Post Break Up Body

[BravingABikini]

I will be pleasantly surprised if I have maintained once I flush the carbs out over this week.

Tuesday - 6k run (38 mins). Had some salami slices for lunch and a paneer, spinach, tomato, cream curry with cauliflower rice for dinner.

 

[BravingABikini]

Wednesday - 8km walk. Shared a granola yogurt with my mum at the Harvester for c. 250 calories. In the evening, I have gyros lettuce wraps and edamame planned.

Edit: added a small piece of birthday cake. C. 150 cal.

 

[AliGal]

I agree with TT. Also you've toned muscles - which weigh more so your body composition has likely changed.

Do those scales that display body composition track reality?

 

[BravingABikini]

Thursday - Had a two egg scramble with 3 squares of paneer for lunch. For dinner, had salmon with broccoli and pea mash.
Edit: had a little go ahead cracker after the run for 50 cal.

This evening, meeting up with a local run club who meet at a pub every Thursday for a 5k and a pint. Planning a slow pace for the run as I'm concentrating on building miles rather than speed and am a little worried about hurting my hip flexor atm. If all goes well, I'll add a tempo run in a couple of weeks.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Now that sounds like my sort of running club!

You seem to have great momentum at the moment and sounding really positive

 

[BravingABikini]

Now that sounds like my sort of running club!

You seem to have great momentum at the moment and sounding really positive

They were great. Was a little too anxious to stay for the pint as there were about 35 runners, but I made a few connections during the run. I'll go back next week and try to be a little more confident.

Thanks for the momentum comment. The walking has massively improved my fitness so I could jump across to running without the muscle soreness that usually dictates rest days in the beginning. Focusing on super relaxed pace so that I can try to get to 6 days per week running quickly, then improve the speed. Thinking about buying a fitness watch and trying to justify why I need a fancy one with maps on it to really boost my training

Back on the here and now; Heading out this morning to repeat the 5k loop the club showed me last night. It went right past my front door so could be a perfect run for me. I know I must be getting serious about fitness as I even had an unripe banana pre-run which is very unlike me.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

Amazing! And I know what you mean about the confidence thing. Little steps - you know your comfort zones, but little pushes are great as well.

In terms of fitness watches, I have an Amazfit - it wasn't super expensive. But it does have GPS on there (and a tonne of other features that I don't even really use!) Might be a good start? I wear mine all the time - must go and grab it off charge now!

Look on it as a non-food-related "treat". I think things that help to motivate and keep us accountable are good.

 

[BravingABikini]

Amazing! And I know what you mean about the confidence thing. Little steps - you know your comfort zones, but little pushes are great as well.

In terms of fitness watches, I have an Amazfit - it wasn't super expensive. But it does have GPS on there (and a tonne of other features that I don't even really use!) Might be a good start? I wear mine all the time - must go and grab it off charge now!

Look on it as a non-food-related "treat". I think things that help to motivate and keep us accountable are good.

How accurate is the GPS tracking on the Amazfit? I remember buying a watch for my dad in the past and his Strava route maps were bouncing around the street because of the buildings. I have been told that's a problem with certain models. I'm in analysis paralysis with it all at the moment as I am usually a 'buy once cry once' person.

 

[Torn_Tranquility]

I've found it to be pretty good. I've only used it in "outdoor hiking" mode. They definitely do watches that are more designed for runners. They use their own app, rather than Strava - but from memory, you can link as a third party and the data will automatically sync.

It tracks route, pace, distance and elevation in real time. I love it, because the battery is absolutely brilliant, and the model I have is small enough to wear without even really noticing I've got it on! I have the GTS-2 Mini. I think some of the more expensive models have dual-band GPS, which is good if you're in an area where signal could potentially drop

 

[BravingABikini]

Friday - Had a banana in the morning (100 cal). For lunch picked up a salad and added some extra chicken (350 cal). And for dinner had mince with lettuce tacos and soured cream (500 cal)

Total 950 cal.

 

[BravingABikini]

Weighed in this morning. Very happy to have dropped 5lbs since before the walk. That puts me into healthy weight for the first time in years!

As a note, I did an unofficial weigh in on Monday (5 days ago) and I was 7lbs heavier than I am today which just shows the difference that carbs will have on your baseline.

So, let's talk through the details. 5lbs lost since the walk really means 2lbs underlying weightloss since April as I had been eating some cakes and other carbs the week before the trip and exercising heavily when I was not used to it, so I'd put on 3lbs water weight. In fact, some real weightloss should have happened that week, meaning I probably put on a couple of pounds walking the Camino. To me that tracks with the sheer volume of food and drink I was eating. Anyway, it was an amazing experience and let's look forward.

I'm thrilled about where I am positioned right now. I'm at my lowest weight. I'm very fit and motivated to keep up running. I have the answer for how I can adjust my food intake once I come off Fast800 (not supposed to stay on it more than a couple of weeks once you are a healthy weight). So I'll do 2 more weeks (max) of fast 800, then I'll just allow the running to up my calories to minimum 1200 per day while bringing back some healthy carbs to get the best out of training.

Looking ahead to ultimate goals, I would like to lose another 20lbs to get firmly into the middle of healthy weight category. It's my birthday mid September, so let's aim for by then.

 

[BravingABikini]

I agree with TT. Also you've toned muscles - which weigh more so your body composition has likely changed.

Do those scales that display body composition track reality?

I compared on the renpho this morning. I've added 0.2lbs of muscle since before the walk. So relatively immaterial, but it's definitely picking up an improvement.

 

[BravingABikini]

Saturday - Had a craving for squash so picked up a fruit shoot (10 cal) after parkrun. Then had leftover chicken and chicken and veg soup for lunch (250 cal). For dinner, planning steak and green veg with butter (500 cal).