Then we went away and so somehow for the past 4 weeks I've returned to being an idiot (on reading my past blog posts, i can see this isn't a new phenomenon!) eating without appreciating and mindlessly mainlining sugar.
For the past month or so, my eating has gotten way out of hand. I've been massively craving sugar and this summer I've eaten more ice cream and drunk more booze than is good for me. Whist I don't really want to stop the partying (or festivalling in my case!) it's time to regain a bit of balance - before i can no longer get into clothes sold in most clothes shops!!
So, the decision was made and almost as soon as we got back home I signed up for the body coach SSS 90 day plan. It was a Sunday night and I was ready so ready for it. I'd made myself ill overeating and being the impatient little madam I am - I wanted to have the plan in hand and start it already.
So then came the first blow - after you have completed a short-ish questionnaire and sent off some body shots (note to self cut off your head first!!) you have to wait 5 days for your individual plan to arrive. 5 days doesn't sound very long - but I'm an impatient sort. When i decide something, it's decided, time for dithering has ended and the cracking on should begin immediately.
I complained of its absence on an at least daily basis to my lovely friend and Joe Wicks uber-fan, Jo M who reminded me that I should make the most of the time remaining as when it does arrive the real hard work begins!!
At 4am on Thursday morning, 4 days after signing upto the SSS 90 day plan, my personalised Shift plan arrived. I have to be honest - as the owner of 2 of the body coaches books I was really disappointed. What I was sent was pretty substantial - 84 pages of information to be precise - but the bit i found difficult was menu planning and working the different meal types around your HIIT exercise sessions - and quite honestly this didn't do that. In fact it pretty much gave you what the books do - but I guess the quantities are for me and my expanding frame!!
It took me a couple of days to read the book - work is manic and i know from past experience that the menu planning part of the diet always takes me ages. I set aside Saturday night (because I'm so rock and roll) to meal plan......... and meal plan I did - for an hour and a half.
Roll onto Sunday - and I realise that some of the meals wont work so after a quick (hour!) reshuffle, I head off to the supermarket to get the (£101!!!!!!!! gulp) worth of ingredients for the first week. This so far isn't a diet for the less well off.................................
Not only was this shop loads more expensive than usual but shopping for new types of stuff (hot sauce?!!) also took an hour and 40 minutes - twice as long as a standard shop.
So onto the cooking. Mr Wicks recommends batch cooking and prepping 'like a boss' so at 3pm i began the epic prepping that resulted in 3 portions of chicken stir fry, 6 turkey wrapped muffin snacks, 6 portions of spicy lean minced turkey and 4 portions of honey spiced chicken and paprika potatoes. That's enough food until Wednesday apparently!!! #leanin15 (where 15 is the hours I've spent getting ready to start.......) it blooming better be because at 6pm I was asked by 2 hungry boys what was for dinner. So off I got cooking again!!!!!!!
Ah well, hopefully I've gone through the negative elements of the plan and its all downhill (weight!) from here on in.
Will keep you posted.... :)
It took me a couple of days to read the book - work is manic and i know from past experience that the menu planning part of the diet always takes me ages. I set aside Saturday night (because I'm so rock and roll) to meal plan......... and meal plan I did - for an hour and a half.
Roll onto Sunday - and I realise that some of the meals wont work so after a quick (hour!) reshuffle, I head off to the supermarket to get the (£101!!!!!!!! gulp) worth of ingredients for the first week. This so far isn't a diet for the less well off.................................
Not only was this shop loads more expensive than usual but shopping for new types of stuff (hot sauce?!!) also took an hour and 40 minutes - twice as long as a standard shop.
So onto the cooking. Mr Wicks recommends batch cooking and prepping 'like a boss' so at 3pm i began the epic prepping that resulted in 3 portions of chicken stir fry, 6 turkey wrapped muffin snacks, 6 portions of spicy lean minced turkey and 4 portions of honey spiced chicken and paprika potatoes. That's enough food until Wednesday apparently!!! #leanin15 (where 15 is the hours I've spent getting ready to start.......) it blooming better be because at 6pm I was asked by 2 hungry boys what was for dinner. So off I got cooking again!!!!!!!
Ah well, hopefully I've gone through the negative elements of the plan and its all downhill (weight!) from here on in.
Will keep you posted.... :)
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