A bit about me.........

I just wanted to share this - as i hear it again and again from so many of the beautiful ladies in our group!

I too have spent the last 6 years yo yo ing with my weight and general fitness and health.

6 years ago i absolutely smashed it with the help of both Sue Heintze and Kristin Gleeson from IBO. For the first time in my life at the age of 50 i finally got the results i wanted. Thank you SUE and KRISTIN. Also thank you to members IBO members at the time - Amanda Peters and Michelle Harth who used to chat with me online often.

Since then, I have spend months and months at a time getting into fabulous shape for Body Building comps, then after each comp - losing the plot and gaining weight, losing muscle tone and wasting so much of my bloody hard work, I have given up the BB comps now, as i just can't cut the extreme diet anymore, plus i have some health issues and inures that prevent me from maintaining the high level of training needed for the very competitive world of BodyBuilding.

Nowadays I just want to be fit, healthy, lean and strong for ME!!!!

I recently helped 16 beautiful women achieve fantastic results - during a 12 week body transformation challenge i ran at the gym where i was working up until recently.  However, as they grew stronger and fitter and leaner, i found myself becoming heavier, less fit and less healthier. I became a little burnt out and felt i had no energy left for me! I am so proud of those ladies, but, felt so annoyed with myself for letting my own fitness wain,

I have now left my position and the gym and am going to Uni this year  to study Nutrition and Dietetics/Psychology as i really want to help people who have serious issues surrounding their body image, diet etc etc. I loved working in the gym, but will work from home again, doing PT's and running some local boot camps etc. fitting it in between study and spending time with my family.

Anyway, i think this group is a fabulous idea and just want to say, 

THANK YOU MICHELLE HEXT AND SUE HEINTZE

Good wishes to all!! :-)

Sunday - 4.1.15 - Day 4

Hi Ladies. 
Today's workout.  Legs and Abs.

I kept the weight reasonably light as my knees are not too good atm.  
Waiting for an arthroscopy and i have had to change the way i train legs. 
I sadly cannot do a lot of things now. Anything high impact, plyometrics - jumping, jogging, running etc.
Plus i was doing high reps and i have had no carbs for 3 days now as i am doing a few days on a  kick start nutrition plan. One that was written for me by my 1st Body Building Coach. 

Warm Up

• 20 mins Cross Trainer (level 10)

Legs

4 sets x 20, 16, 14 and 12 reps
Increase weight each set

• Leg Extensions
• Seated Leg Curls
• Linnear Leg Press
• Smith Machine Squats

Abs

2 sets of 20 reps for each exercise

• Decline Bench Sit Ups
• Russian Twist with 3kg Med Ball
• Ab Crunches
• Twisting Ab  Crunches

Stretches

Saturday - 3.1.15

Hey there,

Well i didn't get to post a blog yesterday. Way too busy. I managed to get a training session in at they gym in the morning, but, looked after my 2 grandsons from 9am to 9.30pm and as they are only 4 and 2, i was kept incredibly busy all day. Especially as it was 42 degrees and we spent the day outside playing in the sandpit, the paddling pool, and of course water pistol fights with pop too.

Today, i worked at my friend's cafe as a dishy!! Never done this before! I worked from 9am to 1.30pm and managed to keep up and NO BROKEN dishes or glasses. Phew!

I probably won't train today as after running around all day yesterday inn the heat with the little ones and working solidly today for 4.5 hours doing dishes my poor old feet and legs are a little bit tired and achey.  I didn't sleep well last night either due to the excessive heat, so yeah. Feeling a bit washed out at this stage of the day!

My shoulders, back and abs certainly know that i have gone back to training......... which is a great feeling, I reckon Monday i will do legs!

Talk soon.

Jan x

Day 1 - 1.1.15

Well the first day back on the Wagon is nearly over. Very pleased with myself too. Stuck to my eating plan 100%, stuck to my training plan 100% drank all my water and going to bed feeling accomplished, knowing I have had a really good day and stayed totally on track. Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow. GOOD NIGHT ALL xxxx

And so starts another year!

New years eve - excited  to start a new year - 2015. Nutrition program prepared, Food prepared, Training program prepared, all set to go. This year is gonna be  good year. Thank you to Michelle Hext for inviting me to be a part of the closed group, 365 days  of fitness blogging challenge. Why a fabulous surprise and just when. I need it too.