Week 1 Miles: 56
Week 2 Miles: 80
Total Miles Ridden: 136
I’m on day 18 of the WFMH challenge, and honestly…this is a
lot more fun than I expected! It’s been more than a week since my last
entry was written, but we decided to change it up a bit. I’ll be doing a
write-up each week AFTER the weigh in, so you can see my progress each
week. This should be fun for everyone, and extra motivational for me
since my “numbers” will be included J
In addition to pounds lost, I will be including another number: miles
ridden. This is part of a goal that holds really special meaning for
me. Stay tuned next week for a video check in that explains that in more
detail.
Here is a brief rundown of how things have been going since
my last journal:
Exercise: Mike Bevard at Capital City Boot Camps did
not disappoint with the first boot camp after the Labor Day holiday. I’ve
been going to boot camp for some time before the WFMH challenge started, and
I’ve got to say – I think last Tuesday’s class was the hardest yet. In
boot camp speak, we definitely “got after it”… Seriously, if you want to
get in shape, and you live in the Lincoln area, give Mike a call. He will
work you harder than you thought you were capable of, and it feels amazing when
you’re done. Outside of our weekly boot camp, I’ve been working on
different and/or fun ways to incorporate calorie burning in my daily
life. As much as I like riding my bike, walking, etc. sometimes it can
get boring or repetitive. Also, I’ve been wearing a Bodybugg during this
challenge, and it’s super fun to see how many calories different things
burn. To that end, I’ve spent some time at the park with a (borrowed)
small child, swimming in the pool at my apartment complex, and parking REALLY
far away when I have to go somewhere. I feel really good about the amount
of exercise I’m getting, but wearing a Bodybugg is really eye opening. If
I were ‘guessing’ on this and couldn’t see the actual number of calories
burned, I know that I would be overestimating. For me, metrics are a key
piece of being successful at this.
Nutrition: I said last week that Nutrition had been
harder than exercise, and I stand by that statement! I feel like I had a
breakthrough this week though. First of all, on Sunday at the grocery
store, three things happened: 1) didn’t take very long, 2) wasn’t any
more expensive than pre-challenge, and 3) nothing in my cart contained white
flour or added sugar. This felt like a huge victory! Also, another
sign of a breakthrough: I have a menu for the week that does not have me
eating the same thing for lunch every day. Yay! Karen Kuzma, the
registered dietiyian at midtown Hy-Vee, is totally the reason for all this
progress. In addition to cleaning out my kitchen, she also took all of the
WFMH participants on a tour of the grocery store and gave us TONS of useful
information. I expected the tour to be “eat this, not that” style, but it
really wasn’t. It was more comprehensive, and extremely
informative. I would definitely recommend something like this if you’re
serious about changing your life permanently.
Bonus: This really has been a lot more fun than I
expected. I feel like I’m making new friends, which is sometimes hard to
do in a city when you’re an adult. This part is awesome! Also, and
I can’t stress this enough, cutting white flour and added sugar from my diet
has made a huge impact on how alert I feel at any given time. I just
don’t have that mid-afternoon feeling of needing a nap anymore, and I LOVE
that. It did take a few days to get past wanting to eat highly
refined/processed white bread products, since I had been eating like that for
so long, but after the first week it really wasn’t an issue any more.
Overall, I’m super
excited to see where this is going. I’m having a lot of fun, and I feel
like I’m really making progress. Follow along next week to find out more
about my bike riding goal, and why it means so much to me.
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