12 week transformation.... Change takes a challenge.

My body has hit a bit of a slump.  I workout 6 days a week, teach bootcamp twice a week and stroller fit 3 times a week in addition to my HITT workouts.  The changes are happening in my body, but not fast enough for my liking, and in my world - if I don't see change soon after starting a program, I will quit or try something different.  I hardly ever give a program a solid run.  I have been told my many "professionals" that I give up right before the changes are to occur.  

I am happy with my body, don't get me wrong.  It has taken a lot of blood, sweat, tears and bad days to get to where I am now after having Liliana, but I am craving more!  I know I don't work hard enough, I know I can push harder and challenge myself, I just tend to take the easy way out on more days than I should.

So this is what I have decided to do.  My 29th birthday is October 11.  That is a few days more than 12 weeks.  12 weeks seems to be the most responsible time frame for a transformation, so that's what my goal date is.

So here is what I am going to do:

1. Continue working out the same way I am now

         - I have killer workouts, they will make you hurt for days

2. Intermittent Fasting - start my eating at 2pm

          - this seems to work the best for me.  If I have a time frame for doing things, I tend to stick with it.  So alarm to eat is set at 2pm and alarm to stop eating is set for 7pm.  The only thing outside of that time frame is espresso (obviously) water and tea.  For more info on this check out Sara Solomons blog:

http://www.drsarasolomon.com/a-healthy-approach-to-food-selection/

3. Add green smoothies into my diet

       - this is a big one for me.  I have kept a food journal for the past week and realized that the only vegetable I eat is salad.  Ya, exactly.  I know that I need WAY more veggies in my diet and the best way to get the most bang for my buck is a daily green smoothie.

4.  Say no

          - coming from a BIG italian family saying no to something someone cooked is disrespectful, rude and downright wrong.  So I reluctantly say yes, and eat my zias cakes or my mother in laws pasta and have 2 or 3 servings just to make them happy.  Well, this will not happen again!  My family is crazy.  They offer you unhealthy foods, but question why your bulging out of your pants.  Well Zia, if you didn't force me to eat 5 helpings of whatever fried, carb loaded, cheese filled thingy you concocted, I wouldn't be unbuttoning my pants right now!!!

5.  Limit Carbs

          - an obvious one.

Ok so for now, these are my 5 fairly simple rules.  I will be adding more as I go along.  My current weight is 154.7 lbs pant size is a comfortable 10 or a tight 7/8 and I will take my measurements tomorrow morning and post them.  Ya thats right - I just posted my weight, go ahead and judge me.  You should do the same.  Make yourself accountable to the whole facebook world.  Maybe then, change will happen.  Do I look that much?  Do I look heavier, lighter, fine? Weight is just a number, I am not even looking to lose a certain number of lbs.  I want to look like a fitness model 365 days a year and I don't care what the number says.  I mean sure, every pound I loose I'll be thrilled with, but that only means that I am cutting and getting closer to my vision of myself.  I was 130 something before I got married and 20 something pounds added on after baby, I still fit into the same size pants.  Figure that one out.  

If you want to do this 12 week transformation with me, email me at Daniela@LaFace.ca or msg me on facebook and we can go through it together!!!!!!!!!!