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As difficult as it can be to always push your limits, I will admit, it always feels so amazing to surpass your own goals. I set my limits high, even sometimes to a point that may be unreachable for myself on a given day, but I do my best and put in 100% effort every time. I would much rather…

On roughly 2 cans of diet coke a day, which is shit cause I was meant to have quit. But I mean, it’s still a step in the right direction from where I was. I might try and go down to 1 a day next week, then 1 every other day the week after, and go from there.

Had a good workout today. Think my arms will benefit from this new programme quite a lot.

Hope everyone else’s day was good, too :)

I decided to take a progress picture. I looked at my most recent progress pictures and wasn’t sure how much I’d made, but then I compared them to my initial pictures (from Day 1) and was so happy that I wanted to post them in a photoset.

This is the amount of progress I have made in my upper body in 131 days, or since March 26th 2012. :)

I think I’m only going to post on days that I work out from now on - which should be about 3 times a week.

I’ve been eating fairly healthily recently and rehearsals for West Side Story are keeping my cardio up twice a week. There’s this one dance that’s 12 minutes long and I’ll be damned if every single person doesn’t have pit stains by the end of it.

I did my new programme for the second time today, and actually printed off the sheet to tick off each date I do it. I want to do it at least 3 times a week for the next 5 weeks before seeing my personal trainer again.

Overall, things are looking up for me.

How’re you, followers?

Hey guys. Haven’t exercised at all this week because I’ve had this really bad cold that’s affected my mood etc, and I’ve actually been fairly busy all the same. I hosted my school talent show on tuesday (for the last time, sniff) and attended a different school’s concert on Thursday, I had job interviews Monday (rejected) and today (pending), so I haven’t really had time to do anything. 

HOWEVER, I HAVE GOOD NEWS.

Today I saw my personal trainer for the first time in roughly 8 weeks, and we measured my progress.

I’ve lost a kilo, and am down to 14.6% body fat. I’ve gained 1cm of muscle on my arms, and I’ve lost 5cm of fat on my waist. 

I’ve been thinking for ages that I haven’t made any progress, but now I feel really good. My Personal Trainer is going to give me a new programe which will finally make use of all the fitness stuff I got for my birthday, meaning hopefully I can keep this level of progress up.

I’m so happy :D

Will definitely be working out this weekend!

Today was bloody immense.

So I ate fairly healthily, and drank fairly healthily - and sure, I had a little bit of Diet Coke, but I also had a load of orange juice and green tea and water, so I figure overall it balances out. I had a load of wholegrain bread and only a little bit of a peanut butter and, yeah, overall, it was pretty good.

But it got to like 11pm and I decided I was going to skip my workout - I was feeling pretty down about lack of progress and the fact I’ve not managed to do the full 400 skips required for the 2Hard Challenge at any point, yet. Around 3pm I’d tried to do it, got to 100 and was knackered (in hindsight, probably cause I’d just eaten.)

Then I came on tumblr to post about my day, and I saw two images that completely changed my mind. The first one was the last one I reblogged, and the second was an image that said ‘the voice in the back of your head that says you can’t IS A LIAR’ (which I’ve put in my queue) and just like that I was really motivated to work out.

I added an extra set of everything I normally do into the workout, so instead of doing 2 x 20 sit-ups, I did 3 x 20 sit-ups, etc. I got to the end of my workout and was knackered but still ok, so I decided to try and do as many skips as possible for the 2Hard Challenge, in reps of 100. I managed the first one OK and noticed that I’ve made vast improvements in hand-eye co-ordination since I started skipping a few weeks ago. I felt good enough for a second rep, and managed 50 skips without stumbling in a row: a personal best. This inspired me to do a third rep, after which I was determined to do the fourth.

But get this, right.

I took a short minute’s break between the third and fourth rep, and then went for it. And did all 100 of those skips without stumbling. 100. In a row. Without pause. In, like, a minute and a bit.

I used to stumble every sixth skip. Now I can do 100. How’s that for progress?

Chuffed to hell, I stretched and had a shower, and chilled out with some video games. I may not have loads of visible progress, but I’m making progress all the same. Today was epic, and it’s all due to the motivation the fitblr community provides.

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Today went OK. I finally got over my muscle pains and worked out properly for the first time in an age, which felt pretty good. I couldn’t find my skipping rope though, meaning I was put behind on my 2hard July challenge, when it’s only the third day…

I ate fairly healthily though, so I’m happy.

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I had a really busy today, and didn’t manage to eat amazingly healthily - I ended up eating at Roosters Piri Piri for dinner, which was delicious but possibly not the healthiest fast food option. Oh well, it couldn’t really be helped I guess.

I managed to do 250 skips before realizing I was fairly drunk from the pub and continuing to work out was possibly not the best idea and stopped. I shall start again tomorrow and do all 400!

I ate OK today - I mean, for the most part, I ate healthily: I made a curry for dinner that was very herby rather than salty. However, I also made pannacotta for pudding which is like the best desert in the world but is pretty much just gelatin and suger so… oops.

In terms of drinks I did OK - I had over a litre of orange and mango juice, some smoothie, a lot of water but also a glass of Dr. Pepper. My mum bought 4 liters, saying it was a special occasion (we’re going on holiday) so I should be less hard on myself. She doesn’t seem to understand my desire to get fitter at all; but I don’t want her to waste the money so I’ll slowly drink this stuff.

I intended to have a heavy workout today but when I started I found myself quite tired, so I just had an average workout instead; still, it’s a lot better than doing nothing :)

So, all in all, an average day. An average diet and an average workout. But there’s nothing wrong with average.

How was your day? :)

I didn’t eat amazingly well today because my mum decided we were going to the pub for lunch, and insisted that I have an ice-cream for pudding. Living at home is seriously inhibiting my ability to eat healthily, because of how readily available all the things I’m not meant to be eating are! I did, however, manage a third day without Dr Pepper or Diet Coke and managed to drink more water than I did anything else, so there’s a victory to be celebrated in that, I suppose.

I haven’t worked out today, and I’m not sure I will. I’m quite tired and still haven’t finished cleaning my room, and I might just go to bed afterwards. I dunno though, I’ll feel guilty about not working out… thoughts?

Hope everyone’s had a good day :)

I ate really healthily both days - I had a load of fish/chicken, which was awesome. Probably the healthiest days I’ve had in terms of actual food, though probably not in terms of the amount of Diet Coke/Dr. Pepper consumed, but oh well, what you going to do.

Messaged my personal trainer about the fact I’m getting weights on Saturday and she suggested I finish the original six week programme before adding the weights in, which I’m happy to do and that’s the current plan.

I’ve been neglecting cardio really badly recently - the start and end of my workout has 5 minutes of skipping/running, but I haven’t had the appropriate space to do it these last few days. I think I’m gonna go for a run rather than a workout tomorrow to catch up on lost cardio. 

Overall, two pretty good days, though.
How’s everyone else’s days been?