Nikina70's Journal, 08 Jan 23

This afternoon I did:
Kaleigh Cohen Strength - 30 min Full Body Resistance Training with Dumbbells
Followed by her:
POST-WORKOUT STRETCH for Injury Prevention & Flexibility

Used 6.5kg weights, which I then only used one of for some of the moves and also altered as I went along. They were too heavy for chest flys so I just did chest presses instead. Missed those and my favourite deadlifts so much - so it felt great to get back to it again.

I can't say that I'll keep at it or have this or that schedule planned yet. Still seeing what my routine will be this year, but up to 3 x 30 minute workouts per week would be great to build up to since it's been so long.

The Google Fit app on my phone stopped tracking steps last month for no reason so I just gave up on it - and today I took a look and it's actually tracked steps from the week of Christmas till now. Seems that week I did over 45 000 steps so that's not too bad. I've had my target on the App set at 5 000/day for ages, but this coming week I think I'll try to get to 50 000 total. Since I wasn't wearing my phone while doing my evening job this week and got to just under 40 000 - it should be fairly easy to do, one thinks.

Yesterday the sun came out suddenly in the afternoon and I took a 20 minute bus to a nearby little town, which was really cute. Somehow 2 hours disappeared in the blink of an eye and then I got caught in the rain on the way back. Found a great pair of shoes for summer in a charity shop though and bought some things I really didn't need, but felt I wanted to support local artists. So I'm glad I got some exercise in (although only tracked as 50 minutes of walking in 2 hours) since today is way too wet and grey to go anywhere.

As far as workouts go - last week when I tried to set my alarm for 6:30am to get up for one I just couldn't get out of bed. And after I get home at 9pm is just a bit too late, but if I can fit it in and have a hot shower before I go to bed at night that might be the way to do it. Otherwise a good workout on Saturday might be enough for now because we're booked for another 8 mile walk on the Sunday.

I will also make more of an effort to get back to IF again, but I'll see what works or doesn't this week.

Thank you to all of you who posted getting back to it this week - it really motivated me to 'get it done' and I'll hopefully find my stride again soon too!

Have a great weekend all! xxx

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2696 kcal

Fat: 119.83g | Prot: 80.25g | Carbs: 324.84g.   Breakfast: Asda Rice Snaps, Tap Water, Bran Flakes, Acti Leaf Blueberry Soya Pot, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Grape Tree Flaxseed Brown Linseed, Sainsbury's Smooth Peanut Butter, Bananas, Asda Dates, Plain Pancakes. Lunch: Aldi Sweetened Soya Milk. Dinner: Asda Sunflower Oil , Sacla' Vegan Cheese Sauce, Cooked Peas and Corn, Fried Onions, Linda McCartney Red Onion & Rosemary Sausages, Mashed Potato. Snacks/Other: Tesco Finest Rich Fruit Cake, Aldi Roasted Salted Peanuts, Doritos Tangy Cheese (30g), Nescafe Instant Coffee. more...

1816 kcal

Exercise: Weight Training (moderate) - 30 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...