This morning was a typical Friday.
Thanks to a wailing toddler last night, for seemingly no reason at all, we
could not go to bed till 11 p.m. My alarm when off at 5.10 in the morning. I
set it that way because it does not feel like I wake up at 5 a.m, which I think
is too early. Anyway so I turned off the alarm and went back to sleep. I woke
up half hour later, worried that I had over slept. Even though my gym clothes
were laid out, I momentarily wondered if I should just skip the gym. However, I
hauled myself out of bed, and fought that trace of laziness. By 6.15 I was on
the elliptical. Today was cardio day. Also, there was a board outside the gym
that said that gym would be closed tomorrow. Thank goodness I made it today.
But guess who is sad about missing dance aerobics group class tomorrow?
As is routine I weighed myself to see
79.8. My weight loss has really slowed down after joining the gym in January.
Over the last few days I have been feeling overly exhausted. On the food front,
I think I have been having enough protein and carbohydrates. But why the
exhaustion?
I give to you two links highlighting
the importance of water and sleep in weight loss.
& This
While I do drink about 2 litres of
water in a day, it is possible that it is not sufficient for my body, given
that I do pretty intense work outs, and also that summer seems to have arrived on full volume in Bangalore. Also while I could be a complete sleepy joe,
I have been cutting back sleep to about 6 -6 1/2 hours every day. That’s the
only way I manage to fit in baby time, cooking time, family time, gym time
& blogging time. I should possibly cut myself a little slack, and organize time
a little better perhaps?
So, here are my March goals:
1.
Increase
water/fluid intake ; include buttermilk, tender coconut water and plenty of
plain simple H2O.
2.
Structured
work outs restricted to 5 days a week – include yoga and/ or pilates in
addition to dance aerobics & continue strength training so that I will enough sleep on days I don't work out.
3.
Maintain
food, weight, water & exercise journal. I have begun to enjoy this
actually.
4.
Not
gain weight during the family vacation planned during the third week of March.
Yes we are going on vacation. Remember I had made it a 2012 goal?
So that’s it. Lets get to work!!!!
