Morning weigh in: 100.0kgs
Total days since last transgression: 1
Daily LOSS: 0.7kgs / 1.54lbs
Total loss since New Year: 3.8kgs / 8.36lbs
Today’s menu: PP
Watercheck: 2.3l
Breakfast
- mug of coffee
- oatbran porridge with sweetener
- microwaved eggs
Lunch
- refried shredded roast chicken (slow cooked overnight)
Dinner
- 2 Chicken breasts, cooked in one of those oven bags. Meh.
Exercise
- 1 hour cycling to and from work
- 10 squats
So after a week away doing practically no exercise in Egypt, I was a little worried that I’d lose my cycling chops, and cycling into work would be more difficult. I was wrong – the past couple of days I’ve been shaving a wee bit of time off my daily commute. I’ve been tackling one particular hill with more gusto than usual – I used to have to do that hill in 2nd or 3rd gear, but I’ve been doing it in 5th gear this week. And loving it! How did I ever live without my bicycle?
There was a VERY interesting episode of Horizon on last night on BBC2, called The Truth About Exercise. It didn’t focus on weight loss, but more around health and exercise. Some interesting research recently has shown that just 3 minutes a week of VERY high intensity exercise, in 3 intervals of 20 seconds each, three times per week, can have a profound effect on reducing insulin resistance, which is key in preventing type 2 diabetes. If you have access to BBC2 and iPlayer (not everyone will – outside of the UK you’ll need to wrangle some kind of proxy work-around) you should definitely watch the show – you can get it here.
The evenings are getting lighter and lighter – my entire trip home is now done in daylight – no more scary torch-lit journeys down an unlit cycle path, yay!
And finally – I’ve installed a wordpress optimizing plugin which claims to help my site load faster. I’m not sure it’s made much of a difference – is anyone noticing a difference?
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