Hey,
Welcome back to week 2! If you are reading this, well hello dream and thank you so much for reading! I appreciate you taking the time out 🙂
So week 2 – what did we have this week that changed up?
Well calories went down by 220, let’s start here. There was me giving it the biggen last week “Oh yeah, so many cals, can’t get enough in…” Now I am thinking why did I not just eat the world then?! My body didn’t take long to adapt to the new level of training at all and my hunger levels increased dramatically especially going into week 2, however now there are not as many cals to play with!
So this week has been trying to find great protein snacks to keep me satiated with as little calorie content as possible so I can enjoy lots of it !! Now the beautiful bird Mother Nature came for a lockdown visit this week so that threw me a bit and made cravings go through the roof so that has been tough.
We had a yummy bran flake and fruit type of cereal from just before this started that I occasionally like to snack on and it’s sat on the kitchen side which is near our back door. I would be lying if I was to say that a little paw didn’t keep sneaking in when I went out to the garden…oops! Quickly shove it in my mouth, quick crunch, doesn’t count right? HA if only but better than chowing down 8 white chocolate kit kat chunky’s which is what I have really wanted. Argh why did I write that? Now all I want is that sweet sweet white choc.
Anyway I digress, overall this week nutrition has been tougher but overall doing good as I can still fit a lot in and weight has still been coming down on the scales. Although that’s natural for this to initially happen fairly quickly due to the change in calories/training ect. No doubt week 3 will start to highlight greater fluctuations in weight!
Low moment of the week: Cutting cheese (3 slithers), this I would normally just eat when preparing food as I LOVE CHEESE!! It’s literally my favourite thing. So I weighed it 30g, nice. Put it into MFP ….126 cals..WHAT NO NO NO NO NO. So I did the ultimate sacrifice and I actually put the cheese back (who even am I and what is that?!). However by not having cheese with supper, I allowed myself a yoghurt pudding which helped shut mother nature up for a bit with cals left over so win win actually. Ps I miss you cheese.
Training wise, well training wise this has been awesome. Felt sooo connected to the training this week (I know cringe right) but it’s true. The movements on the programme make me feel good, I can push myself, increase my strength and every workout felt lush, so ALL good vibes for training. Feels good to push my body strength/power wise rather than it just being endurance which is usually what my sessions are made up of.
So week 2 has delivered amazing training sessions, yummy wholesome meals but increased cravings which is to be expected given the week. I think the biggest thing is of course working with nutrition and calories. Working daily with clients I have an understanding of those higher and lower calorie snacks however, the thing is realising the calorie content for my usual portion size.
It’s nice to get some control back in as as lockdown my focus shifted. My focus was to keep my business rolling and keeping clients on their journeys and as accountable as possible so food and drink wasn’t a priority and I let that subside.
So, week 3 calories are staying the same however training has increased volume, movement and type so, EXCITED FOR THAT!! Overall feeling great, already noticing a change in my body and do you know what? It feels so lush being on my own journey at the same time as my clients as well as being part of theirs.
Catch up next week babes!
F x