My 21 Day Grit Challenge

Hello Readers, Sorry I have been not posting lately I have been taking some down time to relax, rethink my journey, focus on different elements of family life and spending time to bring back the old me!

So after 2 weeks of no measuring and weigh ins I feel a lot more relaxed and am no longer worrying so much about every single thing I eat and how I look. I have still been eating eating well so I am in a really positive frame of mind right now in all areas of my life. It has been a really exciting week for this household not only for myself deciding to take up a new fitness challenge and trying to decide what Les Mills module I want to instruct but in our personal lives we have had an engagement in the family where I have been asked to be the Maid of Honour (eeek Wedding Planning time!), The Boss Man will be venturing to Korea for a week for training to repair and operate what I like to call 'Robots'- I am not good with this engineering technical stuff- this is extra exciting because he will be the ONLY person in Australia that will have this training so there will be so much opportunities for him, The Bubble has entered the world of underwear and doing very well but she is now biting (I will talk more about that next post) and BB2 is just her normal well behaved self. 

So what has been happening with me...

The only recent pic I have at the moment which is a dodgy Webcam picture due to a toddler smashing my phone screen, oops. 

I am so excited to have reached less than 65kgs now and have lost a whopping 8kgs and 13.5cm off my waist (exact measurements will be back next week) in under 3 months. After all my hard work I feel great wearing all my old clothes and feeling comfortable with what I see in the mirror. I can enjoy an ice cream without freaking out that the next day I'll suddenly put the weight back on- Yes I know that cannot happen!! 

This week I have started a 21 Day Grit Strength Challenge. I am not doing this to lose weight as such but to increase my strength and start shaping and toning my body. 

So first of all WHAT IS GRIT STRENGTH? 

A 30 minute High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) class. The short, sharp, demanding workouts combine weightlifting, running and plyometrics for a full body workout that increases aerobic capacity, strength, muscular endurance, metabolism and power.

YOU WILL GET SUPERFIT, SUPERFAST! 

So the challenge started through my gym Go Health Clubs on November 10th and runs for 21 Days. The challenge only cost $21 so for $1 a day you simply cannot go wrong. The challenge required you to complete 7 Grit Classes within the 21 days. When I signed up I was given a pack (I love packs full of goodies so this made me very excited), within the pack you received:

• Challenge card to be signed off by the instructor after every class 
• A postcard that you write 3 goals on and hand it back to the club reception. At the end of the challenge they will send it to you to see if you achieved your results. 

        My 3 goals were: 

1. Increase my squat weight
2. Strengthen my core strength
3. Achieve 16 triceps push-ups on my toes

•  Grit Wristband: I love accessories so I have been wearing mine very proudly since the minute I got mine
• A 16 page eating plan: I have looked through this taken a lot on but I don't feel this eating plan suits my lifestyle, family so I think I will take some of the recipes but continue to eat a healthy, balanced diet and I have had such great results so far so I am sure this will continue. 

If you haven't done Grit or heard of it and reading this going half an hour- pfft!! I thought the same and I before Friday's class I had not worked so hard so fast and intensely in a very long time. I was sore for the first time in before I even had BB2. If you want to get fit, this class will do that. WARNING though: NOT FOR BEGINNERS! Some level of overall fitness is required! 


So stay tuned for updates on how my challenge is going and hopefully my level of fitness will be improving as well as my strength and maybe those flab parts will start to become a little tighter. This journey has now changed directions so expect more posts about me improving my strength and shaping myself inside and out rather than just weight loss. I hope everybody has a great week.

Love Andrea x