2 November 2009
Winter Shape Up Challenge: My Week 2 Progress
Since it’s Monday and all, here’s how I did on my goals this past week:
- FITNESS: Do core work four times (I tend to skip ab stuff). I’ll do this by setting aside the last 10 minutes of four of my workouts specifically to work on my core. I definitely did this! Though I didn’t necessarily do 10 minutes every day, I incorporated core work into at least four of my workouts.
- NUTRITION: Try to eat intuitively, “close” the kitchen after dinner. I’ll do this by stopping to ask myself how full I am BEFORE getting seconds, etc. I’ll turn off the lights and stay out of the kitchen as much as possible after I’m done cleaning up my dinner/dessert (because a girl’s still gotta have a lil’ sweet treat!).
I would say I was 50% successful with this goal. A few times, I caved, but when I really focused on achieving my goal, I was able to stay out of the kitchen. - WEIGHT LOSS: Try to lose those same two pounds! I’ll do this by eating more intuitively.
I lost 3 pounds this week, making me only one pound away from being completely on track for my overall goal. Woo! (I’m not exactly sure how I lost those 3 pounds, since I did indulge in more than a little Halloween candy.)
My new goals for Week 3:
- FITNESS: I want to make sure I don’t lose my running abilities, so my goal this week is to run at least 9 miles. That should be doable.
- NUTRITION: I want to try again to close the kitchen after dinner. That would be a great habit to get into, and I’d like to work on it until I’m successful! I’m also going to make this a week of calorie counting. No, I don’t do it always, but yes, sometimes it is necessary just to keep portions in check.
- WEIGHT LOSS: Again, my goal is a two pound loss. Hopefully, closing the kitchen after dinner and counting calories will help with that!
Remember, send me your progress for Week 2 and new goals for Week 3 by 11:59 EST tonight to stay in the challenge!
