Final blog and reflections on the program

So here it is the final blog of Blondie. I am now on a family holiday in Borocay and had a week to get back into life without PCP, but what a surprise, even after being freed by Patrick into a normal life PCP still rules our life, every meal, every day is still lived PCP friendly and that is very strange,even on holiday I just had an ice-cream and only one glass of red wine and the welcome cocktail, I am so terrified to go back to my fat self and so I am walking at least one and a half hour every day along the gorgeous beach and try to do some exercises but of course only the nice ones as I am on holiday, so no pull ups and chest dips and all the other awful exercises. It is funny the cardio bit I don't mind at all but definitely the exercises but I know that I have to do them to maintain the body I got now, even if I will never love and enjoy them...
So what do I think about PCP and the last 90 days:
It definitely changed our life, we are very careful with our food, but I don't know whether we will manage to enjoy our life and food as much as before and I also think hubby is getting obsessed by it as we don't have a normal life like a nice lay in in the morning without hubby thinking to get up to do the skipping and exercises, early nights to be able to get up early etc....
PCP is definitely not for mummies that have to look after small children.
While I was in Germany and didn't have any help to cook and to look after the little one it is very difficult to follow the program as you have to prepare food and do everything in the evening when you are already tired and don't feel like it at all. on top of it if you have to cook for them and feed them you tend to snack on their food what is really frustrating but you can't help it....
PCP is very effective to change your body but for all the effort you do, definitely the male body gets more out of it as you can see much better a transformation.
It was a great experience and you meet fantastic people from all over the world.
So would I do it again???? I am not sure as I can see now that you have to do a lot of exercises and skipping still after you reached your peak and I can see it already on my body although I am eating carefully and do exercises every day my body is going very quick into the old shape, small love handles, not so firm thighs.... but the big BUT I feel Great now and full of energy and thanks to Patrick and his program i got rid of my long earned fat, 4 kids took definitely their toll on my body and I won't get the body I dream of even with lots of exercises, only if i maybe get some ribs broken and boobs pulled up, but I definitely can enhance my body with exercises and a strict food regime, that lesson I definitely learned and the pics say it all..... I am now definitely visiting Chad regularly to get my waist even better shaped and a few kilos still have to go.... I think I am now as obsessed as my husband or maybe just a little bit. A huge thank you to Heather, Richard, James and Sascha and Molly who got me out of the deep valley when I was down and of course again a huge thank you also to Patrick for being there and giving his comments.
Bye Bye everyone and I hope we still stay in touch, maybe after one year we should do PCP revisited...

Blondiexxx

Ps the pictures are taken even one week after the end of PCP and on holiday where I didn't put on a single gram, Yipeee!!!!!

Before:

After:

blondie is back and it is almost finished :(

ok so I am finally back in HK and kind of sad that the PCP program is officially finished by today, but I imposed a punishment day on myself as I didn't do anything on Tuesday as I lost half a day, didn't sleep on the the plane and couldn't just come home and say to my 3 children: oh mummy is back but has to do first her exercises, I think they would have killed me after not having me around for 2 weeks. Anyhow I am a bit disappointed about my physical status as I couldn't give everything the last 2 weeks as I broke my stupid toe and it is still very swollen and I am limping to the finish line. But hey ho I am feeling GREAT and I am getting a lot of compliments what is really very satisfying although the scale is not yet there where I would have liked it to be and the wedding dress only fits almost. It has been a tough time but I am now full of energy and I even discovered a recipe when I am in a bad mood, just go for a brisk walk and I feel much better. Tried and tested this morning as my dear hubby couldn't wait for his last message from his Guru- Patrick he is really brainwashed and gave me already a hard time yesterday because son nr 3 had an ice cream in the afternoon and wanted crisp in the evening and hubby said that is not very good for him but I have to mention that he has a beautiful body, muscly and no gram fed,really no gram!!! and he is full of energy- anyhow there was my husband in the morning at 5.00am checking his e-mail and waking his jet lagged wife, so not a good start for the morning, but the brisk walk worked wonders and i will keep that now in my mind if something is bugging me. So for today that is it from me, will write more when I finished in my terms the program and I will put up then some pictures although they want be as spectacular as my husband's, he looks really hot....I will better watch him from now....xxx

still alive but injured

so Blondie was in a hurry, cut the corner and autsch broke her little toe, so not a good start for day 80 and then I didn't manage do do any other exercises as my foot was hurting so much. Felt really bad, first day in 80 days where I didn't do any exercise and today it doesn't look better, but at least I went brisk limping for 30 min in the rain and hopefully I will manage to do all the exercises tonight. Dietwise i am probably eating too little as I always are too busy to have my snacks and as i am not exercising enough I don't think I deserve the full amount.... so lets hope tomorrow is a better day. Good night/day everybody xxx

day76 still there

sorry don't have much time to blog, so a very short update, I am still doing all my deeds and dietwise try to stick to all the requirements.... Germany is really beautiful and the fresh air just amazing, just took yesterday the bike and put little nr 4 on the back and off we went to see cows and sheep and it was just amazing , such small and simple things are making me happy, especially when you live in Hong Kong you appreciate them even more and even my legs were working very hard as it is very windy here up in the north. Speak to you soon and have all a wonderful day/night xxx

day 74 pcp getting difficult

`so after a long flight to Germany and almost hardly any sleep I arrived finally in Germany. So instead of having a nap I went for a brisk walk with my sisters dog and it was fantastic, finally fresh air and just simple countryside with cows and sheeps is so refreshing after Hong Kong, maybe I should just stay here.... Anyhow after the walk i finally went to see my newborn niece who is just adorable and by the time I got back i thought i might skip the other part of the exercise,because I was so tired and not feeling well at all ( another cold, I dont know how many colds I had in this PCP time, definitely far too many), but then even in Germany mY PCP conciousness got to me and said, no, no if you slip up now that will be the end of the last few weeks of the program.... So I did even my other sets and my sisters dog must have thought I am mad, because I was going in the funny ducky walk through the living room and he was following me up and down and wouldn;t go from my side, it was really weird and funny at the same time. Dietwise I have to get better organised but i just arrived today. For today that's it and I will go now and have my well deserved sleep. Lets just hope that number 4 isn't waking up soon ...xxx

day 71 shall I quit now???

So day 71 and I am contemplating to quit, because i wonder whether there is a point to continue as in my view the program doesn't cater for women exactly. I am walking , exercising and sticking more or less to the diet plan and having a really hard time with no sleep, getting up early and following my regime, but I do not see such great changes like in my husband and other male participants, so what is the point???? Hubby steps on the scale and his weight drops in free fall and mine stagnates and will probably climb with all the food offered for this week in free climb. I can tell you if hubby will reach my weight I will jump out of the window. So unfair.....
Anyhow did my 40min brisk walk followed by pistols and the funny hops that really got my heart pumping and after I had somehow problems to breath and felt like fainting, did also all my shoulder sets and abs, but still very demotivated after my hubby stepped on the scale and took his amazing pictures. I am really envious and don't get me wrong but i don;t want to look so muscly, but honestly all the man even the chubby ones transform to Bruce Lee types, but i didn't see one chubby lady transforming into model figure. So please Patrick I need an explanation for this phenomena .... Despite of all the negativeness I hope you have all a lovely weekend.xxx

day 69 not a good day

tough night again, as son number 4 decided again to be sick. Actually I don't know whether he is doing it just to sleep in my room??? but to his credit he was sick again this morning and had a bit of fever, so another night without much sleep... and I am sooooo tired. But heyho still got up and went for my morning walk, but than the exercises I found very tiring and I didn't feel fit enough to do the shoulder sets again, so skipped them. Not a good day... and I was so hoping to get back soon to the jump rope as from next week I will be in Germany and I don't know how to do the brisk walk with no help and number 4 with me. Well I will have to sort that out somehow. on top of it I didn't see my husband this morning, as he went down for his exercises very early and I left for mine before he got back and then when I was back he left already for work :( not a good day..... Dietwise everything is ok also as I am sooo tired I am really craving comfort food like chocolate, croissant etc., but I have to be strong and hopefully I will get some sleep tonight. Wish me luck and night, nightxxx

day 68 time management with kids????

As I said yesterday I need to get up early to fit my tight regime in, but as it is with my kids you never can plan ahead. Son number 4 decided to be sick at night, so didn't get much sleep and got up a tick later than planned.... So off I went than for my brisk walk and than followed by my exercises, but couldn't finish in time as Pilates lesson was calling, followed by aqua fitness, in between I had also a quick breakfast, and back home I did then finally my last sets of abs. Boy they were a killer, especially the planks and I thought i might do only 2-3 sets, but did them at the end all. I am very proud of myself!!! So for today I had really enough sport and now i am off to watch my kids doing sport (swimming). That will be my next project, learn how to swim properly, elegant and without great effort.... Speak to you soon.xxx

day 67 just get on with it

Early up again to time manage all the exercise before Giorgio needs to go to school as I feel really bad if I can't take him myself. It is so silly, you get up at crack of dawn before most of the kids are up and when you come back to finish your sets there are already 2 young men waiting for you and you still have to finish the last sets, that take really long now with all the repetitions and you feel really bad and guilty of taking this time for you, also you shouldn't as it is only 1 hour and a bit, but..... Anyhow now everything is done and for tomorrow I have to get up a tick earlier to be not under time pressure, but i feel great, the weather is fantastic and everybody is making comments that I am shrinking every day, so maybe PCP is finally working for me????? Have all a great day!!!!xxx

day 66

after my hubby got already up at 5 to do his duty, I had to do it as well, but not at 5!!! so when first batch of kids left for school I left for my brisk walk and it was a gorgeous morning as everyday. Good way to start the day!!! Followed by the exercises that weren't so much fun as the sets getting longer and I even did the inclined pull up after a long time and I can tell you even the last 25 days we won't become friends. And just the thought of doing these cycling sets didn't help either, but I gritted my teeth and got through everything. Done and now I can enjoy the rest of the sunny and hot day.....xxx

day65 and it is getting humid again...

and all the little biting creatures are coming out at once, so that my BRISK walk was this morning VERY BRISK as I had to be faster than this little mean things. So from tomorrow I have to put the repellent on, don't know whether this is very pcp friendly, probably processed and with a lot of nasty ingredients, but there is no other way around it.... After this I did my sets except the chest dips and the last plank as I thought I might die if I continue, so didn't risk that as I have got 4 little ones to take care of.... Then had breakfast and after we took off to do a little walk with the kids and dog. It was gorgeous and I have to admit I feel now so strong and fit running after my kids, that I really enjoy now to take them out, before I was always tired and stressed and didn't feel like doing anything with them. Apropos sleep, still not sleeping well and I am definitely not stressed, but maybe it is the fullmoon that doesn't let me sleep or I can't wait to do my PCP program :) in the morning, anyhow hopefully I will get tonight a bit more sleep....Have all a lovely Sunday and a good start into the new week.XXX

day 64 walking in the rain

Did my BRISK walk in the rain today and it was still lovely, the rough sea and the wind reminded me a bit of home....followed by the lounges and funny hops and than the tummy exercises , which were really tough, just had to pass again the shoulder sets as pain came back. Really annoying but hopefully I will get through the next 4 weeks. The diet is getting a lot for me now, after the huge amount of yoghurt, I had to leave half of my breakfast. And as my beloved apple is now gone( I will really miss him:)) I am wondering whether I will now start having an allergy against eggwhite.... yeak!!! Anyhow feeling great and hopefully will continue like that. Sorry need to go as my son number 3 is a bit sick and needs a bit TLC..Have all a lovely weekend !!! xxx

day 63

Ah almost forgot, I am really sleeping very badly for the last couple of weeks, initially probably because of the pain in my shoulder but now I don't know why... I am tossing and turning and feeling very restless, anxious and like if I had to do something important. It is really weird, are maybe the vegetables in the evening not compatible with me??? I am definitely not having yet nightmares about apples and eggs. So what could it be??? Anybody else experiencing this???? Please help, because I usually enjoyed my sleep very much...

day 63

Did my BRISK walking for 1 hour and really loved it, there were almost nobody so early up and it is really nice here to walk along the sea. Nothing else to report only that my husband already gets worried about his post PCP life, I would love to have his worries. Just read all the female blogs and I have a feeling that everybody isn't very happy with the weight issue. I know Patrick says it isn't important but still it seems it is for us.....Anyhow is there maybe a huge difference in the program for women compared to men, because if you look even at the previous PCPers you can see always a bigger transformation with the male participant and not the female.......there are definitely some changes but seeing my husband it is very frustrating also he says it doesn't matter... Easy said when you lost already 10 kg and are very pleased with the whole outcome. Anyhow will finish the program but not 100% convinced about the outcome at least not mine....

day62

nothing dramatic happened today, was almost able to do all the sets with my shoulder (yippee!!!) only the brisk walk makes the whole session quite long, so I have to get up earlier to get ready in time for the school run of number3. It is getting cold again I am hungry again, maybe hungry is not the right word, I feel like eating more carbs and proteins...... please let it get warmer soon, so i will be happy with my apple and yoghurt.... Good night everybodyxxx

day61 not a good day

brisk walk and exercise went well and I did even most of the sets in the program except the standing ovation and the first one because of the famous shoulder, than i went to pilates, although some of the exercises there felt quite tough today, probably I am getting old, but still I felt great and very fit after. But then on the school run, blondie drove into a motorbike, luckily nobody got hurt. How does my hubby say always: donne volante, pericolo constante, today he might have been right. But anyhow that is all nothing compared to the disaster in Japan and I am feeling for the people there and hope that soon the worst will be over. So that's it for today only Laserparty for son number 2 and then straight to bed so that nothing more can happen....xxx

day 60!!!! only 30 more to go....

First day without skipping and instead a brisk walk for half an hour, what I actually really enjoyed, followed by the exercises and a hike and now I am feeling like an old lady. Knees and legs are hurting, but my shoulder isn't too bad despite me doing some of the shoulder sets. Lets hope the skipping was the reason ....probably I was skipping too tensed, concentrating and counting too much. Anyhow lets hope for the best, this last 30 days I will manage as well!!!!
Although it is very unfair that everybody compliments my husband because after loosing 10kg he looks very handsome and different and me who is suffering as much.....makes you think, but please could anybody else tell my husband that 10kg is more than enough and too thin isn't very nice, at least in my view!!!! xxx

day 59 skipping queen is back

First day after a long time that skipping went quite alright and I managed to do my sets without tripping too much, just the last set was a bit painful.( husband not competing helped as well) I have the dark feeling that the skipping might be the problem for my shoulder as I stopped all the other exercises and it still gets worse and worse, but I still don't want to believe it as i am a lazy person and I can't face maybe to run for 1 hour.... Did then also the other exercises in the afternoon, but still couldn't do the pull ups, and some of the triceps exercises. Ah yes I almost forgot our indulgence, it was very nice and I surprisingly chose very pcp friendly dishes and I think the only naughty thing I ate was probably the slice of baguette with butter. But then after the delicious meal I felt really sick and thought I should maybe better put my finger in my mouth to feel better, what I of course didn't do as I really enjoyed my food and who knows when I will have another indulgence.... Really strange and I think just the starter would have been just enough. Anyhow back to apple and the other nice things now. Although I had to make again 3 Birthdaycakes for my 2. son ( one for school, one for his B-day at home and 1 for his party) but I think they are very Pcp friendly only fresh ingredients, no processed ready made packages: brown sugar=brown rice, eggs =very pcp, dark chocolate=read somewhere it is really good for you, some butter= from happy cows and is made from milk and is also good for you( new research) a bit of flour and sour cream= yoghurt. So very pcpfriendly darling, you might have a piece, but maybe you should check beforehand with your guru Patrick.... need to go my dinner is waiting and guess???? yeah apple with yoghurt!!!!!! xxx

day 57 close to divorce

The day didn't start very well, as my dear husband really annoyed me, as we were going to do the exercises at the same time, but in my view not together as I easily get distracted while skipping. So off we go in the PCP cage and who took it over???? my husband!!!!! who started skipping straight away without even realizing my complaints,that this is my spot and I do not want any company. So I had to look for another spot and started skipping but it was a disaster as I was sooooooo angry about my selfish husband that I kept tripping over and over again. GRRRRRRR so finished all my exercises really badly and had to leave out the shoulder part as my shoulder still is really bad despite kind of resting it as I skipped all the shoulder exercises last week. I feel also a certain numbness now in my hand, so I guess I should see a doctor or physio at the beginning of next week. It also didn't help to improve my mood that dear Patrick left me my apple for dinner and dear husband has now a normal dinner...... James i really feel like you yesterday, I could just scream, throw my stupid skipping rope into the next corner and .....is this maybe part of our pcp experience????? Hormonal thing????? anyhow hope tomorrow will be better and I have to be down before my husband for skipping.... Have all a lovely Saturday!!!xxx

day56 skipping,skipping....

surprisingly I found the 4min sets easier than the 3/2 min sets as i probably made up my mind already beforehand and didn't even check or try to check on the time because i knew it is veeeery long.Shoulder is still hurting and we still haven't decided on the indulgence restaurant... So maybe we come up with a solution tomorrow. Ah and tomorrow is the big day again, maybe I try it this time the other way: Please Patrick don't take away my beloved apple!!!! I can't live without it.:). So lets see what is going to happen tomorrow with the diet plan..... ciao, ciao xxx