It is Wednesday and around here this means it is time to weigh in. Before I share my results, I just want to say there is a ton of info I want to share about this week. I will most likely be breaking it down into two posts. At that point I will be caught up and able to share my process on a more daily basis as apposed to the weekly recaps. But lets get to the good part!
I started the month at 188. Last week I weighed in at 183.4 for a total of 4.6 pounds lost. Today I weighed in at 182, a 1.4 pound loss this past week. The grand total being 6 pounds this month. I have two more weeks left but have already passed my monthly goal of 5 pounds. I know as I get closer to my goal, it will become harder to lose as much so I am glad for a little wiggle room right now.
I have a running list of goals on my phone that I will be adding to my Goals tab next for you all to follow along with over the next year. Some small, short terms goals and some longer ones to help keep me going.
At the start of this week, I had been doing a lot of research on vitamins and supplements. I decided to switch up from a multivitamin and focus on individual supplements. Every morning I am now taking Omega-3, Green Tea Extract, a pre/probiotic, Magnesium and Apple Cider Vinegar gummies.
Sorry for the technical difficulties. I have changed the size of the following photo but it does nothing. But I wanted to share it for the accountability aspect. Here it shows the days I logged workouts on my Apple Watch. Starting last week with the 6th, 7th, 8th & 10th. Then this week I've done the 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th & 16th. I think this is something I would like to share at the end of each week for that extra push.
Below, I am sharing one of the programmed workouts on my treadmill. I came across Program2: Fat Burn and just fell in love with it. I started on Level 1 just to give myself a starting point. They all start with a warm up of 4 minutes. This is a slow walk before you get into the actual program. I set it to last for 30 minutes. After the warm up, you can see, it has 8, 30 second segments. It starts a little faster than the warm up, builds up to a peak and then comes back down. after the 8 segments it cycles back through 1-8 again and again until 30 minutes has passed. The incline also changes with the speeds. What I love about this program is I can build up my endurance from walking to full on running at the Level 10. It reminds me a lot of the Couch to 5K program, although I really enjoy this one more.
Level 1 was honestly too easy for me but I did the whole 30 minutes. That to me was most important. I can get on the treadmill and try to run my best mile but I would be tired, out of breathe and at tops, I'd be on there for maybe 14 minutes. This doesn't get my body into that peak fat burning zone. Also, with this program, if it's harder one one speed, I know it only lasts for 30 seconds. I can push through for that long and as it slows down, I can catch my breathe before it comes back again.
I tried Level 1, it was too easy. The next time I bumped up to Level 2 and I believe I did it two or three days. I told myself I would make sure I could do a Level with ease for the full 30 minutes before moving onto the next Level. This ensures I make it the full 30 minutes. I then bumped up again to Level 3. I have done it 2 or 3 times now but the last time I did it, yesterday, I also bumped up my time to 35 minutes. I would eventually like to get to 45 minutes and I figure that would be easier on me to do at the easier levels. So I may stay on Level 3 for a bit longer to add the extra time in and get comfortable going for that long.
That's about it for this post. It's getting a little long. I will cover the rest of this week in my next one. I will be going over to my Goals tab at the top of this blog to work on that, update my weight and post some before pictures and measurements.
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