The first few weeks of this programme have been really thrilling for me.. Let me tell you why..
Firstly I have never been on a ‘diet’ let alone done anything like this before… I have cut things out in the past, like chocolate and caffeine, and that worked for a while and made me lose dribs and drabs of weight.. So as you can imagine when I got accepted for this challenge I was both excited and completely terrified. I was about to embark on something that was going to be scrutinised by people all over the world.. A very scary thought..
Now that Week Three is well under way I must say that I have learnt so much about my nutritional needs that I didn’t know before.
I also have to tell you that there are a few home truths I have had to face up to..
My snacking was completely out of control – I know this now because I am losing weight like never before. Perhaps having a box of Jelly Tots on my desk and just taking a small handful every once in a while throughout the night was not a good idea?!
My eating in general was not what I thought it should have been. I realise now that I was addicted to bread and eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted and the size of the portions I would eat would be dependent on how hungry I was. I was only really eating one meal a day and the rest of the time was spent snacking.
I have not been a massive alcohol drinker for many years but I did drink a one litre carton of cranberry juice every evening. Now I have looked at the packaging and can see that it has a lot of added sugar
My gym programme was the same muddle along programme and the focus that this programme has given me has been amazing.
I rarely weighed or measured myself as I just got clothes that fitted and sort of hid the problem areas.
Changing my food was not a problem at all, in fact that was the easy bit. I have the most amazing willpower in the world. I just didn’t have the right attitude, focus or motivation to do it at that time!
The hardest part for me is getting to the gym after a long, busy day at work.. I have now so easily worked this into my day that it has become second nature to me and I am almost on an elastic band from work to the gym..
I can now look to the future six pack I will have in just seven short weeks…
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything – Thomas Carlyle
Dougal Macdonald
What a wonderful post Rose, you have no idea how motivating that is for coaches like Sarah and I. A huge amount of effort goes into building a comprehensive program like FiCX and to see it working like it is supposed to just validates what we do for a living. Thank you so much
Karen
Way to go Rose! Great insights and awesome results. I love your focused and positive attitude! I agree with Ann. If we get the mental part right, the rest falls into place.
Joss
I am so glad it is working for you and I admire you for doing it well done x
Sarah
Reading posts like this is SUPER thrilling for me, Rose – let me tell you why
I love that you admit you were excited and terrified at the beginning; I can only begin to imagine the mental conversations you had with yourself (and maybe some out loud ones) whilst you were deciding whether or not to enter.
I KNOW that terrified feeling too – the self-doubts, the fear of failure and not knowing what to expect – especially when you’re doing it live for all the world to see.
I love that you’ve learned about your nutrition, what was wrong with it before (now you know never to go back to that) and, now, how to eat properly for your body and the results you want.
I love that you’re learning about training, with the programme, and how to train with intensity and purpose for the results and body that you want and deserve.
You might have been terrified and unsure at the start, Rose, but you’re DOING it and, I have to say, NAILING it too!
If you can hear a clapping sound coming from across the other side of the Midlands, that’s me – applauding your courage and bravery for stepping up to the Challenge (and it’s not an easy one you’ve chosen to kick off with hahahaa!), and celebrating how far you’ve already come, both mentally and physically, in just two and a half weeks!
BRAVO Rose – here’s to the remaining seven and a half weeks and all the weeks beyond
Sarah x
Anastasia
This was a very interesting read for me. I think that a lot of us that have done things without conscious thought and with some justification (I only eat one meal a day), don’t really realize the impact these seemingly innocuous habits have on our health. I know for myself, I fought many things before undertaking them, but now doing them, I wonder why I resisted for so long. For instance, 5 meals a day. Sounded like such a pain because I already had a busy life. Then I discovered it gave me more time due to the added energy and mental clarity. It is more mental than anything, isn’t it. Great post Rose.