Going for Warp Speed Fat Loss in August

Seven months of Turbulence Training and 12 pounds lighter, I now feel like it’s time for a change. I’m pleased with my progress and give a lot of credit to the variety of the TT programs, but I want to shake things up some more!

So I’ve chosen Warp Speed for a few reasons:
1) The cool name – LOL
2) I really admire Alwyn Cosgrove, his writing, research and exercise philosophy
3) I want to shock my body for a short period of time
4) The program is easy to understand and follow, though intense

One year ago today, I weighed nearly 30lbs more than I do now. That’s over 23% of me gone! When I think about that, it just blows my mind. Where does the fat physically go? I remember looking at myself in the mirror then and seeing back fat! BACK FAT! I had so much fat that it was now migrating into back folds after having filled out my thighs, hips and belly. And the double chin wasn’t exactly attractive either.

So nearly 30lbs incinerated in a year and I feel good but I also feel that I should be further ahead. I’ve been on Shredder missions since November 2007 and I know steady weight loss is more sustainable in the long run but fair dinkum, I’m a shredder! Not your average recreational exercising dieter. I should have above average results and be closer to my envisioned dreambody by now – cut, muscular and 16% bodyfat or less.

I remember reading an interview with Alwyn Cosgrove in which he described a 40+ year old sedentary woman who came to him with the cover of a female muscle magazine stating that she wanted to look like the model in 3 months, so that she could enter a figure competition. Alwyn said that he had seen SO many people come to his gym with pictures and so many quit. But this woman? Well, she was determined! She did everything Alwyn said to the detail and then some. And guess what? She won that figure competition title!

Now I know she is not your average person or your average story. And that’s my point. I don’t want to be average. I don’t want have a typical physique or be ordinary. I want to be EXTRA ordinary.

And then I ask myself “why do I care so much how I look on the outside when it’s what’s inside that matters?” Well for me, the inside and outside are intimately connected and faithfully inseparable. When my body is light and healthy and strong, my spirit and soul are uplifted and joyful. When my body is heavy, lazy and inert, my spirit and energy is low and static.

I can’t lie to myself and say “oh well, I may be fat and not pleased with the way I look BUT I’m a good person inside, have wonderful friends and an enriching life.” I just can’t deceive myself because my subconscious KNOWS the truth and a statement like that would be incongruent, false and fruitless.

Yes, I admit part of it is vanity. I want to look good too, but really DEEP DOWN I want to feel SO GOOD about myself that appearance doesn’t even matter because I’m not preoccupied with it anymore. Which is kind of ironic to be so preoccupied with physique transformation so that I won’t have to be preoccupied with physique transformation, if that makes any sense. Then I can just live – still exercising and eating right – but not obsessing. It’s the “getting there” that’s a bear!

Here is a audio interview with Alwyn about Warp Speed Fat Loss that answered a lot of questions for me. His reasoning makes sense and it helped me to decide to try it.

Larry

Lilla,
23% of your BF gone in one year – WOW! You are indeed no ordinary exerciser/dieter. You are a shredder!

I think it’s good to change things up from time to time. It’s amazing how fast our body adapts to the (good) stress we place on it. Sounds like going Warp Speed will do just what you are looking for.
Suzette

sometimes i have such a hard time articulating what i am feeling…your post today is pretty much how i am feeling… i have come so far but know where i am is not where i want to be. i have a dream of where i’d like to be…but the belief is not there.
Aia

Lilla,
Wow that was quite the post. Your honesty and long term commitment is inspiring. You have quite a knack for writing and wit.
~Aia
PS. oh…and I’m back
PSS. Hawaii: AMAZING…
Marbella

Lovely blog that makes me want to do the same thing. Have the urge to get there and arrive at where I want to be. Good luck to you and your journey. You are almost there….
Lynda
Debbie

Hi Lilla, good luck with Warp Speed and congrats on a 30 lb weight loss. I hadn’t realized you’ve lost that much.
LizN

Enjoy your dose of Alwyn!
Shari Kraft

Can’t wait to see how this works for you! You really have made some great progress, this may be the thing to finish you off! (I mean that in a nice way!)