The emotional timeline of a 14 day dieter

Dieting isn't fun. Whoever you are, we all know you would prefer to be eating that cheesy pizza followed by cookies and cream icecream topped with caramel sauce and maybe a little nutella. Don't kid yourself by saying you would way rather eat a few pieces of lettuce with cherry tomatoes.
As much as I love eating clean and I do feel a whole lot better for it there are days where I just want to order that greasy burger and chow into the fries.

Eating clean and dieting takes a lot of self control. Theres those dreaded words... SELF CONTROL. It's hard. No one says its easy and it's not going to be. Those first 2 weeks are the hardest.

DAY ONE - SUPER MOTIVATED
Ok it's Monday - 2 weeks of eating clean. I can totally do this. Lunch and snacks are packed for the day this is easy. Hello brand new me in 2 weeks time!

DAY TWO - CONFIDENT
Woo! Look at me go! A whole 24 hours of eating clean and I didn't even slip up once. I already feel great, this must be how it feels to be a model. Geez I'm good at this whole healthy lifestyle thing. GO ME!

DAY THREE - CONFUSION
Why am I so hungry? Why didn't I pack extra snacks today? Why did I do this?

 

DAY FOUR - WTF
Seriously? I've only lost 500g. Is that a joke? I haven't had any carbs or sugar in 3 days and this is what I get?

DAY FIVE - PAIN
These headaches are hurting, I feel sick. Must....fight....cravings....

DAY SIX - CRAVING
Oh what I wouldn't do for a mars bar right now. And chips. I'll sell my soul to the devil for a tub of nutella I swear.

DAY SEVEN - RATIONALISATION
Ok it's Sunday. I've been good all week. I can go out with my friends for lunch and I'll only have one drink and order the grilled chicken with salad to make it ok. Oooh is that a free side of chips?

DAY EIGHT - HANGRY
Stay the eff away from me. I am carb-deprived and I want sugar. And if my colleague dares to say again how great her cheesy pasta bake leftovers are again I will punch her in the face. Seriously.

DAY NINE - PROGRESS
I've lost weight but I'm still hungry. Is that good or bad? I don't know how I am meant to be feel. I feel emotional, yes emotional.

DAY TEN - DISGUST
I've been going so great I decided to reward myself with some carb loaded meal. 10 minutes later. Oh god why did I eat that. I feel sick. I better keep it clean for the rest of the day. No more slipping up!

DAY ELEVEN - REDEDICATION
Ok so I slipped up yesterday. It's fine. I am back with my motivation for this celery and air diet. Gym sesh after work and I'll go to pump and then step class. I've got this.
I broke up with my meal plan for a minute but we are totally back together... Is this emotional eating?

 

DAY TWELVE - ACCOMPLISHED
Yeah, I've totally got this now. I swear my pants are feeling looser. Planks… yeah, I do ‘em. So what? Sixty seconds on your forearms, using nothing but your core strength and abs to support you? Kiddie stuff.

DAY THIRTEEN - EXCITED
Whoever said dieting was hard is seriously disturbed. I don't even feel like chocolate anymore.
OH EM GEE - Is that a baby two pack coming out? I've totally got abs.

DAY FOURTEEN - PROUD
I did it. Two weeks of eating clean (almost) and this is pretty much my lifestyle now. So this is what those clean eating health and fitness fanatics are going on about, I feel Awesome, with a capital 'A'. Hold on, giving myself a pat on the back. Whoa, Are those muscles I feel?

Indulge without the bulge - Healthy weekend pancakes

In celebration of the Gold Coast Show Day tomorrow and a long weekend I wanted to post my new favourite recipe of pancakes.

Who said you can’t eat pancakes while eating healthy?

I made these last weekend and I was a little sceptical of how they would turn out but they were so delicious and my only complaint was I didn’t make enough because I wanted more!

 

The continued quest to find my abs - Week 3,4 and 5 of the Kayla Itsines BBG

Wow what a crazy few weeks. Work has been busy punching numbers, I’ve had a couple of weekends away to Townsville and Melbourne and I started writing for a health and fitness website www.muuve.com. That was so exciting and I’m super stoked to be part of the team. You should check out the website and my articles. There are some great health and fitness tips and ways to keep you motivated. So when all this goes on in my life my blog gets put to the side a little. But here I am back with a vengeance and out to get those blog view stats up!

After a horrible time battling the flu, I then got tonsillitis and it all just robbed me of any spare bit of energy and motivation. It took a good few weeks to get over it and get back into doing any sort of exercise and the Kayla Itsines BBG. I haven’t been completely consistent and sticking to the 3 workouts on the right days but when life gets busy I fit it in where I can and I am still loving doing it.
Week 3 is a repeat of week 1 and again it was a struggle with getting my energy back up and going but I surprisingly could get through a little more than I had in week one. I could already feel those guns growing. Still not enjoying those jump squats on leg day but geeez they work your legs and your bum!