MabMon

This has been a pretty crappy week. My "24 hour bug" decided to hit back Tuesday afternoon and haven't really had the appetite to eat or the energy to workout. Back to normal but the week was a bust. Stats this morning Weight 213 lbs BF% 31%

Saturday- Walk and bodyweight circuits Sunday - Went for a walk but found a stray dog so spent the day trying to find his owner and took him to the RSPCA in the end. Yesterday - 24 hour bug feeling better but still not close to a 100% so day off today.

Interesting, so if you wanted to increase strength and size would you look at doing workouts involving low reps (5ish) per set but a fairly high number of sets? Would you need more rest time between sets?

Update #3 Yesterday did bodyweight circuits, 3.5 - 4 mile walk and some uphill sprinting. Today I'm feeling a little run-down so will be taking it easy, just a short walk after I drop my car off for a service. Weighed myself this morning Bodyweight 216 lbs BF% 31% I'm dubious of how accurate this is but I'll keep an eye on the trend.

Ah okay, got something like that on my scales but don't really use it (maybe because it last time it said I'm 46% fat ) Maybe I should pay more attention to it. Thanks

I'll second your lunch sounding yummy. What do you use to measure your BF%?

I didn't realise yoga was so strenuous, it's actually something I'm looking into doing as flexibility is something else I need to work on and if it's physically tiring then even better! So Day #2 After yesterdays antics I wanted to take it slow and just do a gentle walk but it kinda went out of hand with me ending up walking, scrambling and climbing through the woods to a local beach. I was hoping to do some bodyweight circuits but I'm knacker (pretty much ready for bed and it's only 19:15). Still it was enjoyable and I feel like I've had a full body workout with the climbing.

Good luck! I loved roller derby when I was younger but it doesn't seem to be shown in the UK any longer.

Update #1 Yesterday did a 4 mile walk and some strength training circuits. Nice and challenging but felt good afterwards. Today, Hike after work. It was... shocking. Real wakeup call when it came to how poor my cardiovascular health is, I've done this hike a couple of times in the past when I was healthier and while it was challenging it was never this bad. Legs were fine but my lungs were on fire and I was experiencing some dizziness. To try to address this I've changed goal #4 to doing hill sprints to try and improve heart and lung function.

I noticed a big reduction in my eczema symptoms when I cut nightshades such as potatoes and tomatoes. I still have very mild flare ups that itch but hardly show up.

I tried to do these today and just couldn't do it, my hamstrings were way too tight and stiff.

Hi Ems, nice to see so many people from the UK here. Sadly only driven through the Beacons, would like to hike there at some point. Good luck with reaching your goals. Pob lwc!

Hi, good luck on the challenge. Going from 210 to 186 in the last one was amazing progress.

Sounds delicious, will definitely have to try it out.

Hi Beccalyse, My weightloss seems to have stalled a bit this week but yeah I'm pretty sure I'm still noticing positive changes to how my body looks and feels. Great suggestion regarding the photos. While sure I'm seeing differences in the mirror, having pictures for comparison will give me a much more objective look at things.