Spring into Summer Challenge - Week 1 results

My first week of the Spring into Summer Challenge is over, and the results are a 300gm gain. Considering how excited (I thought) I was about this challenge, I had a hard time actually starting it and making any changes.

I've decided I need to take this weight loss journey day by day to begin with, and set myself daily goals. Baby steps!

Today my goals were to do 10 mins on the exercise bike and to track my food in Calorie King. I've done both.

I decided to swap from WW to Calorie King for a bit. I need to focus a bit more on the nutritional side of my food, instead of just sticking to pts or calories. I've been bordering on having high blood pressure for a while now and it appears the boy has developed it also. So we both need to get serious and lose some weight. I like being able to track my sodium intake in Calorie King, hence the swap to Calorie King. I'll put a link over on side to my food diary on Calorie King for anyone interested.

Today's food:
Breakfast: nothing (slept in and wasnt hungry)
Lunch: footlong Subway club, with cheese and honey mustard sauce (skipped breakfast so thought I would use up the calories at lunch. Next time would stick to the 6 inch)
Dinner: chicken parmigana and salad
Snacks: apple, orange, Subway cookie, 1/2 Byron Bay cookie

Calories: 1,581/1,900
Sodium: 3,416/1,500

I did some quick research on suggested sodium intake and it's recommended to have around 1,500 to 2,000mg. Im aiming for the lower end.

My Subway had 2,500mg of sodium. OMG! Evil Subway!!


Here's a pic of my dog (just because) taken today :)

Spring into Summer

I thought I'd share my goals for the Spring into Summer Challange here:

1) lose 6kg
2) track my eating (at least 80% of the time)
3) be able to ride my exercise bike for 30 mins (I've already wrote up a plan, similiar to C25k)
4) drink 1 lt of water daily
5) develop a skincare routine, stick to it and stop buying more products (wanted to have 1 non-weight related goal)
6) try 6 new recipes

I am really psyched (that looks wierd) about this challenge!

So when I last blogged, about 3 weeks, these were my stat's:
Week 1: 2kg loss
Week 2: 1.6kg loss
Week 3: 100gm gain
Week 4: 1.7kg gain
Total loss: 1.8kg

These are my updated stat's:
Week 1: 2kg loss
Week 2: 1.6kg loss
Week 3: 100gm gain
Week 4: 1.7kg gain
Week 5: no weigh in
Week 6: no weigh in
Week 7: 400gm gain
Total loss: 1.4kg

And here's my graph from ww online....

**THIS** is the cycle I need to break! And I am hoping this 6 week challenge will help me get beyond the initial 2 to 3 weeks.

PS. I hate this blue background...

No chocoate...

So as part of this whole Spring into Summer challenge (which should be Freeze into Winter, since it's definitely not springing into Summer here!)

I'm going with the group and giving up chocolate for 6 weeks.

Not sure how I'm going to last a day, let alone 6 whole weeks without it.

Oh delicious chocolate how I shall miss you...

Challenge time!

Just a quick post...

I am doing the "we are slimming" 6 week Spring into Summer Challenge! Have you signed up?? The challenge starts tomorrow (but you can join any in any day next week).

Spring into Summer Challenge