Whew – back to where I was at the end of Week 3, weight-wise, and Week 6 is going very well, so I’ll consider Week 5 to be The End Of The Plateau. For months, hopefully … I still have a ways to go. Starting a low initial dose of Metformin Monday (for my PCOS) has helped both keep me in check and also seems to be helping me to metabolize things better.
Last week’s “Does every little drop that enters my mouth matter?” skepticism continued just a bit into the weekend – hence the missing stars for artificial sweeteners / alcohol Saturday and Sunday. I think I’ve checked my attitude and should be good for the rest of the challenge.
I had houseguests this past weekend, which led to me staying up late one of my weeknights cleaning and not logging my food / drink all weekend. I’m pretty sure I stayed under 100g of carbs each day (though probably not Saturday) but I’m pretty sure I blew the sugar limit Saturday and Sunday. If you don’t pay attention, 15g will sneak up on you in as little as one snack.
So this week I have few distractions and a literally blank weekend ahead of me. Should be a good week to fill up the sticker chart and earn me some new sneakers!
Here's the rest of the health summary:
Keep a food diary and maintain a low-carb, low-sugar, low-caffeine, no-artificial-sweetener, no-alcohol diet: Continued to fill out daily worksheets to log my food and total all carb, caffeine, and sugar content. This is the first week I didn’t log a few days (I missed 3).
Here's the rest of the health summary:
Keep a food diary and maintain a low-carb, low-sugar, low-caffeine, no-artificial-sweetener, no-alcohol diet: Continued to fill out daily worksheets to log my food and total all carb, caffeine, and sugar content. This is the first week I didn’t log a few days (I missed 3).
Be able to jog ¼ mile at a time without a walk break: Practiced doing two-tenths-mile intervals again this week at 4.5 mph - one 2-mile run/walk, and one 3-mile run/walk. I missed my 4-mile run/walk, but I’ll make it up in Week 6. I plan to incorporate 1 to 3 quarter-mile intervals next week for each workout. Slowly getting there!
Get to a healthier BMI – between 26 and 27: Corrected last week’s backslide and am back down to where I was at the end of Week 3 – 29.9 (Starting BMI 31.2; Week 1---30.2; Week 2---30; Week 3---29.9; Week 4---30.2) So far I’m on track to go lower this week!
Increase my physical strength: Went to CrossFit only two (instead of 3) times this week.
Get up between 6:30 and 7:30 every weekday: Did this only 2 out of the 5 weekdays. Will strive for my goal of 4 again this week.
Get to bed by 11:00 every weeknight: Maintained my goal of 4 this week. Keeping up the good work!
Get an average of 7 hours of sleep every night: I got 8, 6.5, 9, 6.5, 8, 7, and 6.5. Those “6.5”s could be improved by getting into bed sooner than 11. Often half an hour isn’t enough for me to read and get drowsy enough to fall asleep, and if I don’t fall asleep right by 11:30 then there’s no way I’ll get my 7 hours before getting up for CrossFit at 6:30.
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