Time off routine plan

Another question arises: I'm leaving my routine for a month. I'll be two weeks away on work, and another two weeks on vacation.

My goal is: not to gain weight, and if possible lose it!

I won't behave perfectly, I'm aware I won't, but I'll try to make the better choices in each situation. If my nutritional plan isn't going right, I'll try to exercise more!

Today, I have 143 pounds. Within a month I hope being on the same stage, or if possible, weighting less than that.

Here is my plan.


Vacations Plan

Nutritional plan:

• Have breakfast as always (this is not the difficult part);
  
• Have a light lunch - mainly consisting of a simple salad, or a bread (or toast) with a grilled chicken breast and a portion of tomato, for instance, and a piece of fruit; this meal must not have a portion of carbohydrates.
• Two mid-afternoon snacks, which will include preferably a piece of fruit or/and a light yoghurt (maximum of 60 cals).
  
• Dinner will be a normal meal, with soup, proteins, carbohydrates and vegetables.

Exercise plan:

• Two types of exercises a day, which will be a combination of two of the following: running, jumping rope, playing tennis, or "mini-stepping".
• I'll try to do some crunches and some squats and lunges everyday.
• I'll forget my upper-body strength training during the vacations since I don't have the equipment to do it.

Work-week plan

Nutritional plan:

• Do not eat unhealthy foods (sweets, cakes, etc.) at coffee breaks;
• Try to make good choices at restaurants;
• Drink plenty of water (minimum of 1,5L/day);

Exercise plan:

I don't have really a plan for this time working out of my office. My plan is get to work on foot, and try to jump rope (I'll take it with me) if I can.

During this time I won't be able to step into the scale, so that I'll weight myself the day I leave home, and the day I come home again.

I'll try to keep posting, but I don't know if I would have an Internet connection in the places where I will be. But, I'll be accountable in my moleskine diary and when possible I'll tell you what is happening.

See you soon!

S(caling)-Day

Hi!

This week wasn't so good than the previous one.

In fact, I've had some ups and downs, therefore my week turn out to be more/less.

I think I started to feel that last week I accomplished a goal, and that this week I hadn't to be so strict. It feels strange, but when I manage to work hard during one week, in the next one things get a bit out of order... Despite this, I've lost 1 pound, but I feel that I was a bit too relaxed. Maybe I'm being to rigorous. Week by week, I always want to lose more weight.

Sometimes I made some nutritional decisions that keep me apart from that goal, and I keep telling me that I shouldn't have done that. Hopefully, being aware of this, next week I'll perform better. We'll see...

Unfortunately, I've had issues at work, and it's being tough to stick with the plan, but I'm aware of that, and I'm trying to control myself, but sometimes it's very difficult.