straight from the oven!!
All the way home in the car all I could think about was bread, luckily I was running late and didn't have time to go to the shop. If I had it might have been carnage in the bread aisle! I imagined myself grabbing fresh crusty rolls and just cramming them in my mouth, rolling around on pile of thick sliced white and rubbing bagels across my face. Well, OK, I wouldn't have done it really but it's an increasingly attractive plan :)
Off to F2F (remember my alt name ladies!) and yet another killer circuit, thanks guys!
Again with the star jumps, seriously, if I was meant to get a body the size of mine of the ground I would come with equipped with some sort of springs or jet assistance.
Anyway, there were star jumps and planking, bloody hell they hurt my back, apparently I needed to raise my ass in the air a bit more. When stick thin men are telling me lift my fat ass higher in the air, they have NO idea of the effort that involves.
After the hour of torture, I wasn't feeling hungry so I hit the shower and then hit the pub. Fab night had, weird how pubs really smell of booze! Never notice this when I'm drinking, but blimey there was a whiff of ale in the air last night. I actually quite enjoy drinking water in a night out, its certainly a cheap night out! One draw back being the ridiculous number of visits to the loo I had to make and when the 'turn' is located not far from the toilet doors, it starts to look like I might be a bit of a groupie! That aside I managed to keep my hunger at bay with water and went to bed still not feeling hungry.
Day 6
The day I discovered I definitely don't like lamb.
Saturday morning, lovely lie in and off to the gym. Yes, that's right, OFF TO THE GYM!!!!
Still not hungry, this is turning into a fast. Can't understand why I'm not hungry, but I'm not, so there.
Wobbled, puffed, panted and sweated my way through an hour at the gym, drank a litre of water and once suitably freshened up went into town. Still not hungry.
Primark was definitely a mistake. Why did I do it? I realise I'm going to sound like a grump but I ruddy hate prams and buggies, especially the woman with the massive double buggy try to negotiate her way through Primarni at midday, I mean seriously!
A wonder through M & S food hall resulted in some healthy goodies, although I could of done some damage to a packet of Percy Pigs and then home. Finally started to feel a bit peckish and decided I should eat. A quick look in the fridge and I decided that I would finish off my lamb broth. Now I'm not a fan of lamb but thought I should step outside my comfort zone on all things during this program so I did. The other day I really enjoyed the broth but today it just didn't do it for me. The smell, the taste, everything about it was just not enjoyable and that made my mind up, I really don't like lamb.
So it's chicken for tea, the pub and bed.
Not looking forward to tomorrow. Its Lead Knicker Day or LKD as I will refer to it from now on. That is, weigh in and measuring day, I tell you what I really hope to see a difference on the scales, no reason why I shouldn't but as a fat lass I'm never that positive about stepping on the wretched things.
Hey ho, I think enough blithering for now, two instalments in a day is waaaaaaay to much information about me for anyone to suffer :)
The day I thought about bread
Here we are, nearly at the end of week 1 of our group project. A small select band of ladies all working REALLY hard with Chris L & Chris M to put in place some ideas and mindset to help put our (my) life back on track.
Now, I've been really proud of myself all week and I am still am feeling proud of myself, but crikey its been a tempting couple of days. My exam groups have been doing some fine cooking and bless them, as always they want my opinion on what they have done, sometimes it's so hard to say to no, but once I explain why they are brilliant. But, my god I could have ripped the banana muffin straight from the oven!!
All the way home in the car all I could think about was bread, luckily I was running late and didn't have time to go to the shop. If I had it might have been carnage in the bread aisle! I imagined myself grabbing fresh crusty rolls and just cramming them in my mouth, rolling around on pile of thick sliced white and rubbing bagels across my face. Well, OK, I wouldn't have done it really but it's an increasingly attractive plan :)
Off to F2F (remember my alt name ladies!) and yet another killer circuit, thanks guys!
Again with the star jumps, seriously, if I was meant to get a body the size of mine of the ground I would come with equipped with some sort of springs or jet assistance.
Anyway, there were star jumps and planking, bloody hell they hurt my back, apparently I needed to raise my ass in the air a bit more. When stick thin men are telling me lift my fat ass higher in the air, they have NO idea of the effort that involves.
After the hour of torture, I wasn't feeling hungry so I hit the shower and then hit the pub. Fab night had, weird how pubs really smell of booze! Never notice this when I'm drinking, but blimey there was a whiff of ale in the air last night. I actually quite enjoy drinking water in a night out, its certainly a cheap night out! One draw back being the ridiculous number of visits to the loo I had to make and when the 'turn' is located not far from the toilet doors, it starts to look like I might be a bit of a groupie! That aside I managed to keep my hunger at bay with water and went to bed still not feeling hungry.
Day 6
The day I discovered I definitely don't like lamb.
Saturday morning, lovely lie in and off to the gym. Yes, that's right, OFF TO THE GYM!!!!
Still not hungry, this is turning into a fast. Can't understand why I'm not hungry, but I'm not, so there.
Wobbled, puffed, panted and sweated my way through an hour at the gym, drank a litre of water and once suitably freshened up went into town. Still not hungry.
Primark was definitely a mistake. Why did I do it? I realise I'm going to sound like a grump but I ruddy hate prams and buggies, especially the woman with the massive double buggy try to negotiate her way through Primarni at midday, I mean seriously!
A wonder through M & S food hall resulted in some healthy goodies, although I could of done some damage to a packet of Percy Pigs and then home. Finally started to feel a bit peckish and decided I should eat. A quick look in the fridge and I decided that I would finish off my lamb broth. Now I'm not a fan of lamb but thought I should step outside my comfort zone on all things during this program so I did. The other day I really enjoyed the broth but today it just didn't do it for me. The smell, the taste, everything about it was just not enjoyable and that made my mind up, I really don't like lamb.
So it's chicken for tea, the pub and bed.
Not looking forward to tomorrow. Its Lead Knicker Day or LKD as I will refer to it from now on. That is, weigh in and measuring day, I tell you what I really hope to see a difference on the scales, no reason why I shouldn't but as a fat lass I'm never that positive about stepping on the wretched things.
Hey ho, I think enough blithering for now, two instalments in a day is waaaaaaay to much information about me for anyone to suffer :)
Catch-up
When I restarted this blogging business I intended to jot some ramblings everyday, however being the crap person that I am, I have missed a couple of days, so instead I have decided to do this as and when I might have something interesting to say.
My advice..... don't hold your breath!
Day 3
Day three was the day that I decided the name Fat to Fit just wasn't appropriate.
The eating is going well, lots of variety, really enjoying cooking again. It's great that my job allows me to prepare and cook stuff at work. Finally making good use of my slow cooker, my day tends to result in my torturing the other people in my block with the smell of my tea wafting through their classrooms! Ha
The drinking is also going well. When I started I thought that there was no way that I would be able to drink 3l plus of water everyday, but touch wood, I am actually finding it surprisingly easy to fit it all in.
The exercise, ah, this is the fun part! OMG tonights workout was good, don't get me wrong as much as I might whinge and moan and groan I really love exercising once I get into the swing of it.
The circuit that the evil duo of @ChrisLuptonpt and Chris M set up was a killer. My body is not designed to leave the ground without some assistance so star jumps????? Seriously, not gonna happen, well no more than about 10 and then collapse!
This is the day I decided on a couple of new names for our venture, Fat to Fit???? No chance, Fat to Dead was an option, however my particular favourite was and still is Fat to F***ed :)
The workout ended with a fab game during which we had to steal weights and run with them, bonkers to see a load of slightly wobbly women (some a lot more wobbly than others) 'running' around with kettle bells and some kind of torturous weigh bag.
Day 4
The day that I was a winner.
The days in between training days are usually spend walking slightly strangely. Due of course to the extreme effort that I put into the group workout with Chris from Innovate Fitness and Chris M, who I assume has a business name, but not one I know :| and not due to any kind of 'funny' business.
Once I got going, the aches and pains drifted away, until it came time for a wee of course and then my body suddenly remembered that the muscles just above my knees hurt and made the whole process somewhat less elegant than it might normally be!
The day of work over, it was time for my first venture out to the pub. Now I don't normally venture out on a school night, but as local 'celeb' Patrick Dunlop was asking the questions in the pub quiz I decided it would be rude not to join in.
Well, to cut a long story short we won!!! Yay
A good end to a good day :)
My advice..... don't hold your breath!
Day 3
Day three was the day that I decided the name Fat to Fit just wasn't appropriate.
The eating is going well, lots of variety, really enjoying cooking again. It's great that my job allows me to prepare and cook stuff at work. Finally making good use of my slow cooker, my day tends to result in my torturing the other people in my block with the smell of my tea wafting through their classrooms! Ha
The drinking is also going well. When I started I thought that there was no way that I would be able to drink 3l plus of water everyday, but touch wood, I am actually finding it surprisingly easy to fit it all in.
The exercise, ah, this is the fun part! OMG tonights workout was good, don't get me wrong as much as I might whinge and moan and groan I really love exercising once I get into the swing of it.
The circuit that the evil duo of @ChrisLuptonpt and Chris M set up was a killer. My body is not designed to leave the ground without some assistance so star jumps????? Seriously, not gonna happen, well no more than about 10 and then collapse!
This is the day I decided on a couple of new names for our venture, Fat to Fit???? No chance, Fat to Dead was an option, however my particular favourite was and still is Fat to F***ed :)
The workout ended with a fab game during which we had to steal weights and run with them, bonkers to see a load of slightly wobbly women (some a lot more wobbly than others) 'running' around with kettle bells and some kind of torturous weigh bag.
Day 4
The day that I was a winner.
The days in between training days are usually spend walking slightly strangely. Due of course to the extreme effort that I put into the group workout with Chris from Innovate Fitness and Chris M, who I assume has a business name, but not one I know :| and not due to any kind of 'funny' business.
Once I got going, the aches and pains drifted away, until it came time for a wee of course and then my body suddenly remembered that the muscles just above my knees hurt and made the whole process somewhat less elegant than it might normally be!
The day of work over, it was time for my first venture out to the pub. Now I don't normally venture out on a school night, but as local 'celeb' Patrick Dunlop was asking the questions in the pub quiz I decided it would be rude not to join in.
Well, to cut a long story short we won!!! Yay
A good end to a good day :)
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Day the 2
Food...... it's something I think about a lot, especially more so now that I am on the @ChrisLuptonpt detox.
However, rather than thinking about it in terms of what goodies shall I 'treat' myself to today - I'm talking crisps, sweets, pastries etc. here, I actually find myself wondering what interesting thing I am going to prepare for my meals.
Now, I'm a grazer by nature (I have been called a cow on more than one occasion), and as a result I like to nibble, a lot. If I wasn't nibbling, then it went in the microwave, ready made for me my Mr Marks, Mr Spencer or the good people of Sainsbury's, not interested in cooking for 1 at all. More often than not I end up with some chicken nugget type things or just a bread based product (mmmmmmmm bread).
However, and I find this a bit odd, in the last two days I have not thought about snacking at all and have enjoyed the process of planning and preparing my meals. Although I am sticking mainly to firm favourites, I have already been inspired to try new things, with a great deal of success even if I do say so myself :)
Anyway, enough, time to rest my aching bones.
For the record I am writing this blog a day behind time, I have in fact just completed Day 3, but more about that tomorrow!
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Here I go again ......
I swear that:
a) I have no self control when it comes to crisps
b) You can't beat a good Haribo and
c) I am a glutton for punishment.
So after a relatively successful start to the year, completing my 21 Day detox with @ChrisLuptonpt, I was full of confidence that I would once again be able to continue to with my weight loss and would once again get into my size 14 trousers :)
But, no, of course I fell of the waggon at the first sniff of a packet of Walkers and so here we are, 9 months later and once again I am back with Mr Lupton.
Back to no coffee, no booze and NO CRISPS :(((
Like last time I really enjoy the food, makes a change for me to make the effort and actually cook something for my tea rather than setting something to 'ping', also like last time I really hate (love) the exercise part of the program, I find that good whinge is an integral part of the exercise process :)
Well, I am happy to report that Day 1 went well food wise and I finally got to meet the rest of the gang at our first group workout session. Now, it was bad enough before when it was just @ChrisLuptonpt to cope with when exercising, however we have to contend with double trouble as Chris is being joined by Chris Mackay, at least it means I don't have to learn a new name to scream when I hurt!
Needless to say the workout was hell.
Roll on Day 2.....
a) I have no self control when it comes to crisps
b) You can't beat a good Haribo and
c) I am a glutton for punishment.
So after a relatively successful start to the year, completing my 21 Day detox with @ChrisLuptonpt, I was full of confidence that I would once again be able to continue to with my weight loss and would once again get into my size 14 trousers :)
But, no, of course I fell of the waggon at the first sniff of a packet of Walkers and so here we are, 9 months later and once again I am back with Mr Lupton.
Back to no coffee, no booze and NO CRISPS :(((
Like last time I really enjoy the food, makes a change for me to make the effort and actually cook something for my tea rather than setting something to 'ping', also like last time I really hate (love) the exercise part of the program, I find that good whinge is an integral part of the exercise process :)
Well, I am happy to report that Day 1 went well food wise and I finally got to meet the rest of the gang at our first group workout session. Now, it was bad enough before when it was just @ChrisLuptonpt to cope with when exercising, however we have to contend with double trouble as Chris is being joined by Chris Mackay, at least it means I don't have to learn a new name to scream when I hurt!
Needless to say the workout was hell.
Roll on Day 2.....
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