Year 2, Week 2 Check-In

After my small weight gain at my last check in I made more of a concerted effort to work a little harder in the week gone past. I did still indudge more than I should have (especially at the weekend) but I much preferred my new exercise routine and the results have come out quite well:

Weight: 10st 10.75 lbs
Weight Change: -1.75lbs
Body Fat: 30.5%
Body Fat Change: -0.7

One thing that strikes me immediately is that a loss of 1.75 lbs is a lot for me in one week. I did not follow my plan perfectly and I highly doubt I actually burned that much fat. What I suspect is that the previous week on weigh day I was experiencing some fluctuation and I was just having a heavy day. It then dropped off and has showed up on the scales this week instead. I get a lot of fluctuation and it is something I am going to post about in more detail in the near future.

I seem to be back on track but I have still had some issues. I didn't go running this morning and I don't think I will tomorrow morning either. I really don't look forward to it; I dread it and that's not how I want exercise to be. This last week I replaced two of my runs with cardio sessions down the gym and I really enjoyed them and when I enjoy it I work hard and it pays off. I'm changing my routine again slightly to get rid of the running entirely. I still want to exercise daily so if I don't run the only proper exercise I have available to me at the weekends is weight training so that's what I'll do.

This is my new routine for next week:

Monday: Weights (morning), Karate (evening)
Tuesday: Cardio (morning)
Wednesday: Weights (morning), Karate (evening)
Thursday: Cardio (morning)
Friday: Cardio (morning)
Saturday: Weights (anytime)
Sunday: Weights (anytime)

One thing I was unable to do all last year is to break the 30% body fat barrier. I would really like to do that soon but I have to stop pigging out at weekends! Right now I am posting this from my friends house (my broadband box got fried yesterday when our house got hit by lightning!) and we've been pigging out on crisps, dips, donuts... yum :-)