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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You've come a long way, baby!

I'm Danni, I'm 30 and I'm obese.

But, I'm well on my way to changing that.

Since joining the Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation my BMI has come down from a whopping 40 to a healthier but still a long way to go, 34.

Scary

Still scary but not as bad

In the last 15 weeks I have lost 14.8 kilos and it's only now that I'm starting to realise how far I have come. 

2 days ago I worked up the courage to create a video blog about my journey which made me wish I had started documenting it sooner. So, at that moment, I decided that I would start blogging about the things I learn, my achievements, my highs and lows, my goals and what I've been up to. 

When I signed up for round 1, 2012 I was bursting at the seams with excitement, nerves and fear. I've just signed up to round 2 and whilst the nerves and fear have subsided, I'm still feeling extremely excited! It is a different kind of excitement, though. I know what to expect this time so, rather than focussing on how this and that works, I will be focussing more of my energy on the goals that I will be setting for myself in pre-season (more on that later). I now know that I am capable of achieving anything I put my mind to so I'm super pumped to see what I will achieve in the next 3 months.

Next Wednesday is the last official weigh in day for Round 1 of the 12WBT. I'm aiming for a 1.2 kilo loss to bring my overall total loss to 16 kilos but I honestly will be happy with whatever number I lose.

On that note,

I'll leave you with this, my first video blog.

Bye for now,

Danni

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