First post!
I plan on keeping track of my progress as a way to stay motivated and accountable. This is week one of my progress posts to keep track of this "journey"...
A little background on me. I have always been relatively thin but over the last year i've gained about +/- 20 lbs partly due to health reasons, partly because I "let myself go" . 10lbs of that was over the last 4 months!
I'm a distance runner but started pretty much from zero two weeks ago due to the fact that I had to take over 7 months off.
Right now I'm working on a 10k program and then plan on starting a half training program to run one this fall and get back into it. THEN if all goes well I want to train for a marathon, it would be my first in 10 years so its a pretty exciting prospect :)
Exercise and resting calories are tracked using my apple watch.
Food this week was tracked in Myfitnesspal and measured by volume.
Exercise schedule this week
Run : 4x 30-40 minutes (5km)
Walks : Daily 30-60 mins (and one 2.5 hour walk on the weekend)
Yoga (ashtanga and yin) :2-3x 30-60 mins
Meals
I eat pretty much the same thing daily.
I fast 16 hours - 8pm-12pm
Have a medium sized lunch. Lots of veg and some protein and grains.
A few low-cal snacks (loving frozen greek yoghurt bars from Costco, apple and almond butter, hummus and veg)
Dinner is a huge salad with a roasted sweet potato, a protein and low cal dressing.
Usually have a 100-200 cal snack a couple hours later.
For food I go for volume so LOTS of vegetables and high fibre choices.
The fun stuff
This week total burn 14153calories
This weeks total calories 9224calories
Expected loss : 1.4lbs
Actual loss : .8lbs
Reasoning
Food measuring : I've ordered a food scale on Amazon that's coming on Sunday because I have a feeling I'm eating more than I've recorded.
Slight muscle increase / inflammation : 6 weeks is the normal time after you start exercising for muscle to re-adjust and stop holding onto excess water. This could account for some of the additional weight. ...I'm 2.5 weeks in now, that another 3.5 weeks I can use this excuse 8-)
Hormones : bloating. Thank you mother nature, I love it.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/gfsnxp/week_1_cw_140_gw120/
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