So I’ve been busy, hence why I’ve not been updating this blog.
I’ve been very busy with a new regime, one that I want to take as much from as possible and make some new habits out of. The regime is sort of broken into 3 different stages, food, exercise and supplements. I’ve been trialing out a new regime for Mike Bach of ABC Fitness – http://www.manchesterbootcamp.com/manchester-bootcamp.htm
1. Food is probably the most important thing to get right (unfortunately). To lose weight it seems that you really do have to reduce your carb and sugar intake. So basically anything that tastes nice, I should probably think twice about! It’s been a bit tough, especially now I’m in the 3rd week and the novelty has worn off and I’m craving my regular food so bad! Now I’m no stranger to the kitchen, so I’ve enjoyed doing some new and different meals, yesterday for example I made some chicken and tomato skewers served with homemade guacamole and salad. It was delicious and Chris loved it , though admittedly he had some pitta breads with his. Other popular meals I’ve had are burgers and the classic steamed fish and vegetables.
2. Exercise-wise, it’s all about high intensity exercises in relatively short sessions. It’s a lot of exercises that use different parts of the body at the same time.. and they all seem to be related to insects! Spiderman crawls, Inchworms, Froggies etc.. Most are down on the ground in push up position and then doing various jumps! Hard work but you feel every muscle working whilst you’re doing them. These are supplemented through doing stretches morning and night to loosen the body up.
3. Supplements. Ewwww. The hardest bit. Alkaline salts in the morning, Greens drink, Cod Liver Oil, Probiotic tablets and Vitamin C drink. Yuck yuck yuck, though 3 weeks in I’m getting used to them.
So results wise, my starting weight was 11st 9lb – not totally my heaviest ever but not my happiest weight. After 2 and a half weeks I’m already down to 11st 2lb with more to come off! (I had a cheeky weigh-in over the weekend at 11st so here’s hoping I’m going to break the barrier) Mike is more interested in the inches lost so I’ll post them up when I’ve done them on Friday, hopefully we will be able to see the tangible difference.
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