I Can Do It!

I have 5 1/2 more weeks, about. Just shy of, actually. But I can tell my body is changing and I'm building muscle. And I weighed in lower than ever this morning. Felt great! I am looking forward to really stepping it up this last 5 weeks, too.

My alarm clock is fixed so I can get up and run again, thank God. I moved from my housing 50 feet away from the gym into the actual gym, which is awesome and a great, great decision!

The last month I am here I am going to do personal training with Lindsey 3x a week for 4 weeks, on top of running in the mornings and doing my daily training.

My big goal would be to lose 8 kilos in the next 5 1/2 weeks, which is about 3lbs a week. But I'd be thrilled with even 6 or 7 considering the muscle I'm building. Plus, I'm confident I'll run and train at home, too.

My diet has been fine-tuned and is excellent. I am 90% raw, and...fruitarian, considering that the green papaya in my Som Tam is fruit, although a nutritional powerhouse. I eat young coconuts, Som Tam, fruit and a lot of water daily, and it suits me. I'm full, I'm content, I feel great, I LOVE the foods so much that it feels like they should be "bad" for me, so I'm in my own little heaven here, LOL! How NICE to be addicted to and craving the best foods for me, the ones that will help me achieve my goals? Nice, I tell you.

This morning my throat was sore and last night I sneezed a bit and then got sniffly, and was still lightly sniffly this morning. I slept light as a result, which I'm not thrilled about, but honestly, I think it is all due to being in the air-conditioning a few hours yesterday. I pound a lot of garlic and chili pepper daily, like tons, and it doesn't feel like a bug.

Regardless, this morning, for breakfast, I had a large young coconut, which is anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal......plus they are laden with major nutrition and electrolytes. I had the water and meat out of it, then had a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice that I added 20 drops of Grapefruit Seed Extract in it. This will kill ANYthing in it's path, and is powerful stuff. Here's a great list of just some of it's uses, and why I chose to travel with it. Then, I had mainly the broth of a beautiful bowl of Tom Yam soup, a Thai classic, with loads of extra garlic and some extra chili in it. Now I am resting. For lunch I'll have - you guessed it - Som Tam. And I'll probably buy a spare one to bring home to eat later or tomorrow. With loads of extra garlic. I'm going to do a whole post on defeating the colds and stuff that go around here, because it's very easy to get stuff and foreigners are more susceptible to doing so. When one person gets something, you can watch students start falling like Dominoes....and it doesn't need to be that way! Look for that post soon, it's going to be important.

We are almost 2 weeks into The Biggest Loser competition and I am down 4 kilos from my original weigh-in; but I had gained 2 from water weight when I started, so I am down 6 from when I arrived (keeping in mind that I'm gaining muscle, which weighs a lot more than fat). I likened the water weight to my "Estrogen Advantage", LOL, but still, I'm glad it's gone. If it HAS to happen, I'm glad it helped me in a contest, but other than that, good riddance!

There's lots of new, great students here that I'm really enjoying meeting. A lot of really good, friendly people! We're having a great time. This gym is a phenomenal place to be!