Goal Weight: 75kg
Current Weight: 86.0
Started my journey 01/09/14 - 27kg lost
Finally, a decent loss! 700gms gone, and I'm hoping that signals the end of my plateau. It's taken me 7 weeks to lose 2kg, and 4 weeks to lose 500gms of that! So here's hoping I can get back to some regular losses.
Plateaus are a biarch. But almost everyone trying to lose a decent amount of weight will experience one at least. They are incredibly frustrating, and you really have to shock your body out of it. Either with a totally different, "I'm going to die" exercise week, or a massive switch up in foods. I had a VLCD (500 cals) this week and I think that is what got me kick started again.
I am, by no means, a fan of Very Low Calorie Diets. I don't think they are sustainable, and maintenance would seem impossible to me. I am, however, researching the 5:2 diet. I know some people who are fans of it, and after having my first ever 500 cal day on Saturday, I think doing it twice a week would actually be ok. My main challenge would be to not go crazy on the other 5 days!
So I'll do some more research (more than happy to hear any feedback if you want to share) and see if I can do 2 days this week at 500 cals.
I've also been doing some Monday Morning soul-searching (ruh-roh), and I'm changing my goal weight. The lowest I have recorded as an adult is 78kg. I set my goal this time to 73, because it takes me to 40kg lost and that sounds impressive. But that's a dumb reason to set it as my goal! I've decided to set my goal at 75 for now. When I get there I'll see how I feel, and maybe try maintenance for a bit. Depending on what calculator I use, 75 is either just over, or just under healthy BMI, but I think it's a load of BS anyway.
So, 75kg is my goal, 27kg down, 11kg to go.....
Goals this week are:
5 workouts
Keep the bread to a minimum
2 x 500 cal days
Quick overview of my minigoals:
5kg (108) - September 2014
5% (107.3) - September 2014
10kg (103) - 11/2/15
10% (101.7) - 2/3/15
Under 100 - 16/3/15
15kg (98) - 13/4/15
15% (96) - 27/4/15
12 week challenge #1 (94.2) - 94.0
20kg (93) - 1/6/15
GWEJune (91) - 90.6!
20% (90.4) - 13/7/15
Under 90 - 13/7/15
GWEJuly (88.5) - 88.8
25kg (88) - 10/7/15
12 week challenge #2 (86) - 88
Conception Weight (86) - 28/9/15
25% (84.7)
GWEOctober (83)
30kg (83)
12 week challenge #3 (80)
Under 80
30% (79.1)
35kg (78)
13 week Christmas Challenge (76.7)
Goal (75)
Have a lovely week xx
Next Mini Goal: 25% - 1.3kg to go!
How did you feel during your low calorie day? What did you eat?
ReplyDeleteI probably didn't do it entirely correctly as it was a spur of the moment thing. I actually felt fine! I wasn't hungry, and I kept busy to avoid mindless snacking. I think the key is planning, and using those 500cals very wisely.
DeleteI ate a yoghurt and small piece of cheese in the morning, a chicken crepe and peppermint tea for lunch, and homemade risotto for dinner. All small portions, the lunch was a bit of a guesstimate and I was probably closer to 600cals, but it was quite a good experience! Couldn't do it every day though....