This New Year, one of our clients, Hannah, has decided to embark on a serious health and fitness project for herself, along with Tony, her Bodyline Personal Trainer. We will be following her journey and checking in with her from time-to-time; here is her first blog post……..
On New Year’s Eve I sat around my wonderful friend’s table, glugging back the wine and eating what I wanted. When I left her house at a very sober 1 a.m. I realised I had had enough of tipping whatever I wanted to into my system. I felt rather disgusted with myself and health-wise, I was coughing, overweight, generally quite ‘panty’ and burnt out. Hannah relaxes after a tough session on the treadmill For the last few months I have pretty much drunk, smoked and eaten what I wanted to. Working in the restaurant industry, socialising can be wonderful but also relentless. I had lost the ability to say no, feel hungry and not freak out, avoid bad things like bread and wine. I decided that I wanted to try and find a way to diet but still eat the food that I love, which I why I decided to try the 5:2. I have not started it straight off the bat. I weaned myself onto it in the first few days of 2014, not eating bread and generally eating more ‘rainbow’ food such as a piece of poached salmon with veg, or a hearty soup, or some fish with lovely greens and a salad. Yesterday was my first official ‘fast’ day; you do these twice a week and the rest of the time you can eat what you like. On fast days you are only allowed to eat 500 calories (600 for a man). So far, so good. Yesterday had its hard bits, where I found myself not appeased by the big glass of water I glugged when the gnawing hunger pangs arrived. But I busied myself with various chores and tasks. I also treated myself to a massage, which not only killed an hour but made me feel light and ‘body conscious’. I went to bed hungry but full of energy and positivity. I didn’t sleep as deeply as I normally would but let’s see how further fast days go. I am coupling the 5:2 diet with twice weekly visits to Bodyline Studios for a session with Tony. Wish me luck! |