Friday, April 1, 2011

Getting Ready


I decided to take today as my much needed rest day....
I didn't take one day off during the month of March and as I'm going to be doing The 17 Day Diet plan from Monday....I thought it would be a good idea to REST.
So, for lunch I ate 2 small Rye rolls ( my Friday treat ) and then 2 blocks of dark chocolate...oh I felt like just letting go a little today as I know that as from Monday its 100% or nothing...if I cant give 100% then I might as well not bother.....I'm an all or nothing person...so am feeling the pressure I'm putting on myself, but also keen to get going...
I'm so glad I have Marleen, Sarah, Wanda and a few others from group doing this with me as we will be leaning on each other for support during this time...

I plan to do a daily report on my food menu ~ with counting calories
Log in the training I've done for the day ~ calories burned
( The book recommends 17 mins of training, if fit, 2x a day )
How I'm feeling, my emotions, my struggles, what I'm enjoying about the plan, what I miss
( like my dark chocolate )

I will weigh in on Monday morning and put that in as my starting weight for this plan
I will weigh in each morning and make note with my daily entries, my gains or losses for that day, the week and then the total loss for the 17 days.

I intend to do a photo blog of what I eat on this plan, this will help keep it interesting for me and also for me to put more effort into my meals and to plan a day ahead instead of standing in front of the fridge wondering what I can eat today.

I'm going to take this weekend off from updating this blog
Will be back on Monday
I will be running with the ladies from the neighborhood on Sunday morning and plan to do a run on my own tomorrow late afternoon.
I would like to finish my week off with having run 30km for the week, am currently sitting on 18 km and have 1 class and two Kettlebell workouts under my belt so far.



7 comments:

  1. Looking forward to seeing how well this works for you!
    You are going to do awesome! Enjoy your rest day!

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  2. Enjoy your little break, you've certainly earned it! I think you will have gorgeous weather for your run tomorrow - yay!

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  3. Happy vacation day to you!

    FYI - look at the back of the book - if you're having PMS issues, you're allowed chocolate!

    NSV for me.....today, my pants are much looser than they were even earlier this week!

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  4. Have a great weekend Marcelle!

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  5. How exciting- I will look into this book!! XOXO

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  6. Wish I was in that picture above! I'd love to be in your class, I'm in need of some serious booty kickin'!!
    I look forward to hearing how this 17 day program goes, keep us posted!

    xoxo
    Roxie-Girl

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  7. Enjoy your weekend. You totally deserved that day of rest.

    Look forward to your reports on the diet, plans how you are going to blog about it sound good.

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