Sarahs Weightloss Blog

Hi All,

Thought I would talk about breaking up the monotony of your training program.  If, like me, you are wondering why you are no longer losing weight as quickly as you once were, then a detailed look at your food, activity and attitude is a must.

I have kept up the cycling to and from anywhere I need to go.  My husband has also been really supportive and at the weekend we walked over 5 miles to do our errands.  I have also gone to the gym a few times and went for a jog outside along the canal over the weekend.  As for food I have tried to be more strict and for the most part am succeeding.  I’m going back to what I did at the beginning of the new regime – letting myself have a few treats but gradually weaning them out, rather than starving myself of them, and its working.  I’m starting to make more healthy choices now that I also want to have.  Now I and down to 77.4, a loss of 0.3 of a kg.  However I want to increase this loss to 1kg a week as before.

However I have hit a snag.  I’m getting bored of the gym! I have really enjoyed the gym for the past 8 months, and made it part of my daily routine (Monday – Friday).  However now I am finding that although they change the music and the moves around a bit in each class they are basically all the same, and after 8 months of it I am no longer enthused to go the gym as I once was.  I like running, but now I want to run 8 or 9 kms, on the treadmill this gets boring very quickly.  Oh dear! and I needed to increase the intensity of my training too

To solve this I wanted to book some personal training sessions, however I am moving house and cannot afford this at the moment so I have found another fun and cheaper alternative – I am taking up a new, active hobby!  I’ve been talking about taking up a sport or some other sort of active hobby for ages, but until now I didn’t feel fit or flexible enough to join in anywhere.  However I have always wanted to take up martial arts, I think the routines look so beautiful and it looks a great and fun way of staying in shape and keeping strong.  Now however I feel much fitter and really like body combat classes, tai chi, yoga and pilates, so feel I finally have the fitness and flexibility to give my dream a go at last!

I’ve chosen ‘Goshin Ryu Ju-Jutsu’, which is a non-competitive form of martial arts, mixing old with new techniques.  It seems to involve lots of different styles, and you can do grades if you wish.  This is good for me as if I want, I can always aim for another level.  This will mean I will never get bored, as I will always be learning and doing something new.

I won’t be giving up on the gym, running or cycling, I will still do these, but I will do a bit around my ju-jutsu classes.  I’m also thinking of doing a regular pilates class as I really love this too and they don’t have much of this class at my gym at all.

I’m giving the class a go tonight.  I have done a few karate classes before and really enjoyed this, but was a little embarrassed, so didn’t keep it up.  Hopefully this time will be different

Hmmmmm, not so sure I have the coordination to do this, but I can only try!

I’ll let you know how it goes!

Till next time