Having gotten through Friday and feeling bad about myself for both Thursday and Friday (even though both days I stayed under my calorie goal, I didn’t stick to my nutrition goals), I decided that Saturday was a day to just pick up and carry on.<\/p>\n
In terms of exercise, I did 20 minutes on the elliptical trainer, 40 minutes on my strength training workout (I follow a modified machine workout course recommended by Jefit.com), and the 7 minutes of cardio cooldown. From a weights perspective, I was lifting 15% less total weight than the last time I\u00a0did that workout in July. I am not surprised. In the intermittent exercises that I have been doing, it has been mostly cardio. And I did go a bit light on myself because I want to ease back into it (I’m not looking to pick up where I left off, I am looking to go beyond where I am today). It wasn’t a high-burning calorie day, but I can still feel the effects of the workout this morning (day after) which is great. The only thing I didn’t like was that even on a Saturday evening, when I thought that the gym would be quiet, it was pretty packed with people. But I was still\u00a0able to generally keep to my circuit strength training with one exception).<\/p>\n
In terms of diet, it was a much better day.\u00a0I went back to my Phase 1 meal almost completely successfully.<\/p>\n
Breakfast<\/p>\n
Lunch<\/p>\n
Dinner<\/p>\n
Snack<\/p>\n
I have to say that later in the evening I was still starving, so I decided to have a snack<\/p>\n
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So today from a food perspective felt a lot better.\u00a0I am always well under my calorie allowance (not always a good thing) and my weight still dropped compared to the day before, so here is hoping that my complete f*ck-ups were mitigated through improving food choices and exercise. The real test will be tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Having gotten through Friday and feeling bad about myself for both Thursday and Friday (even though both days I stayed under my calorie goal, I didn’t stick to my nutrition goals), I decided that Saturday was a day to just pick up and carry on. Exercise In terms of exercise, I did 20 minutes on … Continue reading My Fitness Journey \u2013 Day 9 (Saturday, 09 January 2016)<\/span>