Nikina70's Journal, 14 Apr 23

Last night after work I did:
Juice & Toya - 30 Minute Full Body Dumbbell Workout [Strength Training]

This might be my first workout for the year, which is bonkers, but better late than never. It felt good and of course I modified as needed with 5kg dumbbells. Used just one in some cases; alternated on other moves when they used two weights - and used both for leg work. I'll take it easy for now. Great that it had a warm up and cool down stretch included and I appreciate that they mentioned and showed at the end that they use much heavier weights usually - and to keep increasing to get stronger.

Toya has my ideal physique, but I know that her eating and training are on point so I'll just keep striving to do the best I can. Comparing ourselves to others does no-one any good. It's great to have amazing role models, but you just need to keep competing with yourself and improving yourself from day-to-day, week-to-week, etc. imho.

Thank you to Petra, Cheesegobbler, Anne, Wifey, Paula and so many others for inspiring me to get back to it! The longer and warmer days do help tremendously too.

This week I'm a kilogram heavier than last week, but I'm choosing not to track it here. Have put it on Google Fit and Renpho (although I don't have the scale, just use it for some manual stats). I'm planning to be back at 65kg by next Friday so will track it then whether I manage it or not. I've increased calories to 2000 a day so will see if that is my maintenance level and adjust from there.

Hope you've all had a great week and Happy Friday! Have a lovely weekend too everyone! xxx

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2607 kcal

Fat: 96.34g | Prot: 89.52g | Carbs: 341.32g.   Breakfast: Sainsbury's Banana, Crownfield Rice Snaps, Asda Bran Flakes, Cinnamon, Acti Leaf Blueberry Soya Pot, Sainsbury's Strawberry Jam, By Sainsbury's Olive Spread, Aldi Smooth Peanut Butter, Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Soft Superseeded White Farmhouse. Lunch: Marmite Marmite, Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Soft Superseeded White Farmhouse, Plant Menu Grated Mature Cheddar, Asda Mild Mixed Leaf Salad, Vegetable Soup, Aldi Unsweetened Soya Milk. Dinner: Sainsbury's White Cheese Roll, Heinz Vegan Mayo, Cherry Tomatoes, By Sainsbury's Sweet Chilli Sauce, By Sainsbury's Steak Cut Chips, Linda McCartney Vegetarian Pulled Pork Burgers. Snacks/Other: Sour Cream and Onion Flavor Potato Chips, Coffee (Mocha Flavor, Instant, with Sugar), Jam Doughnut, Nescafe Instant Coffee. more...

1657 kcal

Exercise: Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 1 hour and 5 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 55 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...