Day 2 of T25 complete! Sweating just as much as yesterday, which I always consider a good thing. It was "Speed 1.0" which involves stretches in between explosive movements so I savored those stretch moments. I'm definitely not quick on my feet that's for sure, I'm sure in time I'll get it back! I caught myself going slower on a few occasions but when I forced myself to keep up with the people on screen I started feeling the benefit.
I'm trying to focus more on getting these workouts in and feeling proud of that than pressuring myself to eat super healthy right now. I'm not eating junk food all the time, don't get me wrong, but I feel like exercise is always a good first port of call for me before I start making big changes to my diet. I definitely have a way to go with my diet, mainly phasing out bread and adding more fruit/veg, but again I think being proud of these workouts is what's going to make me want to make changes to my diet in the near future! It happened when I first started running, all I focused on was getting the runs in and eventually I WANTED to eat healthier so I could run faster!
I've also decided that instead of using my lightest weight of the week I'm going to start using my average weight of the week. I have an app called "RecStyle" that's a simple weigh in app, but you can look at your average weight for the week/month. I think weighing in daily and adjusting my average weight for the week will have a better long term effect on me, since fluctuations are bound to happen and it can be negative in the long run. For example, I could weigh in at 173 lbs 6 days of the week this week, but if I miraculously dropped to 170 lbs and used that as my official weigh in, then the following week if I see 172 or 171 lbs I'd feel like I'd gained weight. When really my average weight for the week would be 172.6 lbs. I think that's a big problem I was having with the last challenge, I was clinging to these lightest weigh ins as a way to feel good about myself, but it wasn't a truly accurate number. In the long run it affected me mentally, since I'd feel like I was just going back and forth and not progressing. Lesson learned!
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ophelia - Congrats on the loss! It's easy to compare ourselves to others, especially when everyone's numbers are staring at us on a spreadsheet, but focus on your own victories too! I'd be jumping for joy if I lost 2.8 lbs in a week . Go you! Good luck with the move next month, feels like yesterday I was driving across the country from Colorado to move here. I always encourage people to seek a career path that they think they'd be the happiest in, no matter what it is and no matter how old they are. I always like to use Alan Rickman who decided he wanted to be an actor in his mid-30's and dropped his career as a graphic designer in order to do so.
brd88 - Thank you! It's awesome! I have a copy I can put in dropbox for you if you want it. I feel you, T25 has been a blessing since I lost the will to run despite having a passion for it. Sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants! I'm positive I'll go back to running later in the year, my goal is to run a marathon someday, but for now I'm enjoying workout out indoors and feeling that satisfying feeling getting to check off the workout from the chart .
wanna be cute - I'm glad! Thanks for being supportive!