Its a new week!

Well well well what a weekend!
To start, Saturday was treat meal day and honestly I couldnt get it off my mind!! Sad I know, but having that treat meal really makes it worth being strict during the week and helps me stay on track.
Ive been battling a little with tiredness lately, normally when I get up in the morning I jump out of bed ready to tackle they day but lately Ive been having arguments with myself (no im not crazy at all ha!) lying in bed "trying" to get up.
Saturday was the worst, I actually fell asleep again, then eneded up jumping out of bed..... not because of excitement to tackle the day, more because I scared myself shitless and was disorientated as to why I was asleep again!?
But I did end up getting up and went straight to the gym, did a 3km run followed by a personal training session with Stav (who is amazing by the way) and felt Fantastic afterwards!
So the treat meal......all day I was dreaming about a hamburger from a fish n chip shop.... I think I even dribbled a bit, and boy did I enjoy it! I think if Paul wanted to "try" mine (as he says when he wants some of mine-like he's never had a hamburger before?) and have a bite I think I actually would have bitten him .... Come to think of it I think I may have hissed at him a few times like a feral cat just for looking at my burger.... needless to say, I enjoyed it.

So yesterday was time to start the new week. My food plan was set and the shopping list was done so while Paul stayed at home with Taya I headed off to do the shopping (tip: always do food shopping after a meal..... never go in there hungry or you'll end up coming out with cheesymite scrolls, packets of chips and chocolate going WTF?)
$200 later I was home preparing todays food.
BTW yesterdays dinner I ended up making for lunch as I had a birthday dinner at Stellas. It was eggplant parmigiana or more like a lasagna so lets call it "Eggplant Parmasagna".
Extremely tasty and very low calorie, let me know if you would like the recipe!

On the topic of the birthday dinner..... I slipped :(
Whilst having a healthy steak with veges for dinner, I had and ice cream for desert..... yep told you Id be honest...
Whilst I thoroughly enjoyed it there was a little voice inside my head yelling and screaming at me (the voice sounded a lot like my brother ;) ....hmmm funny that)

With that I jumped out of bed this morning and went on my mission to Body Attack and boy did I "attack"... thankyou Rena ;)
Honestly I dont think I listened to a word Rena said.... the only thing going through my head was icecream! icecream! icecream!! and I think i kicked so high I nearly flipped myself over backwards!
I feel better now and had a beautiful healthy lunch - rare roast beef sandwich with beetroot, rocket, cucumber and horseradish).... now as the little gremlin is sleeping Im about to prepare tonights dinner- grilled chicken breast with a herbed yogurt sauce with salad mmmm yum! once again feel free to ask for recipes!
On the agenda tomorrow, a morning walk with my "yummy mummys" and then hopefully Dions Kickboxing class tomorrow night.... Im just going to rock up and hope that he lets me do it...yep that'll work.

anways thankyou for keep me on my toes and ssshhhh about the ice cream ;)

Everything Hurts!!!

Hmmmmm..... Nobody said returning to high intense exercise would be easy!!

Its Saturday night the 26th of Feb and its treat meal night!! (Ive been thinking about this meal all week!!)

I started this challenge one week ago and have gotten off to a flying start!
The food plan is going really well and I am still highly motivated.
This week:
Monday: Body Attack
Tuesday: PT weight session with Trainer Kyle
Wednesday: 3km run (walked for 2 mins approx 100m)
Thursday: Body Balance
Friday: Body Attack
Saturday: 3km run (walked for 30 secs approx 20m) followed by PT weight session

Weighed in on Wednesday morning, after breakfast...... 100.2kg!! I lost 1.6kg since last Thursday!!
Am right on track!!

I only started this blog today so thats why there isnt more detail....
Stay tuned this week for more info on training and diet.... I may even share some recipes!!
Cant wait to weigh in on Wednesday!!

The Journey Begins!

GOALS:
- Lose 25kg
- Run the 12km City to Bay Fun Run in September
- Compete in my first Triathlon (300m swim, 17km cycle, 3km run)

TIME: 6 months (besides the City to Bay!)

HOW:
- Follow a strict eating plan consisting of 1200 calories a day, plus an extra 500 calories a day   whilst I am still breast feeding. I have lots of new and interesting recipes with lots of fresh healthy food, no "shake diets or pills!!"
- Training 6 days per week including 2 weights sessions 4 cardio and a stretch/yoga session
- Complete honesty starting with me telling you my "stats"... cant believe Im going to divulge this information but I have to do it, Its time to "man up!"

STATS:
- Starting Weight: 101.8kg
- 1km Timed run: 6 mins 3 secs
- # of Pushups in 1 min: 36 (on knees)
-"Ab level"- 1 (meaning i can manage a crunch with hands on thighs until fingertips reach knees)

WOW.... So now you know and now you can keep me accountable [Especially you Dora ;) ]

Who am I and Why am I Here?

So....
I am 25 years old and work as an Exercise Specialist; which basically means I am a Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor and I manage the frontline at my family owned fitness club.
Just over 2 years ago I married the love of my life, Paul and last year we decided to start a family.....
On December the 27th I gave birth to a beautiful 8 pound 9 baby girl which we named Taya, by caesarean section.
Immediately I fell in love (as all mothers do!) and as I sat in the hospital room each day I started to think of the future.....
Being pregnant you tend to only think of up to the point of birth, you cant make any plans, or decisions for after that point so everything is focusing on "that day" because you never know what will happen or how life will change, so being able to think of the future, in particular this next year started to excite me.

Before I was pregnant I thrived on "hardcore" training. I ran 4-5 days a week, trained muay thai 2-3 times a week, taught a kickboxing class and a Body Combat class, and was known as the "Spin Bitch" as my spin classes were notoriously hard [they dont call it the "Hour of Power" for nothing ;) ] I also used a personal trainer for weight sessions where we worked on the "Train to Failure" approach. Then I fell pregnant....
Immediately I had to stop everything I was doing except my Body Combat class and focus on just maintaining my strength and preparing my body for a baby.
I experienced horrible nausea during the first 3 months and found it hard to exercise, after that I stuck to walking, light weights and riding the spin bike, so a lot less intense. Naturally the weight crept on.
After finishing work at 34 weeks I decided to "enjoy" my time.... Gym in the morning for a Body pump, Body Balance or low impact Body Attack class, followed by lunch with mum and numerous trips to Bunnings!
I ate reasonably well, but still splurged and ate too many carbs, and trained all the way up to labour (did a body attack class the day after my due date!!)
I was a size 14 and still fit into a lot of my clothes although things were a little tight or I bought clothes in a size 16.... so I wasnt too worried to only go up 1 dress size.
So as I sat in the hospital room I started to get excited about going running, kickboxing and doing such a hard weight session that I go home and collapse in a heap!!
I retured to the gym when Taya was 6 weeks old and was absolutely shocked to learn I had put on 15 kilos.....YES, 15 KILOS!!!!
I went home, cried for a while and then a little lightbulb went off.... I was going to become a "Hot Mama"! Not only would I lose the weight I put on but I would lose a further 10 kilos to be the fittest and leanest I had ever been!

I will share my goals, plan and progress until I become "that woman"...

Here goes nothing!!