Sorry for the long gap in posts. I fell off of the "get eight hours of sleep" bandwagon and haven't had a lot of energy. Last night I forced myself to go to bed early so I'm feeling pretty good today, still sapped, but better.
My diet has been going well. I've started to get the hang of eyeballing my meals so that I don't have to measure everything. To get the hang of it I've been judging how much of a food I need and then measuring it to see if I was close. The "fits in the palm of your hand" guideline is fairly accurate for everything except fish I think and fruit is pretty easy to guess at. Vegetables are still difficult since they vary so much in how much vegetable equals a block.
My workouts haven't gone so well. I've made it out to the shed once for circuit training since the last time I posted. My morning run/walks have gone better. I worked out on Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, but not yesterday or today. On Tuesday my knees started to hurt so I've been giving them a break.
There is good news though. I stepped on the scales today and I weigh 269 pounds! I started off at 284 pounds and last Thursday I weighed 275 pounds. That means I'm down 6 pounds for the week and 15 pounds overall. My clothes fit better and I've tightened my belt a notch, both are welcome outcomes.
I'm pretty excited to see the weight coming off, but the rate is a little steep. Losing two pounds per week is the recommended healthy norm. I think a lot of my energy loss can be attributed to losing weight too quickly. I'm going to stick with my 3 1/2 block meals and 1 block snacks for another week combined with a slightly modified training schedule. I'm going to change my morning workouts from run/walks six days per week to biking on circuit training days and run/walks the other days hoping to keep my knees healthy.
If, after another week, my energy levels aren't back up (I'll know if I continue to miss workouts due to exhaustion) I'll probably bump my diet to 4 block meals and 2 block snacks to see if that helps.
If you have other ideas on how to get my energy up, or on what has it down, post them in the comments!
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Come on - get back in gear!
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