Getting fitter and trimmer

apple_muncher

ps - yes, I find the zuzka workouts super effective! Love, love, love them!

tori.k

Morning all.

Feeling chilly this morning despite the fact it will be another sunny day the change in the year is tangible.

Circuit training & insanity on the cards for today.

Food

wholemeal toast, butter and slice of edam

lunch (leftovers) roasted veg, spinach, cucumbers, beetroot and coleslaw with honey& mustard dressing ( I made jamie olivers dressing but it lacks something so next time will add English mustard as well as the wholegrain)

Tea poached eggs and beans on toast.

snacks apple and watermelon

Have a great day everyone

Eyebright

Morning all,

Yesterday was going really well, until I had a sugar blow out late in the afternoon then in the space of an hour and a half I had scoffed a HM Welsh cake, a slice of HM chocolate cake and a stale jammy donut :eek::eek:

Not really sure why I did that. My meals were fine yesterday, and I didn't even feel hungry... so I'm drawing a line under yesterday, and am determined to do better today.

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Today is a new day, and I won't muck this one up. Plus I have the gym after work, though probably will be more cardio geared tonight, as did a lot of weights last week, and my right leg/knee was still quite sore and twingy yesterday.

The only good thing about yesterday, was that I managed 14k+ of steps, so I might have offset an 1/8th of the donut or something :rotfl:

Hope everyone has a lovely day.

Caeraugirl

Sorry, I signed up over a week ago and have not posted a thing on here since! I have been moving slowly towards my plan, but as I am lying in bed making excuses for why I can postpone my first run in weeks once my DS's have left for school, I figured it was time to commit in black and white on here.

My starting weight is 12st 11lb, waist 37.5in. I want to lose at least 2 stones and 6 inches from waist, would love to reach 10st 7lb but will tweak this as I get closer and get a better idea of my "happy" weight.

So, to the plan. This week I'm cutting out sugar and limiting my bread intake to 2 slices wholemeal a day (started yesterday). I'm aiming to cut out carbs too but want to go slow and steady with dietary changes. On top of this I'm going to restart the 5:2 plan from next week, with Mondays and Wednesdays as my fast days, and maybe another one a week if no progress. If all this goes pear shaped I have the back up plan - WW if no real progress in the next 6 weeks (defined by weight loss of less than 5lb in that time).

I've printed off an 8 week running plan to improve fitness, which includes strength training twice a week, and want to stick to this with no excuses which will hopefully appeal to my all or nothing personality lol! Just need to do Day 1, a 30 minute medium intensity run.

My goals for the next week are:
1) lose 1lb and/or 1/2 inch
2) complete every day of running programme

Will try to post at least every other day, and if anybody has any advice or can see any problems with my plan I'd be really grateful for your input.

dolly84

Caeraugirl wrote: »

Sorry, I signed up over a week ago and have not posted a thing on here since! I have been moving slowly towards my plan, but as I am lying in bed making excuses for why I can postpone my first run in weeks once my DS's have left for school, I figured it was time to commit in black and white on here.

My starting weight is 12st 11lb, waist 37.5in. I want to lose at least 2 stones and 6 inches from waist, would love to reach 10st 7lb but will tweak this as I get closer and get a better idea of my "happy" weight.

So, to the plan. This week I'm cutting out sugar and limiting my bread intake to 2 slices wholemeal a day (started yesterday). I'm aiming to cut out carbs too but want to go slow and steady with dietary changes. On top of this I'm going to restart the 5:2 plan from next week, with Mondays and Wednesdays as my fast days, and maybe another one a week if no progress. If all this goes pear shaped I have the back up plan - WW if no real progress in the next 6 weeks (defined by weight loss of less than 5lb in that time).

I've printed off an 8 week running plan to improve fitness, which includes strength training twice a week, and want to stick to this with no excuses which will hopefully appeal to my all or nothing personality lol! Just need to do Day 1, a 30 minute medium intensity run.

My goals for the next week are:
1) lose 1lb and/or 1/2 inch
2) complete every day of running programme

Will try to post at least every other day, and if anybody has any advice or can see any problems with my plan I'd be really grateful for your input.

Are you already fit or running regularly? I ask because when I started running back in April I couldn't even manage 30 seconds without gasping for breath and walking. I lose between 7 and 10lb a month with no dietary restrictions at all, lots of very sweaty activity and sensible eating and I would never, ever consider doing the 5:2 plan I love food and want to eat it, plus in my experience a way of eating that you can stick to for the rest of your life is the way to go not a fad, they just don't work.

My advice would be to look at what you eat now, how your family eats, how you can tweak that so everyone is having the same main meal and what naughty bits you can cut back on.

Today my food will be

B/Fast Overnight oats with soya milk (me and DD shared a big pot of this), coffee, 1 slice w/m bread with flora and raspberry jam.

Lunch - 1/2 pack flavoured cous cous, frickadellen, yoghurt and fruit.

Tea - h/m spaghetti bolognese, cup of tea.

snacks - fruit, squash.

It is simple, there is no faffing, I am actually comfortably full and I don't feel deprived. Plus I have the energy to exercise.

Hope that helps, I don't profess to know everything but I honestly hate faddy diets with a passion.

Caeraugirl

Thanks Dolly84. I completed the NHS Couch to 5K last autumn and really loved running, but by the spring I'd lost motivation a bit and my three runs a week dwindled, then I broke my big toe in June and stopped altogether except for the odd effort once a month. I was fitter, firmer and more toned but didn't lose any weight - in all honesty I ate more and particularly more junk!

I don't like diets full stop, any time I've lost weight on one I put it back on with bells on, but know I need some sort of structure or "rules" or I don't modify my eating at all. I like the thought of clean eating, so perhaps that might be the way to go for me, along with more thought to portion sizes.

The 5:2 appeals as maintaining is just continuing one day a week with restricted calories, and WW as a very last resort. I'm using Judith Beck's CBT book as well, and the back up diet plan is to avoid the moment when, if Plan A isn't working you go to Plan B rather than falling spectacularly off the wagon.

Your post has given me lots of food for thought though (no pun intended), and even while writing this reply I'm thinking that perhaps my Plan A should just be healthy eating and exercise, perhaps with the 5:2 as Plan B.

And well done on your weight loss, that's amazing!

Caeraugirl

Oh and managed first 30 minute run (I use the term run very loosely) this morning. Got cheered on at the end by a very nice BT engineer, which was an added bonus lol!!

apple_muncher

Caeraugirl wrote: »

Oh and managed first 30 minute run (I use the term run very loosely) this morning. Got cheered on at the end by a very nice BT engineer, which was an added bonus lol!!

yay! Cheers from us too.

Re the 5/2 diet - I tried it for 1 week and found that I simply overate on the days I could eat. So I returned to no sugar, no carbs except veg. That works best for me.

Good luck!

dolly84

Caeraugirl wrote: »

Oh and managed first 30 minute run (I use the term run very loosely) this morning. Got cheered on at the end by a very nice BT engineer, which was an added bonus lol!!

Well done for going, I hope you enjoyed it. I am going for a run today but have decided to go after tea then have a bath.

Caeraugirl

Thanks Applemuncher, I've tried it once before too and did pretty much the same as you, lasted about a month but didn't lose an ounce as was using the fast days as a licence to overeat on the other days, especially the weekends :-( . Think I'm going to start by cutting out the sugar and reduce carbs too, watch the portion sizes and up the exercise and see how I go.

And I sort of enjoyed the run, Dolly, but not a much as I used to as it was hard work - partly as I'm carrying an extra half stone since my last regular running stint, I suspect - but really pleased I can stil do 30mins without stopping, yay!

Enjoy your run later, I try to do mine first thing as seems to be easier in the morning and I also don't have the time to think of a million reasons not to go lol!