feel the burn

today I encountered an obstacle . . .  something that has never been a problem for me before
 . . . STAIRS 

I got to the bottom of the stairs and I felt as though I were standing at the base of Mount Everest - the sheer thought of having to tackle those bad boys just made me shudder.

but when you gotta wee and the only bathrooms in the house are up those god damn stairs or down another set you soon come to realise that you simply dont have a choice.

I knew that my body would be in a bit of shock once I started getting into my new active life, but never did I think that I would be struggling to hit the stairs after 1 SESSION of squats! Boy must I be in some pretty bad shape

After a yummy breakfast of hummus on rice cakes, an apple and round 2 of my 'delicious' tea it was workout time.

After my struggles with the stairs earlier I was a little apprehensive about my ability to undertake today's workout, but then once I saw the session plan for today I felt a little more at ease. I looked at Hayley May and said "oh, is that it? 30 seconds worth of Baby Burpees, repeated 4 times? No worries!"
Boy was I wrong!

When I searched 'Baby Burpee' on youTube I wasn't expecting anything major, after all it has the word 'baby' in its title, how hard could it be?

For all you fatties out there, who like me, have NO IDEA what a Baby Burpee is, it goes a little something like this . . .

yeah . . . . that was my reaction too . . . . complete and utter fear 
I could feel my body screaming out in pain and I hadn't even put on my workout gear yet - I knew this was going to be an experience

when the moment came and we had already spent the majority of our warmup jogging session expressing over and over again the levels of which it felt like our legs were on fire, the onslaught of baby burpees were simply terrifying.

surprisingly, once you get that body moving and the blood starts pumping it wasn't really all that bad! Don't get me wrong - my boobs were slowly making their way up towards my chin and my hands were slowly gathering more and more of the concrete from underneath me, but on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being "IM GOING TO DIE" . . . I would say it was only about a 4 for "SHIT THIS SUCKS"

all in all, another day of exercise checked off the list and I feel all the better for it

and guess what! the tea wasn't as repulsive this morning - maybe I will conquer the horrid stuff after all

let the punishment begin

so after much thought and planning I decided to start my journey on a nice rounded date - like the 1st of November (if I'm honest more procrastination than planning, but hey, give the fatty a break here).

So this morning I rose bright and early (honesty strikes again . . .  'early' meaning 8am) ready to start my new healthy and happy lifestyle . . . I wandered out of my room in my usual groggy and crazy afro-haired state and made my way downstairs to the kitchen.

Now be proud of me for this . . .  instead of brewing my usual cup of coffee (milk & 2 1/2 sugars of course) I whooped out the Twinings Infusions 'Camomile, Honey & Vanilla' tea and sat down on the couch to watch Sunrise with a proud little grin on my face.

Well let me tell you now, that grin soon dissipated once I took a sip of my deceivingly delicious smelling tea!

This cuppa was somewhat like a sneaky, sexy little siren perched up on her rock out in the deep blue sea, singing sweetly out to the unsuspecting sailors who inch closer to their terrifying deaths . . . . . it tasted NOTHING like it smelt, I screwed up my face as I endeavored to finish the cup, why I don't know, I'm guessing its equal parts pride and the longing to be skinny & healthy.

And no, I won't learn from this experience, tomorrow morning I will be sitting back there on the couch with my cup of piping hot siren juice and I WILL drink it until somehow, someday I actually enjoy it!

I decided that becoming a Vegan will be the best option for me to cleanse and detox my body, so its out with the meat, the milk, the cheese, the eggs, the butter, the MAYO (anyone who knows me will be picking their jaws off the ground when they read this - these happen to be my ALL TIME favourite nom noms) . . . . its a whole fresh new start for my poor chubby little body and although its a little daunting when you read through the lists of things you are no longer allowed to stick in your gob, it is still rather exciting - believe it or not I am actually EXCITED to become a Vegan!

Now we all know that changing your diet isn't an easy-fix option to loosing weight, which is why this morning my sister, the lovely Miss Hayley May and I started our '31 day exercise plan for beginners' and Day 1 consisted of:

* warmup: 3-5 minutes of jogging or star jumps

and then the following: 

* 25 squats
* as many Hopscotch as possible in a 30 second window
* 25 pushups  

repeated 4 times

Well I think I covered my fitness level in my first post - my fitness is simply non-existent - if you were to give me a rating from 1 - 10 I would most probably fall into the category of about a minus 2, the same daily body movement of either a sloth or a large water dwelling hippo

In saying that you can just imagine my performance 1 & 1/2 minutes into the 'warmup' phase of our workout today . . . .  I thought I was going to die! I was completely out of breath, sweating like a pedo at a wiggles concert and I swear for a second there I thought I was going to loose my sight.

If the tea scenario has taught me anything it would be that I am the most STUBBORN person you will ever meet, I was not about to get 2 minutes into my WARMUP and throw in the towel. With my new found respect for the contestants of The Biggest Looser I pushed through the whole workout and although it was soul destroying and extremely moist, I got it done and I must say, if you ignore your thighs refusing to carry you up the 7 stairs to your bedroom, it felt pretty damn good!!

Tomorrow I will be back busting the fat and sweating like a swine . . . . . and LOVING every moment

Sexy, Healthy Body - HERE I COME!!!