Numbers and Planning

I've had nearly over a month of not going to ww. I went back today, and happy with my 700g gain, considering I went awol with cupcake making, and more wine than normal over the pre christmas period - I don't normally drink that much, so points wise its never been something I have had to actively count.

I've worked out a little chart below that has me on average aiming to loose 600g a week. I'll be happy with 500g though. It's just that the 600g will get me to ww goal by the end of the year :-) it's more for my reference. But I will put one up to update either at the end of each month, or beginning of the next depending on when I weigh in.

Jan - 1.2kg = 102.9
Feb - 2.4kg = 100.5
Mar - 2.4kg = 98.1
Apr - 3 kg = 95.1
May - 2.4kg = 92.7
Jun- 2.4 = 90.3
Jul 3 = 87.3
Aug 2.4 = 84.9
Sept 3 = 81.9
Oct 2.4 = 79.5
Nov 2.4 = 77.1
Dec 3 = 74

Looking back on the past week, I've been keeping a food, water and exercise diary since monday. Some interesting things have popped up.

If I do not bring my breakfast into work, my choices go south. Prime example was yesterday, when I didn't bring my oats in and ended up going for a coffee around ten, and discovering toasted banana bread. I used to bring a ration of oats into work for the week, but we are had a mouse about...and now i'd rather just bring it in on the day. Not that I leave oats out or anything, but gross! This problem could be solved by prepping my oats the night before as at the moment, I do it just before I leave for work. And keeping and emergency stash in a container inside a container at work.

I've had lunch out twice this week, once was a vegie salad with no dressing and a little bit of feta and avocado. The other one was this amazing sounding turkish vegie sandwich, it was HUGE, but more to the point it was packed with all the fresh vegies as listed, but along with the swiss cheese (which was advertised) there was additional cheese. Argh!

I've only had one meal out this week. And this was hilarious. I don't ever drink wine during the week, so I stuck to water whilst a group of us waited for a friend who was running late, four bottles of water between us and still waiting for the friend, we caved and got hummus and turkish bread and dived in. When the friend did finally arrive, we ordered our meals, mine came with turkish garlic bread (if I had been smart, I would have asked for it without). And then it came down to the sweet menu, which again I try not to have so much anymore, but that night I had the chocolate pudding with icecream, it was worth it taste wise just for the sauce! But it was a huge meal.

So there you go!

Exercise this week, it hasn't been as consistent as I would have liked, only swimming and spin. Boxing got pulled on Tuesday because dinner came up. And yesterday, I'm not sure...which would conclude that I was a lazy tool. I will admit I am loving my mini sleep ins this week.

My aim along with tracking and consistent exercise is to have water when I get home, and a glass before I leave in the morning. I'm hitting 6 glasses at work, and then I don't think about it at home. I'd be happy with 8.

The next few weeks I have social things, and trips on, so I'm going to have to show more restraint so I can still enjoy things whilst I'm away and not feel guilty!

Demoted

Before it started I got demoted from campboot part three.

I was crushed for a good ten minutes, looking blankly at the computer screen, and muttered under my breath 'noooooo'. I say ten minutes, because then I actually re read the email, yes I was still demoted. But my pt suggested I go to the beginner-esque one - it's kind of a prep one to the camp boot i've been going too.

Mainly because I feel that you will get more from that intensity, at this stage....and I feel it's the right direction for your improving fitness levels at this stage.


It was a very gentle email, as crushed as I was, my pt is awesome, and I'll still be seeing them whilst I go to the other camp boot (little boot?). Plus I hope to go back into camp boot when it runs again during this year sometime and CRUSH them ;-)

I think the demotion may do more good than I will care to admit at this point.

-I'm fitter than I've ever been, but I'm not fast, at all. If I had less weight to carry about, shit people, I would be fast.
-Must loose fat in order to become fast. Period.
-I want to become fast.
-It's not the same camp boot as when I started - there is nothing wrong with that at all, but it keeps building upon the previous sessions, and I'm not fast enough to keep up, even though I give 150%.
-Snacking after dinner won't happen anymore, little boot is around 530pm or so, it'll be dinner and bed folks.
- No more 5am starts - kind of...I have to change my swimming squad around now, and that will mean at least one early start a week.

Not so cool stuff
-I'm going to have to have lunch later, nooo! Noon and I'm ready, that's going to be fun.
-I really don't like being demoted, I almost cried at my desk and work! Thanks to ANNE for twittering me back to the land of common sense :-)
-I liked the early morning starts.
-What do I say when people ask why I'm not doing camp boot this time around?
-It's twice a week, not three.

At lunch I went and got a salad (yeah two lunches out this week already!) and a journal, so I can start writing down some things just for me and maybe for you guys later.

Like a fish

image from thom999manson

I went back to swim squad today, I say go back because when I was 15/16 I used to go to a swim squad 2-3 times a week. I loved it. So I hadn't been to a formal squad setting in a while you could say.

I'm slow! Edurance good, sprinting, bad. I'm not that bothered, it was my first one and so I'm going to work on building up my speed. At the moment, I can only go one day a week, I've got too much other stuff on, run training, boxing, my beloved spin class, plus interval/circuit work and strength. I'll be glad when my fun run is done! But then after that is camp boot part three.

and no, I have not used the juicer, yet...

But i'm still making my bed!