I live in the northeast and today was our first blizzard after not having a real winter. I think mother nature if making up for lost time. I'm totally ok with that.
I finished up my 21 day challenge with no issues. I was supposed to hangout tonight, which might have been an issue with staying on plan, but since I'm trapped in the house it was east breezy. yay me.
My cheat day was another interesting experience. I had one donut. It tasted good, proud of myself since I was eating 2 or 3 at a time without blinking. I had sushi for lunch, less than I usually had.
Then I was on my way home. I was hungry and it was a cheat day so I had chicken nuggets from Wendy's. It was that or a hamburger, but the bread would have stuck with me longer than the breading on the nuggets. Anyway....My stomach was not happy. They seemed super salty and greasy. I kind of enjoyed them, but after about 20 min, it felt like I had an oil slick in my stomach...ugh. I drank some apple cider vinegar and just hoped. I also had some sardines since I got hungry later...maybe not the best idea...
As of this morning I'm 362.4 which is .2 over my dietbet goal. That was before the workout. I'm sure I would be under after. We'll see tomorrow.
Workout was a Bob Harper Beginner Workout I found on YouTube. 45 min. Its a good workout, I would say more a low intermediate also there is no modifier. I used to let that stop me, but I've learned a few tricks and Coach Tulin is a huge motivator. So for all the floor work where I normally wouldn't even bother to try I did it on my knees. I didn't do as much as everyone else, but I did it for me, not them. That being said....Piyo...ugh
Piyo is something I feel like would be awesome. I want to stretch more, yoga is just too...slow for me..blah..With Bob I had time to get on the floor and still do whatever exercise. With Piyo I really need to just watch the move, pause and do it. Also there is a modifier, but for the floor work she still move faster than me. I think I was already tired from Bob, so I did some stretching, but not happy.
After that I made a few changes. I like my beach body videos, but I wanted something different for next month so I stopped my membership to gaia (aka giam) it was mostly firm and yoga stuff and I wanted stretching that doesn't talk to me about deep breathing for 15 min before anything happens. I'm sure they had some cool beginner stuff, but I don't think it was a good mesh. I realize I'm more of a pilates person.
I also stopped my barre 3 membership. I only wanted it for stretching. It was doable..but meh..I might go back to it, it also wasn't a good fit.
What I wanted is a pilates/stretching workout 20 min or less where I don't have to modify the entire thing. Modifying is ok, but I feel like I'm not getting as good a stretch because I can't do whatever move is .
With the extra cash I signed up for Pilates Anytime. I queued up about 13 beginner workouts. So we'll see. I also joined Daily Burn. I have joined twice before and felt like there wasn't much for me except true beginner, and while I'm not that fit, true beginner just was a lil too slow for me.
I also saved a bunch of videos from youtube to try. A mix of yoga and pilates. The yoga ones see to move a bit more.
My next dietbet will probably start Feb 4th, so I have a week to try out some things and set myself up for next month.
Oh yeah I'm doing dietbet again next month. I'll probably have to lose about 14-15 lbs. Blah, but With all the experimenting I did this month and realizing where I was stalling myself I think it will be a little easier.
I'm sure I'll bitch and moan, but eh that's just me.
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