Chip Week! It was great, it was awesome, I'm glad it's over. Hee! But I do thank Choco for creating some really good challenges and being mega supportive (yes you were!) because. . .
199.6 (!)
-2.6 (!)
Goal Date: March 21
As I shared with Choco this week, I was seeing my final goal date move further and further back on my calorie-counting app every week I didn't get results. So I'm keeping a closer eye on that. It's now back in the safe zone of pre-Vegas, but I'd like a bigger safety net than 2 days.
Saturday's physical challenge was 21 squats. I pulled up YouTube to make sure I got proper form and found a squat challenge set to (and the length of) "Call Me Maybe". I threw myself into it, to hell with proper form, and did it. Felt pretty smug, but it would come back to bite me later. Mental challenge was to think about what I did right on the last day of the previous week. I didn't make notes on this one, so the only thing I remember thinking was that I avoided snacky stuff in the evening specifically because it was the night before weigh-in and I always think "Come on, you can make it one evening." Here's a thought - maybe EVERY night should be the "night before a weigh-in"!
Sunday: Physical was 30 wall push-ups. Did it in 2 sets of 15. I always forget that it's kind of cool to have that sore feeling in a particular muscle and know that you worked it. (Not like injury-level sore, but you know what I mean.) Mental was some VEGAS preplanning! This was my favorite challenge of the week, and definitely inspirational.
Monday: Physical was 2 sets of 15 knee ups. I did them. I was not happy. Mental was to envision a perfect day and follow through. I had good intentions, but the day was definitely far from perfect. Monday was a generally grouchy day. Oh, and I had a bonus to find a delicious new healthy recipe, and I kind of half-assed it.
Tuesday: Physical was two wall sits for as long as I could go. Holy crap, wall sits are hard. But again, I dig the "Oh, I can feel that I actually did something" burny feeling. Mental was to go to Fitness Blender and pick my own physical challenge for the next day. A really cool site with thousands of videos, exercises, workouts. . . . I chose a classic crunch because I'm a simple gal.
Wednesday: Did 50 crunches for my physical. Hooray for abs! Mental was to start a running workout playlist on the blog, which you have already seen.
Thursday: I woke up with a searing muscle rip of some kind in my back, the same place that had been vaguely twinge-y since the stupid Call Me Maybe squats. So I was unable to complete the physical challenge, which was to go all out with my steps. Backup was to stay at or under my calorie limit, which I did. Mental was to pretend I was down to the last 10 pounds, and that I was already the girl who had gotten me to that point. That was a good one, as I feel like I'm constantly striving and failing to be that girl.
Friday: Physical was car dance party! I completed this one with relish. Mental was to make a list of all my obstacles and decide if they were true obstacles or excuses. I didn't want to face this one because I KNOW most of my obstacles are excuses! I've said before that I'm allowed to lose weight, no one is holding a gun to my head and making me eat donuts. It's just freaking hard. But basically the only true obstacle I have is the living situation. And all I can do is find ways to work around it, and work to change it as soon as possible. Hating exercise and being addicted to junk food are excuses. All fat people hate exercise. Everyone is addicted to junk food. (I read Salt Sugar Fat too!) And all my mental obstacles (not trusting myself, having trouble with consistency, building momentum, yada yada yada) boil down to just getting over it and doing what I know I need to do. So.
*WEEK 8 CHALLENGE*
Speaking of consistency and momentum, I'm doing a simple challenge too. (We've had an intense couple of weeks!) Just do better than you did last week. Whether that's a better final result, being more consistent with exercise, making better food choices, just make a marked improvement in one area or another.
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