You learn something new everyday!

I was chatting to my Dad the other day and he was telling me that he had been to the gym that week and the lady there had told him that it can take up to six months for people to see results from their workouts.

My response was "six months" thats a long time and he said Yeah apparently your body basically goes into shock mode particularly if you haven't done anything for a while (like me) and it holds on to all the fat stores you have cause it thinks it will need it to keep up with the extra activity you are doing.

I was a little bit shocked at this but then thought about it and said is that why I always put on weight when I first start going to the gym rather than lose it. Probably was the answer I received.

I do lose centremetres after a while of going to the gym but never have I lost a lot of weight straight away. What I would like to know then is how do people stay motivated to go to the gym when they are not seeing any results. I can tell you that I will go all gung ho for a month and get my bum out of bed at 5am to do the classes. Which let me tell you is no easy thing. I do like my sleep. And then I will just stop going because I think what is the point!

Has this happened to you? If so how do you keep going? Or are you one of the lucky ones that lose the weight straight away?

A pleasant suprise...

So as you have probably noticed from the lack of posts that I have not been doing a lot lately to get this weight off. I have however, been focusing on more pressing health issues.

But I put my jeans on on Mothers day to wear out to breakfast and they did up. Yay! A couple of weeks before I had gone to put them on for a night out and they did not fit well at all. So I jumped on the scales and weighed myself and I had lost 0.5kg from what my weight was when I last stopped posting. Just to check it wasn't a trick I weighed myself again this morning and yep I still lost 0.5kg.

I have been working on cutting out some things from my diet though and not eating as much crap on the weekend which lets face it is my biggest down fall.

So with renewed motivation from this unexpected weightloss I went back to Curves last night and did the Zumba circuit and shook my ass to "Dont stop wiggle wiggle"

I have decided not to be so strict on myself though as I have a lot of weight to lose and I know I will not last this way so for starters I am just making some small changes and making sure I do at least half an hour excercise most days.

I'll be back soon I promise!!

Carnarvon Gorge

One of my things to achieve this year was to go somewhere at Easter we had never been before. I am happy to report that we did this and we went to Carnarvon Gorge. We have been wanting to go for a while but it is a fair drive from home and this year with it being a five day break we thought now was as good a time as any.

It was good, not necessarily to our interests but good none the less. There are a lot of bush walks ranging from 500 metres to 22km. For some insane reason we decided to do the 22km bush walk and I must say it was hard work. It was more of the rock hopping across the creeks than anything that was difficult and consequently probably the reason why I now have two swollen and brusied ankles.

But it was certainly one way to burn off all the Easter chocolate we ate. By the time we got back I could barely move I was so exhausted. We have now vowed not to take on something like that again it was a bit much. Maybe next time we will just do the 12kms like initially planned.

Oh did I mention I also fell on my bum??? Craig had told me to be careful it was slippery and I was and then lifted my foot to go onto the rock to cross the creek and next thing I know I am on my butt!! It certainly gave us a few laughs.

Did anyone else do anything exciting at Easter?

I'm back again...

So I have been absent for a while but have had a lot to deal with so I went into hiding. But I am back...

As you know I have been going to Curves and I have decided to do their diet and see how I go. They have the two options one higher carb and one higher protein. So I am going the higher protein option as this works for me and I dont feel as hungry either.

So the way they have set it up is you do a week of 1200 calories based on their menu or exchange tables, then 23 days of 1800 calories followed by two to four weeks of 2000 to 2500 calories. If in the final stage you put on more than 1.5kg you go back to the 1200 calories until you lose it again and then go back to 2000 to 2500. The theory behind it is by the time you lose the weight you want to lose your body is use to burning the higher amount of calories and you are not stuck on a low calorie diet for the rest of your life. In this you can also eat as many of the free items they have listed as you like i.e salad, veges etc.

I like the theory behind the way it works and the fact that it changes and you get to eat a variety of things. Plus after the thirty days you go back to normal eating for a couple of weeks. So I have started it today with the 1200 calories and we will see how we go.

I have been very slack since I started this whole thing but it needs to happen now more than ever.

I have been slack again...

and not posted for a while. I have however continued to do my excercise but have not been so good at the diet side.

I have been doing a lot of research lately into sleep apnea and talking to doctors and experts in the field etc. And I found out some really interesting stuff being that my higher blood pressure is caused from the sleep apnea because the oxygen levels in my body are so low my blood pressure goes up to help combat this. It also makes your stress hormone levels increase as well as your insulin levels which makes it difficult to lose weight. So all of my issues are in one little bundle of stopping breathing when I am asleep.

At least I know now that I am not falling apart and that once I go on the CPAP machine all of these things should rectify themselves and I should lose some weight. Yay!

I must say though those machines are damn expensive and you can't hire them out indefinately so it means I need to purchase one. At least they offer interest free payment plans.

So it is only onwards and upwards from here. I am also thinking of following the Curves diet plan but that is another post.

See you soon

Trina