First sleep after bootcamp

Wow I slept well last night!

Took the dog for a walk this morning to stretch my legs out and it felt like the longest walk ever! I'm not feeling totally back to normal but I am looking forward to hitting the gym tomorrow... whats wrong with me?!

Well I was pretty pleased with my weigh in last night and really impressed with my weigh in this morning but even more impressed with my measurements!

I've lost 2cm around my waist, bum, top of leg and top of arms and I've lost 4.5 cm around the top of my torso (under arms) and 4 cm around my tummy! My clothes arent hanging off me but are deffo looser!

The highlights of bootcamp were:

• the weight loss of course
• knowing I can actually run and can push myself far harder than I thought
• new friends I have made
• being confident in the fact I can go somewhere totally new and interact with new people on my own
• the information I received on food and nutrient and knowing how much I should be eating 
• being caffeine free for 7 whole days and not wanting a cup of tea!

The lowlights of bootcamp were:

• Day four. I never want to revisit Day four of bootcamp again
• The supplements that had to be paid on top of the bootcamp fee
• the multiple sock changes that were needed!
• the many bruises I have!

In all I loved Bootcamp! The whole experience has been far more than I thought it was going to be and a life changing event. All ready I've cooked two of the recipes that were provided and kept to the portion size they recommended. 

I would highly recommend bootcamp if you need a kick start or just want to improve your fitness. IT WAS NOT EASY but it was enjoyable! That feeling you have after you have done a proper work out is totally worth the pain.

Thank you for all your kind messages of support, they have been really motivating!

Day 6 and its over!

Day 6 finally came and it was a good one!

We did 'Insanity' this morning which was super hard! The only highlight was a huge plane flying over really low! (Philips informed me this was a Hercules). I'm sure Tom was picking on me today but I think it might have been because I was closest too him... maybe.

Brekkie then followed and then we had the Olympics again and my team won of course! We then took the Olympics to the pool and did lots of races including a core exercise where we had to sit on the edge of the pool backwards and lean back not allowing ourselves to fall in the pool. 

We then had lunch which was a mince wrap and the exercise continued!

We had the burpies challenge again, then a dance class then Pilates.

If i never have to do Pilates it will be too soon, its horrible!

After this we stretched and all ran off to shower and get ready to go home! YEAH!

We got weighed in and then said our goodbyes! The group I was with were so amazing and supportive. Its such a weird experience and everyone was so accepting of peoples quirks and differences.

I then made my way home, had an argument with the satnav on my phone and went free style! I made it back in one piece so my navigation skills of 'well lets see what this road leads to' isn't that bad!

I got greeted home by a very well groomed Benben (who hasnt left me alone since I got home) and a cuddle from Phil :)

All my gym kit (I just wrote PE kit and realized I don't go to school!) is now in the wash and I'm going to get into bed (which Phil had told me has fresh sheets, bonus points for him) to watch the GBBO and try to finish the knitting project I took with me! 

I thought I'd get far more knitting done than I actually did!

Soo the moment of truth has arrived...

The scales at home have just told me that I have lost ... 6 pounds! I am so pleased! Craig said that we will continue to lose the weight in the next few days so fingers crossed!

Sooo tomorrow I will do 'highs and lows of bootcamp' and measure myself see if I've lost any centimeters!

Day 5 at bootcamp

So Day 5 at bootcamp has come around!

This morning was intense, we had to do 10 press ups, 10 sit ups, 10 squats and 10 funny arm presses then run to the speed bump and back again (which I guess is 10 average cars long and back again) and we had to repeat this for 30 mins, my target was 8 reps which I did! Go me!

Then brekkie was served and then we had swimming and then team games which at one point I had to carry another team member! She was 11 half stone so it was quite tiring!

We then had lunch which was bulgar wheat, mince and salad, which doesn't sound exciting and really wasn't but it was enough!

We then went for another hike today and the view was better even though it was colder!

Core followed which was sooo hard, I cant really move my legs without hurting.

Then stretches followed and my elbow started to burn when doing the chest press which I was a bit unsettled about. I asked Craig the PT and he found my elbow was quite inflamed! I put ice on for 15 mins so hopefully it will be fine for tomorrow I don't want to be injured!

We then had another health and fitness talk which again was very interesting! Turns out anything 'diet' is bad for you and you should just drink the full fat stuff if you are going to drink it! 

So tomorrow is the last day! Hopefully it will be good but I think I'll just be looking forward to getting in the car going home to Phil and Ben for cuddles!

Am I still here?

Day 4 at bootcamp has been a mental battle.

We had a lie in this morning and started our first fitness session was a drill run.

This consisted of running to the nearest village and then running up and down a hill trying to beat your best time. This was really good fun and I did far better than i thought i would!

This was then followed on by a core session and stretch.

We then had lunch and we joined by the new bootcampers.

Day one for the new bootcampers started all again and we had to participate.

We did the 8 min run again and then more work in the field and circuits.

The only highlight was being praised by the trainer for having a good running pace!

Today I've felt pretty deflated  but that seems to be the general feeling for everyone.

I've been completely anti social and avoided conversation with most people, well except the one newbie who made a sweeping generalization and i made her explain herself. Awkward.

Only two more sleeps and hopefully tomorrow will be better!

My core has been cored out!

Day three at boot camp and only three more days to go!

I ache so much!

Its a real effort to even turn over in bed! My core feels so tight!

This morning was another 7.30 start of 'Insanity' which once you got into it was pretty good! It was sets of exercise that you did for one min on then one min off. This then turned into 1 min on 30 secs off and then 8 straight minutes of high knees, push ups, mountain runs and sprinting on the spot.

After breakfast we did had our own Olympics! This was pretty good fun and consisted of throwing a sand bag and running after it, doing a lap round the field as a team (so not letting any one lag) and shotput etc. My team won we were all  happy bunnies!

This was then followed by Pilates and it hurt so bad! Who would of thought a small movement could kill your  tummy!

Lunch then followed and was a yummy wheat wrap with feta salad.

Then there was a 20 mins burpies session. The set seemed easy 1 burpie per min and then the next min 2 burpies and then the next min 3 and so on until we had to do 10 burpies in a min. It seemed easy at first but it was high reps and the recovery was less each time!

We then went into boxing which was amazing! My partner got a bit scared as I punched too hard and fast! Whoops! We each then got to individually beat up the trainer, It was immense!

This was then followed by a dance class which at first was a lot of plank and core exercises but then turned into a dancey session and then bit of free styling. I sat down at this point as i cant really dance and wasn't enjoying it.

We then went into stretching and then it was time off and dinner!

This really didn't fill me up so a lovely lady called Nancy gave me her oat cakes and homous! I've never been so thankful to see oat cakes and the homous was soooo good!

Tomorrow training doesn't start until 9.30 so we get a lie in!

Really missing home so it's just a count down now but the worst is over!

Train more, Eat less

Second day at bootcamp!

This morning we awoke at 7 to be ready for 7.30 to have a snack before training. My snack was ridiculed as it was a Natural bar and 'full of sugar'.

This mornings tabatta session was pretty hard core. It mainly consisted of doing star jumps for 40 seconds then 10 seconds off then repeat 7 times more! This was the same for burpies, lunges, press ups etc.

By the end I really needed some breakfast!

After breakfast we did swimming which was so much fun! We did star jumps, running and boxing with our shoulders under water and then lots of pulling ourselves out the water and jumping in. Jumping into the pool gets old quickly when you have to pull yourself out again.

This was then followed by a snack of two oat cakes and peanut butter... mmm yummy...

Circuits was next and it was your usual, squats, weights, plank again but still good fun!

We got an hour and half off for lunch amazing!

Lunch was sweet potatoes, tuna and yogurt, pretty yummy!

We then went on a three hour hike and being totally honest it wasn't that hard at all compared to mums mendips walks. If my legs weren't hurting from the classes before the walk would of been pretty easy but never mind. 

Here are some pictures from the walk:

Heading off

The hill we climbed

The view from top was pretty awesome!

We got back after three hours walking and did a core session and then stretches and that was day two done!

We then had Thai green curry for dinner but it was nothing like what we normally eat, less sauce and more veggies!

Dinner was then followed by a food talk which was very interesting. The main things I learnt was that I need to eat more veggies and have my main meal in the day not in the evening. I have 3 pages of notes but I was the only one taking notes and it looked like a playing on my phone the whole time!

So that's that, day two over, sleep and then 'insanity' work out at 8. Such fun!

So far so good!

First day at boot camp went very well!

The day started off by saying goodbye to Philip and heading to mums with the dog. 

Once getting there the panic of finding the resort set in but thankfully my phone has a navigation tool and once I set that up I was good to go!

The journey down was pretty easy, no traffic at all!

I turned up at 12 and got met by one of the trainers who took me through what was going to happen for the rest of my day and showed me my room! Here it is:

First come first served so I chose the best bed!

After this I was then weighed and had a quick 'what do you want out of this' talk with one of the instructors.

This was then followed by a team talk and went straight into a warm up and then fitness assessment. 

We ran for eight minutes and from this they gauged our fitness. I ran at a slow steady pass and got put into group 2, which I  believe is intermediate.

This fitness gauge then quickly lead into another session in a field where we did burpies, squats and press ups followed by lots of running around!

At this point some one left us and went home!

From this we went on to do a latin dance session where I looked like a puppet on strings. I have no rhythm!

This was followed by a core session of plank and more plank!

After the cool down dinner was served and quite frankly I didn't even taste it I was so hungry! 

My snack store is going to decrease quite quickly!

Everyone is pretty tired so most have been in their room since 8!

Tomorrow the day starts at 7.30... I don't normally wake up at that time on a normal day... this is going to be interesting!

Not the greatest photo for you but this is the house I'm staying in and the surrounding view!