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***DIET, EXERCISE & TRACKING PLAN UPDATE***
I had reassessed my plan very shortly befor things got a little too stressful around here and I went MIA for 25 days. I was planning to change tracking food to Mon-Fri, have Saturday completely off and weigh in only on Sunday with no food tracking. Still indoor cycling for an hour Mon-Fri afternoons with half an hour of yoga or ballet Mon-Fri mornings.
Instead of doing that I've been reassessing what I think will work the last few days I've been back.
FOOD & WEIGHT TRACKING- I think it would be better, for now, to track and weigh in Mon-Sat. However, Saturday will be a higher calorie day with a range of 1350-1550; while, Mon-Fri is still a 1100-1300 calorie range. Then no weighing or tracking on Sunday, taking Sunday off entirely. I may be changing that to no weigh in on Saturday with the tracking still and wieghing in on the computer for challenges on Sunday. Haven't decided completely on that.
This keeps me weight accountable most days while allowing for a bit of a break on the weekends. The 1350-1550 range will be my maintenance when I reach my goal weight, as my projected caloric output at my goal weight will be around 1450. I'm hoping by having my higher calorie days at my eventual maintenance range it'll be easier to keep there when I reach my goal.
EXERCISE PLAN & TRACKING- The thing I've decided to change most is my exercise plan. Befor I only exercised on the weekdays. Which in the winter was doable. This spring that isn't going to work. I have learned the hard way (a few times now) that if my morning peak flow is below 400 any exercise more then a little stretching/yoga (and maybe walking if I'm high enough in the 300s) is simply out of the question. Which means biking is out. For the Spring (and I suspect Autumn) I'll be biking any day my morning peak flow is over 400, even Saturday and Sundays. I'll have to see what allergies are like in Summer to decide that exercise plan. I assume in Winter I will be back to biking regularly with higher peak flows.
***SO FAR***
Towards that goal/plan I'm doing ok. Thursday and Friday I was pretty close to my diet range, not perfect, but good for coming off no tracking for 3+ weeks. 1285 on Thursday and 1388 on Friday. Need to pull it down by about 100 calories, on average, but I'll get there over the next week or two I'm sure. Saturday I rang in at 1516 calories, still a few hundred under my projected calorie output and within my Saturday range. Saturday was also the first time in a couple weeks my morning peak flow has been over 400. Even though it was Saturday I still hopped on the bike for half an hour- which is what I plan to do, for a while, any day my morning peak flow is over 400.
I'll reassess as needed and alter the plan if something isn't jiving.
***MORNING PEAK FLOW 370***
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You Go Girl !! I like how you have it planned out. Thanks for the suggestion earlier, I have put that in like you said. Hope things are going good with you. Have a great day.
27 Apr 14 by member: SherrieC
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Sounds like a good way to lose weight faster than I am doing but I like food too much to cut back to 1200 calories. Look forward to seeing you do this.
27 Apr 14 by member: ColetteMarie
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Thank you Sherrie, glad that helped. I have to plan things out, it's just the way I'm built. I get insanely stressed if I don't plan and figure things out way ahead. As of yesterday I have four boxes in our hall closet. Two have all the supplies (including cake mixes, decor, games, favors, etc...) for my oldest's angry birds bday party June 1st... and two all the same stuff for my youngest's spiderman bday party on July 15th, lol. My best friend was over yesterday helping me putvthe boxes together while her girls and my boys played. My husband laughs at me but all I'll have to do the day of is pull those boxes out and set everything up- no last minute dashes =) I'm the same with everything, though- a little obbsessively so, I know, but it works =p
27 Apr 14 by member: FitOKay
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Lol Collette, you are doing amazing!
27 Apr 14 by member: FitOKay
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This sounds good, a bit like the 5:2 concept. I think the exercise change is a good idea. i find that doing the same thing after a while does not have the same impact so mixing it up a bit should help. I am going to try to add a single jogging session starting next week saturday. I suspect it will take me a while to pick up but I am going to try anyway. Good luck
02 May 14 by member: beagee
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