Week 24 Accountability Report

This Week’s Accountability Report

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Exercise:

Six out of seven days: It’s funny. I broke my rhythm this week and feel like I didn’t really do much exercise at all; but looking back, I ran on three days, had double workouts on two days, and exercised hard for fifteen minutes or more on four days, so I guess, in actuality, I had a pretty good week workout-wise.

My goal for this past week was to try to develop a new routine to help me lose more weight, burn a little more fat, and become a little more toned. While I haven’t quite put together a new routine or any specific daily goals, I looked into various workouts and exercises and began experimenting by using a cardio warm-up prior to exercising, using a mixture of strength training exercises that I haven’t previously used, and also by doing a HIIT workout that focuses on alternating between sprinting and walking for equal amounts of time. Most recommendations that I saw called for sprinting for one minute, then walking/jogging for one minute, and repeating this eight times. Though my fitness level has improved a great deal over the past six months, and though I am able to sprint for up to a minute at a time, doing eight repetitions of this workout is too much for me at this time so I have been trying a modified version of it.

Weight:

78.6 kg: I experienced a slight weight gain this week. I don’t know if it was diet related, or if it had something to do with the weather getting warmer and my body adjusting to the heat, or if it was somehow a result of the new exercises that I did all week and a possible slight gain in muscle from doing them. If I had to take a guess, though, I would say that it was probably diet related.

As I researched different kinds of exercises and exercise routines this past week, I was reminded again and again that diet is a huge part of weight loss. Up until now, I have tried to lose weight through doing exercise alone. Going forward, I would like to continue losing weight without making any modifications to my diet, but I am beginning to wonder if that will be possible or not. I have a feeling that I might have reached the balancing point where my caloric intake more or less equals my caloric output. I know; this isn’t a simple math equation. There are a lot of factors that lead to losing weight. I could just be at an adjusting phase. Time will tell.

Looking Forward/Looking Back:

This week, I would like to continue developing a new exercise routine for myself, one that has specific goals such as doing a certain amount of repetitions and sets each time I exercise. Up until now, my goal was only to exercise for about ten minutes a day. It didn’t matter what kind of exercise I did, I just wanted to make the effort to exercise in some way.

Moving forward, I want to try exercising with a little more intention and with a little more focus on the results I am hoping to obtain.