getting control

it's time to open up your eyes to the life that you've always wanted..


Five weeks later and its incredible the realisations you come to when you're achieving something for yourself, proving a point to yourself and being stronger than you ever thought you could be. For me this has been about taking control of my health and my shape..but this applies to everyone.


I have spent a long, long time obsessing over the size that I was..it isn't until i look back now though and realise that all that stress, worry and anxiety about what I looked like, was for no reason at all. I had no reason to be unhappy about this! I look back now on old photos and even photos of just a year ago and I don't see what i was so stressed about. Don't get me wrong i know i'm no 6ft tall supermodel, but i was still someone who was fit and healthy...what was the problem then?

I WAS SO INCREDIBLY OUT OF CONTROL

I felt these emotions because i was out of control of my emotions, I felt overweight because i had no control over what i was eating, i felt unhappy because I always thought i was failing..when really i was just out of control.
I am now at a place where I am so happy, I feel like there are a million less worries in my life! I'm not stressed about my days or my future. I'm not anxious about assignments or relationships and im not OBSESSING about what i look like!

INSIDE MY EMOTIONAL SUCCESS

1. I realised where my problems were and why i was unhappy

I didn't have structure in my diet and i wasn't knowledge about what i was eating. This left me feeling like i was eating a lot worse than i was and sometimes I felt i was eating a lot better than i was..(no wonder i was confused!)

2. I took a few baby steps to start gaining some control

The first thing i did was make a food diary. Recording everything I ate made me more aware of my bad and good eating habits and when in the say i needed to be more careful

3. I took action where i was falling

I realised my bad 'snacking' was happening between lunch and dinner so i replaced the snacks with more fruit and made conscious decissions of what i ate at those 'hard times'

I STILL DO THIS EVERY WEEK!
Once i was improving on my first issue i worked on another one!
- drink more water
- exercise 4-5 times weekly
- smaller portions
- RECORD RESULTS


I wish i could explain to you the feeling that comes with feeling IN CONTROL of your body. If you have a lack of control in your life (in any area) it takes a toll on your entire life. Examine what's making you stressed, anxious or unhappy and take baby steps to fix it :)

where am i now?

WHERE AM I 3.5 WEEKS ON!!!!

so it has now been 3 and a half weeks and heres my complete honesty to all you readers. I feel the need to be honest because you have all taken to time to be reading this blog

HERE IT IS!!!

Things are good!! But three weeks on its really time to up my game..this has been my 3 weeks

1. a consistant breakfast, lunch and dinner
2. fruit for snacks
3. no skipping meals
4. not too much naughty snacking
5. frequent exercise

MORE CHANGES TO FOCUS ON TO SEE MORE RESULTS

1. smaller portions

2. more water

3. more intense exercise

Don't get me wrong i have seen results and i am GLAD that they are happening slowly because i really have found a healthy lifestyle that i can maintain but deep down inside of me i KNOW i can be doing more! i now KNOW i am a lot stronger than i think. I KNOW that my self control has done a big 360 turn and i KNOW i've got more to lose and can do it!!

TALK ABOUT MEASUREMENT

THESE ARE AMAZING!!!

in 3 weeks i have lost 4 kilos and im happy with that BUT we all know how much weight goes up and down but here is something that won't lie to you...measurements!!! i have lost of 35cm and thats what makes the hard work pay off!!

I feel i am at a bit of a plateau so time to up the game even more and see some more results..lets kick this in the but!!!

LIFESTYLE CHANGES

"I'LL LOOK LIKE THAT ONE DAY"

GUESS WHAT? A BLOCK OF CHOCOLATE WON'T GET YOU THERE

EATING HEALTHY FOR A WEEK WONT GET YOU THERE

ONE MORE APPLE A DAT WON'T GET YOU THERE

AND GIVING IN WON'T GET YOU THERE!

A lot of you will agree with me when i tell you that I've always known these things but kind of hoped, in my heart of hearts..that i would be the exception to these rules...20 years on, it still hasn't worked..

ONLY one and a half weeks into this journey small changes have happened..my clothes hang that little bit nicer, the love handles dont hang over quite as much and I'm down a hole in my belt 

BUT

I have now realised that this is not something I (or anyone else) can put a time limit on..if you want to change your body, your weight or your health there changes have to be for LIFE!

Don't be ridiculous
> I'm not going to eat chocolate for two months 
WHY? so then it will be not as bad to indulge in after the two months??
> I'm never going to eat bad food again
LIES LIES LIES
> I'm going to exercise every day from now on..
Guess what? no you wont...

HERE ARE SOME OF MY LIFESTYLE CHANGES IN JUST 1.5 WEEKS

- I can no longer eat half as much as i used to

- I can now tell what my body needs instead of wants

- I will exercise at least 3 times per week

- I will always drink at least 3L of water daily

- I will continue to portion meals and its ok to not eat everything on the plate

- junk food is ok!!!..rarely and in small doses!

MAKE YOUR LIFE STYLE CHANGES TODAY..CHANGES FOR LIFE

A NEW LIFE

THANK GOODNESS FOR THE WEEKENDS

there are SO man pros to the weekend but this weekend i found one very major CON

A LOT MORE HAPPENS ON WEEKNDS

a lot more that revolves around food.

- lets go to the movies
- lets go out for lunch
- we have a party
- 'finger food provided'

all i can say though, is that a week of CLEAN EATING can really change your life..i was not even tempted this weekend with all of the above problems. I proved to myself that you can socialise and you dont have to miss out just because you're on a health kick!..or changing your life...

this weekend i have taught myself a lot about balance.
my body is rejecting bad foods and craving the good stuff..its amazing!
i notice a change in the mirror now, not just on the inside! They are small changes that probably only i can see, but theyre there!
i now know that the hardest part is over and i'm never going back to how i used to eat!


I love that i can only eat half a meal and then I physically cant eat anymore
I love that i have trained myself to eat slower
I love that I can detect what my body needs and not what my mouth wants
I love that i have proven to myself that i can do this

REMEMBER: if you start tomorrow, in one week you could have these changes and this new love for yourself too!

THIS I JUST THE BEGINNING, BUT IT IS ALREADY A POSITIVE BEGINNING WHICH HAS CREATED A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY!

RESIST TEMPTATIONS

THE DREADED TEMPTATIONS...


The weekend is finally here and like most Friday nights, this means a nice chilled out night with my man after a busy week..why not go to the movies!! We ALL know that feeling when you walk into a cinema and the first of your 5 senses that starts working is your sense of smell..

There it is YOU SMELL THAT POPCORN..

all of a sudden it doesnt matter what movie you're seeing, how much money you have to spend or who you are with..the popcorn will draw you in every time!!
You allllllll know what Im talking about yeh?
Well this is my piece of advice for tonight

TOUGHEN UP!!!!

I am living proof that you CAN go to the movies and not be sucked into the smells, the food that has made your hips that bit bigger and hidden your muscle under flab....it's about time we all (including myself) used a bit off will power, a bit of inner strength and stop CAVING into the temptations that got us where we are in the first place!! hard word tonight i know....

Aside from this positive note or not eating popcorn at the movies, i have ANOTHER positive note yay!!!...This positive note is so simple....6 days on, and i almost have nothing to write about! This is becoming a lifestyle to me already and it's one where
I NO LONGER
- find it hard
- get hungry
- eat as much as i used to
- crave sugars and bad foods
- want to go back to the way i used to eat

if you're out there reading this and trying to lose weight i want you to take this on board.

THE BEGINNING IS HARD...

THEN ITS EASY!!!!

SOO MUCH SWEAT!! 
And all from my tiny little hideout, otherwise known as my bedroom..for any of you who have seen my bedroom, you will know it is pretty small..some how i have managed to crap in a double bed, a guitar, a ukelele, a keyboard, an extra cupboard, a surfboard and a fish :) An there is about a 1.5m x 1m space on my floor...
TODAY i got home from work and knew i wanted to do a big workout, but that would involve going home, getting my gym or swimming gear, going to the gym, working out, coming home and showering etc etc...some of you right now know exactly what im talking about..and that's enough to just NOT GO!!

NOT ANYMORE SLACKERS!!!

i have never felt this sore, this sick and this good after a workout, and it only took 20-30 minutes...

AND I DID IT RIGHT IN MY BEDROOM

i didnt even wear shoes!

here it is

save it, do it, love it!

PERFECT HONEST TRUTH TIME:

I'm doing it!...it is going well too and easy! i can really tell how much this whole journey is mind over matter. I've failed so many times but because my mind is in a great place, so is my determination and commitment!

Already my body is craving the good foods im eating every day VEGIES, FRUIT, NUTS, SALAD

and the best bit of all is i KNOW that my body is loving these changes because I am not getting hungry anymore and I can only eat about half as much at dinner time :)

I give myself credit for this because at breakfast and lunch time i have been cutting meal sizes in half for the first 3 days i was constantly hungry but not anymore!!!! WOOOHOOOO

I must say im feeling pretty good so far, cant wait to see some visible results!!