Kick Off Done and Dusted

Wow! Well first of all I had no idea how long it had been since my last post. I knew it had been a little while, but I guess time has just flown in between then and now and I've been so busy I just didn't even have time for it to process.

Well now it is a brand new round of 12wbt. It started Monday last week, so we're at exactly day 1, week 2. I guess I am looking for a fresh start. An opportunity to redeem myself. Last round was a shocker. Well, it wasn't as extreme as a shocker, but it wasn't eventful and I didn't gain what I would consider to be some tangible, impressive results, like I have in the past. I lost 1.5kgs in 12 weeks. And you should see my weekly weigh ins plotted on a graph. Up, down, up, down, down, up, down, up. And so on and so on. It tested my patience a fair bit, but at the end of the day, my actions, or lack thereof, produced those results. 

I can't be too hard on myself though. I have gained a few things from the last round. 
1. I learnt that I have actually developed strong enough habits to not put on weight. That's something. When I get to my goal weight, I have already proven to myself that I can stay there. 
2. For some reason my weight didn't drop too much, but my measurements did. I lost over 6cms off my tummy alone. That's a nice feeling. Because my tummy is one of my major problem areas. Still baffles me as to why the measurements changed dramatically but not the weight. But hey, I'll take what I can get. 
3. Finally, I recognised that my sole focus on weight loss was coming to its expiry and it just wasn't working for me anymore. It wasn't giving me that fire I needed to push and work for what I wanted. 

Which brings me to my new round. I've decided to shift my focus from solely being on weight loss, to focussing on my fitness and shaping my goals around improving in that area. I am still going to aim for the 1200 calories (with maybe a tiny but of leniency of say an extra 150 cals on occasion). But my drive and my actions are coming from the goal of being able to run 10kms.

So far I've been off to a rocky start. I had a bit of a frustrating week. Late nights at work for 3 days and having so much on my agenda personally, with my partner being tied up in his own overtime hell. Then, once I finally got to the weekend after only fitting in two training sessions, I have a hope of more time to play with, therefore the ability to catch up on some training. The gods had other plans for me though - I instead get sharp lower back pains that hurt when I walked first thing Saturday morning. They lasted most of the weekend. It was safe to say I was pretty fed up and frustrated at all of these things happening outside of my control. But, I remained focused. I watched my food as best I could, and I put my health first by not risking my back. And today was the start of a new week, and it is not the time to dwell on the unfortunate start to the round - but to do my best to bash out 6 workout sessions in the week, and eat according to my meal plan every day.