10.2Kg DOWN ~ 1 WEEK TO GO !

If you'd asked me 4 weeks ago how I was feeling about my challenge you probably would've been able to tell by the look on my face. I was quite honestly thinking that there was no way I was going to achieve my goal, I was so down about the whole thing, feeling a little starved to tell the truth. I now know that I was being very negative. The power of the mind is an amazing thing, my dark 'self talk' was weighing me down. Extreme to say I realise but my negativeness was making me feel like life isn't worth living. How pathetic is that? Those people that are able to go on a weight loss / fitness regime and achieve their goal all by themselves are amazingly strong individuals indeed, I take my hat off to them. I am definitely not one of 'em... Without the help of my Trainers David & Craig I would still be blabbing on about losing weight this time next year. What they have helped me with goes far, far beyond just an exercise routine. The motivation, encouragement, diet advice & positive fun environment they create is another big part of what keeps me going. Don't think for a second that it's easy, it's not, it's bloody hard work, seriously hard work - BUT IT PAYS SERIOUSLY BIG REWARDS! Call me a sadist but I'm starting to love it. And to think that after I'd paid for my first month I was actually going to quit cause I thought it was boring and not for me. Thank goodness that It didn't take me long to realise that the guys were actually getting me to do exercises to develop the right technique, build strength, stability & correct form. Laying solid foundations, so to speak, for the more complex routines that I'm now doing & enjoying so much. It makes sense for them to take their time initially with a new client, they observe and document their flexibility, strengths, weeknesses, core stability, mind set and goals before they custom design a routine. They only have your health, safety and correct development in mind.

Guess what the look on my face today would tell you?    :)

I feel so good I'm jumping out of my skin. I'm down to 89.2kgs. I'm in the 80's and I haven't been here since I was in my twenties. Holy Crap I feel good. David told me to visualise 89 on the digital scale and I did. I could see it so clearly in my mind and now it's come true. There is that 'power of the mind' do'in it's thing again. Freak'in amazing stuff... Now I'm visualising 85 and I can see that clearly too.

One more week to go and that's the completion of this challenge. I've decided that I'm going to keep this blog active so I can report my ongoing progress. Writing this every week has actually helped. I read back a little today and it made me feel good to see where I came from ~ now I can see where I'm going just that little bit clearer... Love life and it'll love you back...

85kg here I come...

Clint.

I Can Do Anything!

SEPTEMBER 2010

Wed   1    99.4kg   
Wed   8    98          1.4kg loss
Wed  15   96.9       1.1
Wed  22   95.3       1.6
Wed  29   95.3       Nil

OCTOBER 2010

Wed   6    95.2kg   100gm
Wed   13  94.4       800gm
Wed   20  95.4       1kg GAIN
Wed   27  94.6       800gm

NOVEMBER 2010

Wed   3    93.6kg   1kg
Wed   10  92.5       1.1
Wed   17  90.6       1.9

TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS TO DATE:  8.8kgs

1.2kgs and two more weigh-ins to go.

There were tears of happiness this week, the hard work is definitely paying off. I can fit into my new jeans and do them up, but not comfortably. I must be 89.4 by Wed Dec 1 2010 to achieve my goal and I am damm well gonna do it! HOWEVER, I have now set my sights on being 85kgs by Christmas. I had a bit of a fright this week in the realisation that this challenge is coming to an end and I thought 'shit, what's going to hold me accountable now.' My scare was that when I finish I may just relax a little and the weight will creep back on - NOT GONNA HAPPEN BABY.....!

I'm going to allow myself a reward at the end of this, bathe in the glory for a second, so to speak, and then reset my goals.

I haven't been this weight since I was in my 20's and I can definitely confirm that 'nothing tastes as good as what skinny feels.'

Clint.

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!

I can't believe it, I'm 92.5kgs. What a feeling! I'm so close now to being under 90kgs that I can almost taste it. Don't worry, you'll know when I get there cause you'll hear me hooting from where ever you are... A loss of 1.1kgs this week and a total thus far of 6.9kgs. That's an average of 690gms each week since the beginning of this Spring Challenge. 3 more weigh-ins to go and 3.1kgs to lose to achieve my goal so that means I now need to lose just over a kilo a week. TIME TO STEP UP I'D SAY !!

On another note, that also means that it's only 3 weeks to Summer - YAY, I love Summer!

This week I have felt a lot more relaxed with my program, the negative voices I mentioned last week have gone. Even though I still have the same daily pressures my mind set has changed. I'm being gentle with myself and feeling lighter and happier.

CANCER COUNCIL DONATION UPDATE - To date I have 35 Sponsors with donations totalling $750. As you know Cafe Mulberries is matching ALL funds raised so that means we have $1500 to hand over to the Cancer Council but I'm sure we can still do better. Thank you so much to all my loyal customers and beautiful friends for your support and kind words of encouragement. It is without doubt helping to keep me focused.

Clint.

The Road Block Has Cleared!

This is hard! Really, really, bloody hard work! Lately I have been a little negative, bashing myself up, feeling hungry, feeling pressured and thinking to myself that "I'm not gonna achieve this"

THANK GOD FOR LIFESTYLE IMPROVERS! - the guys have patiently listened to all my issues and systematically defused each one. Giving me diet advice, supporting me with extra Body Shock Training, coaching me through the pain barriers and helping me realise again just how important this is to 'me' - keeping me focused and charged. I go to Training 3 times a week and for the last 2 weeks Craig has picked me up from work and driven me to Jacobs Ladder for Body Shock Training in his own time. IN HIS OWN TIME! WOW! If one of the guys don't pop into the Cafe (we're not far from them) to have a coffee and check on my progress then I usually get a daily call or sms with some words of encouragement. I have joined several gyms in my time but none have ever given me the support that Lifestyle Improvers  do. Their service is incomparable.

CURRENT WEIGHT - 93.6kgs. A loss of 800gms and a total weight loss of 5.8kgs. It's not easy but, as they say, if it was then everybody would be doing it. I feel really good.

4 more weigh-ins to go. 4 more kilos to lose. Wednesday December 1st will see the completion of this challenge but not the finish of my weight loss or fitness goal. I will get to my ideal weight, apparently around 82kgs, but I can never see my life now without Training. I am by no means turning into a gym junkie or fanatic and never will. All I know is how good Training makes me feel and how much more life I have because of it. I strongly urge everyone to make fitness their friend, so get off your arse and invest in yourself!

Many thanks to all my sponsors and to those who have donated and not wanted to leave me their details, your support is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Clint.