Today ends the eighth week of going to the gym and cycling. On average, it's been 5 days a week. Some weeks have had six, while one week had three.
The scales hasn't moved, just fluctuated. However, I've gone down a pants size and my tee shirts are looser around my upper chest and there is a definite gap between the bottom hem of the shirt and my pants. My go-to outfit for size change are my Sunday clothes, they are definitely looking a bit baggier.
I was cycling 45 minutes, until my knee hurt so bad that I went to the doctor. I received a prescription for a ointment that is usually prescribed for arthritis, but after a week or so of using it, I no longer needed it. I now cycle a 25 minute program, or 6 kilometers. Two, sometimes three times a week I also do a free weight routine that is 15 minutes long, followed by yoga for six minutes, and when I can, there's the 10 minute calm meditation. I am so grateful for having a smart phone as YouTube makes this bearable.
I am making improvements in my diet. Daily I write in my book how much I weigh in the morning, what exercises I did and jot down other health notes. Writing down what I eat and the calories has always been a source of stress and so I've ended that. I have taken to chewing my food twenty, thirty, forty times a bite, which makes mealtimes last forever and eating a bit boring, which is a good thing. The candy is out of the house, and cookies are rare, usually the only time is when we have chicken pot pie from KFC, and even then I don't finish.
So where does all this put me on the 90 day challenge for this time around? Figuring 5 times 8, it's at 40.
The scales hasn't moved, just fluctuated. However, I've gone down a pants size and my tee shirts are looser around my upper chest and there is a definite gap between the bottom hem of the shirt and my pants. My go-to outfit for size change are my Sunday clothes, they are definitely looking a bit baggier.
I was cycling 45 minutes, until my knee hurt so bad that I went to the doctor. I received a prescription for a ointment that is usually prescribed for arthritis, but after a week or so of using it, I no longer needed it. I now cycle a 25 minute program, or 6 kilometers. Two, sometimes three times a week I also do a free weight routine that is 15 minutes long, followed by yoga for six minutes, and when I can, there's the 10 minute calm meditation. I am so grateful for having a smart phone as YouTube makes this bearable.
I am making improvements in my diet. Daily I write in my book how much I weigh in the morning, what exercises I did and jot down other health notes. Writing down what I eat and the calories has always been a source of stress and so I've ended that. I have taken to chewing my food twenty, thirty, forty times a bite, which makes mealtimes last forever and eating a bit boring, which is a good thing. The candy is out of the house, and cookies are rare, usually the only time is when we have chicken pot pie from KFC, and even then I don't finish.
So where does all this put me on the 90 day challenge for this time around? Figuring 5 times 8, it's at 40.
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