Nikina70's Journal, 13 Aug 21

This morning I did: Caroline Girvan - 30 Min EXTREME FULL BODY HIIT WORKOUT at Home | Low Impact
I'm thinking my effort/capability was about 80% there, but at least I kept moving through the whole time and did get a good sweat on.

Did alot of walking this week, but Google Fit is doing my head in not tracking two walks I did yesterday - for no clear reason. Also only managed this one YouTube workout this morning for the whole week - I think it's the lack of weights that's not exciting me even though I know I can get a decent workout without them. Need to sort myself out and get some already!

I also need to reduce my calories - last week's daily average was 1986 - way too high. If I can get that below 1800 or even to the illusive 1700 I know I'd have better progress so I might bring back 16:8 IF for a week or so. Considering it for next week.

We got a new George Foreman grill so I'm keen to see if there are some healthy things I can cook on it. Hubby will be making his usual toasted cheeses on it and they're great with a hot bowl of veg and lentil soup in winter, but I don't want to go down that rabbit hole so will try to find some alternatives to have with my soup. Usually I just do some pickled beetroot or feta on top for some stronger flavour and then forego the sandwich altogether, but perhaps a sandwich can be made with large slices of sweet potato - I really want to try that! And it's not winter yet so let the experimentation begin!

This weekend there are some events in parks nearby we might check out if the weather cooperates. Got some camping chairs for a picnic or two so they will be hard to track, but I'll see how it goes.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

69.2 kg Lost so far: 16.8 kg.    Still to go: 4.2 kg.    Diet followed: Reasonably Well.

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1777 kcal

Fat: 67.83g | Prot: 48.41g | Carbs: 232.36g.   Breakfast: Acti Leaf Soya Milk, Bananas, Flaxseed Seeds, Acti Leaf Blueberry Soya Pot, Cinnamon, Harvest Morn Protein Granola Honey & Seeds. Dinner: Asda Frozen Mixed Vegetables, Mashed Potatoes (Whole Milk and Butter Added), Linda McCartney Vegetarian Country Pie. Snacks/Other: Smith's Chipsticks (17g), Acti Leaf Soya Original, Choceur Light Hot Chocolate Drink, Nestle Rolo, Kopparberg Mixed Fruit Cider, Snackrite Thick Cut Ridged Salt & Vinegar Crisps, Nescafe Instant Coffee. more...

1849 kcal

Exercise: Walking (slow) - 3/kph - 1 hour, Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 30 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...