Week 2:
K-Drama treadmill accompaniment: Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Starting weight (AM/no clothes)
10/14/17: 242
10/21/17: 237.8
10/28/17: 241
Blood sugar (AM/fasting)
10/14/2017: 151
10/21/2017: 113
10/28/2017: 116
Steps:
10/14 - 10/20: 44,857
10/21 - 10/28: 64,204
Picture L on 10/14/2017 / Picture R on 10/27/2017
So week 2, definitely did not go as well. I think for a few reasons:
1) I did have 2 take-out dinners,and that made more of an impact then I thought it would. I had Panda Express one night, Tuesday morning I weighed 3 pounds higher, and it did not go away the rest of the week - To my total dismay!
2) I really tried to get in 10,000 steps for 6 days of the week, and I managed to do that. It's possible there is some water weight going on that I could blame? I read that they think it's only possible to gain 2 pounds of muscle mass a month. So, even though it's one of the top things I hear about exercising and still gaining weight - I believe that is sort of a myth, it's quite unprobable that it would be that.
3) I slept really badly all week. I only averaged about 5 hours of sleep a night. I feel like this is probably a pretty big culprit. For the past few months I've been having a hard time staying asleep, and not waking up a few times a night for extended periods. It's a little worse due to exercising, because I'm drinking a lot more water, and I've had to get up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, way more then I ever had before.
4) From being completely sedentary, a big thing I noticed, was that I was so much more hungry. While I was prepared with healthy snacks and meals to eat with my normal hunger cycles, I was not prepared with how to deal with increased hunger, without it making a huge caloric difference. Before, I was able to get by with 1 snack (hardboiled egg) in the morning before lunch at 1, and rarely anything in the afternoon, then I would come home and immediately eat dinner. I'm needing to figure out 3-4 snacks - 2 in the morning, one in the afternoon at work, one before I workout in the evening (my blood sugar is the lowest right at 5PM, so I have eat something) and then dinner. This week's trip to the store definitely included some more lean protein options. Hopefully that helps.
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Looking at the pictures, I don't see much difference, not that I expected to, considering I had lost only 1 pound. Though my butt looks more prominent. Maybe it's the angle? I've always had a very pronounced behind, that was my primary weight gain area in the past, except once I became diabetic then it all went into my torso and stomach. It would be nice to some day not be shaped like a kidney bean.
I definitely felt a lot stronger, it became a lot more easier to get in 10,000 steps, and get them in a little faster and to feel less winded. It was super challenging to figure out how to find the time for 10,000 steps, my job is totally sedentary, and I only have a 1/2 hour lunch. In the past, it was absolutely never an option that I could work out in the morning due to a medication I was on, but I changed medications a few months ago and I'm able to wake up now. From exercising I had a lot more energy, and I was able to get in 30-35 minutes of cardio in the mornings for 5 mornings, which splitting it up like that has made it easier.
I've talked about having hyperhydrosis, that's made worse by the medications I'm on, being overweight, social anxiety, genetics, and being diabetic. My sweating has gotten better and worse. Yesterday I went to help my Mom with her yardsale in the morning, it was about 45-50 degrees, I wasn't dressed for it and was freezing, and all I was doing was pulling some things out of boxes and putting them on a table, completely non-strenous, and I had sweat pouring down my face. Some mornings when I work out, I take a shower, and I continue to sweat through trying to get ready, and getting to work and sitting at my desk....other mornings it's the same routine and I'm not sweaty at all. I have not figure out what the difference could possibly be.
Another challenge, I had a few things come up, like appointments, my Mom wanting my help, my friend wanting to have an extended conversation. And I was like....how do I do any of these things and still get in my step goal, or avoid eating out - I can't be trusted to order anythin healthy when eating out, I don't have that kind of restraint - at this point I have to stay away from the bad food, because physically removing myself from it is the only way. I kept having mini-panic attacks when anyone wanted anything that took time - because I felt couldn't fit it all in and stay on track.
I really don't know if I'll be able to make the 4% for this dietbet. I really want to - I'm going to keep trying, because I feel more healthy, even if my scale isn't showing any results yet. Hopefully it'll kick in, and next week my body will be like...oh just kidding that was 5 pounds in water weight, it's gone now!
This next week, I'm going to focus on cutting calories in other areas, and doing some research and implementation of some stretching and gently moving other parts of my body that isn't treadmill related, that I can do at home.