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Welcome
to April’s instalment of my monthly health and fitness updates, you can check
out last month’s here. The idea behind these posts is to keep
me focused and on track, so here is how April went...
Food...
Still having
issues when it comes to my diet! It has definitely improved since I started my
new job as I have to be a bit more organised and take food with me so I have
been taking in salads for lunch, rice cakes, bananas and nakd bars for snacks. I
have also been eating breakfast! This has been a huge deal for me, I haven’t eaten
breakfast in years as it makes me feel a bit sick the thought of food in the
morning. However I have been trying to be good and I’m determined to eat
breakfast so I’ve been having a small bowl of porridge before I go to work. So
week days I’m getting there but it all seems to go a little to pot by the
weekends! I am going back to weight watchers this month and hoping that will
keep me focused and on track!
Exercise done in April...
Boot camp x 11 sessions
Rowing x 3 sessions (3
hours)
Runs x 9
I made all but one boot
camp sessions this month which is a huge achievement for me! I can even hold a
plank for a minute now and I can see my fitness has improved so much by going
to the circuit sessions. I’m really pleased with my progress! In terms of
running I’m still very much a ‘run for a few minutes / walk for a few minutes’
runner, which stresses me out as I run, feel like I can’t breathe so walk. It
hacks me off as I just want to run! I don’t know if this is a psychological
thing or not?! I really want to crack this and be a runner! Anyone else have
this problem or experienced it? I did a colour run this month which was
incredible! I would definitely recommend it, so much fun! Determined to stay on
track and make running fun, I’ve also signed up to do a gunge run in June with
some friends I went to uni with. Its 5k and at every kilometre you run through
a gunge bath!! I can’t wait! Think it’s going to be hilarious! Oooh and my
sponsorship pack for my 10k in September arrived this week which has also
inspired me to keep going and try to conquer this challenge!
Progress this month...
Loss in March in inches
|
Total Loss in inches
|
|
Chest
|
0.5
|
2
|
Hips
|
+1
|
3
|
Left Thigh
|
0.5
|
3.5
|
Right Thigh
|
1
|
3.5
|
Bottom
|
0
|
4
|
Left Arm
|
0
|
2
|
Right Arm
|
0
|
2
|
Waist
|
+1
|
4
|
Weight loss this
month: 0lbs
Total weight loss:
9lbs
With the amount of
exercise I’ve been doing I feel a bit gutted that I’ve hit a bit of a plateau
this month in terms of weight loss and inches lost. However I do think I need
to get the diet side of this under control, which is my next challenge!
Same here - hit a plateau. It's been frustrating but I'm trying to manage to pull myself out. My findings: No matter how hard you work at the gym if you don't keep an eye on your diet it doesn't work so also focusing on that.
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I still think, despite your plateau disappointment, that you have done brilliantly to do all that exercise AND make lynch and eat brekkie. The only exercise I do is walk 2-3 miles on weekdays between station and home/school, split into 4 parts. Well done! You are making your heart healthy at the bare minimum!x
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