My Gasoline Rainbow

So, Monday I started Phase 1 of the Bodytrim Weight Loss system, I'm not calling it a diet, I'm not making a big deal of it.  For those of you that follow my blog you'll know that this is my second attempt at trying something serious, below is the link to my journey with fabulous Personal Trainer Brendan Junge from In Motion Fitness Health and Fitness who taught me a great deal last year. See blog post HERE As a result of a serious health condition and medications that I take and have to take for the rest of my life, over the last 5 years I have put on over 20 kg. Unfortunately, these medications have affected my liver and will continue to which have and will make it very difficult for me to lose that weight.  On the upside it's done wonders for my condition but has made it very difficult to lose the fat, which has caused other issues such as low self esteem blah blah blah. Ladies, all know the side effects of weight gain don't we?! So nothing to lo...

  As week 6 started and my frustration levels kicking my motivation levels into overdrive, at the suggestion of my mum (who has just lost 16kg herself - high 5 mumsie), knowing what I'm like told me to draw up a meal plan to coincide with my new alarm system (which is still working really well). Now I've never really been the best cook, although I love food and enjoy cooking, when you're a single person and you live alone as I am and have been for the majority of my adult life - with the exception of a couple of delicious signature dishes - I learnt to live on and enjoy the tastiness of the Lean Cuisine or Weight Watchers microwave dinners. So I was determined to make this first menu plan entirely based on food I had to prepare myself otherwise I was never going to learn!! So based on my 5000kj daily intake schedule given to me by my fabulous trainer Brendan I trolled the internet looked for easy meal and snack ideas that were within my realm of cooking ability ...

Week 5 has been and gone with a real focus on my diet. The alarms for my food have been working really well and am now eating 5 times a day as opposed to maybe twice a day like I was before. I was worried the alarms going off would be a little annoying but surprisingly has become more routine than anything else now and gives me a break from work which is always good when you're doing long hours. This week, although there has only been a slight decrease in weight loss I've been feeling incredibly frustrated... I'm a very results driven person and as I've been working very hard especially in the diet area and with the training Brendan has been giving me I was expecting to see massive changes with my weight loss and measurements (knowing my body reacts very quickly to change) and sadly that hasn't happened. However, on Friday night I went out to dinner with a friend and decided to try on my "skinny jeans" that I haven't been able to fit into for years...

It's the end of my first month of training with Brendan Junge from In Motion Health + Fitness and I feel like the penny has dropped. Exercise has never been something that I've enjoyed or really looked forward to which is part of the reason why I've struggled with my weight over the years. I guess I was always "trying too hard", joining gyms and never going, starting diets and never sticking to them.. all because I was doing it for the wrong reasons. Never really LEARNING or UNDERSTANDING what I was doing. Our first session, we did weights which is something I've never really done before. Brendan taught me how to do a Dead Lift,  Front Squat, Clean and Power Press. I felt like Arnie in Pumping Iron!!! (Minus the hundred's of kg of weights of course lol) Our second session consisted of interval sessions of boxing and step ups on a chair bench.  Started off with 10 left, 10 right, boxing, 15 left, 15 right, boxing, then in intervals of 5 up to 25.  ...

Warming up with whirlybirds   Last two training sessions of Week 3 and we got into boxing and a bit of weight training. Again the weather was a bit average so utilized the fabulous stairs I have in my complex - i'm beginning to hate those damn stairs - but i'm sure i'm going to have killer thighs and a great ass lol. Brendan going through the weight exercises with me Overhead extensions Not a bad view So the training has been a much easier adjustment now that I've finished week 3. With the mixing of boxing, walking, stair climbing and weight training the variety I've found really enjoyable without too much pain or discomfort and for the first time EVER I'm actually finding myself enjoying it - SHOCK HORROR!!! However, on the food front.... I'm still struggling to stay within my daily intake. Mainly because I am still having difficulties making time for myself, i.e. making time to go grocery shopping, planning my meals around my wo...

3 x medicine balls, 4 x flights of stairs Up she goes lol Yes, i'm actually having fun :) Today was the beginning of week 3 of my body make over challenge and after a rocky week 2 I was ready to get straight back into it with Brendan from In Motion Health + Fitness. After making some MASSIVE changes to my lifestyle during week 1 including my diet and exercise my body didn't seem to react overly well and left me with some excruciating migraines so the exercise took a bit of a backseat until I was able to get things back under control. Brendan had me walking up and down 4 flights of stairs with 3 different weights of medicine balls.  Up one flight, drop the ball, back down again, up again with another ball, back down again and so on with all three balls and with all 4 flights. Then the same and with squats but with each level add a squat... oh it was fun times lol. I even had my own cheer squad with my cat Neo watching from the top landing at the screen door g...

Today was my second training session with Brendan from In Motion Health + Fitness  and we went through what my daily energy consumption needs to be to get to my goal weight based on eating a minimum of 5 times a day or up to 7 times a day including 3 and 5 meals and 2 and 4 snacks. He was very thorough giving me a breakdown of calories/kj per meal/snack with a weight loss goal of 1kg per week. So now, time to head off to to the supermarket with my profile in hand - who would of thought i'd be one of "those people" checking the nutritional information! I woke up with quite a severe headache this morning (stress), so after going through the above, we still went for a very brisk walk along the broadwater as part of my training. After being relatively sedentary for so long,I think he appreciates the fact that forcing me to go too hard too soon is not going to do anyone any favours. The walk in the sun did me good and after a shower, my headache had subsided enough for...

http://www.inmotionfitness.com.au/ For those of you that read my blog, you'll be aware of the difficulties I experienced surrounding my first attempt at my body make over challenge. For those of you that are new to My Gasoline Rainbow.... there's no need to go into the details, needless to say that i'm very excited to announce that I now have a new Personal Trainer in the name of Brendan Junge from In Motion Health + Fitness. Brendan - my second chance Brendan contacted me after a mutual friend, also a PT who works for him, mentioned my situation. After a general introduction and an interest in taking on the role of my PT we agreed to meet up. His persistence was impressive, regular contact to check my availability to co-ordinate a time to meet that was convenient with me. However with the chaos of Gold Coast Fashion Week and my broken toe we held off and had our first meeting this Monday just gone. To add even more impression and flexibility Brendan came up to ...