New beginnings!

First of all i'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, i hope you all started the New Year in great company and all excited about what 2011 has to offer.

I had a quite night at home with Mick, i can't think of anything worse than starting the new year hung over and feeling like crap. But in saying that i had my own head to deal with on New Years Eve it was like my mind went into a frenzy about the year ending and what i hadn't accomplished and i had a minor melt down : ( sometimes i put such high expectations on myself i think that every year has to out do the last and 2010 for me felt like a bit of a flop, in saying that i do know that 2010 was a year of learning getting to know who i am and acceptance of who i am.

On the brighter side i have a whole lot to look forward to in 2011, 2010 is done and gone WOOHOO!

2011 is going to be a fresh start with goals, attitude, success and personal growth one thing i have found is that in the past year or so i have really turned into a bit of a hermit so this year I'm going to work a lil more on my social skills and get out and about more even if that means putting up with comments about my Tupperware containers lol! I love great company and i think being stuck at home in my own headspace hasn't been doing me much good!

So far day 2 of the new year and loving in i have been able to spend this past 2 days with Mick slept in yesterday which doesn't happen to often, headed to World Gym and smashed out a Back & Arms hyper session, came home feel asleep watching a flick and headed out for a nice beach walk. Today tried to sleep in (didn't happen) headed to the beach (across the rd from home) got a lil bit of sun which my pasty white skin has been dying to see for the past few mths, went to go for swim but there were a heap of blue bottles washed ashore, Mick shouts out "We will be right" 2 second later comes flying out of the water got smashed by one on his tum tum OUCH! Headed to the shops for a new dvd player came home with surround sound home theatre LOL ( Merry belated Xmas to us) And here i am typing away while Mick sets it up!! On the cards this afternoon is a HIIT session think i'll be heading to my favorite hill to do sprints. Oh yeah and definitely a movie is on the cards hehe!

Best be off.

I hope you guys are all well rested, feeling recovered and ready to tackle the New Year. Here's to another Year full of fantastic friendships, family, and fitness....

Time to kick butt......

With or without my mojo... THE TIME IS NOW!!!

Some inspiration heading into the new year.....

Larissa Reis

Pauline Nordin

Ava Cowan

Oksana Grishina

I hope everyone has had a great Christmas and are inspired to kick butt in the New Year : )

Whats on the cards for 2011....

So some of you may remember mid year i started to prep for the Sept/Oct shows and at roughly 8 weeks out pulled out due to a slow metabolism and a heap of body fat that didn't budge, happy with my decision i have continued to eat a relativily clean diet with the odd lil slip up here and there ( hey i'm normal - but what is normal... Right?) I have been working with my coach to get my metabolism back on track and i'm happy to say it seems that im starting to benefit from being consistant with my exercise & eating : ) It's all about creating new habits, once upon a time (not too long ago) i was an "emotional" eater.... Why??? Beause that is something that i told myself and i believed it! I now can identify when i start to make excuses when "craving" a certain sweet treat, it all starts with the mind, stop the thoughts and all of a sudden that so called "Craving" disappears : ) BOOYA!
Over the years i have suffered like many people with binge eating, over eating and emotional eating in 2010 i feel i have started to take control of food instead of it taking control of me.. This is still new and something that without a doubt i have to stay strong with and keep working on , as it doesn't take much for old habits to resurface. Xmas is approaching and for the first time I'm not feeling so worried about the extra kgs that will be accumulated as i have no plan to sit and eat for the entire day like i have in the past, everything in moderation : )
Im excited about what are on the cards for me in 2011 i have learnt so much about myself in the past 12months that i feel it has prepared me for the year to come.
So what do my cards say????? To just name a few.... I am hoping to do a couple of shows next year still not 100% sure which ones just going to see how i am over the next few weeks, i also am planning to head overseas towards the end of the year with Mick a well deserved holiday i must say. And on all other things continue to be happy healthy and striving to be the best at what i do.

I probably won't get a chance to jump on here again before Christmas but i wish you all a Safe and MERRY CHRISTMAS XOXO

A long time coming!!!

Well 2010 is almost done and dusted, my blogs have come to a holt and i often wonder what the next step is to do whether to delete or to continue on?!?! I must say i have missed blog world sharing my thoughts etc with the world hehe. But i do think i want to start back up again and here is my first attepmt in months.
(Prepare for an ear chewying lol)
2010 so far has been a HUGE learning experience for me and yes it's once again learning about me what makes me crumble and what helps me pick myself up and continue to run full steam forward!
This year has been pretty quite which at first i wanted a huge year like last year i had massive expectations on some of my goals and when things were not going to plan i felt like just throwing in the towel in every area of my life these moments passed by very quickley and this is where i realised that this year is all about patience and self development.
I have learnt a lot about myself this year inside and out, starting from nutrition and how i respond to different foods and making sure i have balance with the right foods. I have learnt how to push myself with my training over the past 12 months i have really annihalated myself at times with my training sessions im so excited to see what 2011 comps bring for me i'm working with an amazing coach and have such a strong support system at home ( Mick ) and where i work!
Bloggers i am back and ready to tackle the new challenges that are awaiting me in 2011. I have started setting new goals for the year to come but i do know it's not the end of the world if they take a lil longer to achieve then planned. let the games begin.

With or without my mojo THE TIME IS NOW!

Yes i am alive!

Wow it's been a LONG time since i have blogged and yes i have missed it sometimes i go to start one but i feel like there is not a lot to talk about. Work been busy, training been great, food has well i would say has definitely improved, life well pretty good nothing really to complain about.

Let's start with work, its been rather busy new things going on which has been a great learning process, new systems, new team. Lots of classes, happy members, training people, love where i work i have made some pretty amazing friendships there ; ). 12 Week Challenge is over half way done and wow that has kept me super busy as well as it's almost time for class launches again.

Training, For the past 2 weeks i have been on a de load was feeling a lil tired and flat in my sessions so i was advised to pull back and keep the training up just not as heavy. Well today im back and swinging in heavy again and i can't wait Upper Power session this arvo at World and then a seminar with Marc Lobliner afterwards. Been mixing my HIIT sessions up quite a bit bikes, hills, sprints and loving it!

Food, my goal in the 12 week challenge at work was to build my macros up so that i was sitting with carbs at 200g and not have put on much weight well its week 8 and i am sitting at 165g carbs and weight only up 1 or 2 kg which im not too concerned about : )

Plans for future comps.... I'm determined to get back up there just not 100% sure when as yet hopefully soon.

I hope everyone is well in blogger land : )

Since my decision....

What has been happening in Hanni's world since i decided that i would no longer be competing this year?????

Well I'm taking each day as it comes... So far i have managed to maintain my current weight since i stopped prepping for the comp, instead I'm still prepping, But i guess you could say for LIFE my aim is to slowly introduce food back in Eg more carbs to rebuild my metabolism so i can rock the stage in 2011 the only way i can sort this problem is out is by sticking to "the plan" that my coach has guided me with! I have had a few bumpy days these past 2 weeks as to be expected my journey to the stage has been postponed which has left me feeling a lil empty, not to mention explaining to all why I'm not doing it isn't easy the average person would just see it as giving up which sometimes i start believing , until i step back regather and see what i want to achieve from this current situation and kick on doing what it is to the best of my ability!

Does that even make sense???

I tend to find every week i have one day that i feel more challenged then others which for some reason tends to always fall on hump day, This week i found myself questioning what is it about "being normal" that i want, do i want to live normal?, do i want to eat normal? do i want to have normal?

???WHAT IS NORMAL???

So you can imagine the headgames going on! So what did i do??? I went and did an intense sprint session which made me feel GREAT, The headspace i came away with was amazing in 45mins i had gone from questioning my goals with competing to wanting to be the best i can be at it, i love how i feel when i eat on track, i love how i feel after a training session, i love how i feel when i know im taking control!

What else has been happening???? Hmm well i have a cold, I am the worst sick person around seriously i carry on like everything is coming to an end bahahaha DRAMA QUEEN : )

Also have launches coming up they are keeping me busy first one off the rank was tonight Body Pump OUCH I'm not sure if i have trained a lil harder then normal this week or my cold is making me achy or a combo but tonight im feeling ROOTED!!! Next week i have Body Step launch and then the following week i have Body Jam so busy few weeks ahead! I like being busy though takes my mind off some of that negativity that sometimes sneaks in!

Anyway just wanted to pop by and say hello, hope everyone is well and striving to be the best at what ever you are wanting to achieve : )

Comp season no more!

I have made the decision not to continue my journey to the stage this year due to slow progress with dieting and training i hit a plateau and my body was fighting against everything i was doing to not budge!

My week off work made me more aware with how my body was responding to things, it was not happy, i was not happy.

Would i have made it if i continued on??? Hmm probably but would i have been happy with the conditioning i was going to be bringing my guess is NO. Since my comp last year i have really stepped up my weight training and i feel i have made some really good gains but due to my post comp body, my exercise regime with work and my body in general my metabolism is just not firing on all cylinders!

Am i a lil disappointed??? Yes and no, Yes - in the sense that i was in a much better headspace this year taking everything as it came and willing to do what ever it took, No - that it has been a big eye opening experience and i feel i have not failed due to something that right now is out of my control.

So what now????? I have my coach helping build my metabolism back up! Watching my eating because right now my body is going to be super sensitive to any action out of the norm i might take. So i'm going to my very best in slowly introducing foods back and i feel i am in really good hands with my coach, Mick and my amazing support network i have, all you guys ROCK!

I want to make competing a healthy balanced lifestyle i don't want an "off season diet" that is totally off the rails and "seasoned diet" that is at the opposite end of the scale!

Thank you for all your support everyone 2010 is not over yet i have some amazing things im looking forward to and 2011 is only in hands reach away!