Clarity, wellbeing and finding truth beyond the bottle

Category: Excercise

6 months of health and fitness coaching

Today is the final check in with Beth after 6 months on her coaching program (which you can find out more about here)

Beth’s coaching has totally and utterly changed my life. In the last 6 months I have lost over 2.5 stone but that is just the tip of the iceberg. I could not have believed 6 months ago that my life could change so much for the better.

Before I started coaching I used to have an internal battle with myself about which 2 or 3 days I would exercise each week. If I managed 1 or 2 workouts/runs then I saw that as a win. I needed Beth to hold me accountable so that I would exercise. 6 months later Beth is lecturing me about the importance of having rest days as I just can’t get enough of exercising! 

I initially said that one of my goals was to try and have at least 4 dry nights a week and to drink moderately on the other nights. I have drunk alcohol moderately on 3 nights in the past month and had several months of not drinking at all. What is most amazing about this is that I have loved every minute of it. Why would I get drunk and not be able to get up for a run the next day?? I don’t recognise myself and this is down to the videos, podcasts and coaching that Beth has shared with me. I haven’t had to be a hermit either – I’ve still really enjoyed sober nights out, parties and several camping trips. 

Other positive side effects of this coaching are:

  • I have more energy
  • I sleep much better
  • I am happy
  • I am calm
  • I am mindful
  • I rarely get stressed and if I do then it passes quickly as I am much better at taking control of situations
  • My blood pressure is normal
  • I am more productive at work
  • I don’t usually need to get up for the loo in the night
  • I don’t hate photos of myself
  • I don’t have to wear baggy clothes anymore
  • People keep telling me I look great
  • I spend all the money I used to spend on booze on clothes (good job I don’t drink much as I can’t stop buying clothes as everything I try on looks great!)
  • My dogs are getting great walks/runs
  • I’m setting a good example to my kids
  • I no longer spend lots of time worrying about my health
  • I no longer have constant internal battles with myself about drinking, eating healthily and exercising. It just comes naturally.
  • No food is off limits
  • I no longer avoid carbs
  • I don’t get stressed if my hubby puts a huge glug of oil in the pan when he’s cooking
  • I can run up hills without stopping
  • I can run 10 km in under an hour

This coaching is the best money I have ever spent and can’t thank Beth enough. Having someone in my corner who is so empathic and passionate about me and my health has been amazing. I’m going to have to carry on attending Beth’s boxercise classes so that I still get my Beth fix every week. 

Here’s a before and after shot!

Parkrun PB

Until last week, my only goal for running was getting to the end of the run. It felt like that was a big enough achievement. However, I have signed up for an extra 2 months health and fitness coaching with Jazzy B fitness and Beth, my coach, wanted me to have a goal to work towards. As I’ve lost most of the weight I was planning to lose, a weight goal of a few pounds didn’t seem enough. So I’m aiming to run Chatsworth 10K on 22 September in an hour or less. To help me work up to this, Beth has set me some running goals for the week and one of them was to do parkrun in 30 mins (which is a personal best for me). Well I totally smashed that goal today as I did it in 27:30 mins!!

Yorkshire three peaks

I am so incredibly proud of myself for completing the Yorkshire three peaks! I honestly don’t think I had it in me before starting this health and fitness coaching. I am stronger, fitter and weigh less which all contributed to my being able to tackle the 24 miles with over 1,500m elevation.

Round Sheffield Run

What an achievement! Fee and I completed the Round Sheffield Run on Saturday. I was a bit apprehensive about it as it is further than a half marathon (although you only run 20Km of it) but we both found it relatively easy and we didn’t ache nearly as much as we did at the end of Brighton Half Marathon 2 years ago. So what has changed? Well, losing weight will obviously make running easier but also we are both doing regular strength training which is really paying off

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