Week 5 Results

Weigh and measure day today, and it wasn’t as bad as I expected with everything pretty much holding steady. I’m back on plan now and feeling a lot more positive. I went and got my hair cut short yesterday (no, not so I’d weigh less!)… kind of a mini-rebirth, and it seems to have worked.

On the food front, the good news is that all the ice cream and chocolate brownies that I made a surreptitious midnight run to the store for a few nights ago are now out of the house. The bad news is that that’s because I ate them. But have been eating clean for two days now and my PN compliance is up to around 74%. I’m very determined to have a really good food week next week because it’s my last full week before going on holiday and I’m not sure how that will affect my diet.

I’m back exercising again, too. There was the Turbulence Training workout I did yesterday. 50 minutes, including HIIT. It was my RPE 9 30 second intervals again. Didn’t think I ought to try jogging again, as I’ve been having twinges in my knee, so I did the intervals on the turbo trainer. Added in 2 extra intervals as I’d planned. It’s good in that it takes the pressure off my knee, but when I get off the treadmill I usually feel fantastic. When I get off the turbo trainer it’s just a relief.

Today, I’ve just finished 45 minutes of standing pilates and I’m dripping with sweat but feeling fantastic. Having some trouble with The Star Level 3. You roll down to a plank, get into a side plank, take upper arm straight up to the ceiling. Then lift your upper leg to hip level and swing it backwards behind you as you swing your arm forwards in front of you. Then you swing the leg forward. Repeat! This is one of the few standing pilates moves that take you down to the floor; most of them are done upright. Check out the link on the Books page to find out more about standing pilates.

So that takes me to 2.5 hours exercise this week. I might do some kickboxing later too, when I catch my breath. Never did make it for a hike with hubby. Been chucking it down all day.

Yep, did the kickboxing. So that’s 3 hours this week. Gosh, short hair is so much easier to wash! There’s another link on the Books page for Kick the Fat – the book that taught me to punch and kick, and where I get my workouts from. If you have a bit of a masochistic streak, check it out.

That’s it for week 5. ‘night all.

Getting back on the wagon

Ate 5 PN-friendly meals today, didn’t miss any, no cheats, and did a stonking TT workout to boot. OK, only my second this week, but feeling much better about myself for finally reining myself in.

Not looking forward to weigh and measure day tomorrow though. My compliance so far has been only 70% (actually, I’m surprised it was that high! Will try and get it a little higher tomorrow though. And so far, I’ve only managed 1 hr 45 mins exercise. If the weather is nice tomorrow, maybe hubby and I can go for a bit of a hike. Forecast is good – will keep my fingers crossed. ‘night all.