Final try - 20 days of change (cycle 1)

20 days of change (cycle 1)

Thank you vani. What is said is encouraging and not at all discouraging. My number one reason for doing this is to be fit and healthy. Then comes other concerns. I don't believe in starving either but I don't eat breakfast sometimes because of laziness/convinience(I wake up late) etc. Which is obviously unhealthy.

my priority for the 20 days is to eat healthy and stay active.

 

Day 2

Good Hello Everyone!

Had a great day today!

Today being sunday, cooked a lot, stayed reasonably active throughout the day and ate sensibly! That's an achievement after months of lazing in bed and stuffing my face.

Food:
Breakfast - 3 small Idly's with peanut chutney
Lunch- less than 1 cup of rice with coconut thogayal, beetroot poriyal, plantin poriyal, broccoli and Rasam
mid afternoon snack - one red jambu (red apple)
dinner - little bit of beetroot poriyal and broccoli with one small glass of warm milk.

Looking at my lunch menu you can tell that I had a busy day in the kitchen. one easy way to stay active for me is to spend time in the kitchen. I bet cooking and cleaning will use up some calories.

workout:
15 mins of beginners yoga
Walking - 5kms

I planned on doing 40 mins of yoga but it was too boring and slow so I stopped it. :/ will try something shorter tml. Walking was not a breeze definitely, hopefully by next week I will ease into it so I can start running.

I used to love running so much when I was in high school. The girls in the class will fall behind and I will ditch them to run with the boys. Haha My PE teacher, an Indian man told me I had good stamina. I wonder what happened to that. now I can't even walk 5kms in 1 hour.

Water:
2.5ltrs

level of activity: Medium

Its already couple of hours since I drank milk, ready for bed now. Body aches but i like it.

 

yeah, I read that it is good for detoxing. I might buy it if I see one in the supermarket shelf. Thanks Pinki!

 

Day 3

Good Hello Everyone!

Monday blues!!!

I have printed out the calendar for the month of February and stuck it to the fridge. It feels good to cross each day as I progress.

i woke up at 10am. so everything today was delayed. I blame it on not sleeping early. It's already 11.30pm and i am still awake. Tsk tsk. I am going to bed right after I write this post.

Food:
Breakfast - 2 dosas with coconut chutney
Lunch - 2 readymade pratas with coconut chutney
Evening snack - 2 Red Jambus (red apple)
dinner - 2 chapathi's with korma and Tobi manchurian

Did not make great choices on food intake today. will make it up tomorrow. More fruits and less nonsense. Extremely guilty about dinner as it made me too full and ate it pretty
late.

Workout:
walking - 5kms

By the time I completed 3kms there was a throbbing pain on my toes. Had to stop several times and tried walking without shoes. Had to put it back on because it slowed me down. After the 5kms i realised I had blisters on the toes. Boooooo. My shoes must have been too tight it's too late to do anything now. Hopefully it disappears by tml if not I will not be able to walk. If it doesn't go away I will try alternate workouts to keep active

Water: 2.5 Ltrs

Level of activity - Low

I was seated the whole day and didn't move around much. Had to work on assignments and travel itinerary for a family trip to Malaysia.

To a better tomorrow. :thumbsup

 

Day 4

Good Hello Everyone!

Woke up early to cook for DH! Yay!

Food:
Breakfast - Two dosas with podi
Lunch - Tamarind rice with Vadaham (didn't measure the amount)
Dinner - one dosa with coconut chutney
Supper - half a pear and half green apple (yuck, it was so sour)


Workouts:
Leslie Sansone 3mile walk
Star jumps - 10
Crunches - 10
Side crunches - 10x2
Scissor kicks - 20
Leg raisers - 10
Single leg raisers - 10x2
Squats - 30

Not satisfied with the 3 mile walk as it doesn't make me sweat as much as the treadmill walk. The blisters are still there but it looks like it's healing. I should be able to walk wearing shoes tml.

Water: 2 ltrs

Level of activity - Med

I lazed around in the morning, didn't have any motivation to get any work done then fell asleep as I was watching a movie. Woke up in the afternoon feeling upset. After i had my lunch continuously kept myself active for the time lost in the morning.

I am am planning on weighing either tml or on day 6. Hopefully the scale doesn't disappoint me.

Hey @pinki13, don't give up! Start over if you missed a day!

 

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Lets do this!