Fat Loss Diaries - Week Four

November 11, 2024

Fat Loss Diaries - Week Four

Hello friends. Welcome back to week 4 of my fat loss diaries.

It is not all sunshine and rainbows over here. Some days you're going to wake up and feel like the world is against you, or like you're not good enough, or that you're just not doing a good job. My inner bully has been telling me recently that I'm not giving 100% to anything because I'm spread so thin that I couldn't possibly be doing a good enough job in any of the things - being a mother, being a partner, my career, my training, my nutrition etc. And I know that some of my clients feel the same way. So this morning I am going to speak to myself the way that I would speak to them so that I can reset myself into a fresh new mindset ready to smash the week ahead.

Lesson #1 - it's NOT all or nothing! I still get caught up sometimes in this mindset. I need to be 100% focussed and consumed by something in order to be successful at it. Wrong. I need to lay out the correct tools that do not take up all of my time in order to be successful at it so that I still have time to do and enjoy the things I love. For example, if I spent my days being consumed by my training and nutrition, then I would not have time to be a parent or progress in my career. Instead I spend a small amount of time stocking up groceries, planning meals, prepping food and 3 - 4 hours are set aside a week for me to run or train in the gym. Same if I were to be completely consumed by parenthood, I still need time for me to rest and recoup, I still need time in order to be creative and educate myself further so that I can progress in my career and be a coach worth paying for.

Lesson #2 - You will not be able to give 100% every day. Some days you might be at 120% and productive as ever, your motivation may be booming and you feel ready to smash your goals. Other days, you'll be lucky to be at 50%, you've been tending to babies through the night, or you're suffering from an injury, or your mental health is feeling a bit bloopy. Or all of the above. That's me this morning. I have 50% to give to today, but rather than suffering in my pit of feeling sad and unmotivated, I am going to go through the motions still of exactly what I would be doing on this Monday if motivation was high.

I spent yesterday evening onboarding new clients and setting up their programmes for gym or home based workouts for the week ahead. It's a really exciting part of my job, those first few days where the client is ready to make a change and takes those first lot of progress pictures. I'm currently on week 4 of my tracked fat loss journey and I understand that the motivation you feel at the start will not be continuous for your whole journey. It will suffer peaks and troughs. Over time you'll learn to become disciplined with the habits you must enforce in order to be successful long term. Habits will also evolve over time too.

This week I've been on some lovely walks. My average step count over the week was 11,000+ so that's one goal hit for the week. I trained in the gym twice, my third session was scheduled for yesterday but being an arthritic girlie, |I'm suffering with inflammation and pain in my right hand which makes even picking up my son incredibly difficult so I knew that a heavy lifting session (that included deadlifts!) was not an option. That's still two great sessions though, plus we did a parkrun on Saturday which was great because we haven't done one in a while. Surrounding yourself with likeminded people really does have a special effect on your drive, I managed to get my fastest average pace on that run since pre-Ralph.

This morning I have taken my progress pictures, I am going to eat a nutritious breakfast and I am going to head out for a walk and put on a podcast that will help my mindset. I've been really enjoying "9 Lives by Cassia Tierney Clarke" recently, listening to her speak about her own weight loss and journey to Ultra Marathons is really inspiring so I know I can rely on her to help uplift my blue Monday spirits. That and being amongst the reds, oranges and browns of the autumnal trees!

Sunday 10th November - 67.5kg

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