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Created: Thursday, 11 May 2017 05:22

Day 11 of our "kick ourselves up the butt"' plan.  Marc is surviving - just.  He has done awesome continueing to go without his chips & Subways etc.  Me, I indulged in a few wines over the weekend as wine is my indulgence.  But I am aware of the calories and sugars and do not kid myself that results would come quicker without it.  But gosh it was yummy and just tops off a Ketogenic meal perfectly.  

The scales have dropped from 66.8kgs to 65.2 which is 1.6kgs drop in 10 days which is damn good really. If one of my clients got the same drop,  I would be estatic for them.  However I was hoping to have been just a tad under 65kgs this morning because its a natural mental thing, but that didnt happen so  maybe tomoro,  or the next day or next week - I know I am doing it right and it will come.    My bodyweight has fluctuated around 500 grams sometimes and Im used to seeing that with my clients but my body is feeling so much better .  Getting my clients  to realise that daily differences are normal and to be expected is a hard job.  Making them realise that the drop they expect may be just  around the corner by maybe another day or two, but  heading  home to pig out in a disappointed food binge is not going to help!  


Day 8 - 1.6kgs down 

Sadly we have huge expectations when we are attempting to lose body weight.  Way higher than we deserve to have actually as we are so used to seeing social media claim losses of 1-2 kgs per week which is totally ridiculous unless your 20kgs overweight to begin with and your diet has gone from totally overboard to a totally cleaned up diet.  We have to have our short term and long term goals but we cannot let the scales dictate to us what our day is going to be like if the figure is not what you expect at weigh in.  Too many times have I seen a client walk away from a check-in very disappointed and I know she is going to have a really bad day because of it.   You have to believe that if you have been  better than you were previous to your plan, then fat loss will happen. Your bodies got no other choice, but  just may not be evident on the scales - in digits,  the day you  are wanting to see it for your own eyes. 
Stay positive! 

You must go by how you are looking, and feeling.  I know alot of the females I work with find it very hard to actually look at themselves for self critiqueing but you need to.  You need to study your body and see it for what it is and note what you dont like and aim towards loving the skin the skin your in.  Just seeing a little change in your tummy or some more definition in your legs,  or noticing that your arms are looking differet  is a huge motivator.  Once again I stress how hard it is for many woman but please try loving the skin your in and so some self study. It will help your motivation towards your goals and your self acceptance.  

Progress Photos
Everybody hates them!  Some of my clients have nightmares with the photos I send through to them and I have to say nobody likes them at all.   If they liked how they were looking they wouldnt come to me in the first place!  
Some of my clients dislike the thought of it so much and a select few get away with me not taking them.  
In those instances I recommend that they take some selfies. Set your phone camera up and put it on video and just do a nice slow turn in front of it.  You can also put your camera on selfie burst and take 4 shots at a time - front, back, and both sides. Dont do this in tights, you really do need to unhide your body to see any little changes.  

One of my clients last night was so happy when we went back to her 1st photos of her.  She had lost 8.3kgs in 8 weeks and kinda didnt see it as much as I did, until we looked at her photos. She looked completely different in her body and her face in her first pics. Last night she looked fabulous.  Her face was gorgeous, less puffy and shes at the point where she is loving her clothes. I think she would of had a good night last night and will have an amazing day today as she left my office so positive and proud of herself.  

***Please note that personally I have not killed  myself to get the 1.6kgs drop in body weight!
I am currently training 5 days per week for about 45 mins a session and I run 5 times per week taking a day off when I am extremely tired or recognise that I need a rest cardio day.  I am also eating a good amount of clean food, but I am hungry.  I have to be hungry to be in deficit!
I am also supplement free apart from my meopause balance and protein powder and Keto/os supplement. 

I shall take some progress photos tomoro and also blog abit about food and fluid retention.  
Have a great day and go shoot some  progress pics!!
Luf & Muscles Jo.