Do or do not. There is no TRY!

Yesterday was my first day back at the gym after 2 weeks off. Might not seem much, but it felt like ages and I could  feel it on me.. phew...

So I've come back full on. My half marathon is in September and til then I need to work on covering that distance, as well as strength and stamina.
I am also planning to tone and shed a few pounds along the way, so supermode auto focus is on!
I do love my treats but they will all have to wait..!

My aim is to find a good balance in my diet.
We all know it's not healthy to be on a very low calorie diet as it won't teach you anything about finding the balance and making it a habit. It's not about losing it quick - the longer it takes someone to lose weight, the better chance they have of keeping this weight off. Why? Because the longer you do something, the more it becomes a habit and over a period of 12 months, it’s a habit that is likely to stick.

If / when we eat  a small amount of calories, our body starts to realise it’s starving. In order to survive this famine, it slows down the metabolism. Your metabolism is your body’s natural fat burner, so a slower metabolism means less fat burned. Less fat burned means more fat stored.

What it will do then, is cling onto what food you are feeding it, store it as fat as it has no idea how long this starvation is going to carry on for. Instead, it will start to look to itself and see what it can do without. The first thing to be burned off is your muscle tissue. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue which needs calories to survive. As your body is storing all of the calories you consume as fat, it decides to burn up your lean mass instead. Muscle mass is what regulates your metabolism. So, the more you have, the faster the metabolism and the more food you can eat. The less muscle mass you have the slower the metabolism and the fewer calories your body needs to survive. This is how someone can exist on 1000 calories a day and still not manage to lose weight.

This is the result of such a diet

A skinny fat body.
Skinny Yes. Toned? Not at all....

So it's important to keep a healthy balance, do the strength training and eat nutritionally sound food. Ban those empty calories!!
We all know what's bad... it's just about doing it.

I will!!


I could have eaten better yesterday, but first day back felt kind of hard. 
So today I am feeling even more motivated on the dietside, I know what needs to be done. I just have to give it my all.

Now on to some fun stuff!  Gym was brilliant! I spent about 2 hours on my weight session, it took that long because I was being shown every machine, technique etc etc... If you're gonna do it you gotta do it right.. right?
We worked on all the muscle groups from the waist up. Felt great, will do a weight session every monday from now on. Strength exercises are SUPER ESSENTIAL!!

I finished off with a 4k run.
10k/h with a 1% incline. 23 min and 300 kcal off.

1st day done.

I admire athletes, they're motivation to keep getting better. I have always stop/started. I'm fit but not as fit as I know I can become.
Everytime I start I seem to get comments like : 'You're overdoing it', 'don't become obsessed', 'You can't be too thin ' or something demotivating.

I know exactly what my goal is, to be fit, healthy and strong.
It will take some time to get there , months even a whole year. It won't be easy either. Damn it, I'm challenging myself to do a half marathon, can't even believe I did a 10k but hey. If you don't challenge yourself you won't know how much your body can surprise you!
Once I manage to stick to a routine It will become a habit, a part of my life - more than now. I'm sure it won't be as intense as now,( disregard the fact that I just had a 2 week break) but to build myself up I want to push myself as hard as I can. In the healthiest way.

On That Note ;)

xxXxx