I am really out of shape

I know that my diet is far from being perfect. And I am working on it. But there is no reason not to do those great bodyweight workouts from BodyRock.tv. I can't say I have no time. Because I have it. I am just not motivated. So today I kicked my own butt and tried the Sexy FIT Beast Workout.

I can't say it was going very well. You are supposed to complete 15 rounds of one exercise routine which is perfectly explained on the site. It alwas looks so easy and I thought: "This is one I can do". Well wrong! I had to find out that I am terribly out of shape. Since these workouts are cardio strength workouts I find them very difficult. Since cardio has always been my weakness. But I am positive that I will be able to complete the 15 rounds one day. I just need to keep going and finally kick my own butt much more often.

And by the way, what Zuzana is saying about emotional eating is also true for me. I do use food if I am bored or had a bad day to compensate. Already as a child food has been a replacement for love and social acceptance. Luckily I never got really fat thanks to my mom cooking so healthy for my brother and myself. And I am really thankul for that. Thank you, mom! Of course I know that I need get this under control. And I am doing much better already. But as we all know there is still a long way to go.

Counting calories

While I liked the idea of not having to count calories with the BFL programm and the Zuzana diet approach I think it might be good for me to do it anyway. At least for a little while.

I am using www.xundfood.ch which has the most common products listed that you would find in a swiss grocery store and gives you average grammage of the fresh foods. This way you have at least an idea of how much an apple weighs on average without acutally measuring it. This can be very helpful. Of course actually measuring the food will always give you more precise results.

Why I am doing this? Well, I typed in some of the typical meals that I usually eat during the day (6 times per day). And the reason for me not loosing weight could be that I don't eat enough. This is certainly not everyday the case. For sure not. But if this is really true for most days, my body has been starving. To avoid undereating and especially overeating I will check my calorie intake for one or two months. Just to get back on track again with the amounts of food I acutally eat. Now that I "earn" my carbs (or at least try to) according to the diet plan from Zuzana I am also more likely to have not enough calories. I guess I need to get used to the amounts I can eat if there are only veggies and protein on the plate.

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My secret obsession - carbs!

Even if I have no proof I think I could loose fat better if I would reduce my carb intake. Also Zuzana is promoting this in her new diet strategy. For some reason I find this really difficult.

It is not even that I can't resist pasta or rice. It is the bread! It is so good. Really yummie bread. And it has been my dinner for almost all my life. It is easy, convenient and you can be really creative with what you put on top of it.

I have not yet figured out how I am going to master the challenge of reducing my carbs. But I will eventually find a good way and will let you know.

Maybe someone has some tips for me?


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Body weight exercises and yoga

After being close to a burn out with 6 workouts per week I decided to change my approach.

I am going back to bodyweight exercises which I enjoy much more than weight training. After all working out is supposed to be fun and not a struggle each time. What weight training is for me. It was not just a matter of getting started and then during the exercises I would enjoy what I am doing. In this case it would suck all the way.

Therefore I decided to follow the 5 week challenge which Zuzana recently posted on her blog BodyRock.tv. It is combining proper nutrition (similar to the BFL approach) with her body weight workouts. Which I enjoy a lot! I am really looking forward to this one. Trying to adjust my diet to get the best possible results and learning from failure is something I enjoy. I want this journey to be fun and I think with Zuzana it will be. Especially because she is such a great motivator.

On saturday I did her Fitness - Jacked Up Chick Workout which gave me this crazy muscle ache on sunday.

To ease the pain a little I tried some yoga. My first time ever but it did help with the muscle ache. I found this great site through youtube. On yogayak.com they offer free yoga classes. For me it was a great alternative to going to a class on sunday. It was fun, relaxing and well explained. Even for me as a total beginner. I did the Easy Ground Work exercises. I will definitely visit this site more often now.

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Still not seeing any results

9 weeks have passed and I am now starting with week 10 of my 12 week challenge. I am almost there. I find it still as hard as in the beginning. I find it difficult to motivate myself especially because I am not seeing any results. My weight is still the same, the fat around my waiste is still there and the cellulite has also not said Goodbye yet.

I find it very difficult to motivate me for the upcoming three weeks. I really want to push but something inside tells me that it is not worth the trouble. I know the biggest changes are supposed to happen within the last few weeks. But when is it going to start for me? The 8 week miracle everyone is talking about has not yet happened for me. I am still hoping for a week 10, 11 or 12 miracle. But honestly: how much can a body change in two weeks? I am pretty sure that I won't come even close to what my goals were.

I hope I will be wrong and I have seen some great results on the official website. But I am not yet sure if it will also work for me.

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