euheide's Journal, 24 February 2014

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inaccurate body fat percentage from body composition scale: 9.6 % (went up)

inaccurate waist (I always have to make an effort not to write "waste" inadvertently ahah) measurement: 81.6 cm (went down -oops, no it didn't honest mistake lol)

Blood pressure and heart rate (before getting up): 99/62 - 66 bpm

Yesterday I was a little busy. I let the food list build up and then sort of gave up logging it lol. I still have the list (at least most things), but I'm not sure I'm going through the trouble since the day extended for a longer period than usual and, any excess perceived in there by the RDI, would possibly not be a good representation of the food I ate in a given time unit (per hour for example)

I just read this text from a commenter on an article about fitness and what he says is very right:

"Aaron Baikie · Works at London Fire Department -
The most overlooked beginner principle in any fitness program is commitment... Keep it fun, and keep it short, gains don't happen overnight, it takes months and years to achieve. The reasons that made you start in the first place will change, so regardless of your short-term goals, keep the long term goal of committing to some form of fitness for your life. Try other forms to keep you enthusiastic towards fitness, for women, try Felinity, and men, try some forms of dance! Make your workouts something to look forward to, and don't do the one's you dread, remember the only thing that gets results in any part of life is commitment."

I'm not referring to the specific dance or felinity etc, but to the fact that, the most important is commitment, and not how hard you can go at a determined time. The most important is really enjoying it so you'll never quit :)

edit: Today I felt like breaking the routine and so, instead of doing indoor cycling, I went on YouTube in search of a light cardio routine to do instead. Another reason for this is, my whole body is slightly aching from yesterday's weight training and so I decided to try something that gets the blood flowing through most muscles instead of always just focusing on the legs. It only took me 1 or 2 minutes to find a great video for the purpose (must be tons out there), light cardio, as light as it can be. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yMkmCGkwXo Now, as I said, the purpose of this light exercise is to recover better from weight training while simultaneously getting cardio which has its own benefits so, because the lightest dumbbells I have are 2 kg (that's approximately 4 lbs, which is how much each unweighted bar weighs) I used two identical full bottles of shower gel instead lol. That's 500 g each (or 1 lb) :) It felt great doing it. It has somewhat of a nostalgia feeling to it since I haven't done this type of exercise routine in a very long time. It wasn't as powerful as the indoor cycling but I clearly got the coffee-like feeling afterwards so it definitely fulfilled its purpose :) A warning to anyone trying this routine. That exercise where you take steps back and forth, watch what's behind you first lol. I almost crashed against the furniture =)

129.6 lb Lost so far: 14.6 lb. Still to go: 6.2 lb. Diet followed reasonably well.

Diet Calendar Entries for 24 February 2014:

1357 kcal

Fat: 45.26g | Prot: 84.74g | Carb: 164.21g. Breakfast: Dried Fig, Clementines, Clementines, Egg White, Water, Pistachio Nuts, Hazelnuts or Filberts Nuts, Cashew Nuts, Dried Pumpkin and Squash Seed Kernels, Raisins, Sesame Seeds, Walnuts, Whole Milk. Lunch: Bean and Rice Soup. Snacks/Other: Bananas, Sesame Seeds, Cashew Nuts. more...