I'm sure, like most other twenty-odd-year old girls, I am currently living in the gym in search of my long lost, teen beach bod. I eat reasonably well, attend the gym 4-5 times a week (when I can be bothered) but have recently found that my weight is just not shifting. I am by no means over weight, but personally not comfortable with the way my body has changed. I appreciate that I'm not always going to stay a size 8 with a washboard stomach with no lumps and bumps, but I'm going to give it my best shot to feel my best.
I guess it's a kind of self torture, but I follow so many fitness, model & celebrity pages which are full of bikini shots & gym posts .... and I cant help but become a little insta-stalkerish and aspire towards these ridiculously sculpted personally trained figures.
I do a combination of gym, swimming and fitness classes but I have recently found a passion for running again. I was always was 'good' at running in school. I guess it helped being the tallest in my year, at 5ft7 since the age of 12 and the 'Duffy' long legs, but had stopped running once I left school and physical exercise was no longer compulsory. Nothing relaxes me more and clears my head after a long day in the office than putting my headphones in and going for a run.
Although I am running again, and trying to do as much cardio as possible, I have gone through a patch where my weight doesn't seem to be changing. By checking the scales daily, which I know doesn't help, nothing is a bigger kick in the stomach than grafting in the gym to no change.
Am I doing something wrong? Am I just not meant to be skinny? Do I need to change what I'm doing?
There is no overnight miracle and I've got to come to terms with that. My weight on the scales may not be changing, but my body shape is. I've found that the best indication is your clothes, and how you feel in them. There is no greater feeling than when you put on a pair of those dreaded, skin tight, skinny jeans, and you can actually breathe in them, when the button no longer leaves an unsightly red mark on your stomach where they're cutting you in half. Ahhhhhh
Exercise should be fun, enjoyable & encouraging. I think sticking yourself on a 'no carb' 'juice only' 'nil by mouth' diet is no fun, and is by no means sustainable.
I have just over 4 weeks till my summer holiday, so can we all say a little prayer, I'll let you know how I get on! & when times get hard, just read a few insta-inspo-quotes :)
p.s. please feel free to share any of your hints tips and tricks with me below x
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