I saw somebody posting a picture about it on Facebook, so I decided to do it as well. The famous 30 days squat challenge.
Started out with 50 squats today, was a bit tougher than I like to admit, but at least I got good and warm on this chilly day. I’m going to do the 30 days plank challenge when this is over, and I have a feeling that’s going to be worse, but we’ll see. I’m not looking forward until day 30 and 250 squats.
I’m betting I’ll have a great looking bum in 30 days 🙂
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So i finally managed to buy a measuring tape and measured myself friday morning, and these are the results:
Waist: 87 cm (34.25 in)
Bum: 102 cm (40.15 in)
Thigh: 54.5 cm (21.45 in)
Arm: 30 cm (11.81 in)
Chest: 96 cm (37.79in)
Can’t wait to see these numbers go down 🙂
I planned for this post to be about my training program, but went to the doctor today and she could inform me that I have inflammation in my wrists. Since I still have one more exam (number 6) she told me to try to take it easy, but not take any medication unless I really had to. Because if I did, I’d probably just camouflage the pain and inflammation, and carry on in this matter which has lead me to this point, and it would just come back after a couple of days.
But, as the creative person I am (once a year), I’m not going to give up, but the focus will be on the legs and core, and the dreadful cardio. So I managed to drag my very lazy post-exam-ass out and to the gym where I ran a little bit longer than last time,
it’s getting better every time, and I’m kind of enjoying it, which I thought I never would. Also, I need to keep the intensity a bit down, not do all the fast intervals I usually do, because I pulled my hamstring, again. Will try to find a physiotherapist to stick some needles in the muscle, usually helps.
I also did squats and the plank, and did better than last time at the gym, but I’m sticking with the heading saying injuries suck! 🙂
Regarding the food, I’m still managing to keep away from the carbs. It has been a bit harder than I thought, but I’m going strong. The past two days I’ve been under 85 grams of cardio, and that’s while cramming for an exam. I’m proud of myself, but tomorrow is weekend, so we’ll see how that goes, I do love my beer..
But this really isn’t bad at all!
Time for sleeps, it’s been a really long day.
Have a good one 🙂
Since I can’t sleep, and really should, I decided to write a post here about the changes I’m trying to make. These are changes in diet mostly. I have already changed a lot in my life, for instance I gave up nicotine 17 days ago, just a week before the first written exam. It is probably one of the stupidest and brightest ideas I’ve ever had. The first day without nicotine in 10 years was a nightmare, but I got trough it, and plan to stay this way 🙂
Anyways, that’s not what I was supposed to write about, the changes in my diet:
I have heard and read a lot about people loosing a lot of water weight by switching over to a low carb diet. So I have decided to give it a go sort of, I want to reduce my intake of carbs, but not completely. But to test the theory of loosing a lot of weight fast, I’m going to go proper low carb the first week (if I can manage it). So that means I should keep the carb amount to somewhere between 0 and 150 grams. The first day is the hardest, and especially when I’m needing a lot of energy for school, work and training, but we’ll just have to see how it goes.
The first day is over, and this is what I ate:
Breakfast: cottage cheese, half an apple, a few almonds and walnutsLunch: oatmeal with half an apple and raspberries (the meal with the most carbs)
In-between-meal at work: Cottage cheese, blueberries and a few almonds and walnuts
Late dinner: Baked chicken fillet, baked cherry tomatoes, steamed broccoli and salad
To know how much I eat in calories, and in form of how many of these calories are from fat, proteins or carbs, I use an app I found a while back, names Fatsecret. It’s a bit of a hassle registering everything I eat, but it gives me a very good picture of what I have actually put in my body. And you can also access your account on the web site fatsecret.com (might be easier to see things on a bigger screen).
So the first day of the low carb diet, ended on 36% carbs, 43% fat and 21% protein (which is too low). The amount of carbs in grams is 111, which is okay for a first day I guess. Will try to increase the protein portion over the next few days.
Wish me luck, and I’ll let you know how it goes 🙂
I don’t really have to time to write much, but I really need a break from studying. It’s been some slow days, still struggling to get energy, yesterday was very bad, but today is fortunately better. Went to the gym and had an okay session, not awesome, but good enough 🙂
I’m always super hungry after I have been to the gym, so a fast meal like this is gold
Might not look to delicate, but is is yummy and good for you. It’s cottage cheese, half an apple, half a cup of blueberries, almonds and walnuts! High in protein, good fat and sort of healthy carbs. Gave me the energy to study for a few hours, and that is not bad.
Oh well, study time again, wish me luck! 🙂
The day didn’t start out great, and 6 hours later I still haven’t accomplished anything. Sorry, other than going on the scale and weighing myself, not a pretty sight, but that’s gonna change now!
So the weight is 77.1 kilograms (169.9 lbs), with a height of 169 centimeters (5.54) it gives me a BMI of 27, meaning I’m overweight. But I’m not too concerned about the weight, it’s the measurements that are important, but being a poor and busy student I haven’t bought a measuring tape yet, hope to do that over the next few days.
The plan for this Sunday was to study and go to the gym. Since I’ve experienced lack of energy, I haven’t studied at all, I’ve been stuck on the coach or in the bed half a sleep. I’m going to go to the doctor to find out if I lack anything.
In an attempt to get something out of the day, I made some protein pancakes with blueberries, raspberries and some lean vanilla quark.
It sort of worked, because I managed to drag my ass over to the gym and the treadmill. It took me 35 minutes to get 5 km on the treadmill, which is very okay for a day like this. At least I went to the gym, and didn’t just stay at home eating. Tomorrow will be a rest day, hopefully I will go back to the gym Tuesday, but we’ll see how the studying goes.
But not I have no more energy left, so have a good one! 🙂
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