off to a good start

Just got back from a HIIT session at the gym. My ipod battery was in the red so I was a little bit nervous that it wouldn’t make it this morning but it did.

I have such psychological issues with the gym, I dont go for months because for some reason I am fearful of having achy muscles or something like that. then I go and I wonder why I haven’t been for months because I actually really  like it.

I’m not sure that I believe this 20 minute HIIT thing every second day. It doesn’t feel like enough – I feel like I should be doing more. But I also realise that I need to give it a chance and not just for two weeks either – for at least a month. If I’m not losing after a month (not only will I be going mental with frustration) but I will need to up the cardio. I might even cheat and do an RPM class once per week – it is based on HIIT principles after all.

 I do need to make sure that I don’t burn myself out though – it’s all about easing into it slowly, building up my fitness levels and focusing on staying committed.

Food Update

Well work lunch = difficult! Especially when turkish Food isn’t the most healthy. the amount of grease in that food is phenomenol. So we arrived and I found a really nice looking salad and chicken. then when the bosses arrived the unanimous decision was that we would get a banquet – so there went my healthy choice. Turns out that the food is so filling that I didn’t need to eat any dinner – lucky!  Before lunch I had consumed about 500cal for the day and I reckon that the lunch was at least 800 cal – which still makes for a not too bad day at 1200 cal – not the healthiest of balance though! Because of the number of ‘events’ this week (xmas lunch on Friday and family gathering on Sunday) I’m planning to not have a free day this week. I have to say though that it still feels strange to be eating this much food – even though I know that I am at around 1300 cal per day. The results at the end of a month should be interesting.

day 1 over

I made it through day one. I even went to the shops (forgetting my obsession for the next 12 weeks is on exercise and healthyness rather than shopping – momentarily) this afternoon and came home too late – exhausted and I still did my strength training for today – albeit at home with my dodgy adjustable plate weights and fitball. I really don’t feel like I can do as good a job at home, but at least I can do something rather than nothing. I think that I would really prefer to do all of the exercise component in the morning, I know that it helps me to stay on track with my food throughout the day and it means that I dont have “one more thing” to do in my day at the end. I am always tired after I have driven home from work and I don’t really like going out again.

I was on plan all day with food – there was even a put on pizza lunch today and it didn’t even call my name – most probably because it was domino’s pizza and it isn’t all that good. If I’m going to eat pizza I want it to at least be good pizza. It has taken me three years to be able to take that attitde though. The rest of the week will be a bit more tough. There is a christmas lunch tomorrow which I have to go to (it’s at a turkish restaurant) and there is a BIG christmas lunch on Friday – but at least I know there will be healthy options there at that one. I think I’ll just susbstitute those meals for a free day this week. And try to attempt a guess at tha cals consumed.

calories for the day today are 1140 so far – but I plan on having some yoghurt before bed so will end up at around 1300.

the best thing was I wasn’t hungry at all all day – I felt like I had so much food to eat!

My checklist for tomorrow is done:

- Make lunch and snack items for tomorrow

- Pick out clothes to wear tomorrow and lay out

- organise gym clothes for the morning – cardio day tomorrow

Night all!