Change your thoughts and you change your world.

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This quote by Norman Vincent Peale resonates with me, especially after a day of not so fantastic eating!

My weight issues are primarily due to my mindset and the fact that I succumb to my emotions 95% of the time. Whether it be a stressful day at work or at home, or whether I'm upset, angry, bored etc... I console, reward, and even punish myself with food.

Today my head was rebelling against my heart.

I want with all my heart to become a healthier and fitter person. My mind, on the other hand, wants me to fail. At every opportunity negative self-talk invades my mind...
- "You won't achieve this."
- "You can't do this."
- "What's the point...you're only going to fail."
- "Eat this, you know you want to."

My major battle is going to be changing my mindset, not just for 12 weeks, but for good.

This is the battle I have always had. I got so close to my goal at the end of the 12WBT Round 2, 2011...and the closer I got, the more I was sabotaging my efforts. I allowed my mind to win over my heart. This has happened so many times and I'm just so tired. My heart needs to win the battle this time...for once and for good.

I look forward to completing the Mindset lessons...as these will be the key to my success.

What do you see as your biggest challenge this round?

First exercise session for 12WBT Round 2 DONE & DUSTED!!

Well, I haven't really been exercising much lately and it's one of the main reasons why I signed up for Round 2 of 12WBT...I need a big kick up the butt!

I signed up last night and Challenge #3 is to walk/cycle/swim/row 30km throughout the week. I'm breaking that up, doing 5km per day so that I reach 30km by this Sunday.

Today I started this challenge and walked 3km on the treadmill and cycled 2km on my stationary bike.

Here I am in my home gym ready to JFDI!

I proudly wore my 12WBT Sydney team shirt (and I can honestly say that it's been WAY TOO LONG between wears!) during the workout.

The first 390 calories burnt this round!

Look forward to keeping up with the exercise and making it a daily activity....instead of a weekly/monthly one!!

Have you completed your 30km challenge as yet?
What exercise did you do to get you there?

Michelle Bridges 12WBT - Round 2

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Last night I signed up for Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation Challenge. Round 2 officially begins on Monday 4th June 2012, but before the official start date Michelle and her 12WBT Team has set up 'Warm Up' and 'Pre-season' challenges for members to participate in.

The 'Warm Up' Challenges have been posted during the month of April, but because I only signed up last night I've decided to complete all three challenges this week.

Challenge #1 - I will only snack on fruit in between main meals.
Challenge #2 - I will drink 2.5L of water each day.
Challenge #3 - I will walk 5km per day ( = 30km Challenge achieved by Sunday 29th April)

I'm looking forward to the challenge ahead! Don't forget to click 'FOLLOW' on the right toolbar if you would like to follow my journey!