oh my god it's almost here.....

it's been a tough week as i struggled to push myself forward but
seeing the end game and the last week made it possible!!
Day 78
by myself, couldn't fit a meeting with my FAP so had to push through and do the work out alone
and it was TOUGH though surprisingly enough the 100death lunges goal was met for the first time
I mean i did 100 lunges within 4mn and felt amazing then the 5other exercises were so tough i had to push push push

DAY 79
was tennis day my favourite cardio day
so that was fun though not as tough as i'd hoped :)

DAY 80
oh my god only ten days remain!!!!
decided to go for another cardio HIIT session manage a 22Mn (1'run 30sec rest)

DAY 81
was supposed to be a cardio day with my FAP but she was ill and couldn't keep our weekly cardio meet-up so was a bit down and felt like i was going to quit...but something or someone somwhere was sending me good vibs cos i decided to do the work out (the DAY 80 work out) AND a 20mn HIIT session (jumping jacks and rope skipping)
now the work out was still tough so i swapped the bear walk for jumping jacks and modified the dive bomber pushups for regular and modified push ups


DAY 82
my FAP decided we should meet up and we did, 20mn HIIT session AND 40mn brisk walk
yay

DAY 83
was the forced rest day as i worked through
the night was a dinner party and that was right out of the calories count so i fear i would not go on the scale on sunday

DAY 84

already had planned excuses and reasons for not doing the work out and managed to convince me i'd do twice as much on monday when thanks to my mum being amazingly inspiring (she came to my house walking) i pushed myself and did it so YAY !!!
a lot has changed, a few weeks before i'd have done nothing :)
now i overate a bit again so not sure tomorrow the scale will be friendly
but it does not matter as my goal was to sustain 90 days of a program
and i can see the finish line and realise I CAN HAVE WILLPOWER and FOCUS
so i feel good about that
so come on DAY 85 nothing can stop me :p

oh my GAP you just got promoted to FAP

Fabulous accountability partner
as I mentionned previously i am struggling with keeping the fitnesspal aim at 1200 calories a day
so the stuffing my face and back on track of last week cost me one kilo and half, my appointment to a beauty salon AND some inches back around my belly :(
 but let me go through the week

DAY 71 yay only 20 days left and i will have met my personnal goal of sticking to a program for 90 days !!!!yay
new work out short and sweet well shortish and sweat more like it
9.15 am  my Gap comes along we do the weekly work out followed by 20mn HIIT session and some stretching and meditation talk (advice)

DAY 72 my favourite day of the week the tennis day
back with a normal routine teacher didn't work out enough for me but still the 1.30h should roughly equal the 20mn HIIT session

DAY 73  w-o on my own short and sweaty but made some progress so that was nice

DAY 74 my FAP and I start with the daily plan of 20mn HIIT session (jog) and follow this with a 44mn brisk walk and some stretching
still struggling to keep my food in check

DAY 75 work-out day with my FAP, work-out and 20mn HIIT (jog) session
but more importantly this was a  realisation day that i had been wasting myself and the program with two weeks not following strictly the plan and resulting in me NOT LOSING any weight and in two weeks that says a lot
thus the universe sent me a lovely message through my beautician who forgot her keys and could not keep my (reward) appointment. I told her it was great cos i had relapsed and didn't deserve to treat myself, but much more I REALISED  i was the key and if i was to give up then it was all for nothing and with evident loss so back on track i was

DAY 76 MY REST DAY as saturdays are always a bit hectic work wise and baby caretaking wise :)

DAY 77 the cardio day
i did not want to do it but pushed myself and did a 20mn HIIT session (jumping jacks/rope skipping)

bring on DAY 78  cos i am focused and happy :p

aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh three times the charm (for blogger updates fail!!!)

i thought i had given you my up to date updates and here i see i have left you at DAY 61 what the heck?

so here was my birthday week
DAY 62
was the day 61 in my previous post cos it did feel like a DAY 61 which was utterly forgotten about and nothing happened on either of those days

DAY 63  the rest day
well for all of you who have followed but not me i failed twice this week and this shall be my bad
so i managed to push myself to do a 20mn HIIT session (jumping jacks/jump rope/steps)

DAY 64 THE MONDAYS'NEW WORK-OUT

well this one was short and sweet (nop sweaty) and that was good cos i had decided to put in another HIIT to make up for lost times (last week)
so did a 20 mn HIIT session AND a work out (12mn)
sweating and panting but happy nonetheless cos i felt like i didn't lose anything from the work out part of things, on the food front oh my my... not good

DAY 65
cardio day which is for me tennis tuesday
yay..except well our new teacher, teachers were swapped thanks to last week mayhem and this one was well thorough but lethargic so no work out for me and that felt frustrating
and now i realised i did update you cos i remember clearly writing about this day but sure
the blogger god has eaten that long page and i shall not dwell upon it too long
so after an hour and half of lesson without fit games my GAP and me decided to add another hour to make up for lost times
and we did our best to sweat (oh it did work cos the sore muscles for the week were present)

DAY 66
the work out was done, cos it is short but i had to drag myself to do it, and the food front is more and more a hanging over my head,  total chaos feeling hungry and not strong willed (so ate a LOT of chocolate cake and things like that)
so that lead to DAY 67

DAY 67
my work out with my fabulous GAP where i announced in total contradiction from last week amazingness about my loss of weight, with my gain weight :( we both realised that we were hitting a wall both on food front and willpower to do the work
so i offered to up our game a notch and it was decided that every day (bar the weekend for family reasons) we would do both the work out and some cardio
and that felt good, just that decision and the comfort to know i wasn't the only one in this boat
so i had a 14mn HIIT session (jog/walk) a 55mn brisk walk and some stretching

DAY 68
8.30 am ready to rock that goal in a public park (my GAP running late) manage to fit in 22mn HIIT session (jog/walk) the work out of the day and another 10mn HIIT session (jumping jacks/ropes/jig)
whooohooo

DAY 69
REST DAY yes i felt lazy and didn't push myself but you need a day off in a week even though this one wasn't a choice but a slob way of being but still nice

DAY 70 oh my god only 20 days ahead!!!!

my GAP sent me a pix of her amazing day 69 (45mn HIIT session) and that was something i kept to motivate me during her rest day , and amazing as she is she also texted me at lunch time to see if i kept my word so off i went on my merry way of HIIT session and pushed to 22mn yay me
feeling exhausted tonight and hungry
and realising that everytime i spend time with my family the food goes up and leaves me down, and starving as i have no calorie left to take at night :(
so a pointer in that direction, manage better my nutrition with family !!!

YAY TOMORROW ANOTHER NEW WEEK AND WORK OUT AND MY GAP WILL BE WITH ME AT 9.15am !!!!!

day by day

so here it is from
DAY 58
tennis day...well it used to be my favourite but that day my teacher blew some steam and gave me an earful (well both of us) so put me right back in a dark place (personnally) where i have to address my inability to verbalise frustation over my unfit state (or lack of control over mybody etc...)
but it was intense nonetheless so cardio day check

DAY 59
work out day (3 sets) was done and well done, slight improvement here and there
but man was v tired after it all but delighted with myself

DAY 60
was great cos it was with my GAP so we did a normal cardio session 45'mn brisk walk followed by the 20mn HIIT session planned by Brianna
but that day was also a night shoot for me leading to getting into bed at 2am and the next day i felt like doing nothing
and so i did (tsk tsktsk)
didn't bother me much thinking of well friday will be my REST DAY and i'll saturday and sunday instead no biggie (or so i thought)

DAY 61

work turned into shoot turned into another shoot turned into bed and before you know it you realise you DID NOT do the work out of the day ....and this is bad, so you feel bad you lie in bed thinking well i'll pack both the work out and the 20mn HIIT session tomorrow

wow another FAIL

i cannot believe the last time i spoke (wrote) to you was ten days ago
shame shame shame
especially when i actually wrote
it is the lack of planning that lead me to skipping TWO sessions
and here i go and do it all again
yes indeed lack of planning in writing to you twice a week (three times if i were purrrrfect)
and it is NOT good....
so here it is now, i shall babble on for a tad too long again due to my lack of planning!!!
ACTUALLY Before we get into each day routine (or lack of)
here's a summary of what happened
This week has been very hard on the motivation front, both in the keeping the program AND (and foremost) the nutrition plan, slipped back and feeling hungry most of the times
not sure why but it could be the honeymoon phasing out you were talking about
but it is a struggle everyday not to stuff my face
so i decided (after 5 days of craziness in nutrition, binge eating and birthday celebrations)
that if i couldn’t stop myself from sticking to the program
i should increase my calorie burns
so today was the second day to follow your daily plan (as usual) BUT adding 20mn HIIT to it
and i feel good about it
which is a nice change.
Thankfully my GAP (great accountability partner) has hit the same wall of we couldn’t find a way to push further so we both decided that we will meet EVERY DAY until we’re back on track (both nutrition AND exercise) and we’ve come the other side of that damn wall
so once again thanks to Brianna for inspiring us, for being vulnerable (struggling at times while doing it, shows us if SHE (sick as she was) CAN DO IT, so CAN WE)
and yay day 68 done and done :p

last week or so

yes indeed total fail at keeping you updated every couple of days but i had a reason
NO time spent on the net while preparing a short film and acting and directing etc...
all creative stuff that took ALL of my time and made me miss a couple of days
BUT i am not defeated about it
so here was the week

DAY 47  too busy to manage to fit in the work out so i took it as my forced REST DAY (instead of the usual sunday)

DAY 48  took the moment to do the work out (of DAY 47 which was actually the one planned for DAY 45 the FIT TEST which was a total bummer in numbers as it turns out i barely improve from day one!!!!)
so i was feeling defeated and down about it but realised i had taken this 90 day challenge as a challenge for my temper...i tend to abandon or quit as soon as repetition hits or boredom or routine or will power fades away..;so i decided to matter what, not the low number, not the tiredness, not the non progress was going to keep me away from this goal...stick to it until the end!!!
especially since i noticed improvement in my energy, sleep pattern AND joy
so bring it on

DAY 49 ( or rest days for most of you) was cardio day and i pushed as i knew this was going to be the last one for a while, briana moving on to HIIT session (and no choice there)
so i went for my usual 45mn cardio at 4,5mph (7km/h) and then added on another 35mn yay

DAY 50 WAS A NEW WORK OUT and boy did this one hurts
3 rounds of 4 exercises, which i realised was going to take too much of my time as it was 1mn exercise 1mn rest
so i decided to transform it into a tabata training, 1mn exercise, 10sec rest until the 4th one, then 1mn rest
round finished  x3times
whoohooo go me

DAY 51  i thought i was going to do the usual tennis but my GAP was sick so no one to come with and the HIIT session was not done as a long day of shooting was due and then some production on my own short film.... fail!!! so was a bit harsh on myself but realised i had walked all day on heels and things so didn't feel too bad after realising it couldn't be avoided at some stage and that wasn't going to stop me

DAY 52 mighty rehearsals
full on day intense on a concentration point of view, finishing by combat (well stage ones) teaching session
then went home thinking oh well this week i shall maintain the focus on my acting/directing work and if NO BBM is done so be it...just i was feeling pretty ok with this new choice a little voice came to the rescue and stopped me from going back to my old self (quiting when the opportunity arose)
so at 10pm i was there sweating doing my tabata interpretation of the work out (and i felt a MA zing for doing it only 14mn but intense and done!!)

DAY 53 was a day on set (all day on set and intense in the waiting/concentration/heels part)
so no cardio was done well no HIIT cos let's face it walking was done though very slowly

DAY 54  WAS MY SHOOTING DAY
so i realised i couldn't fit in the work out but i could use it (like the previous weeks) as a FORCED REST DAY and do the work over the weekend
so feeling ok with that i went on my merry way

DAY 55 OUCH!!! yes ouch cos an unexpected shoot came my way and pushed away the work out planned though i was delighted with my day not so much with myself and my poor sticking to the schedule

DAY 56 was going to be the same;....abandonning all hopes to sticking to the 90 DAYS  when that same (blessed) little voice came to the support and announced i was doing this for me so i could give up this week no problem and no hard feelings but it was MY doings not the scheduling
so i went out and did the 20mn HIIT session and i feel GREAT !!!! so i am taking this opportunity to say it aloud and I SHALL  do tonight yesterday's work out (my tabata's way cos it's short and sweet AND TOUGH) tonigh
and thus i shall have managed to stick to the plan (bar last tuesday but who knows i might just do the 3 rounds twice :p)

so let me tell you if I can do it ANY ONE can (i am the most willpowerLESS person i know)

oh another thing, the weight is finally going down (slowly but surely) and the measurment are still very very slow but that still gives me little joys:)

so see you for DAY 57

OH i realised one thing...
it is my lack of planning (and scheduling) that have caused the two non HIIT session this week, cos it was nly 20mn to fit in and i should have pushed myself to get up earlier those 20mn earlier in the morning to do it in the mighty busy days..; so i shall go now and planned for this week moments where i can include them cos this week ahead is as busy as last one!!
YOU CAN DO IT!!