Eleana's Weekly Check-In

 Longish weekly check in for me today, but I have a lot to get off my chest.

• Weight: 68 kg (- 2 kg)
• Body Fat:
• Waist: 32.75" (+ 0.25")
• Hips: 42"(- 1.5")
• Thighs: 23.25" (- 0.25")

Well, this week appears to be a tricky week for losing weight and inches, but I was expecting that so I'm not exactly surprised. I think I am measuring the right place on my thigh though so that's an improvement! I took Jodie's advice from last week and now measure 10 inches up from my knee before I measure around my thigh, much easier.

I did two workouts this week, one Jillian Michaels session and one Zumba class and I can't remember the last time I did two workouts in a week so that is a big improvement for me. I'm about to go way beyond that and my comfort zone by joining Jodie in starting Ripped in 30 today. The idea both scares me witless because of me extreme dislike of exercising, but also invigorates me because it's a challenge and I love challenges.

Speaking of, I have very much improved in my water intake from before the challenge. I was drinking a cup of water maybe every few days if my body was lucky, but I now make sure I drink some everyday. I should have found out what constituted 50 oz or 1.5 litres at the beginning of the week as I was never aware of whether I was reaching my goal, so I only reached the goal number two days in the week. However, water is on my mind a lot more now and I always carry a water bottle with me.

I've been saying "no" to foods recently, which is something I've always struggled with. When my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to buy pancakes on my way home yesterday for breakfast, in the past my answer was always "abso-flippin-lutely", but this time I said no, I was going to stick to eating better and not adding things into my diet unnecessarily. Also, since my chat with Jodie after Zumba, I have been considering how sticking to my calories with bad, sugary, fatty foods is not enough to achieve weight loss. Therefore I have looked up some healthy recipes on SkinnyTaste.com and not only found things I liked (picky eater, remember?), but when I went out to purchase the ingredients I found that my overall shopping budget reduced to 3/5 of what it was when I bought mostly processed, pre-made foods. Result!

Hopefully all of this extra exercise plus eating right will make a big difference at my next weekly check-in. Here's hoping!

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