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Day 3
Todays Weight: 69.9 kgs (Digital scales are worth every cent)
Although my workouts at home are always pretty good, it doesn't hurt to change it up every now and then and today thats just what I did, with everything!
My weight has been scrimping off a few 100g's at a time, even though I have mostly stuck to the diet and exercise my butt off every night!.. When this happens, doubt always begins to set in, have you ever found yourself saying, "I've done enough, I'm pretty close so I'm going to stop now" or "wow I just don't feel like doing this anymore!" and then you've rationalised and excused and eventually given up all together! I have. I do this on a regular basis, the point I'm trying to make is that I always go back to dieting, I never really lose my goal, I just take breaks from it. Pointless breaks using time that could have been spent better.. say, achieving something?
Writing on here about this really helps with not giving up, and I would suggest blogging to any dieter who struggles mentally with keeping on track.
Anywhoo, so this morning I had my usual breakfast (always my favourite part of the day) soon I will have to abandon my favourite cereal though, just for a few weeks, it just happens to be a bit too high in carbohydrates (about 28g per serve to be exact), which isn't really bad, but I have decided to switch to the low-carb shakes and it seems silly to then have a high-carb breakfast.
Today I felt like going to the gym instead of working out in my lounge room. Unfortunately none of my usual classes was on (Body Combat, Cycling, Sh'bam, etc.). So instead I cross-trained (also known as the elliptical) for 40-minutes, then did an extra 5-minutes on the stairs machine, literally worked my butt off! later I was feeling a little uneven so when I got home after stretching I did some Jazz style abdominal work (twisting crunches for example) plus holding my arms out and rotating them 30 or so times just to tone while keeping the muscles long. If your interested in this kind of exercise, Google! (Possible searches: Ballet exercises, Jazz exercises, floor workouts).
I had a minor indiscretion while waiting to go to the gym and had a white-choc macadamia cookie (I know! but I promise it wasn't my idea to buy them), but other than that I did quite well with my snacking today. I had a bowl of thinly sliced cucumber, I also tried green tea which really helped getting me to dinner time which was a low-carb meal bar. I tried to drink extra water today which really helped as well.
So, at the end of the day, all I really have to tell you is don't give up, in the long-run you'll wish you'd stuck at it, and I for one want to get to the finish line!
Day 3
Todays Weight: 69.9 kgs (Digital scales are worth every cent)
Although my workouts at home are always pretty good, it doesn't hurt to change it up every now and then and today thats just what I did, with everything!
My weight has been scrimping off a few 100g's at a time, even though I have mostly stuck to the diet and exercise my butt off every night!.. When this happens, doubt always begins to set in, have you ever found yourself saying, "I've done enough, I'm pretty close so I'm going to stop now" or "wow I just don't feel like doing this anymore!" and then you've rationalised and excused and eventually given up all together! I have. I do this on a regular basis, the point I'm trying to make is that I always go back to dieting, I never really lose my goal, I just take breaks from it. Pointless breaks using time that could have been spent better.. say, achieving something?
Writing on here about this really helps with not giving up, and I would suggest blogging to any dieter who struggles mentally with keeping on track.
Anywhoo, so this morning I had my usual breakfast (always my favourite part of the day) soon I will have to abandon my favourite cereal though, just for a few weeks, it just happens to be a bit too high in carbohydrates (about 28g per serve to be exact), which isn't really bad, but I have decided to switch to the low-carb shakes and it seems silly to then have a high-carb breakfast.
Today I felt like going to the gym instead of working out in my lounge room. Unfortunately none of my usual classes was on (Body Combat, Cycling, Sh'bam, etc.). So instead I cross-trained (also known as the elliptical) for 40-minutes, then did an extra 5-minutes on the stairs machine, literally worked my butt off! later I was feeling a little uneven so when I got home after stretching I did some Jazz style abdominal work (twisting crunches for example) plus holding my arms out and rotating them 30 or so times just to tone while keeping the muscles long. If your interested in this kind of exercise, Google! (Possible searches: Ballet exercises, Jazz exercises, floor workouts).
I had a minor indiscretion while waiting to go to the gym and had a white-choc macadamia cookie (I know! but I promise it wasn't my idea to buy them), but other than that I did quite well with my snacking today. I had a bowl of thinly sliced cucumber, I also tried green tea which really helped getting me to dinner time which was a low-carb meal bar. I tried to drink extra water today which really helped as well.
So, at the end of the day, all I really have to tell you is don't give up, in the long-run you'll wish you'd stuck at it, and I for one want to get to the finish line!
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