Okay, so I have procrastinated on my blog writing. I'll get around to working on that (lame joke count 1).
Tuesday -- nothing much to report. I had the largest salad I've eaten at home. I wasn't planning on eating all of it because it was a daunting task, then suddenly it was all gone. My weigh-in was the next day.
Wednesday -- Weigh-in day of sadness. Today was the first day I had some serious hunger. It was quite uncomfortable, but I think I know the reason. I did a service project at Orem Elementary school with my coworkers (and a bunch of other people from UVU). We painted the asphalt with cute hopscotch snails, very hungry caterpillars, and repainted the four-square and regular hopscotches. This was in the sun and required actual movement, so I got pretty tired pretty quick.
I went in for my first consultation and weigh-in. The scale I'd used the time before was broken, so Kris (Rich's assistant) weighed me on a different scale. It was horrible. I'd lost three pounds, but my body fat had gone up 1.5%, my muscle mass down 5lbs, my metabolic age had gone from 50 to 90, and my hydration only went up .2%. I was super disappointed. I went home and maybe ate a whole jar of baby pickles -- they were delicious. I got a text saying that my original scale had been fixed and I should come and re-weigh-in Thursday before my first group fitness class.
Thursday -- Holy crap working out with Rich and Caleb (the intern) was murder! We did squats, lunges, planks, jogging, walking up hills, and this weird rubber band team thing which involved one person running with a rubber band (a big one) around their waist while someone behind them added resistance. I was figuratively dying. I couldn't do the floor abs because my tailbone pokes out too much and it hurts way too much for me to handle at the moment.
Thursday - the re-weight-in -- Glorious day of days! I was reweighed on the original scale (by Lindsay who works at Elevate) and the numbers were much, much more to my liking. I lost four pounds, 1.8% body fat, 4" off my body measurements (neck, shoulders, bust, waist, etc.), and my hydration went up nearly 2%. I was super happy and made Rich look at my file after the workout of doom and he also seemed super impressed.
Thursday - the dinner -- My mom had told me she'd been cooking her broccoli with sour cream and curry powder, so I decided to try it (I love vegetables when they are in a yummy sauce like curry). I didn't want to use a lot of sour cream because it does have carbs in it, so I grabbed a can of coconut milk I had in my cupboard. Coconut milk, at least mine, has NO CARBS. After that I went nuts, coconut milk, curry, garlic, a touch of olive oil, cinnamon, broccoli, and chicken. When it was warm I had to add sriracha hot sauce. I devoured this lovely dish with great joy. Only 2 carbs added to the meal that didn't exist in the broccoli already. I've found a new staple dish.
I'm feeling like I can commit to at least one more week of this. Small goals, right?
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