Well, let's see. On Day 1, I'm grateful that we're starting slow and ramping up over time! Doing my very first jumps (ever), I quickly realized how weird and hard this rope jumping stuff feels in my body. I'm so not used to doing cardio (did I really just admit this publicly?) that I couldn't even figure out how to breathe efficiently. Good thing I have 89 more days to explore this unknown realm.
The rest of the exercises went fine, felt good, etc. Still grateful for the relatively easy routine!
As for the eating half situation, it's kind of confusing and yes, I felt hungry at different times throughout the day. The confusion for me is that my normal eating is so scattered and piecemeal - grabbing something here or there, or forgetting to eat until I'm ravenous - that I rarely sit down to a full meal. So deciding what constitutes a "half-portion" is not very clear. I will say that each time I put something in my mouth today, I thought about it first, instead of merely inhaling it.
In this Day 1 post, I want to include my stats so that I can look back later and gloat :)
Weight: 117 lbs / 53 kg
Body fat %: 24.3
Chest: 32.5 in / 82.5 cm
Waist: 29.5 in / 75 cm
Hips: 38 in / 96.5 cm
Happy Day 1, everybody!
Welcome aboard! The 1/2 is literally 1/2 of everything: any meal/snack/whatever you would normally eat just eat 1/2, whether its a salad or burger or banana or cookie....its that simple, no need to start sweating the diet just yet (actually you'll never be sweating the diet...)
ReplyDeleteI'm having a similar experience with the 1/2 portions. In the evening when I finally managed to get to dinner, the question was 1/2 portion of my giant I'm starving meal or 1/2 portion of a normal meal. I went with 1/2 of a regular meal and then ate some more later because I was so hungry, and then felt bad about it. boo.
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