*(See me at 1.34 min of this clip :) lol)
On the 24th January 2011, I made a promise to myself- as every year's resolution- to do justice to my body and be healthy. This feeling always hits me when I walk a distance and find myself surprisingly in agony whether out of breathe, joint pains or just general fatigue. I am only 26 for gods sake! Have I been too ignorant not to realise what I was doing to my body ? Well obviously YES! This has bothered me for a while now specially when I see a piece of clothing that I fall in love with and when I try on, it loses its beauty. And Yes, it is all my fault. So I decided to put a stop to my misery and try to free myself from the body that has been trapping me for so long. I joined Matt Ibb's Liverpool Fitness Boot Camp that takes place three times a week (Mon, Wed, and Sat) for 45 minutes in Sefton Park. Of course I needed some company because walking the walk of shame every other day was difficult, so I dragged along two of my neighbours.
First impression is "wow I am going to loose weight finally" I was confident that this is it, I am seriously going to make a change now. After a week of rigorous exercise and sweating like a pig, I noticed my figure looking slimmer. And because I took all measurements at the start, I found out by week three that I lost about 2 inches from stomach area (was 39 inch-now 37), bust (was 44-now 40), thighs (was 28-now 27), arms (was 13-now 11)...everywhere is just shrinking- and I lost some of my weight too. Great News! Following the diet plan which is basically eating vegetables- all sorts- and protein (fish/ red & white meat) was a challenge but I had to stick to it because I knew this is my last chance now to release the real me and I do not want to ruin it. I started inventing with the food list I was given- my favourite has to be Salmon salad (leaves, olive oil, tin of salmon...Viola! job done! Also now I like sweet potatoes mashed with some mushrooms on top (boil sweet potato, mash it, fry mushroom with olive oil for a min then serve on top of your mash- quick and easy!) Overall difference for me would be feeling healthier in general, specially that I sleep better now (probably from all this horrid routines by our trainer Dean Conner who knows no mercy) and I wake up without an alarm at 8am not feeling tired as before. So challenge two for me now that it is nearly week 6 is to carry on eating well- without skipping meals because I erm..."forget too feed myself"- and hopefully drop those pounds quicker by following more exercise and eating well. Funny I feel lighter on my feet now- Fingers crossed you will all see the new me soon! Who would have thought I found boot camp by chance! Many thanks...Link to Matt Ibbs' Boot Camp: http://liverpoolbootcamps.com/
