The best birthdays are the ones that haven't arrived yet!

On Friday 4th May (AKA Star Wars day*), I celebrated my 31st Birthday. However, as my darling friend Kathryn pointed out to me this morning "Baby, you may be a year older but I bet your body is feeling younger than you have been for your last 5 birthdays!" and she's right. I feel amazing. I'm fitter, healthier, stronger and happier than I've ever been in my entire 31 years. 

So to prove it to myself, I've decided to have a bio age test done and see how old (or young) my body thinks I am. I've looked into a few places but I will check if my gym offers it before I go anywhere else. I would put money on the fact that I've already gained a few years of my life back after just 1 round of the 12WBT.

The best birthdays really are the ones that haven't arrived yet and I intend to look forward to and enjoy every one of them from here on in. I have a very happy, healthy life ahead of me so really, why not celebrate that? Bring on the next 31 years... I'm ready! And, if at 62 years of age I look half as good as the gorgeous Helen Mirren does, I'll be one very happy 62 year old.

Va Va Voom!

Bye for now,

Danni

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*I have never seen a single Star Wars movie but after years of being greeted with 'Happy Star Wars Day' instead of 'Happy Birthday', I thought I'd share this little fact with you so you too can share in the lameness of it :) Is lameness even a word? 

It may be the end, but it's only the beginning!

I was a bundle of nerves this morning when stepping on to the scales. Not only was it the final weigh in day for Round 1 of the 12WBT but I didn't have a great week with my nutrition or exercise. I was pleasantly surprised to see 82 flash up on the scales, that's 1 kilo less than last week. I must not have been as bad as I thought I had!

Looking back on all that happened in Round 1, no one (except maybe Mish) would have blamed me if I gave up. I had setback after setback starting with major surgery in Week 2 to have my gall bladder removed. I was unable to exercise for 2 weeks and then when I did go back to the gym I could only do light activities. In Week 5 I discovered I had shin splints which limited the training I could do. In Week 7 after giving swimming a go to ease the pressure on my shins, I obtained an ear infection. Then, in Week 9, I was sent to emergency after I had been getting severe  sudden onset of pain in my head 3 days in a row when exercising and was told to rest for 1 week. Before starting the 12WBT I would have given up over something as small as a sniffly nose so I'm glad that although my body was letting me down, my mind was strong enough to push through.

How did I do it?

• Revisited the goals I had set for myself in pre-season
• Reminded myself of why I joined the 12WBT in the first place
• Thought back to how it felt to see that I'd lost weight when I jumped on the scales
• Posted in the South West Sydney Facebook group for support
• And most importantly, I just switched off my brain and JUST FRICKEN DID IT

What's next? Pre season for Round 2 officially starts on Monday 7th May and Mish will release two tasks a week until 4th June when Round 2 officially kicks off. Although I am aware of what these tasks are likely to be as I did them all before Round 1, I am going to commit 100% to them and complete them all over again. Why do something I've already done? Because, I truly believe that if it wasn't for the pre-season tasks, I wouldn't have made it through Round 1 and been so successful.

So, whilst this Round 1 has come to an end, I'm certainly not finished. In fact, it's only the beginning for me! I have already started thinking about what I want to achieve in the next round and how I'm going to get there. WATCH THIS SPACE!

 

Bye for now,

Danni

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