HALF WAY THROUGH MY JOURNEY

Hey my peeps,

I am delighted to say that I have made it mid-way through my fitness journey. To celebrate, I have created this Youtube video below showing one of my routines. Hope you enjoy it to the fullest and it motivates you to do one as well.

WATCH VIDEO BELOW>>>>>

Thanks for watching again!

Regards,
Renee

PROGRESS

Hi everyone,

Here is a quick update on my progress.

-So far I have lost about 4-5 inches on my waist
-My weight is under 165lbs ( don't want to give exact figure here, wink wink)
-I am seeing less of my double chin
-arms have more definition
-legs are more defined
-diet can be better, but I have included a fruit and some veggies a day
-one sweet and or fizzy drink per day
-up to 9 glasses of water per day
-1hour of the gym for 3-4times per week
-feeling 5times better about myself and achieving my goals

Here is another pic for your perusal:

Another collaboration: Entrepreneurship and Fitness.

Hello my fitties,

Here is another collaboration with another one of my friends, Sparkle Mc Intosh from the ‘Own it project’. In this video we interview and get fitness advise from Ms. Suzan Cameron, Family Nurse Practitioner. After this interview I gained a wealth of knowledge on proper body mechanics and changed things I used to do wrong.

Hope you learn a thing or two. Do enjoy!

So now you know the right things to do when lifting, squatting, deadlifting, planking etc.

Thanks again for viewing this blog.

Regards,

Renee

A QUICK LOOK INSIDE MY GYM

Hello again my fitties,

Leaving you this quick video of me at the gym. It's a little taste of what's to come in terms of more vids. Hope you like what I call a quick fix!

Some of the moves were hard to do properly while recording. In my upcoming vids I'll try to have someone else do the recording.

Hope you enjoyed it! Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel

Regards,

Renee.

FITNESS AND HAIR: TO EACH HIS OWN! COLLAB VID.

Hey guys,

Hair, I mean here is a little video I did with a friend and fellow blogger, Jameela from Kinky Coily Beautiful Curly girl, on our take on hair and fitness, and natural hair vs relaxed hair during fitness journeys. 

Click this link or the one below to view video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxbnA76XrQ8

As mentioned in the video, I decided to wear my hair relaxed because of all the challenges I faced with natural hair during my workouts. Plus, to get that 'Brazilian look' for Carnival 2016 I am going to wear extensions. Can you 'beweave' it?

Hope you all enjoyed the video!

Regards,
Renee.

SETBACKS PART 2: MY NIGHT EATING RELAPSE

Hey guys,

Remember when I told you, in one of my previous posts, that I cut out eating at nights? Well guess what? I have started back. Yes, I have relapsed and it's worst than before. But I suspect it's a mind thing. Mental sabotage, yes it's real!

It happens to the best of us, that plan 'to be committed to health and fitness'  goes down the drain in seconds after the first bite of whatever is available in the fridge after 10pm.

With about two months left before I parade the streets of Port of Spain, I need to do whatever it takes so I've made a pic of me for this year's carnival, in costume, my home screen image on my phones, my laptop, my kid's tablet and I have also printed it out. My plan is to look at it for a minute before going to the fridge and convince myself that I should look at least five times better next year.

Now, if the said plan doesn't work, I am not going to panic. I will drown my hunger in two glasses of water then go right to bed.

You see, all it takes is a little plan and me airing out my dirty diet laundry to you guys via this blog. Things should be fine now.


Here is the pic I looked at a few minutes ago to test my plan.

Regards,
Renee.

SETBACKS PART I: "I DRANK TOO MUCH ALCOHOL THAT NIGHT"

Hey my people,

While I am writing this post I can't help but be disappointed with myself for my night of alcoholic indulgence. It was a great night out with my 'homie' and a group of foreigners, who she had hosted. They drank like sailors and I was in my glee. Although I fully well know how to 'throw down' a few, that night I had overdone it.

You see, I know the side effects of alcohol, short and long term. Outside of the bad hang over, the weight gain and the disappointment  is as serious or even worse when you are on a fitness journey. Something or someone, a voice, a signal, my conscience should have told me " STOP! Your belly fat and double chin will reign supreme so don't  have more than five". But there was no one and nothing, not even a soca song reminding me of my carnival goal. Sigh!

Anyway, I am trying not to beat up myself and recover from all those empty calories I consumed that night. As the saying goes 'small thing man'. Now that that's in the past, moving forward, I plan to cut back on my carbohydrates and boost my protein intake so I can get back on track.

Below is a nice reminder of that sweet but sour night.

Regards,

Renee