My weekly check-in results, compared to last week's.
- Weight: 68.5kg (lost 1.5kg)
- Body Fat: (tbd)
- Waist: 32" (lost 0.5")
- Hips: 42.5" (lost 1")
- Thighs: 25"(gained 1.5")
The rest I am more sure on of being pretty accurate because I can see the widest and smallest parts of my body in the mirror and I'm using the same scales as before. I have read a lot of information about losing weight in the fist few weeks because a lot of people can be discouraged by a lack of results early on. Health experts also advocate the concerns of losing weight too fast in the first few weeks. I am not so worried about my own quick results, however.
Firstly, my eating habits were seriously very bad before I started the Pact. I was having dessert after lunch and dinner; chocolate as snacks in between meals because my boyfriend loves to spoil me and bought me so much; I was eating very calorific meals and enjoying the southern cuisine which packs in the fat, the sugar and the sodium; I ate very few vegetables and in fact I often went a week or so without eating any; I would also go for days without drinking any water and instead drink diet coke or sprite. You get the picture, I'm sure. Added to this, I drove everywhere and did no exercise.
Since starting the pact, I make sure to include at least one vegetable in one meal a day (baby steps); I count my calories to consume around 1300 a day as my fitness app recommends; I no longer eat dessert, although I still have a little chocolate if it doesn't take me over my calories for the day; I have cut down on fizzy drinks; I'm drinking a lot more water; I have cut down on the amount of salt I add to my foods; and I exercise more (though still not much, need to work on that).
Altering my extremely bad habits and introducing some good ones, which are normal to most people, but which I just wasn't doing, was always going to make a difference to my body and affect my first few weeks results. I expect that once I settle into my routine and good habits I may not be so lucky with my check-in results. For the moment though, the happiness is real :) :) :) :) :)
Great job Eleana!
ReplyDeleteFor accuracy with the thigh measurement, perhaps measure vertically first (i.e. noting that it is 10 inches down from the hip, 5 above the knee, etc) to assure you get the same place each week. You can take measurements in multiple places, too, I just happen to do that one.
It's highly unlikely that you gained 1.5" in a week. I've never found my thigh measurement to change more than 0.5" in a week, and even that is when I've been working on fat loss for awhile. You should get a sense of what you expect the number to be (mine is almost always between 20-21") and that will help determine if there's loss, too. You will hopefully be gaining muscle at the same time, but to increase it significantly and quickly takes a deliberate effort with exercise and diet - so generally assume muscle is not why you'd gain at this point.
As far as I can tell, you weight loss sounds healthy. It would be a lot if you were losing that amount every week, but since you're making so many changes as you say, and it wasn't reflected in the number last week, I'd say this is perfectly normal.