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07 February 2024

This morning I did:
MrandMrsMuscle - 32 minute Full Body & Abs Strength HIIT Workout with weights

with 6.5kg weights and my resistance band.

Not my favourite workout and I don't think I'll be trying any more from this channel. I just felt like she was doing her own workout and there was no engagement. I far prefer HASfit, Kayleigh, Caroline, Funk & Angela, Jessica, Sydney, Juice & Toya and Heather and lots of others who make you feel like you're doing it together. I also didn't like her being on the bottom half of the screen with the timer bottom left as well. I think it would be far better if she's centred with the timer top right, but that's just me nit-picking.

Anyhoo, workout done, burned a few calories. Did 10k steps yesterday. Trying to keep water in-take up and sticking to calories so far. If it's a maintain this week that's fine, but the next 6 weeks need to count so something's gotta give.

Hope you all have a Wicked Wednesday in the good sense! I'm just hoping for no rain later when I have to walk to work. :) xxx

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06 February 2024

On Friday morning I did:
Funk Roberts - 30 Minute Dumbbell Superset Workout | Build Muscle - Burn Fat
Followed by:
Daniela Suarez - 5 MIN QUICK FULL BODY STRETCHING EXERCISES FOR AFTER WORKOUT | Relax, recover and gain flexibility!

Then on Sunday evening when I realised I wouldn't have time in the morning, I did:
jessicasmithtv - Met Con 3

Really great workouts and I upped my weights back to 6.5kg each after a comment from hubby that I'm not lifting heavy - and he is right. I need to improve.

So, I did modify somewhat and did alternate sides with one weight when it was a bit too much for me, but I feel like I worked more. So will be trying to increase weight as I go, but 6.5kg for Feb is fine for now.

Hubby got me a cheap fitness tracker watch for my birthday on Friday. I've been wanting one for years now and always complaining about Google Fit on my phone not being very accurate - and then of course I leave it home charging for lots of walks too. I've loved the watch so far.

It's already motivated me to move more and I average 9k steps over the weekend from Friday. It dropped yesterday because I didn't walk anywhere besides at work, but we did an hour walk this morning so will hopefully get the daily average around 6.5k.

Have a Terrific Tuesday all! xxx

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01 February 2024

Late this morning I did:
HASfit - 30 Min Dumbbell Chest Workout at Home - Chest and Triceps Exercises

Quite a good workout, but it felt very slow-paced so I don't think I'll be repeating it any time soon. So that means I've managed 2 strength workouts again this week and again I am at the crossroads of trying to change that to 3. Time will tell.

I'm taking a break from tracking this weekend as it's the end of the month and my birthday tomorrow. Traditional South African Peppermint Crisp Tart (using Peppermint Aero rather then the Crisp, and substituting sugar-free soya yoghurt for the cream) will be made and enjoyed. I also have a hankering for red velvet cheesecake brownies so I will go for a nice walk to buy them on Saturday while hubby is away at work.

This week I haven't had to walk to work and that also means hubby was home for a few more days than usual so we walked to some local shopping centres for groceries and whatnot. It does feel like a workout when you lug a backpack full up three flights of stairs. I've also been doing quite a bit more hoovering and mopping at work than usual and I think those move-minutes might be adding up too. Even though the Google Fit app on my phone is completely rubbish at tracking it...

I'm taking the day off work tomorrow and we'll go for a nice walk along an abandoned canal and through a little village. Hoping the weather's as good as today - we had some beautiful clear skies and I'm glad we got out again for a walk to the library.

Not sure if I'm headed for a good weigh-in tomorrow morning, but I will try to track it even if it's not what I wanted. I am 2.2kg away from where I'd like to be so I need to work on reducing daily average calories in order to reach that so perhaps from Monday I'll make more of a concerted effort.

Hope you all have a Fabulous Friday tomorrow! And a lovely weekend too! xxx

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30 January 2024

This morning I did:
Juice & Toya - 25 Minute DUMBBELL Arms & Abs EMOM Workout [Circuit Strength Training]

Nice little workout, but not going onto the favourite list. Glad I got up and did one after failing to do one yesterday, though. Let's see if I can fit another two in this week.

Happy Tuesday all! xxx

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28 January 2024

On Friday morning I did:
Kaleigh Cohen Strength - Upper Body & Abs with Dumbbells | 30 min
Followed by her:
POST-WORKOUT STRETCH for Injury Prevention & Flexibility

5kg weights felt good and I could feel I'd worked the abs all weekend. I feel like my muffin top is receding, but would need to find my misplaced measuring tape (or buy a new one) to establish that. Jeans aren't any looser yet so I know there is progress to be made - and now my holiday is creeping up - 7 weeks to go...

There are some size 10 items in my closet, which I'd love to fit into, but that might be a tad ambitious.

I'm still only managing two strength workouts a week and daily average calories are still hovering about 1850 - hence weight loss is slow. I did see 67.7kg on Wednesday morning, but I've made some bad choices (did someone say hollandaise?) since then so I have to 'own' it. Hoping I can claw it back this week.

I've decided that if I can get below 66kg by mid March that would be acceptable.

My step count has also dropped this week because I had the car to get to work most days and next week will be the same so I need to fit a walk in to my day at some point. I have managed to set my body clock to wake up at 7am though - so that is a baby step in the right direction.

Hope you all have a great week coming up! The end of Jan already - where does the time go? xxx

Weigh-in: 150.2 lb

lost so far: 39.4 lb

still to go: 6.9 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

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