Week 5 Weigh In

I kept forgetting to check back in and tell you how I did! I lost 0.4 pounds! I could have lost more - I think I need to focus more on my food journal.  After thinking about last week's gain and this week's tiny loss, I realized what both weeks had in common - I have been slacking on my food journaling and my food prep for the week.  For the last HCC, we primarily kept a food journal and then used online resources for checking calorie, protein and fiber amounts.  This time around we do everything online - which is good in some respects, but I've stopped using my daily journal.  The daily journal really helped me plan for the day and even if I don't stick to what I've logged in to have for dinner, I knew I had 3- or 400 calories left and it was with me at all times.  I don't get online as much as the rest of the world.  I'm one of very few friends who doesn't have a smart phone - and it doesn't bother me, but it has made me realize that when my team mates are logging in immediately after eating and I'm not, that I'm at a bit of a disadvantage... how to correct that? Go back to daily food journals.  We have to email our food journals at the end of each week to the nutritionist and to our trainer - but I think I'm forgetting what I'm eating - especially when I don't write it down everyday.  Apparently some study somewhere (because those are the ones I should trust?) said that of the people who try to lose weight, there is an 80% greater chance of losing weight when you journal.  So - along with other goals that I have, the most important this coming week is to journal what I've eaten and keep track of my fiber, protein and calories.  I'm still aiming for 1300 calories/day, 30g fiber per day and no more than 30g protein per meal (more of each of these = fat at the end of the day).  Though technically we are allowed a 1200-1500 calorie range, 1300 is my goal.

So "punishment" for not reaching my goal this week: 1, 1-minute wall-sit and 1, 2-minute wall-sit.  Friday night I did the 2-minute wall sit (I actually did 2 minutes and 20 seconds).  So I just have the 1 minute wall sit to go!

Total weight loss in 5 weeks = 8.4
I decided this was unacceptable - so I'm changing what I do a little!  I did 3 workouts on Friday and obviously overdid... I'm going to try and do a class at the gym 3 days a week outside of our workouts, and as always, we have the 30 minutes of interval cardio workouts to do - but if I'm doing an hour class at the gym, I'm forgoing the 30 minutes extra that day (due to the fact that I couldn't push myself as much as I would've liked to on Friday's evening workout).