Not a great week in terms of overall progress. Found it difficult to focus on a lot of the things I was planning to achieve due to the events in France and mental state. Anyway, there are some updates despite all, so there we go:
- 52 Week Money Saving Challenge – £9 put aside this week for a total of £45.
- Read 52 books in 52 weeks – Didn’t spend much time reading, still into The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton.
- Declutter 52 items – nothing this week on this front.
- 52 Weeks Decluttering My Inbox –empty inboxes and spent an hour on old emails.
- Watch 52 movies from the “1001” list – surprisingly I managed to watch 5 movies from the list over the weekend.
- Clueless – as stupid as it may be, it was still very funny and cute. Yes, I feel lonely and am craving stupid chick flicks…
- Beverly Hills Cop – somehow I remembered it less serious than it is. Of course it is funny, but it is not all just silly. Obviously been a very long time since I last saw it. And enjoyed it actually, even though I am no big Eddie Murphy fan.
- Clerks – I had never heard of this movie before, and it is probably not for everyone. I personally thought that a couple of scenes might go a bit too far, but overall it was a good laugh.
- Pinocchio – oh wow! Another one taking me back to my childhood (wasn’t born when it came out though…). Simply loved it.
- Frenzy – funny how with some movies, you never remember the ending and are surprised by it every single time! I must have last watched the DVD two years ago and yet I still thought it would end differently. It looks its age, mainly because of the hairdos, but it’s still tense and the theme is sadly still current – I still laugh at the sticking tongues though… as inappropriate as it may be!
- 52 Days Without Contacts – one day wearing my glasses this week.
- 52 Weeks Updating Blog – see this post!
- 52 Weeks To Drink Water – drank at least one glass of plain water every day this week. Will try and repeat next week before increasing the volume per day. Note: I do not take into account any water drunk during or after exercising.
- Try 52 recipes – no new recipe tried this week. I have actually not cooked at all… Sandwiches and pizzas have been the basis of my diet this week (plus leftovers from the pasta cooked last week).
- Finish 52 items in cross-stitch – Nothing on this front at all.
- 52 weeks to lose 10.1kg – that’s quite an epic fail for the first week… Put 0.5kg on… It would not have been unexpected based on the fact that I ate a lot of cake (that I was asked to bake and then hardly anyone ate any of it… was not going to let it go to waste!) and a lot of cheese, and a lot of chocolate as I wanted to eat as much of what I had left from the holidays as possible, so as to avoid future temptations. What just made this weight gain completely unexpected is that I had an MOT at the gym on Friday and even with my clothes on, their scale showed a weight 4 kg lighter than mine! And despite all I have had, I don’t think I ate 4 kg worth of food in two days! So this is a major blow because our scales are completely different. I guess next time I’ll weigh myself when coming home from an MOT, at least I won’t expect any miracles at the end of the week!
- 52 weeks exercising – exercised 4 times this week.
- Monday, I had an induction, was shown the various machines and what we do on them (gym-virgin), stayed on and exercised for about 25 min
- Tuesday, exercised for about 30 min
- Friday, exercised 25 min after my MOT
- Saturday, had an appointment to design a programme for me, which is a bit more intensive than what I had done on my own, despite the fact that it is still very basic… My programme includes the following:
- Warm up on the bike – 5-10 min at the speed and level I choose
- Leg press – 4 sets of 12-15
- Chest press – 3 sets of 10
- Shoulder press – 3 sets of 10
- Seated row – 3 sets of 10
- Lateral pull down – 3 sets of 10
- Leg raises – 3 sets of 10-15
- Plank – 3 times 30sec-1min
- Cross-trainer – 20 min at level 4 at a speed of 8.0
- What I actually did: 7½min B, 4×15 LP, 3×10 CP, 3×10 SP, 3×10 SR, 3×10 LPD, 3×10 LR, 3x30sec P, 13min level 2 CT – my legs could not follow at that point so I stopped. Hopefully will get better next time.
Another thing I want to start focusing on seriously is having a clear schedule for my cleaning and sticking to it. This will require some better planning to manage it around the evenings at the gym as I know myself better than to expect any chores to be completed after exercising (at least until I’m more used to it!).
That’s all folks – hope you are well and happy!
52 Weeks Challenges 