I started off this week having just worked out everyday for seven days, trying to accomplish a “perfect week” on my Apple Watch. On the last day of Week 3, I realized it wasn’t seven days in a row but instead a Monday through Sunday challenge. At this point I had a decision to make. Don’t take a rest day for a few days or try again on a Monday.
I made the decision to just keep going. Mostly because you can challenge other Apple Watch users to a week long competition. During Week 3, I asked my SO to join me so that we could figure out how the competitions worked. It’s based off the three rings you close daily but you max out at 600 points a day, for a total of 4,200 max points for the week. Because we had started this, I figured I would be trying to win that anyways so why not just continue towards the "perfect week" as well.
Then comes Thursday. The Apple Fitness app on my phone, that shows my progress towards my rings, also has workouts. It popped up with a free month and I’m all about branching out, especially when it’s free. I had tried a couple at this point but this one in particular, I was struggling to keep up with one of the moves.
The move required you to stand center, jump forward and to the right and squat down. Stand back up, jump back to center and repeat on the left side. We did this for roughly 30 seconds. After all three exercises were performed you went back through them again. I probably did this move 4 or 5 different times. Because I was focusing on keeping up, I wasn’t keeping my form and hurt my lower back. It is now a week later and I’m still in pain from it. It feels almost like a pinched nerve but I’ll be seeing a chiropractor today.
I pushed through the next couple of days to finish my competition and my "perfect week". On the last day of my competition, I did a ton! I was only 300 points behind at the start of the day. We’ll, I was close to catching him when he went for his workout, adding roughly 300 more points. I went on 2, hour long walks, I did weights and cardio. Burned over 1,000 calories and was at 18,000 steps for the day. This is about double what I’m used to. I was 16 points from taking the lead when I maxed out my daily 600 points. I had totally forgot about the max and was a little annoyed I'd worked so hard that day when I wouldn’t have been able to win regardless. Mostly because I had injured my back and was pushing through that pain.
I did have fun doing it and it was a great motivation. As soon as I feel back to normal, we will definitely be doing another one. I finished my "perfect week" on Sunday and have taken several rest days to try and not exasperate my lower back. This week I found a protein powder I wanted to try. I researched the benefits and when was best to have it and even found a recipe for it. I am using 1 scoop of it with 1 tsp of unsweetend cocoa powder, 1/2 cup of almond milk and 1/2 cup of ice. Because it is coffee flavored and blended with ice, it feels like I am getting to enjoy an iced coffee. I normally don't like protein powder but I am loving this one. I have also switched to an almond creamer in a caramel flavor that is also not bad at all! Just a few small changes at a time really add up after a while.
The end of the August just happened to be on a Wednesday. I love when that happens. Makes my weigh ins easier. I started this month at 188 pounds. My goal for the month was a five pound loss. My final weigh in was at 181.0 for a total of seven pounds lost this month. I’ve also taken my measurements. My starting measurements are posted in my Goals tab at the top and I will be updating that next with this months results.
Again, I am sorry about the huge pictures. I've tried every way it suggests to make them smaller and they just don't change. This is a huge reason I haven't added my pictures from the start of August because they would simply take up a whole page. Maybe I can try making a collage on my phone so the file isn't so large. Anyways, go check out all my progress as I update my goals tab.
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