Eating six meals a day is hard!  Again today I have only managed five.  I have also  had the 8 glasses of water.

Breakfast – porridge with one scoop protein powder + skim milk – I don’t recommend putting the powder in the porridge!!

ew! gross

Morning Tea – Two pieces of wholegrain bread with one small can of John West red salmon + 1 tsp per peice of lite cottage cheese.  really tasty.

Lunch – Left over dinner from last night, baked salmon, stir fry, brussell sprouts + a plum because I could!

Afternoon tea – due to late lunch after gym, I skipped this one!

Dinner – Tuna (canned), and loads of salad (I make a mean salad if I don’t say so myself)

Supper – Protein Shake

As you may have noticed, I eat a lot of fish!  This is because I do not eat chicken or red meat.  Only seafood.

Must say, today I was tempted to snack, but given I threw all the bad food out, all I could have done is wrecked portion control by eating too much of a good thing.  However, my determination still holds fast, so was easy to resist the temptation.

11am.  The time had come.  This was the start of my 12 week transformation challenge, and I was excited.   The beginning of my weight loss journey.  Arrived at the gym, met up with Steve my trainer.  First step was the tests, and I had to explain I needed the tests as per the challenge so I had a valid entry.  I told him this challenge was important to me, as it gave me a timeframe and focus.  initially, a little awkward – he couldn’t measure my body fat because I was too big? – but another trainer came and sorted it out. I was given my nutrition plan, which I have written up for you here.

However, once we hit the floor to set up a program, I saw Steve in a whole different light – this guy is very good!  He pushed me hard, and gave me an awesome workout program.  You can see my initial program here. Not your typical boring machine circuit.  Thankfully, Steve understood that lots of machines was not for me!  It was during the oblique reps that I knew I had pushed myself pretty hard – the sudden urge to throw up hit me, and despite running, did not make it off the gym floor before an eruption took place.  I had a towel and caught a lot of it (well, it went all over my face and down my front, soaking my shirt).  However, plenty shot out the sides like a fountain and ended up all over the gym floor.  This was in front of everyone! GASP.  So embarrassed.  Mostly just water thankfully, hope it has not left a stain on the floor! Shame!

Not a good look!

After this workout, I felt exhausted and walked the 10 minutes back home with slightly wobbly legs!  However, now, an hour later, I feel great – I am sure my muscles will tell me tomorrow what they really think! Oh, and because Steve was so good, I booked a one hour session with him on Friday.  Just a one off to see how it goes!

Favorite exercise – squeezeball squats (stand with squeezeball between me and wall, go down to sitting position, and back to standing.  Oh the burn, the burn! But feels good now.