You seem to be the total opposite to me mate. I find the diet easy. I just tell myself that I'm in control of my body and that any cravings are just psychological. It's the workouts I find tough. I just find it's draining psyching myself up to put 100% in all the time. Plus, if I have a bad session I feel crap for days about it. Wish we could combine our strengths and make a fabulous fat burning machine!
Just having a quick skim through last night's posts, I think PJ's right, you need to "Pimp your Diet"!
Do you see eating "healthy" as a chore? Do you see it as deprivation?
One think I've learned is you can have the foods you fancy, just make a healthy alternative. If I fancy a greasy chicken kebab & chips, I sub in a lean grilled chicken breast, whack on a bit of Piri Piri, stick it in a toasted wholemeal pitta, plenty of salad, dash of dressing & maybe a little hummous, gorgeous. Racks up about 400 cals, compared to a 1000 odd, takes no time to make & I feel a whole lot better for it.
Well, where do I start.
This whole challenge has been a bit of a nightmare for me, as people can probably tell by some posts I have made.
My gym sessions have been 100% except for the bout of headaches I had, and rearranging things for Anthonys visits (that seems so long ago!). I also feel my effort in the gym has been the best I could manage (at least in my head, there maybe some more to squeeze).
The diet hasnt been great, I have had good spells though.
I posted some pictures a few weeks back, I doubt they would have changed much since then.
My weight on Saturday was 18 st 6 lbs. Thats a poor 20 lbs since the start of the challenge.
Not so bad, but was hoping for so much better. When you consider (my ambitous goal) was to get into 16 stone its absolutely no where near. I know I should have probably toned it down a bit.
Not sure why I havent been as committed as much as I should have been, maybe its complacency, maybe its not wanting it enough. But, why do we all want it anyway?
Not really sure where to go from here. I am going on holiday 2 weeks on wednesday. I am going to have a week off the gym and keep on top of my diet (although I am going out on Saturday).
I think its difficult to get my self 100% motivated with the holiday looming, but need to really focus on the following 12 week period, to reallty make a difference.
You don't sound like your usual enthusiastic self !
Don't worry too much about the DD goal - you have made progress, and you will continue to make progress.
20lb in twelve weeks is 1.66lb a week - a perfect performance, espcially when you had problems with headaches and so on.
Your holiday can be an opportunity to allow your body to recover, but you need to keep an eye on that buffet table, and to fill your plate with lots of coloured stuff (and I don't mean the cakes!)
Hey Lardie, 20lbs is a good loss, especially as you have been cutting since January which is a long time in the grand scheme of things. Not sure I could cut for a period that long.
Enjoy your holiday and re evaluate when you come back.
Cheers for the creation of the DD challenge and your fortnightly updates. :-)
