Week 2 Results

After my baseline week, I could see I wanted to focus on my calories in, especially protein, and increasing activity.  These were the mini goals I set:

1. Park my car further out
2. Use my Stand-Up desk
3. Spend a little bit more time with my workouts
4. Plan my meals to incorporate more protein

How did I do?  Not very well at all.  I'm going to blame it on my job... got to blame something.  It's not an excuse... pleeeeaaazzze!  I'm not one for excuses. It's an environmental variable that came into play that had an effect on my overall performance and inability to meet my overall metric expectations.   OK, it's a poor excuse as to why I did not use my stand up desk, spend more time at my workouts (seriously, I just need to add 10-15 mins more!), and plan my meals to incorporate more protein.  But yes, I did park my car further out, which probably explains why I burned an additional 8 calories and added an additional 59 steps to my day.  OK, it wasn't that far out... but farther than I usually do! 

Here are my numbers for Week 2 compared to Week 1 and my Targets:

Calories burned and calories consumed came up a bit, but need to come up more.  My targets for consumed and steps are actually pretty low, so I need to at least get to these targets before I will raise them higher.

Protein and fats remained the same, but carbs came up a bit.  Thanks to my TOM (I know, TMI), I drifted towards carbs a bit more than usual.  Not concerned about my carb intake, because even at 37 grams a day, I still was in consistent Nutritional Ketosis with an average reading of 1.4mmol in the afternoon.

 

To sleep, perchance to Dream... (OK, I don't know why I've been quoting Hamlet so much, but it is my favorite Shakespeare soliloquy).  Suffered a bit with sleep this week, which is why I did not jump out of bed to hit the gym before work Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday! Here I am going to blame work again (environment variable!).  I have a 70 mile commute every day and in January, I have to do it 6 days in a row, at least for the first few weeks.  Normally, I just do it Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Friday, with a Work From Home (WFH) day on Wed to break it up.   Plus work has been intense, so it is mentally draining.  I fall asleep about 8:30pm, but then I tend to wake up around 2am and toss and turn until 4:30am.   But the good news is this schedule will change this coming week.  I do have to work Sunday, but will be WFH.  I will also resume my WFH on Wednesdays.  

Despite the lack of achieving my goals, I was down 1 pound!  Woo Woo!  I'll take that!  I'll take anything going down!  I will continue with the same mini goals this coming week.