Well here I am at the end of my second week of the Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation. I’m still going strong but I’ve had a few teeny tiny set backs on the diet front. Just a nibble here and there but I’m really going to have to watch that. Weight loss is easy in the first few weeks of a program but I’m going to have to get serious if I want to continue losing weight consistently.
Michelle Bridges 12WBT – Week Two Results
Yays
* The food. I’m still loving it. The recipes change every week so I’m not getting bored and I’m learning to cook larger portions of the meals to save for lunches the next day to cut down on my time spent in the kitchen. Easy peasy.
* Feeling really good. I’m super energised and really productive. It’s probably a combination of the extra exercise and major cutting back of alcohol but whatever it is it’s working!
* Pre-preparation. I do all my preparation on Sundays – shopping, planning – and then I don’t have to think about food or shopping for the rest of the week.
Nays
* I’m not loving the workouts unfortunately. I’m doing the at home program and I’m finding them a bit dull. To mix it up, I play loud music over the top of the work out videos and I’ve swapped the cardio workouts (2 per week) for a 45 minute fat burning session on the treadmill watching Grey’s Anatomy. The way I see it is that it’s better to do a workout that I enjoy rather than get cranky and resent the 45 minutes burning the same amount of calories doing an activity that pisses me off. Although to be fair, the workouts have been much less painful in the second week because it’s become more of a routine now.
* I’ve had to modify some of the movements in the workouts because no one can turn or pivot easily on carpet wearing sneakers so I’ve jarred my knees a few times. No biggie but definitely something to consider if you have knee or ankle issues.
Week Breakdown
Saturday – Almost perfect on food – I was allowed a treat meal but instead of a treat meal I went to the new Messina on Smith Street and had a salted coconut and mango jam sorbet. So. good. And way better than a treat meal. Perfect on exercise.
Sunday – Almost perfect on food – I went to meet some girlfriends for a drink and this random guy bought us all a shot so naturally I couldn’t say no. Then I asked my mate to get me a soda with lime and she thought I said soda with wine so I ended up having a spritzer. I also couldn’t sleep so I ended up having a bowl of cereal at 2am. Weird day. No exercise as it was a rest day.
Monday – Perfect on food and exercise.
Tuesday – Not amazing on food but I had a sponsored post due that day that required lots of cooking so I was literally surrounded by marshamallows, choc melts, caramalised onion and ginger biscuits. I had a few nibbles here and there but I chewed gum through out the day to help. Perfect with exercise.
Wednesday – Perfect with food and exercise.
Thursday – Almost perfect with food and perfect with exercise. (Except that I took about 6 of my work mates M&Ms, popped one in my mouth while reading the packet and realised that there’s about 10 calories PER M&M!!! So if you eat 10 M&Ms that’s 100 calories. For ten teeny tiny M&Ms. What a waste. I also had a sneaky glass of wine and a vodka soda at my rehearsal. I’ve officially created the hashtag #donttellmichelle. I’m going to use it every time I have a sneaky treat!)
Friday – Perfect with food and exercise.
Week 1 Measurements
I’m not supposed to measure every week so I’m holding off until week 4 but I thought I’d republish my first weeks results just for continuity.
Chest – 102 cm
Waist – 98 cm
Hips – 113 cm
Thigh – 65 cm
Arm – 36 cm
Photos Week 2
Click here to see week 1 photos.
I totally have something stuck on my arse in that photo. Classy.
Weight Loss to Date – 3kgs
I’ve lost 3kg so far and I’m pretty pleased. I’m going to have to be more careful with my little bites here and there though. I’m a chronic biter. If someone has delicious food around me, I’m going to have a bite. Even if I don’t know them that well I’ll be all… ‘That donut looks amazing… can I…?‘ and I’ll just totally shop lift their treat because food that isn’t yours tastes so much better. I’ve been PERFECT with my meals, I’ve just been a little bit slack on my random bites so that’s something to work on next week.
Weight Loss
Goal – 12kgs
Lost – 3kgs
Left to go – 9kgs
Any questions after week 2?
10 Comments
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Awesome work Smags … that energy thing is the best, isn’t it? x
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Absoolutely! I just wish I could sleep a bit better… it’s making me a little manic.
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Oh my goodness, I just freaked out when I read about the M&M’s. I shoved a lot in my gob last night. Well done on your program so far.
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I know right??? I nearly died when I read that. No more M&Ms EVER. Total waste.
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Good job, 3kgs in two weeks is pretty amazing. You’ve definitely inspired me to do this next year. 🙂
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The weight loss has definitley slowed down over the last few days.. it’s the real fat loss stage now!
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Do I see a box gap appearing there?? 😉
Well done!
I am trying to rein my consumption in so glad to have a comrade here 😀 I find that having a decent protein rich snack esp in the morning stops me from being ravenous later on.-
ha ha! Yay box gap! I totally agree, a protein snack keeps me way fuller for longer!
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Totally encouraging. Especially knowing that even though you have a couple teensy exercise swaps or changes, you keep on keeping on.
This week wasn’t the best for me, I’m on my 3rd week of being sick and I was really noticing the lag in my workouts. Just feeling completely exhausted. It doesn’t help that they’re really starting to get repetitive and boring. Will have to do something to remedy that.
Also, when I’m sick, my depression tends to kick into high-gear and all my willpower for sticking to my diet goes out the window. Thankfully it was only a couple of days of shitty eating and not the entire week, but still.Definitely think I’ll also wait a couple weeks before I measure again. I’m hoping to have more of a “wow good” reaction to the new measurements as opposed to a “wow is that all?” kind of reaction.
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Totally! My body actually responds really well to exercise so I generally see results quite quickly in measurements but the scales are SO STUBBORN!
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