Thursday 31st August
I decided to test myself on the body fat monitor using yesterday’s weigh in result of 11st 9lbs. The results were 31.1% fat, a woman’s body fat ratio ideally needs to be between 25 and 31% so I am just nudging up to the normal range there. My waist to hip ratio (waist measurement divided by hip measurement) is .82 and should be under .8 for a woman. My BMI is 25.8 and should be between 20 and 25 so I am getting close on all these indicators. I want to have a bit of leeway so that I am not at the top of any of the ranges on these calculations in the morning only to go over in the afternoon or after putting on 3-4lbs in my proposed comfort zone. That gives me something else to think about apart from weight.
I am definitely still in the dieting zone with no thoughts of giving up. I am focussed 100% on continuing until I have reached a stage I am happy with. Between needing to tone and build muscle on what remains of my body and waiting for my skin to shrink back to match my new smaller size I know I won’t have the shape I want by just losing the fat so I am realistic about when I will need to stop and the additional indicators will further help with my decision when the time come. I think what I will work to get to where I want to be and then do 2 weeks more to get me under that so that when my glycogen stores refill I will then be at my goal weight rather than trying to lose when on the management stage when I should be learning how to maintain it.
Having the countdowns at the end of each day’s blog to focus on has really helped to concentrate my mind on the task in hand and make me comfortable with where I am and what I have left to do. The last 3 days seem to have whizzed by in much the same way as the foundation stage mainly did so it won’t be long before I can start the process of learning how and what to eat and considering my food weaknesses with food actually being in the picture again.
In addition to the criteria below, every morning after weigh in day I will also include a calculation for BMI, h/w ratio and body fat ratio.
Today has been an active day for me and I have the challenge ahead of making tomorrow active too. I had to take the pedometer off because I didn’t want to lose it again as I ran round PlayZone for 1 ½ hours with my daughter and I forgot to put it back on again. After 1 ½ hours of running, climbing and rolling about like a lunatic (I’m not a passive mum and never have been but I can just do it for longer and faster now!) we had a walk round a castle for 40 mins, not fast but a walk none the less. Then when we got home in the evening I put the Slendertone on again and it is much better now as I put it on in the right place first time round and I can move about and don’t wobble so much so it still works without me having to lie down on my bed and not move like I had to last time. I can also have it on the first setting of the third intensity which was a big improvement on last time although I’ll make a decision on whether this was sensible or not tomorrow morning based on whether I can move without being in agony!
Activity: No pedometer results. 1 ½ hours of running round Playzone and 40 minute walk round a castle. Great!
Water: 6.5l’s not very consistent
Toning: 50 minutes of slender tone.
Weight: 12st or 168lbs
3 days of development completed, 47 to go.
I decided to test myself on the body fat monitor using yesterday’s weigh in result of 11st 9lbs. The results were 31.1% fat, a woman’s body fat ratio ideally needs to be between 25 and 31% so I am just nudging up to the normal range there. My waist to hip ratio (waist measurement divided by hip measurement) is .82 and should be under .8 for a woman. My BMI is 25.8 and should be between 20 and 25 so I am getting close on all these indicators. I want to have a bit of leeway so that I am not at the top of any of the ranges on these calculations in the morning only to go over in the afternoon or after putting on 3-4lbs in my proposed comfort zone. That gives me something else to think about apart from weight.
I am definitely still in the dieting zone with no thoughts of giving up. I am focussed 100% on continuing until I have reached a stage I am happy with. Between needing to tone and build muscle on what remains of my body and waiting for my skin to shrink back to match my new smaller size I know I won’t have the shape I want by just losing the fat so I am realistic about when I will need to stop and the additional indicators will further help with my decision when the time come. I think what I will work to get to where I want to be and then do 2 weeks more to get me under that so that when my glycogen stores refill I will then be at my goal weight rather than trying to lose when on the management stage when I should be learning how to maintain it.
Having the countdowns at the end of each day’s blog to focus on has really helped to concentrate my mind on the task in hand and make me comfortable with where I am and what I have left to do. The last 3 days seem to have whizzed by in much the same way as the foundation stage mainly did so it won’t be long before I can start the process of learning how and what to eat and considering my food weaknesses with food actually being in the picture again.
In addition to the criteria below, every morning after weigh in day I will also include a calculation for BMI, h/w ratio and body fat ratio.
Today has been an active day for me and I have the challenge ahead of making tomorrow active too. I had to take the pedometer off because I didn’t want to lose it again as I ran round PlayZone for 1 ½ hours with my daughter and I forgot to put it back on again. After 1 ½ hours of running, climbing and rolling about like a lunatic (I’m not a passive mum and never have been but I can just do it for longer and faster now!) we had a walk round a castle for 40 mins, not fast but a walk none the less. Then when we got home in the evening I put the Slendertone on again and it is much better now as I put it on in the right place first time round and I can move about and don’t wobble so much so it still works without me having to lie down on my bed and not move like I had to last time. I can also have it on the first setting of the third intensity which was a big improvement on last time although I’ll make a decision on whether this was sensible or not tomorrow morning based on whether I can move without being in agony!
Activity: No pedometer results. 1 ½ hours of running round Playzone and 40 minute walk round a castle. Great!
Water: 6.5l’s not very consistent
Toning: 50 minutes of slender tone.
Weight: 12st or 168lbs
3 days of development completed, 47 to go.
posted by Tal @ 3:38 PM
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