Success! It seems that my macronutrient and calorie ratios are on the mark. I have achieved my goal of only losing 0.5kg for the week and on top of that I was able to knock off another 2cm around my waist. Extremely happy with the results and I am continuing for the next 2 weeks on my current ratios and will then change things up again to prevent my body from hitting a plateau.
Saying all of this, it hasn’t been without it’s bumps in the road. Yesterday was the toughest day so far on my diet, I hit the “why-point” as I refer to it. The “why-point” is when you start to feel a bit down with constant thoughts of “Why am I doing this to myself?”. I am impressed that this only hit me after 14 days, I used to reach it at around day 7. My friend is also dieting and she hit the why-point about 4 days before me, I immediately picked it up in her demeanour. I had to constantly remind myself, that this is all in achieving my dreams and that this feeling does not compare to all of the self loathing that you experience when you are overweight and that the sense and joy of reaching your goals. All you need to do is push through these feelings and thoughts. Helps that I have my support on this.
Today I woke up feeling a lot better, I only had one moment of weak thoughts when I walked past a plate of biscuits and thought “Just one wouldn’t hurt and would be so good”! Nonetheless I didn’t touch them. Towards the evening I started feeling extremely agitated with everything, when this happens the smallest things can set me off. Luckily by the time I got into bed the agitation had subsided.
My measurements for this week are:
Weight: 91.4kg
Neck: 40cm
Chest: 108cm
Waist: 94cm
Hips: 102cm
Left Thigh: 59cm
Right Thigh: 58cm
Left Calve: 40cm
Right Calve: 40cm
Left Bicep: 35.5cm
Right Bicep: 35.5cm
Very happy with my results this week, hoping to keep I up over the next couple of weeks. Food are not too dull as of yet, and I am continuing with my nutrient and calorie ratios from the previous week.
Training has been going well and seeing some good progress in certain areas.
