Eastern Indigo
Member
05/04/2017
Day one is almost over, and it's gone well...at least, I think it has! I'm really excited to have finally gotten started with this; it's not the first time, but here's hoping it's the last. But I'm getting ahead of myself! I'm Indie, I'm 18, I'm not new to MiniMins but I'm starting afresh; my plan is to lose a bit of weight and, more importantly, tone up, through exercise, healthy eating and a predominantly vegan diet. It's a cliche, but I genuinely feel like today is the first day of the rest of my life.
I woke up at 8 AM and went down to the gym for a couple hours to lift some weights; I also weighed myself while I was there, and I'm starting from 126.8 lbs, so I'm thinking of setting 115 lbs as a potential goal weight? I'll adjust as I go if necessary, but that seems like a good place to aim for.
Gym
Leg Press: 5 x 10 reps, 70 kg. (I'm going to increase this next time, I feel I could have done more.)
Chest Press: 5 x 10 reps, 14 kg.
Arm Curl: 5 x 10 reps, 10 kg.
Arm Extension: 5 x 10 reps, 10 kg.
Leg Curl: 5 x 10 reps, 15 kg.
Sit-Ups: 2 x 10 reps. (That hurt!)
5 Minutes Level 8 Elliptical. (I'll probably spend longer on this next time, too.)
60 Second Plank.
It may not seem like much written down, but it was certainly a workout! I ate breakfast on the way home, a carrot cake Nakd bar - these bars are absolutely amazing, all they are is fruit and nuts but they taste so good, and there's so many different flavors! Anyway, so I spent the morning cleaning and making lunch for everyone: beans on toast with some vegan cheese, and homemade nice-cream (frozen bananas, soya milk and cocoa powder, all blended together to an ice-cream consistency, it's delicious). As it turns out, my nana made dinner and dessert - the dessert was healthy, but I'd probably have forgone the nice-cream if I'd known.
Then this afternoon, I took a walk down to the boating lake with my grandparents and two younger sisters. The sun was out and it was such a nice day, watching all the wading birds and herring gulls. We stopped off at the cafe
eek for cake and drinks...I feel like I handled it well enough though, I had a black coffee (avoiding the hot chocolate temptation, anyone else share my weakness?) and one third of a slice of banana and almond cake, the rest went to my nana and younger sister M.
Dinner was vegetable stir-fry, followed by some raspberries, sliced pineapple and Oreo thins. Since then, I've just been watching YouTube, browsing MiniMins and working on my plans for leaving home next year; all in all, it's been a fairly productive day, and I'm already starting to feel sleepy. Usually now is when I'd cave in and start snacking, so I'm going to make myself a cup of herbal tea, maybe grab a single chocolate-coated biscuit ball - they're around 20 calories each - to satisfy the cravings, and start winding down before bed. I hope everyone else has had a successful day, and I'll see you all tomorrow!
xx Indie xx
Day one is almost over, and it's gone well...at least, I think it has! I'm really excited to have finally gotten started with this; it's not the first time, but here's hoping it's the last. But I'm getting ahead of myself! I'm Indie, I'm 18, I'm not new to MiniMins but I'm starting afresh; my plan is to lose a bit of weight and, more importantly, tone up, through exercise, healthy eating and a predominantly vegan diet. It's a cliche, but I genuinely feel like today is the first day of the rest of my life.
I woke up at 8 AM and went down to the gym for a couple hours to lift some weights; I also weighed myself while I was there, and I'm starting from 126.8 lbs, so I'm thinking of setting 115 lbs as a potential goal weight? I'll adjust as I go if necessary, but that seems like a good place to aim for.
Gym
Leg Press: 5 x 10 reps, 70 kg. (I'm going to increase this next time, I feel I could have done more.)
Chest Press: 5 x 10 reps, 14 kg.
Arm Curl: 5 x 10 reps, 10 kg.
Arm Extension: 5 x 10 reps, 10 kg.
Leg Curl: 5 x 10 reps, 15 kg.
Sit-Ups: 2 x 10 reps. (That hurt!)
5 Minutes Level 8 Elliptical. (I'll probably spend longer on this next time, too.)
60 Second Plank.
It may not seem like much written down, but it was certainly a workout! I ate breakfast on the way home, a carrot cake Nakd bar - these bars are absolutely amazing, all they are is fruit and nuts but they taste so good, and there's so many different flavors! Anyway, so I spent the morning cleaning and making lunch for everyone: beans on toast with some vegan cheese, and homemade nice-cream (frozen bananas, soya milk and cocoa powder, all blended together to an ice-cream consistency, it's delicious). As it turns out, my nana made dinner and dessert - the dessert was healthy, but I'd probably have forgone the nice-cream if I'd known.
Then this afternoon, I took a walk down to the boating lake with my grandparents and two younger sisters. The sun was out and it was such a nice day, watching all the wading birds and herring gulls. We stopped off at the cafe
eek for cake and drinks...I feel like I handled it well enough though, I had a black coffee (avoiding the hot chocolate temptation, anyone else share my weakness?) and one third of a slice of banana and almond cake, the rest went to my nana and younger sister M.Dinner was vegetable stir-fry, followed by some raspberries, sliced pineapple and Oreo thins. Since then, I've just been watching YouTube, browsing MiniMins and working on my plans for leaving home next year; all in all, it's been a fairly productive day, and I'm already starting to feel sleepy. Usually now is when I'd cave in and start snacking, so I'm going to make myself a cup of herbal tea, maybe grab a single chocolate-coated biscuit ball - they're around 20 calories each - to satisfy the cravings, and start winding down before bed. I hope everyone else has had a successful day, and I'll see you all tomorrow!
xx Indie xx
