21st February 2010

Well 3 weeks ago I had my fitness valuation done to discover that absolutely nothing had changed since the last one, except I had lost 0.01% fat. So my trainer and I came up with a radical shakeup of my fitness regime, hoping that would get things moving again, I hate platues. So from that week on for 4 weeks my week consists of- Monday: Body Pump and Pilates, Tuesday: Rest day, Wednesday: Boot camp, Thursday: Weights (high weights, low reps) and Friday: RPM.

The first two weeks my weight had actually increased to 84.7kg but I started getting a lot of compliments about the way I looked, everyone thought I had lost heaps of weight. This last week I have come down to 83.6kg and I am finally feeling the weight that is coming off. I had to go and get some new 3/4 pants because everything I own was so baggy. I am now officially a size 16!!!

I am so relieved that all the work I am doing is finally paying off because for the last 3 weeks I HAVE HURT. Not the bad hurt where you can't move but the good hurt where you know that you have worked the hard yards. At Boot camp I've been made to run (which is something I can't do well). We have exercised in extreme heat , in the rain and mud and commando crawled through wet grass and mud and we have all gotten raw elbows and knees.

But I just love the since of achievement I feel after every session. With the RPM classes I knew I would love it but it's not ride in the park. It's a hard slog and I have a renewed respect for cyclists. I am finding my asthma has improved greatly since I started the class.

On Friday I will have completed my 4 week stint and will be having another valuation done plus I will need to find something to replace Boot Camp with as I can't afford to do it every month. I am fairly certain that this time we will see some changes, so I'll keep you updated.

There is the Boot Camp group, I'm the one in the middle.

Next week I'll update my photo for you too.