In last week’s home improvements blog, I revealed how I was planning on tackling my stone of weight loss. Since then I have been aiming for 2500 calories a day, which for the most part is fine.
I also did two really good workouts on Tuesday and Wednesday, and while I was in Rome, I managed to do half a workout on Saturday and a small one again on Sunday when I arrived home.
During this 10-week program, I would normally feel bad about the amount of wine and pasta that I consumed in the beautiful and cultured city, alas I wasn’t, and there was a good reason for that.
I worked out that over the two days, one morning and one evening my girlfriend and I were there, we walked 40K! That’s effectively marathon distance. We’re very much a fan of exploring and walking, this we did to a T. I also went on a very untrustworthy calorie calculator and worked out how long we walked against my weight and speed of walking. The results were that I burned more than 5,000 calories. That’s essentially two days of eating. So no, I didn’t feel bad about what I ate and drank!
However, I feel as though my body is smaller if I don’t do a decent workout for about four days, my abs still feel flat but my arms and chest do appear to be smaller. This given, for the last four weeks my aim is to do four full workouts a week. I am slowly noticing tiny bits of more definition also, so let’s see what happens at the end!
I do feel stronger in my running and I have got considerably quicker, so the prospect of an improved 5K time is quite exciting, but I just need to keep working and hopefully the results will follow.
Take a look at last week’s exercises right.
If you remember from week 3, the first time I attempted the vertical leg crunches exercise, I was in some serious pain and hurt for a few days after. This time around I was surprised by how much stronger I’ve become, getting to 20 each time was tough, but I breezed past 15 (the previous rep figure).
The plank with alternate arm-leg raise was a toughie from last week, and again my strength and balance in doing it has drastically improved. I also found that the bridge exercise really worked my lower back, a crucial part of the body for running.
Not a bad week, but another mixed bag, the plate really steps up and I aim to rise with it!
