I did something dumb last week.
I worked 12 hours and didn't feel like doing the gym, so I did two sessions on Friday instead.
OMG I was SO drained. My body just could not muster up an ounce of energy to attack the Super Saturday session. I just could not set foot into the gym, so I took 2 days off and started again on Monday.
I tell you one thing, I really had to force myself to go. And I forced myself back on Tuesday as well. By today, Wednesday, I went happily and finally felt good about my work out again.
I took some time to read through the forums and some of the 12WBT messages and discovered that I had a few of the symptoms of overtraining. So now I know not to do that. Lesson learnt.
The good news is that I thought my two days off would not reflect favourably on the weigh in today. I was surprised to see I had lost 900g since last week - finally - a bigger shift downwards!
I did stay on the nutrition, but I guess this whole process is a learning curve.
Yesterday, one of the personal trainers at the gym spotted me as I was leaving. I hadn't seen her since week 1 of the 12WBT when they were showing me how to correctly do the exercises. She was amazed at how much I've changed and said that I look so much better in the face and overall just look more vibrant.
So I'm going to post some photos of how I looked before and how I looked yesterday just to show the comparison. I have definately lost my chin.
I worked 12 hours and didn't feel like doing the gym, so I did two sessions on Friday instead.
OMG I was SO drained. My body just could not muster up an ounce of energy to attack the Super Saturday session. I just could not set foot into the gym, so I took 2 days off and started again on Monday.
I tell you one thing, I really had to force myself to go. And I forced myself back on Tuesday as well. By today, Wednesday, I went happily and finally felt good about my work out again.
I took some time to read through the forums and some of the 12WBT messages and discovered that I had a few of the symptoms of overtraining. So now I know not to do that. Lesson learnt.
The good news is that I thought my two days off would not reflect favourably on the weigh in today. I was surprised to see I had lost 900g since last week - finally - a bigger shift downwards!
I did stay on the nutrition, but I guess this whole process is a learning curve.
Yesterday, one of the personal trainers at the gym spotted me as I was leaving. I hadn't seen her since week 1 of the 12WBT when they were showing me how to correctly do the exercises. She was amazed at how much I've changed and said that I look so much better in the face and overall just look more vibrant.
So I'm going to post some photos of how I looked before and how I looked yesterday just to show the comparison. I have definately lost my chin.
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| After Gym Training 11 June 2013 |
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| Before |
I think I'm looking less...rotund??
Maybe not so 53ish too?
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