2018, #ProjectTwoNineFour and that Santorini Bikini
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Goodbye to 2017 and hello to 2018, aka the year that I turn 30... Christ.
30. 3333300000. THIRTY YEARS OLD.
You know that F.R.I.E.N.D.S episode, 'The One Where They All Turn Thirty' and Monica is drunk in a corner because she can't cope. Yep, I can totally relate and I'm stupidly doing dry January so I cant even drown my sorrows at the very thought of it.
But anyway, HNY! I thoroughly enjoyed Christmas and ate whatever I wanted. I stood on the scales yesterday morning to assess the damage and I have gained 1.5kg/3lbs which isn't bad seeing as how much crap I ate over Christmas but there was a silver lining; I got my motivation back! I started to feel so ill everyday with how much food and alcohol I was consuming and I started craving vegetables, salads and healthy things. I'm so round and none of my clothes fit properly so I am now determined, more determined than I have been in years and I'm really excited.
Last year, was simultaneously amazing and horrendously shit and I didn't put my health first so I put on about 20lbs. I was trying but not really ready to do something about that so my efforts failed. I did my initial planning; I went through about 6 notebooks of plans of actions and project names and nothing helped because I wasn't doing it wholeheartedly. I originally lost about 50lbs in 2009 and hadn't put it back on in all this time and I promised myself I wouldn't go back. I'm nowhere near how big I was but I can see how easy it is to slip back there and I'd just hate that so much. I think this recent weight gain speaks volumes; there is a direct correlation between my happiness, my mental health and that weight gain and now that I am in a much better place I really want to work for this.
So alongside my motivation (FINALLY) coming back, Santa was amazing this year; I got loads of new Nike training gear, resistance bands and TRX straps. So yesterday I did my first TRX Workout and it rocked; it was really difficult and it was only an introductory video but it was class. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to doing more this evening.
Just as an FYI I haven't gone mad holding a random plant pot- this is a plant that was given to us as a pressie at Christmas. It takes about 16 weeks to grow and flower so its going to feature in my monthly pictures. We are both going to flourish.
PROJECT TWO NINE FOUR
So of course I have a project for turning 30 *shudder* (on the 29th April, hence the name) which is 17 weeks away and I have about 17lbs to lose which is super handy. I feel really positive about this.
January POA
- Dry January (just recently found out that a bottle of wine is about 1000 calories!!)
- Clean Eating
- Train 3x per week (at least 400 calorie burn per workout)
- Workouts include Weights, TRX and Beachbody WOs
- 10 Min Abs every day
- Vegan Meal Replacement for lunches
- 14 day Bootea
February POA
- Lent (13 Feb start)
- Iceland with Kate
- Train 3x per week (at least 400 calorie burn per workout)
- Squats every day
March POA
- Lent
- Train 3x per week (at least 400 calorie burn per workout)
- 10 Min Abs every day
April POA
- Clean Eating
- Train 4x per week (at least 400 calorie burn per workout)
- Squats every day
- 29th April- Birthday.
The reason behind me being so ambitious is because
MARK BOOKED SANTORINI FOR MY BIRTHDAY <3
I am so excited! It's been on my bucketlist for so long and its just so beautiful;
So I am, and will for the next four months be, working really hard because I WILL have that Santorini Bikini photo. My sister and I are also going to Iceland in about seven weeks so I'm hoping to be happier with how I look by the time we get to the Blue Lagoon and might do a sneaky progress photo.
