12 WEEK CHALLENGE -ALISON - END OF WEEK 12 Blog

Hi everyone :) Before anyone goes looking for before and after photos, seeing as my 12 weeks is now up, please be patient! Camping was not exactly what I expected it to be and we came back a little worse for wear!

After a stomach bug went through 15 of the 17 of us and it rained for much of the time, my training and nutrition suffered quite a bit. Don't feel too sorry for me - we still had a great time and got to the beach for a couple of magical days.

Thanks to Hilde and the last 12 weeks, I was feeling super confident in my bikini for the first time in many, many summers.

I am going to eat a modified 'final week' diet this week (honestly I cannot commit to chicken and beans for the whole week - my family will end up killing me!) and get back to the consistency of my training and have some pics taken on Friday. I am not a 'have pics taken' kind of girl. I will be so uncomfortable and am sure this will come through in the photos BUT I am going to do it anyway, dark spray tan and all as Hilde insists I will be glad I've done it!!

I weighed myself before we left for camping and was 53.1kg. The morning after we got back I was 53.3kg. Considering we only exercised 3 out of the 7 days and by the end of the week, having been through all of my family sick, lack of sleep and just being 'over it', my nutrition did slip a bit, I was really happy with this result.

I am not going to weigh myself again and get my body fat % until Friday morning when I will take all measurements too.

Have a great week everyone. I will be back on Friday hopefully with the pics (I have no idea how quickly I'll have them sent to me, it's a friend doing them) but atleast with final stats.
x ali x

HILDS SAID:
WHO HOO, you've done it!!! Started and finsihed something you set out to do. Regardless of what that scale says (even though it's great) you are a huge success because you've finished what you set out to do.

I do think it's worth getting some great pics taken and yes the spray tan does make you feel even better. The reason the pics are so important as it's good to have something to show for all your hard work. You've been busting your butt for 12 weeks and you've achieved EVERYTHING you set out to. So enjoy getting some pics taken and make a day of it to celebrate just how far you have come.

Ali, you are a different person to when you started and just the fact that you are strong enough to know what works for you and acknowledge that you work better with moderation rather than being too strict is a massive step (I remember not so long ago it was all or nothing).

So just keep your nutrition clean and keep doing what you've done for the past 12 weeks. Enjoy getting glammed up and feeling like a princess for the photoshoot!

So happy for you!!!!

Hilds