So I’ve found things tough the last few months. My Fitness Pal showed me this week that it’s been 6 months since I was at my lightest weight (in my new journey to fitness). Since then I have put on a few pounds and basically plateaued. 

I think this is mostly cause I got too comfy. My training is going well and my fitness level have increased. My recover times are better and I can do more reps at higher weights but my weight and body fat haven’t really changed. At least my waist measurement hasn’t. I feel like my arms are slimmer and I can see my collar bones again so the fat is moving. It’s just sticking round my tummy and not burning off completely. 

This is I know down to food. I think I got so excited with the changes in my body after the first stone and a bit that I got complacent. I got pleased with myself and thought I was nearly there. I took a long (for me) look in the mirror recently and there is still a long way to go until I’m happy with what I see. 

So I need a new plan. My workouts are good although I may try to add one or two more short ones during the week. But they are good to haves rather than musts. The three must do workouts are my two sessions with Rash and my weekend HIIT. I’d like to do more yoga or ab work and lots more stretching but I’ll build this up over time. The main thing I need to concentrate on is food. I aim for 1400 a day but I only really maintain that 4-5 days a week. The weekends have been lax and honestly sometimes I have no idea how much I eat. Mindless snacking is bad!! It’s these habits I’m going to address first. I know being super strict with myself won’t work. I will rebel and ultimately binge in defiance (illogical I know and I’m working on it). But I find reasoning with myself works better. Being more mindful in my eating and justifying snacks – why do I want to eat this I’m not really hungry? That kinda thing. 

I also feel like a need a goal. In the past with running I always had something to train for usually a race. Now I’m just training for fun but I feel the motivation to drop weight is gone. Even the threat of the fallout from failing Nish’s challenge hasn’t been enough. So I need a happy goal to aim for. There are two good ones I think. My bodyscan voucher runs out in May so I need to go get scanned agin before that. I want to have improved since my last session so I need to work of fat loss. I’m also going on holiday in August. It’s just with family but will involve beach/swim wear. Although I’m no longer as self conscious as I used to be, I’m not currently that comfy with being in public in swim wear. At least not yet. I’m working on body confidence but fat loss or tone will help me I think. 

I’m gonna aim for April and August then. For April I’d like to be down under 10st7 (that’s currently 8 pounds away) or maybe even under 10st (15-16pounds). I have about 10 weeks so the latter should be possible. For August I would like to hit my goal of somewhere around 9st7. I think that puts me in the healthy BMI/weight for my height bracket. I’m not overly fixed on the final number so I’ll see how I feel. But under 10st would be awesome. First I have to get back under 11st. Then I have to break through the previous record of 10st11. Hopefully by then I will have a new routine and it will all go fine. Wish me luck!!