Congratulations for attending todays Intensive Fat Loss Workshop.
You are about to embark on a 4 week journey that will not only allow you to drop fat fast but will give you a blueprint for how to keep it coming off in the months ahead and keep it off for good in the long term. It is our hope that you will achieve the 4kg fat loss in 4 weeks and that this will be the stimulus for more long term changes in the future.
You’ve got the support all those who attended today and we encourage you to use this blog not only to be inspired but also to inspire those on the same path as you by sharing your successes and challenges.
We invite you to post the number one thing you gained out of todays Workshop and your expectations for the 4 weeks ahead. Post thoughts to comments.
Hey Darren, Nadine, PJ and Kat - thanks for a great session today. Felt like it was an excellent way to refocus and set some goals.
ReplyDeleteFor me the one thing that made me nervous and therefore was my 'take-home' was the discussion about Intensity. So - this will be my focus for the coming month around my training.
I am excited and enthusiastic about the 4 weeks ahead. Looking forward to sharing it with everyone.
Ciao.
PJ (the client)
Great effort from everyone who made it to the workshop. The first step is always the most difficult.
ReplyDeleteCatherine and I are planning our guidelines for the next 4 weeks - a sense of reality has set in today (we are both a little scared but excited).
Will catch you all soon.
Darren
Hi all - my biggest challenge this month will be the limited alcohol as I have a lot of events on but I am determined to monitor my intake and be honest about it! I have done my food shopping and am feeling good that it's ticked off the list for this week. Managed to stay away from the starchy veges which will make Kat happy. I made a tasty ham avocado salad hummus wrap for lunch and have drunk nearly a litre of water so far today but am feeling waterlogged already! I can see the 2L a day water intake is also going to be a huge mountain to climb. Good luck to everyone. Looking forward to hearing about your journeys.
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Amanda
So, last night when I sat down to my tuna salad without my usual delicious toasted (but no butter) bagel, all I could think about was a greetings card that someone sent me some years ago. It was one of these Boynton cards - remember them, they had huge fat hippos usually talking about food - and usually chocolate? Well this card had a typically vast hippo staring out at me and it simply said: “I never met a carbohydrate I didn’t like”. It’s sort of true, isn’t it? And I thought about that missing bagel. Carbohydrates really are wonderful things. I will miss them. Ah well. Glass half full, glass half full. The dinner was fine but I was craving something sweet later.
ReplyDeleteIt really hasn’t been that bad. I am actually rather glad I was in Darren’s group, as he told me I didn’t need to be that frugal with the oil and vinegar (Kat, I know you disagree, but I am now hanging on every one of Darren’s words as long, as he doesn’t shout at me in the gym). And balsamic vinegar can make up for a lot.
Three observations:
1. A hand sized portion of meat looks suspiciously like a child’s portion, doesn’t it? Anyone else noticed that? Glass half full, glass half full.
2. I foresee a run on John West’s tuna slices in brine, don’t you?
3. Today, I even managed not to have the solitary coffee I had allotted myself. Mid Sunday morning, I realised, while I was dithering over whether to go and get that coffee, that one of the reasons I like coffee mid morning and mid afternoon is that coffee is a very good appetite suppressant, isn’t? So what do we do about that?
I am feeling oddly optimistic about this whole thing. Glass half full, glass half full.
Sandy
Hi guys - I have some tips to make things easier when packing lunches
ReplyDelete1) You can make your salad for Mon - Thurs on Sunday night - the trick is to keep the wet veggies (tomatoes etc) away from the dry ones. Go to the 2 dollar shops and they have fantastic tupperwares that have separators - so I can get all my work munches done in one hit
2) I got sick of the tuna in brine thing - so I now buy the pieces of smoked salmon (not the thin pieces but the chunky type piece, it's pricy but it's great when you can't be arsed to cook some chicken for lunch) - Salmon has a lot of good oils which you don't get in the canned tuna's
3) Soup glorious soup - another meal to make for the week - I have some great recipes if anyone wants?
Otherwise I started the plan yesterday and I am feeling great- made is to spin at 6:15 this morning and going to Pilates this evening - size 8 here I come
You all made it, we are here, it has arrived! The AMAZING journey to a new body.... I'm very happy to see all the great comments. Keep supporting, give advise, to eachother and smile!
ReplyDeleteI done my two training sessions today! Time to plan the food for tomorrow! I'm pumped!!! BRING on MAY!
Ohhh.... this is my rules!
ReplyDeleteMy guidelines for May
FOOD
-NO alcohol
-1 long black a day
-NO bread (can have mountain bread), pasta, rice, potatoes
-NO ice cream or other sugars
-Zone based diet
TRAINING
-8 sessions a week
-2 on Mondays and Wednesdays (Strength and MetCon)
-Goals… 10 kipping pull ups in a row, 1 Ring Dip
OTHER STUFF
-Read before go to sleep instead of watching TV
-Be in bed latest 9.00pm on school nights.
What I want to achieve by doing this…..
-Reduce body fat
-Wake up with energy
-Get stronger/faster/ in training session
Keep the it up people!
Kat
Kat,
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Have to say that being off alcohol for a couple of weeks has made the quality of my sleep so much better. Makes me able to train so much harder too. Doing PTs with Nadine definietly helps too!
I have been following a relatively good routine with my food since we first embarked on this month long journey last year. Back then I wanted to make rules that I could stick to in the long term, not something I did for the month and then forgot about.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say, from time to time things can slide. I stopped alcohol during the week and was drinking moderately on weekends which made a huge difference to my results. Lately the odd beer has been sneaking in on a Thursday night and the weekends are therefore getting longer!!!
There are always improvements that we can make so here are mine for the next month;
1) no alcohol from Monday to Friday and only lo-carb beer in moderation on weekends.
2) macchiatos with half a sugar instead of skim flat whites with one sugar.
3) to focus on some weak points in my training in the lead up to the CrossFit Games in July.
I plan to continue these changes beyond the 4 weeks and encourage you all to do the same. Good luck to you all - I'm glad to be on the journey with you!
Giving up alcohol Mon to Thu has always been easy but its been a long, long, long time since being able to get past a Friday night.....woo hoo ! Managed to have breakfast everyday and took my lunch so no need to go down to shops and have to sigh over crap options. Took care of myself training so no injuries, no excuses.....!! I'm loving May...!
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