Has My Healthy Lifestyle Made Me Any Better

Hi guys I'm back with another post :)
It's been a long time hasnt it???

Why have I been missing in action? Well first off I had an exam and I was feeling so stressed about it and so overwhelmed by it all. I continued to workout I did my max 30 and T25 workouts and was pushing through.

the Monday after I had finished my exam I did T25 gamma doubles ... they are hard!!! But boy did it work. It helped tone my arms more and my legs. There wasn't much difference in my stomach, but to be honest my eating wasn't great!

I doubled up my gamma workouts because of my friends wedding and was wearing a jersey dress and needed it to not show the lumps and bumps -slimline :)

Do you like my little photobomber hehehe 

Before my friends wedding I had a hospital appointment with my gynacologist. It was just a review, and one that I wasn't expecting. It was a great appointment in one way but disappointing in another. 

The disappointing side is I have a fibroid, I knew it was there, and with a further scan we realised it has gotten a lot bigger. So much so that the consultant wasn't happy and wants it to be removed. So I am to have surgery, they are hoping to get it done as soon as they have a space and more than likely over the summer which means ... 6 weeks of no exercise allowed. I may be allowed to do arm exercises but not much else. 

This is what a fibroid looks like ... mine is not as big as this but it's a fair representation. 

I have said it before I have PCOS. What that means is my ovaries are covered in cysts. When I was diagnosed my ultrasound showed that I had the pearl necklace effect which means there were cysts all the way around my ovaries, on both sides, which is textbook. I also have an increased level of testosterone, hirutism, overweight, no ovulation among other things. 

Well at this appointment I asked if they could tell me if there was any improvement with my ovaries, I mean I had worked my butt off losing weight and exercising I wanted to know if I had made any internal progress. I was so elated to be told that there were hardly any cysts and that they were looking almost normal!!!   

I was also told that my uterus looked very healthy and they believed that if I wanted to I could conceive at any time. 

For me this was absolutely amazing and was such a great feeling to be told that my hard work was paying off. Sometimes it's hard to keep the momentum up and to be told this really impressed upon me the need for consistency with food and exercise. 

I was asked recently if I thought that a shake meal replacement program was a good way to lose weight. I will say this. ..

 I DONT BELIEVE IN FAD DIETS. 

What I mean by this is that I believe in filling our bodies with wholesome and fresh products. I also believe in allowing yourself to have a little bit of a cheat too. Without it you and I would be unable to maintain what we are doing. 

I also don't like BMI. I think as a general guideline it is a good thing but as an actual thing to follow - nope not good!!! It doesn't account for muscle which is known to weigh more than fat does its just more compact. It doesn't account for anything apart from height and age. And to be honest that is just a pile of crap.

In my family my sister's are slim and look amazing but they do not follow the BMI if they did they would start to look ill. So if you're using BMI as a goal to work towards please be careful. I honestly don't want anyone to focus on this and make themselves sick. 

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What else do I think is important? Not comparing yourself to others. 

This one is hard. I know I do it, but i also know I shouldn't. But why do I? Honestly because I want to feel good, I want to be slim and buy the clothes that my friends can I want to walk into what ever shop I want, pick out whatever I want and put it on. To be honest who doesn't want to do that?!?!? 

So what's my plan? 

Right now I need to get into the best shape I possibly can before my surgery and possible baby fairy too. 

What do I want from you? 

Simple to say and hard to do. 

+ Work on being positive 

+don't compare yourself to others

+eat healthy wholesome foods

+don't look for the quickfix, it takes time and effort for real and proper changes to occur. 

+don't startle yourself to match your BMI

Most importantly

+be healthy

+be happy 

+keep going