Simply trying to survive each day has been my main goal. But now that Oscar is settling a little & the rush of visitors is almost over, I feel like a new routine is in order. Especially now that we have set a wedding date...!!!
May 23rd 2015 is to be the big day, which leaves me with approximately 13 months to get in tippy top shape. I've told some friends and family about my big plans to be in great shape & majority of the responses were;
A) you don't even need to lose weight (lies)
Or
B) don't put pressure on yourself for one day.
To which I say;
A) I actually do as I just had a baby
&
B) point taken, but I don't believe aiming to be fit, healthy & glowing for my wedding day is an unrealistic expectation- and it just so happens to be the most important 'one day' of my life.
Thank you very much.
Really, which woman doesn't want to look their best on their wedding day? I actually think it's incredibly good motivation to ditch the chips & choccie in favour of green smoothies and truckloads of squats. Ever since all this wedding talk a couple of weeks ago, I've already been making much better decisions when it comes to my health and fitness- and it's bloody marvellous!
I wont be starting some starvation diet & running for 20km a night or anything ludicrous like that, but I am going to quit the sugar (mostly) & up the workouts where possible from here on out. (I say this as I just finished 100 weighted squats in the lounge and now feel slightly wobbly / ill)
The plan at the moment is simply to cut out as much crap as possible from my diet without being too strict, and to exercise at least 4-5 times a week even if that just means a walk for an hr. At the moment my diet looks mostly like this;
Morning; muesli & almond milk with a banana
Snack; fruit or hardboiled egg and almonds
Lunch; variable but mostly sandwich or sushi
Snack; something sweet or a smoothie
Dinner; our main dinners vary between chicken wraps, curries, steak & mash, or a roast of some description.
There are far too many refined carbs (white rice, bread etc) being consumed, so I'll swap them out for brown or whole grains, and try to cut out my sweet tooth snack in the afternoon. Not massive changes, but better choices.
As for exercise; I'm walking 3 or 4 days a week and running once or twice as well, I've also been doing Jacobs ladder sporadically but would like to make that a regular weekend thing. I will also try to do at home yoga & weights at least 2 or 3 times a week. This all depends on how many hours of sleep I'm getting & how my body / mind are feeling, I won't push myself if I'm tired- will just go with the flow.
So I'm going to start by documenting my progress on here, updating it monthly with photos of my journey whether they are good or just plain unsightly, you'll see it all.
Here are some pics from yesterday, unfiltered, unedited, and I'm not sucking anything in;
(I can't wait until those massive hooters shrivel up!)
Things aren't looking too shabby for 6-7 weeks out but there is some tightening to be done! The areas I want to work on are typical 'women problem areas', upper thighs, arms and tummy. I don't have a lot of weight to lose but I do have a lot of toning to do, so watch this space! Oh, and ballet starts tonight too, weeeeee, I'll let you know which role in Swan Lake they cast me as.... Probably the swan though I'd say.
I hope you're all having a wonderful week, and enjoying the cooler weather with some cuddly dressing gowns and snug slippers (my fave). Perth dropped down to 7degrees whilst I was feeding Oscar at 4am today, it felt like -7! (I've ashamedly become a big Australian pussy)
Happy hump day folks!
Thought of the day "will this child feed every 2 hours forever?!!! Broken sleep sucks"
Gemma
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