12WBT pre-season

There will be no eating real ones but these are sweet! We Heart It.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am just about to embark on the Michelle Bridges / Huggies 12 Week Body Transformation. Yikes! We kick off next week and so this week there have been a few tasks to complete in preparation. I have set some personal goals, made sure all my gear is ready to go (I still need to buy a heart rate monitor), cleaned much of the naughty food out of the cupboards and fridge and watched all of Michelle's podcasts. The slightly scary bit will be the measuring and taking photos of the "before" body.

One of the really important things that Michelle suggests is diarising your exercise and training program so that it really becomes another appointment to attend....like a meeting or a doctor's appointment. I know that if I have the conversation with myself about "will I or won't I get up early and go to the gym?", the won't sometimes might win out. If it is scheduled and in the diary there is little to no wriggle room for me to get out of it!

So this past week I scheduled my exercise and it's made a big difference to my approach (see my training program below). I have been exercising 3 - 4 times per week and watching my food for about 5 months now and in that time have managed to shed around 9 kilograms. There is still 8 kilograms to go to reach my goal weight so I am on the road and I am aiming for the 12WBT to be a big new challenge and motivator for me to achieve that goal by Christmas. Fortunately there are other lovely bloggy people on the road with me for support and encouragement. We will all need that.

I am going to blog weekly (on a Wednesday) so that I can keep a public track of my results. Having all of you to report into each week will be extra incentive too. So, here are this weeks results and training:

Monday 12th - Gym circuit class
Tuesday 13th - Gym cross trainer (cardio)
Wednesday 14th - Gym circuit class (morning) and pilates (evening)
Thursday 15th - Rest day
Friday 16th - Gym cross trainer (cardio)
Saturday 17th - Gym circuit (self directed)
Sunday 18th - Gym treadmill (cardio)
Monday 19th - Gym cross trainer (morning) and clinical pilates (evening)

Diet - pretty balanced; lots of sugar cravings and a couple of small break outs of a slice of cake and some chocolate
Weight loss from September 12th - September 19th - 1.8 kilograms
Weight loss from April 14th, 2011 (beginning of weight loss road) to today - 9.5 kilograms

I am thrilled to say the least. Bring it Michelle and 12WBT!