I found this on my draft- don't know why it sat there in the folder but i totally forgot writing any of these:
15th July 2025
We have crossed the 1 year mark since we started our fitness journey and from the start to my lowest weight point- i managed to loose 10kg and have been keeping most of it off. It still fluctuates with long vacations and emotional eating periods but it has been on a steady weight although the new goal before my birthday is to drop 4kg in 3months! Will I be disciplined enough? we shall all find out come October! I know that i'm at a healthy weight right now and loosing that 4kg would just be for vanity reasons (definition and tone)...but the simple reason I’m even trying is to see how far I can go — and to make that my baseline for maintenance.
The math is simple, if you run on a calorie deficit, you should be able to loose 500g a week. If you are able to stay at a particular weight for 6 months, your body will remember and it should go back to that weight quickly when you get back into a clean eating/workout rhythm (after a long vacation per se).
Knowing how calorie deficit works and showing up to the gym has been giving me positive results and i've been riding on that sense of accomplishment because of the calculated results that it carries...unlike other things in life which I don't know when will happen. ã… .ã…
I was asked the other day why I started my fitness journey so late — because it seems like I have the fitness potential in me, and how far I might’ve toned if I’d started earlier.
I suppose I’ve been exuding some positive energy in class for that kind of question to even pop up.
It got me thinking for a split second, and of all the factors to consider... it really just comes down to the fullness of time.
I once told my PT about a lingering fear — that I might suddenly lose motivation, stop working out, and end up gaining all the weight back. He assured me that as long as I continue seeing progress, I’ll instinctively want to keep going, not spiral out.
Let's run this marathon right till the end...so help is Lord!
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Fast forward to now... 31st October came and I didn't managed to loose that 4kg that I was so gung ho about...
What happened? Life emotions did. I found myself in a loop of being at the highest and lowest, all in a day...and those accumulate days became now.
I noticed that whenever things go bad,sad and south...the first thing I go to is food or whatever that is physically detrimental...then i'll feel worst after and then i'll have to pick my sorry self up again and again...that's what happened that cause the -4kg not to happen.
Ok, I hope you know me by now that i'm downplaying what is going on irl...oh man, I also turned 38...a handful of friends remembered and I hope I do better this year in being alot of things but today, i hope to look back and have overcomed this season.
I've been working on my glutes too, 40 is approaching and my JLo body is otw?
