Week 7, Week 7! Can you actually believe here we are on the final week?
First of all, what has happened? Well gyms were announced they were reopening after months in lockdown WOOP and now when posting this, we are 2 days away now!!!
Programme wise – training output is HIGH, steps are up and calories are down baby!
Naturally, this week has definitely been the hardest yet.
As calories have been lower this week I have found my energy throughout the day has been way lower. As gyms are still not open a lot of work is still on the computer and on zoom and so this week I am LIVING for my clients energy big time. I feed off clients energy a lot and so that has helped me hugely this week.
Also I had the most gorgeous weekend running the first Move with Moxie outdoor bootcamp so the zoom bootcamp crew got together, I saw clients, friends and family face to face and it was just magical.
No doubt it’s the process of being in lockdown but I feel my connections with people around me have grown so strong, so when seeing people face to face it just feels really special. So this week I have had bad weekend blues (!) It was filled with coaching, smiles, music, bbq and all round fun! Although now I am so excited for summer, despite craving going raving and missing out of fun music events I just can’t wait to be with all my favourite people.
Anyway, I digress, getting all gooey! Back to this week…training has felt awesome luckily and weirdly my energy is all good with training. As we are on week 7 I think this is coming all from my mindset as I feel super focused and ready for the last little bit.
Despite seeing scale weight change and measurements going down previously it hasn’t really registered with me that my body composition has changed. This week was a bit of a turning point for me and I can see that it has, which feels good!
I have found that when on a short time frame journey like this, expectation can be a little skewed and this links to what I was saying in the earlier weeks. Compare and despair (BAD IDEA) but also what do you actually want from a journey, how do you want to feel mentally and physically ect?
Without these being mapped out (which is what I have found during this process) is, I have been slightly tunnel vision towards something and not properly opened my eyes to everything else that has been happening.
Just because I am working hard, focusing on nutrition and tracking ect doesn’t mean that any changes are a given! So why am I not appreciating them and celebrating when change happens?
Well I hadn’t mapped it at the beginning, I hadn’t properly thought about it, I just thought it would be a great idea for my experience and coaching to do this with a bonus of working on myself. I didn’t properly sit and think why or what I wanted. I guess this is also why it’s been such a learning curve mentally for me too during this process. Also it has felt good documenting this the whole time to you so I can mind dump how i’ve felt each week and apply that to resonate with client’s journeys.
This is what I also reiterate to clients all the time, even more now realising how easy it is to forget!
Don’t worry about the number on the scale, it’s you wearing a dress for the first time in years, training in just a sports bra, going out on a date, feeling confident to start a new hobbie, looking at yourself in the mirror….the list goes on!!
Focus on those goals, think about what you want, think about how you want to feel, be as detailed as possible.
Appreciate every feeling and mindset shift, appreciate every extra rep you did in your training sessions, appreciate that item of clothing that you feel fabulous in. Especially when you look back at it, it will be totally worth it and make you feel amazing seeing your journey mapped out in black and white in front of you.
The end is in sight and I shall definitely write a closing blog on the process and my reflection of the whole thing!
Nearly there!!