Michelle Bridge's 12 Week Body Transformation

Geez, it's been a few weeks since I've posted, but not much has been going on, except busy life with work & the four kids.

I stumbled across Michelle Bridge's 12 Week Body Transformation (12wbt) last week, and I've decided to give it a go.  And after getting hubby to check it out, he's signed up for it as well.  A bit pricey - cost us $200 each, so I've cancelled my WW subscriptions while I do this program for 3 months.

Michelle Bridge's is one of the trainers on Australian Biggest Loser, and her program runs for 12 weeks starting from 4th June.  It's an exercise & food program, based on consuming only 1200 calories per day, and burning 500 calories 6 days a week with exercise.  

In preparation (pre season she calls it) she sets a few tasks, like listing your excuses & your goals, cleaning out your pantry & just getting organised, etc to make sure you have everything ready to go to get you through the 12 weeks.  In preparation, I had a HUGE pantry clean up yesterday.  Fortunately we eat well in this house already, so I only needed to get rid of things like white rice, Jasmine rice, etc, and I put the kids junk in a container labelled "Treats".   I also have bought Michelle's set of 3 exercise DVDs (they haven't arrived in the post yet though), Polar heart rate monitors for hubby and I, an aerobic step & some dumb bells.   We're both pumped & ready to get on this 100%.

One of the tasks set is to write down my commitment, and here it is....

I am making the commitment today to STICK with this 12wbt program.  I am going to stay off the booze for the duration, limit my food intake to 1200 calories & exercise like a Trojan.  I am making the commitment that I WILL lose 20kgs in 12 weeks & I am going to look & feel fantastic, and be on my way to a fit & healthy life.

I cannot wait.  I am so excited to get this thing started!  BRING IT ON!!!

On A Roll......

....to lose these rolls!!!
Still very focussed and on track, and I must admit I really am surprised how quickly I got back into the swing of exercising daily, tracking & drinking water.  Have had a few glasses of red wine, but all within my points, and feeling so in control and unbelievably HAPPY!!!  Isn't it amazing how great you feel when you move & eat well!?!?  Just have to keep in focus & not let anything derail me.  NO EXCUSES!!!
Onwards & downwards.....

On My Way...

A loss of 1.1kgs today.  Whoop whoop!  To be honest, I was genuinely surprised.  It's only been a few days that I have been back on track, but I guess I am lucky my good days have outweighed the bad days.
Hopefully I can stay in this "zone".  I seem to have been in & out of the zone frequently over the last 14 months, so I just have to keep taking it one day at a time, and string lots of good days & good losses together until it becomes second nature again for me to be living every day as a Weight Watcher.

It was raining yesterday & I had the hands of my two boys as we ran across the road after kinder & my 4yo commented "You can't run".  I had just run (well, as best as I could with my bad ankle) but I asked him what he meant by that & he replied "You have to lose weight before you can run".  Talk about a comment taking me completely by surprise!!  I asked him where he had heard that, and he commented "I just thought of it now myself".   Just goes to show, as I commented in my last post, that I need to be a role model to my kids, and if my 4yo is already thinking I need to lose weight, then lose weight I will!!!!

Have been doing a minimum of 30 minutes a day on the xtrainer, and I find if I take a book & read whilst on it, I can keep up a steady pace & not be watching the clock, and the time flies by.  Currently reading the third book in "The Hunger Games" trilogy, and just can't put it down. Dying to see the movie!

Have also been spending a hell of a lot of time this last week decluttering.  The weather in Melbourne has been really cold & wet, so we've been housebound a lot, and to keep myself busy, I've been doing cupboards, rooms, and anywhere I think needs a good clear out.  Have been addicted to a website, which has become one of my favourites lately........  The Organised Housewife.  Would love to have a blog about decluttering & being organised as I am so obsessed about it!!!

Anyway, will keep plodding on.  Drinking water, tracking, and exercising....

Onwards & downwards.....

The Penny Has Dropped..... Again....

Yes, well, re-reading back on my last post, I started with good intentions, but it did actually take a couple of days for the penny to actually drop.  I caught a sight of myself down at the shopping centre the other morning, a reflection in a shop window, the back of my shirt hitched up over my big arse, and I think it gave me the jolt I needed.  It reminded me of the way I felt when I had lost over 30kgs and was so close to 100kgs in March last year.....

• I liked to catch my reflection every now & then, as it would give me a shock to see how much weight I had lost, and how far I had come.
• I liked to dress nicely & buy new clothes, and took more time with my appearance, something I don't bother with when I am bigger.
• I liked my husband to show me affection & intimacy, but now I feel embarrassed & disgusted at the weight I have gained.
• I was spurred on by all the comments of friends and acquaintances about how great I looked, & how fantastic I was doing.  I remember EVERY single comment people gave me, and I want that feeling back again.
• I loved the conversations I had with the kids about health & fitness, and how my son (who was 10 at the time) gave me a magnet that he had made on Mothers' Day, with words to describe me.  One of them was the word "FIT".  I want my kids to think of me as fit & healthy, and I want to be a role model for them, especially my daughter.

I don't want to feel embarrassed anymore.  Embarrassed because I am so fat, and embarrassed in front of all those people who saw me lose the weight, and have now seen me gain it again.

23 weeks til we go to Bali.  I am taking things one day at a time, but I must admit, I would LOVE to drop 20kgs in that time.  It's realistic.  I can do it, but will focus on just getting through today, and then getting through tomorrow...

I've been gathering inspiring slogans whenever I see them.  Good visual reminders!!!