I didn’t lose any weight this week. Again. Crazy.
You know why it’s crazy? Because I dropped 18.5cm this week which included 6 off my hips. 177.5cm total now. Those hips of mine that cling onto every bit of fat like it’s the most fashionable thing in town… They dropped the fat, again! It’s a miracle.
Am I crazy or is that a lot of cm lost for no weight change.
So I’m happy but frustrated yet again. Next week the scales will be my friend. I’d like the weight gone too, not just the inches!
My goal for the week is to put into practice an eating method that keeps insulin levels in sync. I’m usually pretty good at this but I feel the past 2 weeks I’ve been more relaxed about monitoring my intake. 1 - I haven’t eaten enough, my phone died so my alarm hasn’t been going off to remind me to eat. I MUST charge it. 2 - I’m not always doing the protein, fibrous carb & starchy carb combo. I need to ensure I do because my poor body works hard and needs all the nutrients it can get.
I discovered three things this week:
1 - An upper body workout that works for me! I have been having so much trouble feeling the burn on my arms. For a fat chick I am incredibly strong. I always have been. I guess it’s the Samoan in me. When I was young, I was quick and strong, the perfect combo right. My oldest son has inherited the gene, he’s a phenomenal athlete already. I know it sounds a bit weird but it’s the reason a lot of Polynesian athletes are being headhunted and paid mega bucks. We’re fortunate enough to have a physical structure that means we’re both huge but incredibly agile. I have a really strong memory of being able to whip everyones butt in an arm wrestle at school. The biggest boys in the class didn’t have anything on me. I’ve always liked being strong so growing muscles doesn’t scare me.
2- A core workout that works for me. I’m still out of breath each time I shift my body around or twist slightly because the hidden muscles in my abdomen have been revived. It didn’t really hurt at the time, I could get through each bunch of 50 reps easily but DOMS is killing me. I should be ok tomorrow..well, my top half anyway. My bottom half will just be kicking it up a notch.
3- I can do push ups again. I attempted push ups for the first time in forever! I think the last time I tried was when I was going through physio after I had Boston. I couldn’t even lie in the right position because my pelvis hurt so badly. I remember because it was the day I discovered that push ups use pelvic muscles and I found that fact fascinating lol. I’m a far cry from where I was before Boston. I could do all sorts of fancy push ups for however long I wanted. Right now I’ve only tested to see if I can do 20 in a row, which I can. Slightly pathetic but it’s a good start. I could and should actually try harder. I do the real ones though, I don’t do the knees, they’re cheating.
Want a challenge? If you want to get strong arms, chest & shoulders, do push ups! (remember spot training doesn’t work though) One of the things my old kick boxing teacher made us do, I think for his own pleasure, was make us push up on our hands and hold for an extreme amount of time. After which we’d plunge right into burpees. Then put your hands together on the floor to form a diamond and hold again, then add in 30 seconds of push ups, with your hands still in the diamond, after that. Tell me how you go!
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Oh my gosh, your cm loss per week is crazy! Super inspiring, keep up the awesome work
I’ve been using fitday.com to help dial in my eating if it helps, it’s a bit labour intensive at first but after a few days it’s only a few clicks to get your info in. Go you!
Yes! I meant to pop by fitday.com this week. I’ve used sparkpeople.com in the past and it was great but the constant entering in of foods took up too much time because everything was American, Kiwi foods were never on the list hehe. I’ll stop by fitday.com now Alia
Thank you for helping me stay so motivated, you’re an awesome support. xxx
wow- who is that woman in the bikini? check out that stomach! I blame my 3 children for the state of my stomach but to be honest it never even looked close to that before the kids!
Well done you on the exercise, its awesome to see it still going on and the sizing going down! you look great in your photos and I know you will be encouraging others with this for sure.
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