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My name is Juliet Price.
It's the 3rd of March 2006 and I'm at my biggest weight ever. Well I say my biggest, but could not tell you the weight in numbers because I refused to get on the scale. I was a UK size 22 and had just given birth to my youngest. The first thing his father said to me was ' Your still big' 'I thought you would go down after the baby came out'. Really! I've just pushed out a baby and not only did you say that, but expected me to magically to a size 10! No magic was going to happen here because it was not just baby weight. I ate uncontrollably when I was pregnant and the result is what far from pretty Overweight and unhealthy and could not use pregnancy as a excuse. I had put myself in the position. Self abuse of the body.
I try to get some off, but with the sleepless night, two children to care for and work it just was not happening. I put it to the back of my mind and got on with living as much as I could ( yes I got rid of him) For the best part of 7 years I lived in a size 18 body until one day the size 18 no longer fit. I was getting bigger! I refused to buy a size 20, so squeezed myself into the 18 and knew it was time to do something about it.
Prior the children I use to workout 5 days a week and loved it! Hated classes, but loved weights. I knew that this was the only way I was going to address this issue, but my mind was not in connection with my body. I needed to work both together to get results. I started working out at home early in the morning as the child slept because I was too embarrassed to go to the gym and had no childcare. I used DVDs which helped somewhat, but did not add shape. Mainly cardio just produces a smaller version of yourself. Yes I wanted to be smaller, but I also wanted shape. I needed weights! I brought some kettlebells and added this to my morning route along with a liquid diet to replace some meals. The weight was coming off, but still not the shape I wanted. The liquid meals filled the gap some what but I needed real food to nourish me, not a made up milk drink that did nothing but react to my body ( allergic to milk, but was prepared pay for it by having this). More self abuse just to get smaller.
I needed to get in the gym, but even more barriers were in the way. Lack of finance raising two children alone and only working part-time just did not make it possible to pay a gym membership. I remember having a conversation with God saying I need to get in the gym. It's the only way I can sort this body. Within weeks not only did I get in a gym, but it was free! I was given a free membership by someone who got it via their workplace but never used it! Thank you Lord for the blessing!
I started working out at the gym working around the children when they was at school etc as I was now working part time. The weight was coming off, some shape was coming, but the body was not shaped well, and I was still heavy. I started working out with some guys at the gym who could see I was trying hard, but not hard enough. They got me to start lifting heavy, I was getting stronger, but the muscle was covered by fat. What was it? Why was I not shredding? My diet! I had not addressed it correctly. I needed to take correct control and have the right healthy diet work alongside exercise. I needed to eat clean. So I started looking at food in a deeper way. I researched diets, healthy eating and started cutting out and changing what I ate. What I could not cut out right away I used the lower fat versions of them slowly cutting them down until they were removed from my eating plan. Started juicing which helped greatly. I got smaller and some muscle was shaping, but I still was not there. Nowhere near where I needed to be. I enrolled on a nutrition course to get a deeper knowledge of food ( I best learn by studying something and understanding it deeper). I got the nutritional info, changed my diet, but did not have the self control. Needed accountability. I started looking further and came across a group that had ebooks that I could learn further on how to balance food. I added my knowledge with these books and started on the journey.
I got my mind in connection with my workouts and things started happening. I started to get lean and clean eating became a way of life. Don't get me wrong, I eat clean but I am no where near perfect. I had my off day ( not too many) and I eat over what I should, but I gained the power to not allow this to continue. I addressed it in a big way and pay the price by working out harder. My worse food that throws me off are caramel rice cakes. You may say that they are alright. Yes they are ok, a few here and there. Not the whole packet! And yes I'm talking on a off day it's the whole packet, but I don't beat myself up about it anymore ( only just stopped doing this) Ive learnt it's not a downward spin and all my hard work is lost. It's just a stubble and stumbles happen especially at a certain time which woman will relate to. This is a lifestyle I'm creating, not a crash diet or a quick fix that I can go off on a wild eating experience once a goal reached. It's a way of life and things happen. I'm not suggesting it's ok for you all to eat a naught thing now and again, but balance in all is good when you reach a point you can afford to 'fall off path' and have the willpower to not allow it to keep you off path. If you can't do it then don't. It is much better to set a day to up calories if your body needs it. Not on unhealthy food, but in healthy. I don't eat any junk food whatsoever. I see my off food of rice cakes as a need now, well it was then, habit kicked!. I eat clean day in and day out and don't have cheat meals, I have refeeds. I nourish with healthy food to a higher volume. When you know your body you will learn that this can be a good thing to kick start it if it's come stagnant, but you have to know your body before you even think about doing this. It's best to avoid but I just thought I would throw that in to let you know that we all have struggles. I'm not perfect, but I try hard and I allow myself a set margin to gain and lose weight and remain between this. This way I control my body, not it control me.
So now I workout with a 6 day split which works for me. I set my own workout from knowledge I've learnt and what works best for my body. I change it up when needed to satisfy my need, and this need could be just the desire for more burn. Not in the form of fat burning, but the burn of the muscles knowing they are shaping with every rep. I lift heavy because it really is the only way to shape. Also because I love it. Lifting heavy will not make you grow great big muscles and turn into a man ladies, will give you great shape, but lifting alone will not. Guys, lifting heavy for a few weeks will not make you grow bigger muscles? You got to work hard at it and load your carbs in a way that not only supports muscle growth, but allows you to bulk. In both cases your diet has got to be clean. The good thing about eating clean when you don't eat clean it either don't taste good or upsets your system. I may of eaten the rice cakes, but when I over ate them, I bloat up like I was six months pregnant and in pain. ( oh my back to that self abuse). The body may of told me it wanted the packet, but the packet did not want me!
So that's my story ladies and gentlemen. My next stage is to use my gift of wisdom, knowledge and experience to serve you. To train you beyond your expectations and to instill knowledge for you to live the lifestyle, and each step of the way I will be there, because Ive walked the path and came out the otherside. It will be an honour to take you there.