GFIT

We’ve all been there…

You’re trying to lose weight and you’re doing really well with your calorie deficit, until you hit your time of the month.

Then suddenly you’re starving, craving chocolate and cake and you’re probably feeling a little irritable and tired. 😴

Sounds familiar?

If this sounds like you then leave a “🙋🏼‍♀️” in the comments section below.

So why does this happen?

The change in hormones at this time of the month increases your appetite and causes cravings for high carb and sweet foods. Especially chocolate. 🍫

These hormone changes can also lower your mood, increase your anxiety and make you more irritable.

The reason you’re hungry right before your period therefore, may be part physical and part psychological. Food can satisfy an emotional need when you’re feeling low as the result of these hormonal changes.

Another reason may relate to survival instincts as your body may crave these foods as a means to protect your body and give you the energy that you need.

So what should you do?

If you try to avoid the cravings all together, it’s likely that you’ll get to the point that you feel so restricted you could end up over eating or binging on these foods.

So instead include these foods in your diet but within balance.

Still have a nice tasty nutritional meal for dinner to get some protein, fruit and veg into your diet so that you’re satisfied. But keep some calories left over so that you can eat the chocolate that you’re craving to satisfy your needs. 🤪

Even if you go over your calories a little for a couple of days, the impact on your progress will be minimal.

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Are you ready to become a more confident version of you that you are happy and proud of?

Then go and click the link in my bio or send me a message as I’d love to help you out. 🥰

Physique / Life Update…

So I’ll be honest, I haven’t trained properly for about 3 weeks, but that’s okay as we all need a break from time to time! ⏱

Life is hard enough on it’s own without the added pressures that we give ourself.

But these past few weeks has given me a lot of time to self reflect on my life and my goals and I’m more motivated then ever to go into this next chapter of my life.

Starting from tomorrow, I will be going into an 8 week mini cut before going into a gaining phase. Which I’m so excited for. 😆

I’ve personally never really tried to gain muscle as I’ve always been in relatively good shape but over the years, (especially through covid) I lost sight of why started weight training in the first place and I ended up being a couch potato because I had no interest or enjoyment from home workouts. 🤭

And in all honesty, I’m not 100% happy with the way that I look right now because I just feel skinny but I want to feel strong and sexy.

So now it’s time to take things seriously!!

It won’t be easy but I’ll definitely be a happier version of myself and I’m definitely up for the challenge.

During my gaining phase I’ll be focusing on growing my shoulders as they have always been a weak point of mine as well as growing my quads and my glutes🍑

So let the gaining phase begin!!

3 Steps to practice positive self-talking 🙋🏼‍♀️

Let’s get into a fresh day by starting to be more kind to yourself!

I see so many of you being so negative and hard on yourself and this is certainly not going to help you to move forward and really unlock your true potential.

So here’s 3 steps to help you practice positive self talking…

💟 Start to notice your thoughts and listen to what you are saying to yourself

💟 Start to challenge your negative thoughts by asking yourself the following questions:

💫 Am I being overly critical of myself?

💫What would I say to a friend in a similar or what would a friend say to me?

💫 Is there anything I can do to change the situation?

💟 Start practicing re-framing your thoughts by using more positive words.

Before you know it, you will be on your way to thinking happier and more productive thoughts.

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Are you ready to become a more confident version of you that you are happy and proud of?

Then go and click the link in my bio to fill out me online coaching application. 📲