I’m back from my vacation from my vacation (no, not a typo). Despite too much food (mmmm lobster
) and too much wine I moved enough during my actual week’s vacation that I only gained a couple of pounds that were gone by Tuesday morning. However, I haven’t done anything in the way of exercise or tracking my food since (vacation from vacation). Today is a new day. I have my meals planned for today and an exercise plan for the week.
Exercise: The first week of the challenge I aimed for 45 minutes on the treadmill at 3.0 and zero incline just to get some movement without tiring me out. I think that was too conservative so this week I’ll increase the speed and incline probably a little each day until I find a comfortable level. I’ll use this as a baseline later in the challenge.
Food: The first week of the challenge I was hitting a 25-30% deficit while getting 30-37% protein (a significant improvement). This week I’m going to hit hard with the calories and aim for a 40% deficit through Friday and at least 30% protein. I’m hoping this offsets the damage from last week and gives me a head start on Labor Day weekend which will likely be a repeat of my vacation week (without the lobster
). I know we have until Tue 9-2 to take pictures for the challenge but I’m doing mine on Friday so I can start the next part of my challenge plan fresh on Tuesday.
Challenge-Phase 2: Starting Tue, 9-2-08 I’m starting OPT and plan to have everything in place before I leave for the weekend so I have no excuses come Tuesday! I will at least post my results from Tue on Wed (9-3). I had so much little stuff to do this past week to catch up from being away I let myself skip workouts, make excuses for not tracking my food and more or less avoid this forum. I do NOT want a repeat performance of last week.