Forget the Challenge

I am so over it - How bloody frustrating! I suppose I have had a crappy month which hasn’t helped with my training, but no results means something has to change. I re-wrote my program on Friday night while I was at work. I sat at the gym looking around at all the equipment and decided enough was enough. Mon, Wed & Fri are now cardio days as I really need to shift this body fat, Tues & Thurs are weights - heavy, heavy, hard weights (6-8 reps) and to complete muscle fatigue. I did cardio yesterday and was pleased with my workout. Today was weights - I managed to get a few pb’s which I was happy with - but I better be sore tomorrow or I’ll be hitting it harder next time. I am not in the mood lately for anything other than hard strong workouts. Only two weeks to go until I see my dietitian - wish that could come around faster. Just need to keep focussed!

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I am really getting frustrated and impatient with my results. It doesn’t seem to matter how hard I train, what I eat, what time I train, how I train etc etc etc, nothing is happening. I hate hitting plateaus and find it really difficult to jump start my body back into a fat burning, muscle building machine. My workouts have been awesome - I love doing them and get great satisfaction from each workout but it is getting harder to keep the motivation going when I am not seeing any results. I honestly believe it is what I am eating and when I am eating it as the training is hard and constant. Only two and a bit weeks to go until I see my dietitian - Hopefully after I see her things will start to happen again. My fingers and toes are crossed LOL

Two weeks into it and I feel great! My training sessions are hard but fun. It probably takes me about 50 minutes to get through the whole program and my heart rate is always racing so I know I am getting the benefits of the lower weights/higher reps. I am getting frustrated with my weight though - yeah, I know - but I think I have come to the stage where regardless of what I try, nothing is going to shift. My diet is extremely low in fat, relatively low carb and high in protein. I do have a high carb breakfast on cardio days and a high protein on weight days. I am not fat but trying to shift that last layer is a killer and so bloody hard. Anyway, I have booked an appointment with my dietitian (who I haven’t seen for 12 years). But she is fantastic - I used to see her when I was doing bodybuilding years ago and she had me on the right track in no time. Of course, she is that popular and busy, the earliest appointment I could get was 13 May. That gives me another month to hopefully see some changes before I see her. Wish me luck

My first week of the challenge was great. I struggled with the bulgarian squats (they are completely different than anything I have done before) and I was hurting. I kept on with them though woke up some of those core muscles that have been resting for a long time LOL. I dropped 1kg which is fantastic (only 4kg to go). The body fat stayed the same. I know I said I wouldn’t look at the scales, but I can’t help it LOL. Also, considering I haven’t done any cardio (due to bulking up), I managed a good 20 minutes on the cross trainer followed by a 3.5km run (interval training) so I am pretty pleased with myself. My sister is also doing the challenge with me so having a training partner at last is a huge bonus.