Week one has ended well, After a rocky start we appear to be back on track. Finally able to organize myself and triumph over Saturday, Sunday and Monday which is normally when it all falls into a hole.So how did I go with my goals this week?
Keep to calories, no sneaky treats and no additional extra's - I feel that I have done well with this challenge, I did go over calories but after being so tired and run down at the end of last round I decided that I would be eating back a quarter of my exercise calories if I was hungry, which I was on occasion. I did go over on a few days but all were 1000+ calorie days, my highest consumption day was Tuesday, sitting just over 1500, I think this was the day my appetite came back on with a vengeance as my meals were good but I ate lots of snacks. Between gym and the fitbit my total burn was 1231 for the day so I'm not to worried about it.I know this isn't a popular practice with 12wbt but I was finding myself needing to nap with my daughter daily which clearly isn't viable long term. If it slows down my weight loss I'll wear it as for me personally I need to function and taking a 2 hour nap every day because I was constantly exhausted really isn't an option long term.
Run at least once, and time a 5k so I have something to work at improving - Done, Friday afternoon when I was trying to race the weather. Scary stuff but I'm pretty chuffed with my time :)
At least 2 days of exercise as per Mish's plans - I did 4 days as per her plans, Two toning days at gym, Outdoors program for Friday, and the SSS. Pretty happy, I'll continue to try for at least 3 of Mish's workouts per week!
I will focus on drinking water, no less than 8 cups - All but two days I drank over 9 cups of water.... Winning!
Sticking to the meal plans was at around 70%, lots of swapping about but ate good clean meals most of the time. I'm attempting to focus on improving my snacks as I tend to get carried away and eat the wrong things. Still pre-cooked for the weekend and Monday but unfortunately the kids have been less than enthusiastic about getting back into the meals. I'm hoping that will change with tonight's Korean style omelette, I'm really looking forward to it and I'm thinking the kids will like too. Fingers crossed!
Great to see you smashing your goals - your time for the 5km run is fantastic! I don't really miss the 12WBT food all that much, but the pics of your food are definitely making my tummy rumble... :)
ReplyDeleteHey what a great week!! I'm glad that you've followed through on your goals. I actually think that it's quite smart to listen to your body in regards to calories (without going overboard), 1500 is still maintenance so you're not doing your weightloss harm coupled with the exercise and the other 1200 days.
ReplyDeleteIt will definitely be beneficial to be able to compare your running times. Also, maintaining 5:38 kms is really good!
Do you have a water bottle? I find that it helps a lot to keep one on me and keep filling it up throughout the day.
Good luck with the omelette! Let us know how it goes!