Making progress...

Ok so checked in this week with my first proper weigh in!!!

Body fat: 25.3%
Weight: 74 kg [4 kg down]
Waist: 74 cm [7cm down]
Hips: 94 cm [4 cm down]
Thighs: 64 cm [1 cm down]

Feeling fantastic! And I can really see my body to take shape!

This week I wanted to talk about the major differences from my last journey of weight loss, compared to this time around [after baby!]

Last time around it took me most of 2013 to get to my goal and loose 15kgs!!! It was a long and hard and VERY rewarding journey...it was a journey of UPS and DOWNS...I focused mostly on exercising hard...and thought eating should be ok and kind of healthy...
My exercise routine included a couple of walks a week, in which I would add on a few sprints along the way to up the intensity and to burn calories. I would do at least 3 really intense home workouts, some of my own, some with friends. And I was doing a little kick boxing with friends! And yoga once a week.
I ate ok...not the best, but ok! Not much processed foods, but they did slip in there occasionally, and also sugar crept in my diet too ;-(

I got the results I wanted with hard work! And I think I installed some really good habits along the way [which is what you want!] Start off how you mean to carry on I always say.

SO WHATS DIFFERENT THIS TIME???

This time the weight is coming off faster! This time I am still exercising, but not as intense...This time I am eating Low Carb, High [good] Fat...and this way of eating is so the perfect answer to my prayers!!! My carbs are very limited, I almost never eat over 50 grams of carbs a day and my sugars are under 20 grams a day...and the little carbs and sugars I do end up having are not processed.
I eat loads of avocados...eggs...bacon!!!...cheese...cream [NO I do not even have milk!] cream cheese, BUTTER! mayo [always home made, not the store brought with those bad oils!] I do have veggies! Cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes...mostly! The only fruit I have is a few berries!

Now I can imaging what you are all thinking!!! But don't you miss fruit?? Don't you miss bread?? and the short answer is A BIG FAT NO!!! I thought that I would miss fruit...especially water melon! being summer and all! But no...You see when you increase the good fats enough it eliminates your sugar cravings! [well it did for me!] AND the best part is my baby is thriving on my new way of eating and getting plenty of milk ;-) So its a big win win...

The main things I have noticed eating like this is that I feel fantastic! My mind is a lot more happier [not that it was sad before, but it just feels great!] and my body is heading in the right direction to get to my goal!!!

WHAT DO I DO FOR EXERCISE NOW??
Ok so I still exercise ;-) But I totally owe the weigh loss to the eating! The reason I say this is before I started eating like this I was exercising HARD! and felt like I was getting no where! The scales were not moving at all...measurements were slowly coming down, but not much. I do think exercise is so important as well as eating good ;-)
And as we all know when we are on a weigh loss journey the scales go up and down...well this way of eating its mostly down ;-)

So my exercise routine looks a bit like this:
Yoga once a week [love my yoga!]
Walk 2-3 times a week [so sprints! however I might start these up again in a few months as I really enjoy them!]
Home circuit 2 - 3 times a week...
HMMMM now you might be thinking this looks the same as before?? RIGHT? Well the difference is in my home workouts...I no longer slave away for an hour +, I do a quick 20 - 30 min blast! and in that I ALWAYS have a 5min high intensity. But it makes exercise a whole lot more achievable to do every day if you are not working out for over an hour!!!

One thing I thought about eating like this [and some of you might be thinking the same] is "oh gosh this is going to be REALLY expensive] Well actually I don't think it is at all...I am finding I am getting less at the supermarket! Because I am not buying chips, crackers, bread [only a loaf for the other half!] And YES you might be saying they are all the cheap food anyways...and YES they are, but the short story is THEY DO NOT KEEP YOU FULL! Where as a meal of loads of good fats keep you fuller for longer! Hence you eat less ;-)
This weeks grocery shop I am going keep track of and next weeks blog I am going to show you that it is affordable ;-)

If you want to check it out more the go to Aunty google and type in Low carb island!

Stacey x