April 1st! New month. First full month for me of this weightloss journey, looking forward to it :) I got Mad Abs March to look forward to this month (yay....) as well as the second half of Fab Ab February, since I started that when I started, which was 2 weeks ago.
I have to admit though, I've never really followed it right, I just do my own thing and increase it when I can. I mean, originally, I could do about Day 10, so I started there and have basically just been hanging out, getting slightly higher. I need to get better at pushups, my max is 15, and that's usually with a breather in the middle where I lift my bum up and give my abs a quick break. I mean, they're good pushups, on my toes and right down but I need to get to 25 in the next 2 weeks so I'll have to start adding 1 more pushup basically every day.
I also do 30 day Shred, day 5 today. I cheat in that I do girl push ups for that, on my knees. Actually, since I did 30DS twice yesterday, the first time I did the first 10 pushups for real, but after that I couldn't do the next 10, (cos in the first set there is 20)
But I do lots of crunches in the 30DS, and my goal by day 10 is to be able to do all the bicycle crunches at the end. It's only a minute but after 10 of those, I just fail. Right now I consider it an achievement if I can just keep my legs off the ground until Jillian says 'only 5 more!' and then like a turtle on my back, I flail and use my arms and momentum and anything I can to get the last couple out. It's a work in process!
I can do 65 sit ups now, which I do once or twice a day. I've made a weird habit of only doing it while listening to 'Sexy and I know it' Glee version. So I finish before the song does. Plus it has a fun beat and the whole 'I'm gonna get sexy and I know it' mindset, which is helpful because looking down at my tummy every sit up is quite discouraging.
I minute plank, I'd like to increase that to 70 seconds tonight, and maybe just adding 5 or 10 seconds more each night. I need to get to 2 minutes in the next 14 days. It'll be hard, I know. After 30 seconds, everything starts to shake.
Also can anyone tell me how you are supposed to do a plank? Is it on elbows or hands? Cos I started doing it on hands, then thought elbows would be harder/ better, but now I don't know.
TMI alert now, got my period yesterday, so put on 400g. Not through anything I did, just bloating or whatever I guess. I don't notice my period normally, I don't get cravings or whatever and I can't see any difference but the scales do apparently. But even after yesterday going out for lunch and dinner (I can't not go out just because I'm on a diet, that's stupid), and it was with my Dad who I never see, and my Mum's birthday dinner, out somewhere expensive. But instead of bacon and eggs or whatever at lunch, I had the scrummiest ham/cheese/tomato wraps. I don't know how many calories, I put it down as 500. Which isn't good but could have been so much worse and it was almost worth it :)
Then for dinner, I was so fucking starving because our reservation was for 8:30, then we didn't order til 9, no food until almost 10, I was dying. I was with all my aunty's and they were all drinking copiously and didn't notice that they should be hungry. But I was having lots of water but not much else. One piece of bread/toast. That I tried not to eat but eventually, during the hour of waiting, I demolished tiny piece by tiny piece.
Dinner was scrummy, it was steak with a few slices of potato and other interesting things. Then I added salad, greens and *cough* some fried mushrooms. But I'd never had them before and I've never really had mushrooms so it was yummy to try. I stayed away from the wedges.
So overall, I think I did okay with going out. No alcohol, no dessert, and I got a bunch of compliments. True, I was out with family so I always get those, but it doesn't make it less nice to hear! Nothing about weight, but that's just starting so obviously there isn't a noticeable change. Even I can't see anything yet, but I got a few 'beautiful's, 'very pretty' and 'that dress really suits you'. God Bless the Aunty's of the world for what they do for self esteem.
Today I weighed in at 74.5, still a bit disappointing about the gain yesterday but that's most of it gone. I don't know how the period weight thing works, if I'm still bloated or what not, but we'll see. Also, this is a really good opportunity for me to actually record my period because seriously, my period is the biggest non event, I've never ever, not once, calculated how long between my periods. I've never cared enough, but I know you are supposed to because then you know if you're regular or not and if something ever goes wrong, then you can see a difference. I could go two months in between and not have a clue. That's how little attention I pay. You'd assume if I was having sex, I'd want to know as well, to be able to make sure I wasn't preggers.
So yeah, anyway, that's my life.
Oh wait, April Goals!
Get into the 60kg's.
Run.
Learn some new meals, learn how to make oatmeal and smoothies.
FIND OUT ABOUT ZUMBA. I love Zumba and my friend and I did it last year, she still does but it moved and I don't know where it is now, she's told me but I'm not sure... but I defs want to!
Get abs! I know they'll be hidden under fat for longer than just April but even if I can't see them, I want to be able to feel them, when I do crunches. I don't need to aesthetics just yet but I want to feel stronger.
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