Well where to start!!! I guess with college, I finally started on Saturday and Sunday 8:30 – 5:30, I thought we would get to leave early but no, we do the full hours and wow its A LOT of information. So much to take in and learn but met some ace girls and we have done the usual ‘WhatsApp Group’ to help which is actually good, not used it yet though, well not for college work just to say how we were all so pooped come Sunday night. BUT on a good note college was good and I have learnt a lot, it’s a lot of writing and listening and a lot to take in but then on the Sunday we did a fair bit of practical and got out on the gym floor which I’m ok with, better than the listening bit, I tend to get side tracked and my mind wanders to everything except what its meant to be thinking about lol the joys of having such a short attention span lol.
Sunday Night was good I got ‘Date night’ with the boy as I didn’t see him due to college so was nice, I got took for a lovely meal and some drinks but by 11pm I was literally falling asleep at the bar so home and bed time for me haha but all in all was a really good weekend.
My social life definitely has taken an effect due to college I have cancelled two plans already as I have so much to get done before the next weekend and I also miss the weekend off the exam so have to go into college in the week which means taking more time off work (I literally have used all my yearly holiday entitlement for college) I’m telling you the struggle is real! It’s not easy, I have had to curb a lot of my social life – in fact ALL of my social life, I just keep thinking though its only 5 months and then I will finally be a fully qualified level 3 PT and Nutrition so its 100% worth it =) go mee.
OOO yes also, I had my yearly review at work on the Friday which went amazing and to top it off we also agreed that as of August I will be going part-time at work and doing just the morning’s as a Legal Cashier / Accounts and then I get the afternoon to myself to train, eat, chill and then I will start having my own PT client’s in the evenings, eeekkkk so scary, all good and so exciting but it’s a huge change for me as I have always worked 9-5 and been paid a monthly salary BUT the Fitness industry is different in so many ways, all good (I hope) when I get there I’ll let you know how I find the ‘transition’ baby steps for now though =)
So college and work are both going well and I have accepted that my social life is non-existent haha.
So the ‘training front’ where to begin – I won’t lie I’m still trying to find that motivation and determination, I have really struggled over the last few months I have been up and down loads, I’ve still been training but half-heartedly on more occasions than not which isn’t good, I’ve had some good days and I have smashed some good sessions in. I hit a PB on a back squat and managed 6 reps of 80kg which for me is ace =)
However, since I have been so up and down and almost fell out of love with training, I have always been into the gym, well for the last 6 years (ish) and I have trained 6-7 days per week every week all year, this year was the first time I took almost 2 weeks off over of Christmas and for one week I didn’t food prep, I gave myself a break from it all which was a nice break but since then getting back into it all has been a massive struggle for me I have tried so many different things, I even went to join my local ‘Slimming World’ I went signed up paid and then just didn’t go back, I thought to myself why am I paying for the information I know myself. I know how to meal prep, I know how to eat and how not to eat its drilled in my head from years of practise and I know what works for me. My sister though joined as her diet was not the best and hands up to the girl she has lost 16lbs in 7 weeks and she WAS the same size as me. By far she was not a big girl, she wasn’t ‘skinny’ but what is skinny these days – just to go off track a little but I watched a documentary with jay over the weekend about all the refined sugar that is being used when the fat content was taken out but anyway one of the Dr’s said ‘You can be Fat on the inside’ and that has really stuck with me, yes people may be slim on the outside and have a slim figure but that does not mean in any way that they are any ‘healthier – skinnier’ on the inside the saying ‘Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover’ springs to mind here and one thing I don’t like is the way everyone is being made to think there ‘FAT’ it’s horrible, no matter how hard people try and how much weight those people lose there will ALWAYS be those other people that will still try to bring us down, still try to mock the progress made and the gains. DON’T LISTEN to ANYONE!
Anyway back to the point lol so I didn’t join slimmer’s my sister did lost a good amount of weight just over a stone (I am slightly jealous unfortunately I do not have her will power) but after all the ups and downs I have had with food/ training / mind-set everything, I felt like I hit that huge wall and I just didn’t see a way over it and still today I am struggling but I have put in place some new training plans. As I have college, work and a lot going on I have cut down my training session from 6-7 per week each for at least 1 hour 30 min too just 4 training sessions each for around an hour. On these 4 sessions I have a group PT with my girls and sister, two running days with abs and glutes blast after – at home and then a PT on a Friday. My 4 sessions are intense sessions but I do like to run and I have a resistance band to help do the glutes an abs. I have actually cancelled my DW membership after 4 years as I no longer need this as my PT session are with the famous and horrendous (rhymes and all that) Jason at 5S Fitness also known as the boy, so I don’t get to be let off I get pushed just as hard which I actually really like but I have got my sister and friends involved in a group PT on Monday to start my week off on a good note which I’m excited for and hoping that doing the training I love and with the people I love will help get that motivation back.
I can honestly say that over training is just as bad if not worse than not training at all.
The key is to have fun and enjoy what you do. I hit the biggest plateau / wall I have ever come across and I’m still struggling I won’t lie, it’s not easy its god damn hard and it’s a struggle I’m a huge cookie fan and chocolate (anything that’s bad) and trying to resist and train all the time hit me like a truck lol so I have taken a step back and I’m learning to love it all over again – baby steps for me.
Let me know how your all doing, I’m hoping I’m not the only one struggling right now and with no social life and if anyone has some good tips please do let me know, I think anything will help me right now
Have a good week all =)
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