Week Eight: Progress Report

Sorry – again no chart, no picture, and most of the week was untracked. It just goes to show you that no matter how hard you work to build up a routine, it can be really easy to go off track. 

As I mentioned in the catch-up posts previous to this one, last week’s fatigue, final editing turnaround, and trip to New Orleans totally threw off my routine, so all my record-keeping went out the window with it ... and some of the eating habits ... and most of the exercise. 

Fortunately, I guess some of my better eating habits must have stuck with me, and perhaps all the rest did me some good, because I managed to lose another 2 pounds. 

What I remember of the health summary:

Keep a food diary and maintain a low-carb, low-sugar, low-caffeine, no-artificial-sweetener, no-alcohol diet: Completely filled out 1 day of daily worksheets to log my food and total all carb, caffeine, and sugar content. Partially filled out another 2 days' worth and skipped 4 days entirely.  

Be able to jog ¼ mile at a time without a walk break: No running this week … just a half-hour walk and probably at least another hour’s worth of walking done around New Orleans and Jazz Fest (probably more).    

Get to a healthier BMI – between 26 and 27: Lost another 2 pounds this week, so BMI is 28.9, down .4 from last week. (Starting BMI 31.2; Week 1---30.2; Week 2---30; Week 3---29.9; Week 4---30.2, Week 5---29.9, Week 6---29.4, Week 7---29.3)  

Increase my physical strength: Went to CrossFit only 1 time.

Get up between 6:30 and 7:30 every weekday: Schedule all out of whack. Only did this 2 weekdays this week.

Get to bed by 11:00 every weeknight: Can’t remember. Only two nights, I think. 

Get an average of 7 hours of sleep every night: I got 6.5, 7.5, 8, 6, 7.5, 8.5, and 6. Need more.