First 2 days I did well, I felt. Food wasn't spot on but I was making smarter choices than I normally would. Exercise was great.
Monday's food and exercise. Plus 3 sneaky teaspoons of rice and custard, and a little muffin that my daughter didn't eat at school. Next time, I'll leave it for her eat to the next day!
Tuesdays food and exercise. I didn't do the weights workout, I did body step. Had planned to do the weights workout at 6am but couldn't as my husband was unwell. I couldn't leave him alone to get the kids ready for school on his own. I was really wanting to have my old "treat" of a red bull and chocolate bar, but I didn't. Instead I had a cup of tea and of course, that was accompanied by biscuits. That's where I went downhill/off course/totally fell off whatever wagon I was on.
Then Wednesday I did NO exercise which is unusual for me. Couldn't get to the gym at my normal time, and slept thru my alarm to go at 6am. Again, eating off course.
Thursday was body pump. I could still feel the squat track in my butt 2 days later! Again, eating no good.
Friday I tried out a 6am stretching class which just proved to me that I am very tight in my muscles with next to no flexibility!! So something to work on. Again, not good with the food side of things.
I have realised I find it really easy to fall back into old habits. One habit I want to break is my "need" for a red bull and a chocolate. I need to replace it with a new habit. This new habit is coming home and having one of the snacks from the 12wbt menu. I've had a couple of them and they're tasty! This whole "needing" to have the red bull and chocolate is just something in my head. Of course I don't NEED it. I just WANT it. However, do I really want it? Or do I really want to hit my goal weight of 63kgs? Of course my answer is hitting my goal weight, it's just remembering that when my inner teenager is yelling "give me chocolate!!! NOW!!!"
In all, week 1 wasn't a total loss. I lost 1.7kg on Wednesday's weigh-in since Saturday when I did my first lot of measurements.
I've even gotten better at drinking more water. I just keep refilling my 1L water bottle and keep it near me all the time.
I'm getting better at getting dinner and my kids' lunches ready during the day instead of leaving it all till 5pm when I'm tired and ready to just not do it.
Things to work on for this week:
1. Sticking to the meal plan. Snacks + main meals from the meal plan and water are all I'll be eating and drinking.
2. Going to bed earlier. I'd like to be in bed at 8:30pm to be able to turn the light off at 9pm. Just not sure how doable it is given it is just me getting my girls fed, bathed and into bed on my own at night. This is where being organised during the day will come into it.
3. Continue to be organised during the day. Getting lunch stuff ready and dinner prepped during the day means no rushing of an evening.
4. Do my 6am workouts. I love working out at 6am! Such a great way to start the day!! Also means I don't "have to" go to the gym later which frees my day up a bit.
5. Take photos of my food to keep a visual food diary.
6. Log my food into My Fitness Pal. I printed off the food diary from the 12wbt website....not sure ill need them but if I find them easier than MFP I'll stick with pen and paper.
It's now 11:14pm and my alarms are set to start beeping at 5:15am. Yes, I'm one of those people who needs several alarms to wake up and be out of bed on time. Given my kids are bound to wake me up during the night, I'm off to sleep.
Night!
- posted from my iPhone
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