My Plan

I am always looking at cheap, easy fixes to lose weight. Now I know that this is impossible but that doesn’t stop me from looking.

A few weeks ago I won a 16 week membership to A New Weigh.

Gaelyn is amazing. Very supportive, you get a plan with some exercises and a list of foods that you can eat. I love this! I will be honest and say that I haven’t stuck to the plan really well. I made all of 2 weeks sticking to it and then it fell through. I feel so guilty because someone else could’ve benefited from this win but I have learnt so much and I still have 7 weeks left so there’s still some hope. I love the support of the group, the motivations and before and after pics of past clients of hers. I would like to stick to this plan as much as possible going forward.

I have Kayla Itsines workout plan as well. BBG 1 as it’s called. I did really well on this. Well, for the first 5 weeks on the plan. I did the 4 week pre-workout plan, which is for women who have little to no fitness levels. During week 5, it got a lot harder to find the time to work out as this also the week I went back to work from maternity leave. I plan to restart BBG 1 soon.

For now, I’ve started a food diary. I’ve cut out my favourite drink of all time, Coke, and all other gassy cooldrinks. I’m hoping to stick to cutting it out for a few weeks and then cut something else out, or maybe add something to my diet, like more veg maybe. I’m trying it this way as previously, I’d go all gung ho into a new eating plan and quit almost immediately because I couldn’t go cold turkey on something.

I feel this is more likely to last if I can cut one thing at a time and then I won’t feel like I’m depriving myself. You know, start a new habit or break an old one. I’ve also substituted the sugar in my coffee and tea with Xylitol. Hoping this helps.

I quit smoking when I was 3 months pregnant with my second baby. I had my last cigarette on 31 December 2013 and haven’t touched one since. I went cold turkey and yes, the 1^st day was THE hardest but eventually it got easier. I must say that cutting sugar is a whole lot harder that cutting cigarettes ever were. But I will conquer this. I know I am strong enough to beat it. It will just take me a little longer.

They say losing weight is 80% and 20% exercise. So for now, I’m going to focus on the diet and eventually the exercise will come.