Weight + Goal Update for May 25

So there was a long weekend last weekend.  And everything fell apart for me. :(

First, my weight update:

weight: 222.8 lbs
fat percentage: 51.6%
hydration: 33.2%
muscle: 23.8%
bone: 10.8%
cal: 2394

Everything is bad. I ate a lot of unhealthy (mostly fried) food and snacks over the long weekend. I've continued to eat some unhealthy stuff because I haven't had a chance to grocery shop all week (or even actually plan out suppers). And I stopped doing my daily stretches (so that means I have now failed my goal for the month).  Oh yeah, and I was sick last week and my period started (I didn't want to be stretching on the heaviest day of my period - I felt gross doing so).

Now that this has happened, I'm going to have to rethink my goals again. I still really like the idea of doing a monthly goal rather than a yearly one. But I don't think doing anything daily is going to work for me. Based on my progress over this last month, I was pretty good at sticking with my goal for 5 or 6 out of the 7 days of most weeks, until something like the long weekend happened.  So saying something like "stretching for 20 of the next 28 days" feels more doable than trying to do something for 25 days of the month. (I used 28 days just for easier math - most months are not an even 4 weeks, but 4 weeks and a few days).

I'm getting ready to go on a big trip in June, and after thinking about it a lot, and what kinds of goals might work, I've decided not to set any goal for June.  I'm getting really stressed out at the moment trying to do it all, so I'm going to take the next month off and not worry about anything. I'm going to enjoy my time, and hopefully I'll come back refreshed and ready to tackle things again. :)

Weight + Goal Update for May 15th

This has been a bit of a rough weekend.  On Friday I had to get up early for a work thing, and I've had trouble sleeping this weekend since then. There's also been a few gatherings and celebrations (like Mother's Day).  

So with all of that going on, I'm not surprised to see these numbers:

weight: 222.4 lbs
fat percentage: 50.8%
hydration: 33.8%
muscle: 24.2%
bone: 10.8%
cal: 2392

Unfortunately my fat percentage has gone back up over 1% since last week.  My muscle is also down a bit, but did not see as big of a change.

In terms of my goal to do 5 minutes of stretching or yoga every day, I was successful on 5 of the 7 days.  But I actually did a bit more stretching than last week in terms of minutes spent stretching. This was thanks to looking for some stretching videos on YouTube last week. Yesterday I actually did two ten minute stretching videos trying to stretch out my legs (they were sore from a combination of yard work, walking, and bowling over the weekend).  One stretch in particular surprised me by how sore everything was, so it was good to spend a little more time stretching things out!

So hopefully I can keep up my momentum in terms of stretching this week. I'm also hopeful that I can get myself caught up in terms of sleep and get back to eating much healthier!

Weight + Goal Update for May 8

Alright, here we are: the first week of May is behind us! First of all, here are my numbers:

weight: 220.0 lbs
fat percentage: 49.5%
hydration: 34.7%
muscle: 24.8%
bone: 10.9%
cal: 2378

I'm very glad to see that my fat percentage came down 2.5% from last time, and my muscle percentage went up a little over 1%, bringing them both back in to a more regular range for me (at least lately). I'm also glad to see that my weight has slightly improved from last week as I made some questionable choices this weekend (all you can eat sushi on Friday was not a good plan - I felt quite sick that evening, and wasn't really hungry the next day). 

In terms of stretching or yoga, I've successfully done at least a 5 minute stretch on six of the seven days last week! The only night I missed, I got home late and just wanted to go to sleep. But that was okay for that day (it was a good but very busy day).

I will admit, that most of these sessions were just 5 or 6 minutes long (though I did do one longer 25 minute session, too). A couple of times, I followed some videos on YouTube; other times I just set a timer and did my own thing. I actually didn't have a preference over one or the other, so that was good to discover. I also found that five minutes is a perfect time frame because it's so easy to do (and such a short amount of time that I'm very easily able to talk myself into doing it!) Hopefully this will continue into next week! :)