| | 3 Oct. | 1 Nov. | 1 Dec. | 1 Jan. | 1 Feb. | 1 Mar. |
| Morning Weight: | 63.0 kg | 61.4 kg | 60.6 kg | 60.7 kg | 59.2kg | 58.7kg |
| Evening Weight: | 63.9 kg | 63.2 kg | 61.3 kg | 61.7 kg | 60.4kg | 60.3kg |
| Morning Body Fat: | 30.7% | 29.6% | 28.2% | 27.7% | 26.9% | 26.2% |
| Evening Body Fat: | 28.8% | 28.1% | 26.1% | 25.8% | 25.2% | 24.7% |
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| Measurements: | | | | | | |
| Bust: | 33” | 33” | 32” | 32” | 32” | 32” |
| Waist: | 28” | 27” | 27” | 27” | 26.5” | 26.5” |
| Hips: | 40” | 39.5” | 39” | 39” | 38.5” | 38.5” |
| Thigh: | 23.5” | 23” | 22.5” | 22.5” | 22” | 22” |
Yesterday was a bit of a struggle. I woke up feeling really tired, despite a good night’s sleep, and somewhat depressed, despite the bright sunny day. I struggled to get any work done in the morning before I gave up and had a nap after lunch. That did make me feel better, so I decided to go for a run to blow the cobwebs out – which it did. But afterwards my muscles were really sore, my knees were acting up and I was starving all evening. Fortunately, doing my weight and measurements did provide some good news.
February was not the best month for me both in terms of stress and fitness. There was a lot going on and I had a couple of weeks in the middle where I was averaging only 2 short workouts per week but over 2200 calories per day. Not to mention I was getting a lot of those extra calories from junk food. So I am well happy just to have maintained my weight. My measurements have stayed exactly the same and all my clothes still fit, so that’s a win right there.
However, it also looks like I might have dropped a bit of body fat as well. While my evening weight on both 1 Feb and 1 Mar is the same, my body fat is half a percent lower both in the morning and in the evening. So while I might not have lost weight, I have probably dropped a bit of body fat and put on muscle. In an odd sense, having two very (physically) easy recovery weeks may have done me good, by allowing my body enough time to fully recover and rebuild my muscles after the last few months of training.
Let’s hope it shows up in more endurance and faster run times!
The Score:
| Calories: | Protein: | Carbs: | Fat: | Alcohol: | Fibre: |
| 2245.35 | 112.00g | 285.63g | 73.65g | 0 | 33.89g |
| 20% | 51% | 29% | | ||
| Calories burned through exercise: | 340 | | |||
What I ate:
| Time | Item | Amount |
| 07:45 | Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 each |
| Cold water | 200mL | |
| Mattesson's Turkey rashers | 3 rashers | |
| Sainsbury's Freefrom oats | 50g | |
| with Sultanas | 20g | |
| Sainsbury's pressed apple and cherry juice | 200mL | |
| 09:00 | Black Tea | 500mL |
| 10:45 | Brazil nuts | 6g |
| Cashews | 17g | |
| Plum | 83g | |
| 11:30 | Raspberry and Echinacea tea | 250mL |
| 12:45 | New Covent Garden Pea and Ham soup | 300g |
| Genius brown bread toast | 2 slices | |
| with Flora Light | 4g | |
| and honey on one slice | 8g | |
| Raw tomato | 90g | |
| Alpro soya original | 200mL | |
| 14:30 | Green Tea | 250mL |
| 15:30 | Muller rice pudding original | 190g |
| 15:45 | Green Tea | 250mL |
| 16:45 | Interval Run | |
| 17:30 | Citrus Nuun electrolyte tablet in water | 750mL |
| 18:00 | Sponser Chocolate Recovery Shake | 30g |
| in Skim milk | 225mL | |
| 500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 pill | |
| 20:00 | Homemade chilli | 400g |
| Doritos Hint of Lime tortilla chips | 30g | |
| 21:30 | Doritos Hint of Lime tortilla chips | 30g |
| dipped in Philadelphia light cream cheese with chives | 42g | |
| 23:00 | Ellactiva Chocolate Calcium Chew | 1 chew |
| 500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 pill |
Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.
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