My own harshest critic.

EJ thinks that I’m doing well to have lost the weight that I have lost in the last three weeks.

food journal week 4

DAY 1:

Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

This morning, I spent reflecting on the changes in my life. What I want to do in the future, what I am giving up in exchange for attaining those dreams. As a recovering foodie, I guess it’s a matter of prioritising what’s important to me right now as I approach my thirties.

Is it more important that I have this sinful dish, in excess whenever I want (which will likely be VERY often)? Or is it more important that I am absolutely fit enough to do all the hiking in the world that I want. With that in mind, my new eating habits aren’t that different to upkeep. The biggest challenge is making sure I plan ahead, for me the girl who doesn’t plan might be my greatest downfall.

Accountability, that is weighing heavy on my mind. There’s a part of me that wants to track this progress. Not that I want to look back at fat girl pictures and gloat, but it’d be nice to see where I came from. 

Is that strange?

Fitness Week 3

Monday

Food Journal Week 3

I weighed myself this morning and, it is the second lowest weight that I have recorded for myself since forever. Approximately, about 4lbs loss which is not much at all but, the realisation that it has come from only a week of eating better, that’s quite astounding esp since I don’t consider myself a binge eater or an unhealthy eater.

Finding middle ground

Turning into one of those people, that’s my biggest fear. Which people? The ones that lose a bunch of weight and that’s ALL they talk about. Their gym routines, how much they benched, what they’ve given up, new habits, foods that they avoid like a plague.

Which is why this journal is separate from the usual. I suppose, this is one’s chance at being absolutely self absorbed. Isn’t it?

Food Journal Week 2

Day 1:

Food, oh ye glorious food.

EGH has worked out goals for me, nutrition wise. It is all facts that I know but it’s tough to eat without planning

Goal 1: Have breakfast consistently. (Accomplished as of last week)

Goal 2: Attempt to have breakfast without carbs (Perfect healthy breakfast on Monday)

Goal 3: Keep 5 days clean, and have two meals over the weekend with what you want (Tomorrow is Day 1)

Week 2

The first week of HIIT has been relatively tough. Finding middle ground is what is proving to be the challenge. Day 1, I pushed myself too hard and almost fainted. Day 3, I was so afraid of fainting, I did not really push myself. With the lack of afterburn, I really felt guilty and pushed myself more on Day 6. With a day of rest in between that and today, I think I got the right amount of burn on Day 6. I could possibly push myself more

Compared to BP which I really love, HIIT is a different kind of burn. I found myself more injury prone with BP.

HIIT

NZ told me about HIIT more than two years ago. Still adamant on Cali Fit, I stuck to my guns. While there has been *some* weight loss, it has not been significant for me to go “woop dee doo”

Two years later, I went for my first HIIT sesh. Typically, I hurt the most 48hrs after the fact. 24hrs ago, I realise that I cannot bend my arms without pain. Ouchie.