Week #1 Check-in

So my first week of my new training plan and diet plan is over and I am proud to say that I lost 8lbs!!  Woo hoo!  I know a lot of it is probably water weight, but it is still nice to see the scale move in the proper direction. 

Now the secret, and many many times where I fail, is to stick with it.  I often get discouraged after a week or two and "fall off the wagon".  NOT this time!!  Like the motivational pictures that I made below, I have to tell myself daily that "I can do this!"  That stupid inner voice that tells us we can't - we have to tell it to SHUT UP!! 

So every morning, I will tell myself that I can do this, and I will do this!!  

For more information about my online trainer and the different plans she offers, please go to: www.KarenPT.com

Meet My Online Personal Trainer

I've been telling you about how I won a free month of online training, from bodybuilder, Karen Nolan-Evans .  I am almost finished my first week following her training plan and diet, and I am loving it!
Now I am going to introduce you to her :)
Karen is a bodybuilder that knows what she is talking about. .  In the past two years she has transformed her own body and has gone from no muscle to totally ripped!!  (I know that I will never look as good as Karen, but if anyone can get me in better shape, she can.)

Karen has just won Miss Physique at the BNBF Welsh Championships, and is back training hard to be ready to step on stage in September for the British Nationals.  She has a strong work ethic and I know she will be working hard to be her best for the next competition!
If you'd like to follow her competition prep, and see pictures from her competitions, follow her fan page on Facebook, Karen Nolan-Evans Bodybuilder.  She even has some astonishing "before and after" pictures of herself that you will have to see to believe.

Karen winning BNBF Welsh Championships, Miss Physique.

These are Karen's personal training plans (picture below), and her contact information is at the bottom of this post. If anyone is any interested, or has any questions about how Karen can help with their transformation, send her a message.

Karen's personal training plans

BNBF Miss Physique

Contact Karen by clicking HERE  (for people with Facebook)

Or email her at: KNolanEvans@aol.co.uk

New Online Trainer & Injury Update

I was lucky enough to win a month of online personal training from personal trainer and bodybuilder, Karen Nolan-Evans. Karen also just won  Miss Physique BNBF Wales 2013.  

I am excited for this opportunity, but also a little scared!!  Lol!  I have been working out on my own for over a year now, but with a personal trainer, I'll be monitored (and pushed if needed!) and be accountable - exactly what I need right now.  

If any of you are interested in trying out an online personal trainer, I urge you to send Karen a message on her Facebook page (click here) or email her at KNolanEvans@aol.co.uk  

She offers many different options to meet your needs and goals:

I will keep everyone updated on my progress working with Karen, and post on my blog here and on my Facebook page My Journey to Getting Fit and Healthy.  Be sure to check back often, or better yet, sign up to follow my blog (the link is on the right hand side of this page).

INJURY UPDATE

My plantar faciitis, as I have mentioned in my last couple of blogs, is healing quite nicely.  I have been doing exercises, rolling a ball underneath my foot, new insoles in my running shoes, and of course, KT Tape. I did a run yesterday and I had no pain during or after. Even waking up this morning and walking on it, there was no pain.  Yay!

I had a fun run yesterday, my daughter rode the horse, and I ran and walked along beside.  We went down the road, through some fields, and through trails in a neighbour's woodlot.  It was a fun time (except for the deerflies that kept eating us).