The
USN 12 week challenge is over. The funny part is- its not really over
for me. Its just the beginning. I think that's what the challenge as
an entity had in mind when they developed the program too: you work
so hard to transform yourself, that you don't want to fall into old
habits ever again.
When
i got into the last week of the challenge i had to start cutting down
on calories even more, to see how far i could possibly push this
vessel of mine. I got a taste of the Body building world. At one
stage i was drinking 7 Litres of water a day, then 6, then 5...until
i got to no water for 24 hours. I couldn't even sleep that night.
Being
mentally prepared was key. And i was. I wont lie, there was a a day
in the last week where my mind started playing tricks on me. I
literally got tired of myself. Tired of measuring, tired of weighing,
tired of measuring every calorie, tired of packing my lunch bag,
tired of remembering to take my supplements...and mostly- tired of
standing in front of the mirror and taking selfies. I had to. It
keeps you motivated they say. It was quite comical: you dream of
that perfect photo shoot on the day that you finish, that day arrives
and you cancel. You just take the after photo and then pictures of
your kids. You fantasize over all the food you've missed and want to
consume, the night arrives and you still feel guilty and start
planning your next trip to Grid class.
The
worst part was when i started doubting my intentions for the
challenge. My friends were doing and achieving AWESOME things, i was
using time to make my body a better place to live in. I wanted to be
a life coach damnit, i wanted to give testimony to people, i wanted
to counsel, i wanted to preach, i wanted to make God proud, be Mrs
South Africa even- yet i was just perfecting my outer shell.
Thank
goodness i snapped out of that short lived bubble: My body was
actually the only thing i Could control. What i ate, how i exercised,
how goal focused i remained: it was in my hands. If i gave it my
all, and i manage to Win, i could actually nr 1: testify to that and
nr 2: actually use the winning money to study that course i've been
going on about and nr 3: Get a USN sponsorship for a Year! ( I was
lucky enough to win all the supplements i needed during the
challenge...and now ill have to survive without them going forward).
If i don't cut the top 10, then at least it will go down as that time
when i transformed my entire life.USN girl for life.
With
the help of Chris Coetzee, who made to 5 men last year in the same
challenge, and also won Peoples choice- we kicked some serious butt.
He coached me all the way from Johannesburg: what to eat, drink, and
what to do in the gym when the guys from Virgin active Red Okavango weren't giving me Grid classes from hell. Martin and Joel- you guys
are flipping amazing.
I
went down 7kg and 5% body fat.
....go back to FACEBOOK now and tell me what you think...did you expect more?
I did it the Healthy way. And this what you get.
