April 1, 2024 Diary

First of a few things today. First, weigh in and body measurements for the first of the month! Woo hoo!

So last week I weighed in at 174.7 lbs and today I now weigh:

Alright. .9 lb lost. Wish it could have been a whole ass pound but hey...I'll take it. When I went through my 1st and 2nd weight loss I was losing this much practically daily but hey I'm not 24 years old anymore I'm 35 and I have old lady metabolism! Ugh. Still sad it's not dramatic weight loss. I definitely need to redo my diet or something. 

But you know what? Still a cause for celebration because that means I lost a total of 13.2 pounds since February but I didn't do diaries/measurements back then to compare. I went from 187 to 174.8 lbs. Still an accomplishment. Some will have greater weight loss and some (like me) will lose it slow and steady. I will have to come to terms with that.

Next is body measurements.

Now for this one, these measurements are from my March 7th Diary because I forgot to digitize my March 1st measurements and then I lost the paper I wrote it on! For this one I am measuring based on this video mainly but also that video from YouTube. And here are the results:

Not going to lie but I am disappointed that I hardly saw ANY change in body measurements. I thought I'd for sure see more progress especially in the my thigh and calf measurements. How the fuck did my neck get wider?!? This is why I think I may have measured incorrectly. So this is a mental note for me to use the above linked YouTube videos to make sure I measure just like that from now on. I knew water weight would be the first to go but eh I was hoping for more of a change. 

On the plus side, I see a very noticeable change in my face. Could be due to my daily gua sha or just from the weight loss but there is a lot less bloat in my face and i am all for it. I took pictures for proof but don't feel comfortable showing myself quite yet. When I start to look more hawt I totally post 'em.

Off the Loftilla app, I input my measurements there too: 

Yup, that's what I got to work with. Sorry I am posting all these nerdy calculations but these type of things just really intrigue me. I love looking at stuff like this.

Oops and also, it's Monday so it's a Fitbit Week Report today!

Second is the exercise. I want to try something different for this month. I want to know what it feels like to do one of those fancy challenges. You know, the ones the hip people do. The one I bought a long ass time ago was FB Fit 8 Week Fat Loss Program to Lose Weight, Build Lean Muscle and Tone Up Round 1. When I bought this in 2016 it was $14.99 but currently it is $19.99! Inflation, man. All of these are technically FREE workouts on their YouTube channel but we are paying for the curator aspect to perfectly fit our goals. 

Sooo without further ado I'll be a sneaky sneak and post the program here but daily. Here is Day 1:

-5 Minute Total Body Cardio Warm Up @Fitness Blender

-Today's Workout will be different because the purpose of today's workout is to set a standard to compare to the final day of the program. I'll be doing a PFT also known as Physical. Fitness. Test. Which is as follows: Their explanation video for the curious.

*1 Mile Run: 10 minutes 42 seconds.

This was on my treadmill so I feel it wasn't entirely fair as I had no authentic control on my genuine speed compared to being outside. I started off at a slow pace setting the treadmill at 2.5 speed but eventually upped it to 3.5 towards the end. I guess the key to this is as comfortable as you can. Next time, I'll go outside.

How Many Can You Do Until Exhaustion?

*PUSH UPS: 2

Yes, seriously!

*SQUATS: 26

Thighs were burning but that's the point.

*STATIC PLANK: 36 seconds

Felt like murder.

*SIT AND REACH TAPE MEASUREMENT: 5cm

Eh.

And that is it. We will circle back to do the same PFT on the final day of the 8 Week Plan on May 24, 2024. Rest of the workouts will be through free YouTube videos on the schedule. See ya tomorrow. That is, after the cool down:

-Fast 5 Minutes Cool Down and Stretching Workout for Busy People

-Simple Gua Sha tutorial and Gua Sha for Double Chin @TinaEngeo

View all my April Diaries here

This post is getting way too long so I am just doing to cut my food logs for today only. Blogger is such a pain in the ass and gets iffy when I post too many pictures here. But if you do want to know what I ate it was honestly not much. I had such a low appetite yesterday it is really concerning me. Breakfast I had 1 over easy egg with 1/4 cup of Greek yogurt. Lunch AND Dinner I had the same meals. I air fried 2 oz of kielbasa with 1 cup of frozen broccoli (airfyer 370F for 10 minutes). I had this twice like I said. Snacks were a string cheese and 1/2 oz pork rinds. I'll force myself to eat more because this doesn't like ok.