#maxinesburn

Cardio and group strength at the gym this evening. It was very crowded to our usual little group as it was one of the challenge sessions but it was great to see lots of new faces who are enthusiastic about the challenge. I can’t wait to see the changes they make over the next nine and a bit weeks and to watch their confidence grow. We are nearly halfway through our challenge and it excites me to see the progress I have made in my training and definitely nutrition! It’s just me against me to see how much positive change I can achieve, there may even be some abs by the end of it all hahaha xx

My how time flies when you are having fun it's waaaaay past my bedtime. Busy day at work followed by a group strength and stretch session at the gym this evening. So needed it though after slouching around at my desk today. Quick refuel with a Maxine's shake and then headed over to the Warners Bay gym for their ten week challenge seminar and cooking demo. I am pumped to be a part of the gym's ten week challenge as I can still use my Maxine's supplements and the group training sessions and check in's with a PT will make sure I stay accountable to what I said I would do until the end of the Maxine's challenge. The extra three weeks of the gyms challenge mean there is no slacking off when Maxine's ends in early November which I am loving. I naturally crave order and structure and it probably explains why I can happily eat the same sort of meals forever and a day without getting bored. It's hard at first when you start new habits but very quickly there is no thinking about what you need to do and making excuses, you just do it everyday like brushing your teeth. There is no negotiation it's a done thing xx

I thought Friday's were supposed to be cruisy? Absolutely hectic day today and no training except a 20min walk at lunch time. I was going to do a cross training session on the stationary bike this evening but was madly completing a job application for an internal position at work. I thought the deadline was Sunday evening, not tonight ooops. Luckily most of my docs were up to date but was still stressful, whatever will be will be. The worst they can do is say no (been told that before hahaha) and at the end of the day I still have a job thankfully. Off to bed as I have to work tomorrow and then race day Sunday. Just a short 12km which I am using as my long run this week, only difference is I am sharing my long run with a lot of strangers hahaha and some familiar faces from parkrun xx

Maxines Challenge final photo! Week 1 and Week 12!

Saturday 11th October ~ awesome day today. 5km parkrun at Blackbutt on the hills and trails and then hit the gym early this evening for Chest and Triceps. Disappointed my abs, butt and upper legs didn't tone up as much as I hoped throughout the challenge but this is a lifelong change, not a twelve week one. Will still be training in the gym and attempting to improve my running times long after the challenge is done and dusted. xo

Thursday 2 October - I am so glad I went to the gym before work today. Massive day at work today with a ten hour day and I was absolutely flat out from start to finish. I am on leave next week and madly trying to finalise all of the urgent stuff with deadlines due before I get back! Working out before work helped me to keep calm even though I was so busy. On a normal day I probably would have been so stressed that I would have reached for crap instead of staying on track. My shoulder and bicep workout has been rescheduled for the morning before work as I am too tired to concentrate and can't afford to injure myself. Off to bed for some much needed rest xo