Food: Per my post yesterday, food was all over the map this week, but I did suck it up and just counted things, but on different days. Ergo, when we get to Points, below, I lost all points for not moving things around to different days for balance. Somehow, I ended up below my limit on calories by 5%, which I’m not sure I believe, but I’m not going to go back and add things I don’t remember. That said, at least based on what was recorded, macros were decent, with 37% on protein, but carbs were above my tolerance (37% vs 35%) because fat was so low. I’m surprisingly good at cutting fat from my diet, it’s carbs that are the issue. I think the primary reason on fat is that I simply don’t use a lot when cooking. The main snack I have, by default, scheduled daily that is high in fat (almonds), are among the first things I cut (along with multi-grain Cheerios®) if I need the calories for something else.
Exercise: I hoped to improve upon last week, and as noted in yesterday’s post, I did do well on Sunday. I did not do well again until Friday. I still had a gross calorie out of about 1560, so it’s certainly not bad, and the third-best this year. I also did some strength training for the first time this year, though it was with exercise/resistance bands, not weights. So, I have mixed feelings on how I did with exercise this week, which is why I gave it a blank-faced reaction emoji. With respect to the Apple Watch badges, I got the March 2022 challenge on Monday because I passed 103.5 km cumulative walking for the month. For those who don’t have an Apple Watch, the black 7/7 is a “7-Workout Week” which you get by doing at least 7 workouts of ≥5 minutes during the week (I thought it used to be 15?), the red 7/7 is filling my move goal each day, green is exercise, blue is standing, while the blue/green/red is all three every day (so if you get the other three, you get this one by default).
Sleep: Same with sleep, really. Sleep was perhaps the most bimodal Infographic I’ve made, with either <7.3 hrs or >8.8 hrs, one night as low as 6.5 and one as high as 10.8. I napped thrice (especially that 6.5 hr one).
Weight and Bodyfat Measurements: The first two days were good, then was all the carbs from the pad kee mao (drunken noodles) and over-eating on that and then snacking. It was a kick in the butt from that point, and you can see the weight plummeting from the high on Wednesday, which did allow this week’s average to be a bit less than last week’s. Percent bodyfat was also a bit lower, but I can tell you since I’m writing this Sunday night that this coming week’s fat is back up. On weight, I am now a bit behind on getting down to 205–210 lbs by my birthday, but it is still doable.
Points: To re-cap, I give or take away points based on whether I make and record measurements, how I do on sleep, food, food tracking, being honest about food, and exercise. Points can range from –100 to +100. Last week, I was +29, though I modified the scoring slightly and it raised to +32 (I didn’t think it was fair to not get anything for a 35-minute walk just ’cause the goal is 40 minutes). This week, using that v3 scoring system, I was at +31 points, so slightly lower. What killed me this week was doing worse on exercise, which I explained in yesterday’s post about it being cold and me being lazy.
Personal Accomplishments and/or Records: Stretching on this one … I’d say that at least doing something that counts as traditional strength training this week is an accomplishment, as it was not actually planned but certainly is something that I need to do. I would also say “not giving up” even if I did for a day or two, when I crapped out on food and therefore went up in weight is also an accomplishment. But, there’s really not much else.
Looking Over the Week: I did this a bit yesterday, so see that post if you really want to see a more thorough discussion. The gist of it is that I stumbled, but I didn’t fall. I was still generally able to meet most goals, and so while I didn’t necessarily progress, I did not slide backwards in what I consider an unrecoverable way.
Looking Ahead One Week: It’s the bf’s birthday on Friday, so I’m already attempting to plan ahead on food to factor that in. He’s requested (very oddly) corned beef and cabbage, so that’s not a bad-macros thing, but a skillet chocolate chip cookie, so I’ll certainly need to balance that with a no- (low-) carbs and fat lunch (probably salad). … okay, I’ve now planned out the food for this coming week, and I should be good. So, other than food and doing better on sleep, obviously I want to improve on exercise. Need to improve on exercise. I’m not going to set anything specific this time, though I’ll note last week I got –10 points from my exercise goals, and the previous week I got –7.5 points. So, it would be nice to get more positive than –7.5 points.
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