Category: 2023 Weight Loss Journey
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WEEK 26: 6th Month Progress Tracking
Hi there, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi’s blog. We hope your week was fantastic. We had a good week overall, but a dynamic week nonetheless. We are in the middle of winter school holidays, so the kids are having their well-deserved break, they are free to sleep in, watch TV and videos on their…
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WEEK 25: Essence of the journey
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog. We hope you had a lovely week and that the stars were shining upon you. Our week was deep and unique, we time travelled to the beginning of our journey and made some drastic changes on our nutrition plan. Our journey is certainly not a smooth…
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WEEK 24: Journey fatigue
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog. We hope your week went according to your plan. Our week went as we had planned, we managed to resume our training program and it was fulfilling. Training is very enjoyable for us and it is something we look forward to, we feel very blessed to…
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WEEK 23: When life happens
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog. We hope you had a good week. Our week was not so great, it was a really tough week. We found ourselves dealing with multiple unforeseen circumstances, both our kids caught the flu and were really sick, and work pressure was sky high for both of…
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WEEK 22: 5th Month progress tracking
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog. We hope you had a good week. Our week was great, it was a week that we were scheduled to measure and track the 5th month progress of our 6-month weight loss and fitness journey. Tracking our progress always brings a plethora of emotions, an indescribable…
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WEEK 21: Sustainability
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog. How was your week? We hope you had a good one. On our side, it was a great week. We are starting to adjust to Winter, our minds and bodies are finally accepting the realities of the new season and letting go of the intimacies of…
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WEEK 20: Making it a lifestyle
Hi there, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog. We hope your week was satisfying and progressive. On our side, winter is really making its presence to be felt and we are feeling the effects. So it was a cold week, a challenging week for training in the morning. Regardless of the cold, we are…
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WEEK 16: Patience
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog. We hope it was a good week for you and you are looking forward to the next one. Our week was fair but tough. It was fair because it did not yield any unexpected curve balls on our plans and routines, there were no hair-raising eventualities…
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WEEK 15: Sacrifice
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi’s blog. We hope you had a blessed week. Our week was good and fun, we had a planned hiking trip with a group of community members that we train with on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We were excited and looking forward to the trip, but at the…
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WEEK 14: Failure
Hi There, Welcome back. We hope you had a good week, working well on your goals and improving your life each day. We had a good quite week, a week of revived commitment to our 6-month weight loss and fitness journey. We managed to complete all our planned workouts for the week, we progressed on…
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WEEK 13: 3rd Month progress tracking
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog, we hope you had a lovely week. We had a good week, a week of heightened commitment to our 6 months’ weight loss and fitness journey. This was a week that ushered the midpoint of our journey. As always, the last week before measuring, tracking and…
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WEEK 11: Going against the grain.
Hi There, Welcome back to the blog. We hope it was an acceptable week for you. Our week was quite unique and interesting. Tshepi had to leave the family behind to go on a 3-day vacation with some of her colleagues . It was a much needed break for her and it was also a…
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WEEK 10: Self-Control
Hi There, Welcome back to the blog. We hope you had a good week, and if you are on a fitness journey of your own, we hope all is going well. We had a hectic week, a week where we experienced all the spectrum of emotions, from excitement all the way to sadness. Life is…
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WEEK 9: 2nd Month Progress tracking
Hi There, Welcome back, we hope you had a satisfying week. It was a great week on our side, a week full of excitement, anticipation and some anxieties. This was a week that marked the end of the 2nd month of a 6 months’ weight loss and fitness journey. It is always a mixture of…
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WEEK 8 : Counting Calories
Hi There, Welcome back, we hope your week went according to your plan, if not, don’t despair, there is another week coming up to try again, a clean slate to write your life. Our week was a good one, we managed to tick-off most of our planned tasks and goals. Our mindset was unwavering regarding…
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WEEK 7 : Expectations
Hi There, Welcome back to Kat & Tshepi blog, we hope your week was fantastic. Our week was great, we managed to stick to our meal plan and training program. We are excited about sticking to our set training program (table below), this was the first time we did so since we began the 6…
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WEEK 6 : Celebrating small wins
Hi There, Welcome back and thank you for being with us, we hope you had a lovely week. Our week was good, we were still in celebratory mood over the achievement of the first month’s weight-loss target. But as life would have it, it was not all glorious and perfect as we experienced some challenges…
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WEEK 5 : 1st Month progress tracking
Hi There, Hope your week was nothing less than enjoyable. We had an exciting week, it was a week filled with hope, joy and anxiety as we anticipated to see how we did on our fitness and weight-loss journey for the 1st month. Did we do enough to meet our monthly target? Are we weighting…
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WEEK 4 : Food Preparation
Hi There, Welcome back to our blog, we hope you had a fantastic week. We had a good week, it was less stressful and less hectic than the previous week. Emotionally we were stronger and better prepared to deal with the challenges and demands of balancing work and family life, as well as focusing on…
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WEEK 3: Mindset
Hi There, Welcome back, hope you had a lovely week. Our 3rd week of the fitness and weight loss journey was very eventful but stressful at most. We missed all of the planned resistance training due to Kat injuring one of his bicep while attempting to swing on gymnastic rings, he really overestimated his fitness…
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