I woke up before my alarm today and did my weekly weigh-in and was shocked to see that I have put on 1kg since last week’s weigh-in so I have stated the year by putting on weight 🙁 so I am up from 106.5kgs at the end of last year to 107.5kgs today!
I can only assume that the extra weight is water weight as I have been drinking a lot water recently. I drank at least 6-7 pints of water yesterday so that could well be the extra weight I guess. I do not think that the extra weight is more fat as I have been super active cleaning this week and have been eating way less than normal too! In fact, yesterday morning I noticed that the trousers that I was wearing were falling down and they were really tight a couple of weeks ago when I last wore them so my body composition is definitely improving!
I have a really busy day ahead again today as I am at the refuse centre at 8 am this morning then I have to finish cleaning and organising the flat ready for the new windows to be fitted. Once the new windows are done I will re-arrange the flat so that I have a gym area where my sofa is at the moment so that I can setup my smart trainer and hang my bikes there and then I have a dedicated workout area to get fit in! I also have some gym flooring in the garage so I will put that down to make the space feel more gym like!
Last night I bought a balance board so that I can work on my balance and core in a fun way and it will also burn extra calories and will help with skating too when I start trying that again in the summer as an extra way to lose weight.
I have been looking at my finances as I am going to have to cancel my gym membership as I can’t afford to keep paying it and not using it! This means that I have to change my goal of going to the gym 4x a week to riding the bike for 2 hours a day Mon-Friday. I plan to do this by doing 1 hour in the morning before work and then another hour or more straight after work. I will then do a bit of balance board at lunch and after the riding as a cool down and stretch after each ride to help get more flexible.
My plan for January and February is to do the 2 hours of cycling Mon-Friday and then at the end of March evaluate where I am and then if I’m in a good place I add a sprint session on Saturday morning and a gates session Saturday afternoon to start to get some more BMX related training into my routine! I want to keep Sunday’s open as an active rest day so maybe some walking or a pump track session somewhere to chill and have fun.
Around April/ May I would like to add skateboarding back to my routine so I may add the skatepark first thing before work and move the morning ride to lunchtime instead. I can use the ride to and from the skatepark as my cool down after skating so that I can stretch when I get home.