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The honeymoon phase is over, so what’s next? Like a new relationship, I started this programme with child-like enthusiasm, limitless energy, wicked notions and the highest hopes.
I envisioned bikinis, minis, shorts and boob tubes flying out of storage in time for summer and me lounging around in sexy numbers I wore 10 years ago.
I entrusted Scotty with the task of vanquishing all my fat bits, leaving legs that resembled a racehorse’s, and a plank-like stomach. I bounced to training with an open mind, ready for anything and confident I’d done my homework.
But this week I lost the plot. Every time I thought about what I had to do, all I saw was a bloody great mountain.
Like a relationship, all the fun bits soon lose their glow and all the little things that were once overlooked or tolerated in the honeymoon phase, beam like a giant zit from your forehead.
oy focus went to the tediousness of it all – how hard it was, how disciplined I wasn’t and how long it was taking. For three days I sat on my butt battling my demons and stuffing my face with popcorn trying to figure out how to get my motivation back. But Scotty said something on his Specforce website that resonated with me: If you think positively, you will be positive. Think negatively and you are on an avalanche ride back to where you came from.
Well, as much as I like the idea of an easy downhill slide, there was no way I was going back to where I came from.
I got off the couch and went on a very angry run that night. For 50 minutes I gave myself a good talking to. I moaned and cursed, swore at myself, complained about life, wished I was elsewhere, aimed to do better and then at the end of my run, I cried. I let it all out. I stood on the corner of my street having a meltdown.
Everything I felt came flooding out at the same time. Anyone watching this myriad of emotion would have thought I was mental, but I didn’t care because all the negative, self-pitying baggage that was holding me back was gone. I was spent.
Needless to say, I played catch-up for the rest of the week, trying to squeeze all the kilometres and exercises that I had missed due to sitting around on my butt into the last four days before training.
I opened the gate and ran like Forrest Gump, and I felt great. My new lease on life had me working harder, caring more and once again committed to the challenge – 30kg in 30 weeks.
And as a result, weigh-in was brilliant.
I reached my first milestone – 10kg. With a 2.2kg loss this week, I am now 10.4kg lighter after six weeks.
In the beginning, Scotty warned against losing weight too quickly and how it can be dangerous for your liver and other organs, but when I jumped onto those scales and it read 90kg, I couldn’t have cared less. It’s been a while since I have knocked on the door of 80kg and it feels great.
I have achieved some good weight losses over the past six weeks – 1.9kg, 1.4kg, 1.6kg and 2.4kg, but it was the 900g last week that pushed me over the edge and catapulted me into the next phase. And from what I hear, it’s better and bigger than the honeymoon one.
So what is my reward for losing 10kg? Clothing? Jewels? oassage? Holiday?
No, I have chosen a gigantic pig-out in front of my mean coach. And he said yes!
**A note from Scott Cottier
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one of the main areas of concern among readers of the Specforce website is the lack of support from family and friends. It isn’t easy to reach your goal if the people close to you can’t assist with chores and eating correctly so you can maintain a sense of normality and discipline.
Temptations start at home. Remove all those unhealthy options from the house over time, so it becomes normal for the family to crave fruit and veges.
We now move on to the Butterfly Phase, where breaking out of that cocoon is fun and exciting. Training consists of four sessions a week – three minutes walking and three minutes running for 50 minutes. on the days of no cardio work, perform 60 step-ups, 60 lunges, 60 bent-over rows, 60 military presses and 100 trunk twists. For more details, visitwww.ali.specforce.co.nz