22nd March 2022
March – I’ve been tracking my activity daily – as evidenced by the daily record. Tiny bit annoyed that my weight shifted upwards. Part of it is food. That’s a given.
But part of it is muscle and I have to square with that. I’ve been doing loads more exercise recently, and that builds muscle and muscle is heavy!
Another way to prove that I’m actually not going backwards and maintaining a healthy body – is body measurements. It’s been a while since I’ve taken out the measure – and did the hips, waist & neck numbers, but – when I did earlier this morning, I was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t just maintain my numbers, I’ve reduced them – my waist and neck in particular lost 0.5 cm each. It may not seem like much, and maybe even be debatable, but with careful adjustments and re-measure, they did move. So I’m slimming down in other ways, even if the scales are showing bigger numbers.
That is hard to deal with – psychologically – the numbers on the scales. I’m wired to seeing all my numbers go down, but the sensible, slightly more knowledgeable side of me knows that that’s not always possible, and you have to look at all the aspects of your Healthy Lifestyle and Fitness objectives.
I’ve been pushing myself last few days with exercise. Talked my work friend to getting back to our HIIT sessions. We need to stop making excuses, we know we are just being lazy.
I feel a sense of determination in me recently. Long may it last – or at least a month. After that, I’ll re-evaluate.
P.S. April 4th. I’ve re-evaluated – I’m a lazy, undisciplined sod. The only real exercise I do is with my mouth. If only one could lose weight and get fitter by talking and whinging.
Hate To Exercise 