Week 6 of the 12WBT is over and done with, meaning we are half way there! Unfortunately this was the week where I kind of got off track and let things slip a bit. I think this finally happened after doing so well for so long because:
- I was very stressed/ distracted with exams and other things for the first part of the week so I wasn't really focusing on the healthy lifestyle thing. I was still 'doing' it, but I wasn't 'feeling' it or 'living' it if that makes any sense at all. I was on autopilot.
- My mum came back from her overseas trip and suddenly all the organisation I'd achieved while she was gone fell apart. I was no longer solely in charge of shopping or deciding what was for dinner. Because everything now has to be pre-approved again and the shopping is never done in advance I'm finding it really hard to plan things. Very frustrating. I had a talk to mum and said that just because we can shop everyday doesn't mean we should, or that it's the best way to do things! Hopefully things will be better this week now she's out of holiday mode.
- I only lost 0.1kg this week. I'm not too worried about this. I mean, obviously more is better, but being so close to my goal weight, I'm not expecting huge losses. I've also been extremely bloated this week. I was a bit disheartened by this weigh-in though because such a small loss meant I probably wouldn't reach my goal of getting below 60kg by my birthday.
- When I gave up on reaching that goal by Sunday, I kind of unconsciously gave up on trying to restrain myself from eating too much over my birthday weekend.
Surprisingly though, I'm not really beating myself up about this. Yes, I massively over-indulged, but I enjoyed some amazing food! And if you can't pig out on your birthday, when can you? So in the interest of confessing my sins and being totally honest, here's what I ate this weekend:
Saturday:
The day was okay! I had a healthy 12WBT breakfast before the gym. Then I met my friend for coffee and had a skim cappuccino. Since I don't normally have snacks on treat meal Saturday and I knew the boyfriend was taking me out to dinner, I had an extra healthy lunch from Sumo Salad (only 206cals). That of course meant I was starving by dinner time and I succumbed to a creamy linguine dish with chicken, mushrooms, olives and semi-dried tomatoes because it was the special and sounded pretty yummy. It was yummy. At least I got full quite quickly and let Mr. Boyfriend finish off at least a third of it. He had promised me dessert as well, but instead we decided to raid the supermarket for snacks for the movies. DANGER, DANGER!
In the lolly aisle I go a bit crazy. I have a massive sweet tooth and I'm bad at making decisions, so I want everything! And then I am stuck with more lollies than I can eat in one movie, and my mentality turns into "I better eat them as quickly as possible, then they will be gone!". Cue a day of bingeing on lollies and chocolate.
So before the movie I ate a crunchy ice cream. That was pretty yummy I must say...
My boyfriend ate the other 5 in the packet luckily (yes, he is one of those annoying people that can eat literally 5 times as much as me and never put on weight!), so there was no more temptation.
In the movies I had some maltesers, some party mix lollies, some marshmallows and some sour skittles. I eventually stopped eating because I felt a bit sick :-/.
Saturday:
The day was okay! I had a healthy 12WBT breakfast before the gym. Then I met my friend for coffee and had a skim cappuccino. Since I don't normally have snacks on treat meal Saturday and I knew the boyfriend was taking me out to dinner, I had an extra healthy lunch from Sumo Salad (only 206cals). That of course meant I was starving by dinner time and I succumbed to a creamy linguine dish with chicken, mushrooms, olives and semi-dried tomatoes because it was the special and sounded pretty yummy. It was yummy. At least I got full quite quickly and let Mr. Boyfriend finish off at least a third of it. He had promised me dessert as well, but instead we decided to raid the supermarket for snacks for the movies. DANGER, DANGER!
In the lolly aisle I go a bit crazy. I have a massive sweet tooth and I'm bad at making decisions, so I want everything! And then I am stuck with more lollies than I can eat in one movie, and my mentality turns into "I better eat them as quickly as possible, then they will be gone!". Cue a day of bingeing on lollies and chocolate.
So before the movie I ate a crunchy ice cream. That was pretty yummy I must say...
My boyfriend ate the other 5 in the packet luckily (yes, he is one of those annoying people that can eat literally 5 times as much as me and never put on weight!), so there was no more temptation.
In the movies I had some maltesers, some party mix lollies, some marshmallows and some sour skittles. I eventually stopped eating because I felt a bit sick :-/.
Sunday:
I didn't feel so great on Sunday morning. I think I had a sugar hangover! I had the least filling 12WBT breakfast I could think of (the breakfast crumble) because we were going out to lunch with my parents and some friends for my birthday.I decided to just enjoy myself and eat what I wanted to.
I had a chai latte before lunch and forgot to ask for skim milk. Oh well.
For lunch I had the most amazing lasagna I have ever tasted. I knew it couldn't possibly be healthy, but it was vegetarian at least! And again, I didn't eat all of it (normally I would have for something so delicous, so it's a little achievement at least). The boyfriend came to the rescue again.
I had a chai latte before lunch and forgot to ask for skim milk. Oh well.
For lunch I had the most amazing lasagna I have ever tasted. I knew it couldn't possibly be healthy, but it was vegetarian at least! And again, I didn't eat all of it (normally I would have for something so delicous, so it's a little achievement at least). The boyfriend came to the rescue again.
This is my slow-roasted tomato lasagna with nettle bechemel, topped with a dash of truffle oil- The portion that didn't end up in my belly at least!
I also had a few triple-cooked chips... because who can resist triple-cooked chips?
After that I got a skim cappuccino, because it seemed like a good idea at the time. I was then bought a shot of black sambuca, because everyone has to have a birthday shot! I couldn't say no to that!
Then came dessert...
This is my slow-cooked apple and pistachio crumble with semi-freddo (and a birthday candle).
Again, I did leave some of this for my bottomless pit of a boyfriend to eat. But I did have a taste of a scrumptious brownie. And I did have to taste each of the 5 ice-cream flavours in his mojo sundae.
Needless to say, I was pretty stuffed after this lunch. But it was seriously the most amazing lunch I have ever had.
I didn't have any dinner per-se, after all that. But I did spend the afternoon/evening in the "I have to eat the rest of the junk food in the house today, because tomorrow I'm going back to healthy eating". So my dinner consisted of marshmallows, lollies, chocolate, chips and a cup of tea. But like I said, part of the fun of birthdays is not having to worry about 'being good'. And I'm not getting down about this, because I already agreed with myself that I was willing to deal with any consequences on Monday. And I had the most lovely birthday :).
Some of my presents- <3 my new Lorna Jane hoodie and my awesome Polk audio sport ear phones.
Amazing moon on my birthday too- Biggest full moon of the year. I felt special ;)
Week 6 Exercise:
I only managed 4 days of exercise again this week due to exams. But they were pretty decent workouts at least! I seem to be burning more calories all of a sudden. I'm not sure why, but I'm not complaining!
Monday: 45 minute pump class plus abs (486 cals).
Tuesday: Exam in the morning and then had to pack up and move out of the place I was house-sitting, then get back to study, so no exercise today. I did get in a decent half hour of walking though. My exam location was at the far end of my uni, as far as possible from the tram stop!
Wednesday: Another exam, so I did get to do a half hour walk again! But no workout. I honestly just wanted to chill out after exams!
Thursday: Back to exercise! Did the prescribed 12WBT gym machines cardio workout and burnt 800 calories! I couldn't believe it. My best result ever, in only 70 minutes! Told you I'd started burning more calories.
Friday: 60 minute pump class (385 cals).
Saturday: After my success with the cardio workout on Thursday, I decided to do the week 7 one for my Super Saturday Session. I didn't get to finish the last part of the workout, because I was running late to meet my friend, but I did get 70 minutes in and burnt 700 calories. I swear the rolling treadmill intervals nearly killed me... or nearly made me pass out at least! The last minute, running at 10km/ph with 9% incline, was torture!
Saturday: After my success with the cardio workout on Thursday, I decided to do the week 7 one for my Super Saturday Session. I didn't get to finish the last part of the workout, because I was running late to meet my friend, but I did get 70 minutes in and burnt 700 calories. I swear the rolling treadmill intervals nearly killed me... or nearly made me pass out at least! The last minute, running at 10km/ph with 9% incline, was torture!
I was meant to do 20 minutes worth of planking this week... but I actually just forgot because I was so pre-occupied. I did 5 minutes on Thursday, but that was it. It's all good though, I'm pretty good at planking (I'm almost at 3 minutes), so I think I'll be right!
What's on for Week 7?
This week I'm getting strict. No going over on my calories, even on treat meal Saturday, and I'm going to do all my workouts!
In case you were wondering, I had gained 1.5kg this morning after my weekend of being a fatty. This just makes me determined to get things right from now on. There are no more celebrations in the near future to use as an excuse. I'm hoping that I don't have to record a gain this Wednesday, but if I do, I do. I did an extra-long workout this morning to try to compensate a little bit!
The challenge this week is to do 1,500 tricep dips. I'm pretty good at tricep dips, but this sounds like a lot! I did 50 this morning, so we'll see how I go!
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