Showing posts with label Exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exercise. Show all posts

Thursday, June 23, 2011

This month is flying by!


Sorry it's been so long since my last post. Well I stalled. Yes it's true. I guess we all go through ebbs and as much as I said when I started this journey in January that I wasn't going to deviate at all from my path I did. Now that being said I have NOT gained any weight, I was just averaging 1450 calories a day instead of the 1270 I am aiming for. I wasn't going crazy but I was going out for drinks and letting loose a little. So I stalled. What I now see is that I need to up the exercise. The other day I went for my first bike ride in a year and we covered 30 kms or about 19 miles all around the seawall. It was fabulous I wish I could do it every day! Ok maybe not everyday I'd be a bit sore. But still it was great and I burned about 1800 calories doing it. But that's not something I can do everyday or even every week so I have to find other ways to kick off the pounds. One thing I am wanting to start is Wushu or Chinese martial arts for a number of reasons I think it is fabulous but that to would only be once a week with practicing at home of course. I think that that plus the hot yoga, pilates, and cycling I should be able to get myself back on track and get myself tones and fit. As it is I am down 1.4 pounds and feeling pretty fabulous. Except for the hair issue I've been having but I'm going to write about that in the next post.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Day 7

Ok ok so it's day 7 and the crazy painful unsettling endlessly hungry time seems to have passed. Today I felt great even though I didn't have the best nights sleep, having protein for lunch helps a ton! Did my first work out today, a hatha class really I'd say a power prep class lots of plank and downward dog. It was a good class but it kicked my ass, I was ready for bed when it was finished at all of 6pm. But instead of grabbing a mat finding some lost corner of the studio to rest my head I ended up bumping into a friend and going for dinner. Yes I ate out and it was easy. We had sashimi and I had a salad with no dressing and lemon wedges:) Satisfying and delicious. They say you can only work out 3 times a week but on those days you have an extra protein. This is much needed as I think if I didn't have the sashimi I would be in a gutter somewhere.

My 1 week check in is tomorrow...