1) Weight Loss minimum 1lb per week.
Over the month, I lost 5lb, which is slightly ahead of target, but I didn't lose every week.
I am happy with the result, but feel that if circumstances had been slightly different I would have done better.
This first week, I had an amazing loss of 4.5lb, I tracked my food all week, I stuck (mostly within the Syns limit) and did plenty of exercise.
The second week, I had a bit of a wobble, I only tracked for two full days and didn't really follow the plan. I did however get plenty of exercise. I started a training course with buffet lunch on the Monday, and had to go to the evening weigh-in instead of my usual morning one, I ended up gaining 1lb.
The third week, I was on a training course with a free buffet lunch, so I didn't track and I didn't get much exercise, just walking to and from the course, 20 minutes each way. I didn't get to the gym over the weekend because of snow stopping the buses. I didn't go to weigh-in because it was cold, dark and snowing.
The fourth week, I was still on the training course with buffet lunch until the Friday, so again I didn't track this week. I did start going to the gym again on the Saturday, so got exercise during the second half of the week. This week, I was back at my morning weigh-in and lost 1.5lb, making a total of 5lb for the month.
2) No Alcohol until the 24th March.
I did not touch a drop of alcohol for the whole of this month. It was temping at times, but I resisted.
3) Run 5km in less than 40 minutes.
I tried to start the Couch to 5km programme early in January, but it made my knees hurt so I had to ease off, then I was on the training course, so I didn't really get started with this. I will get started on this soon.
4) Swim 3km per week.
I didn't manage this once, it is a good target and I am going to keep trying to achieve it.
5) Walk and cycle more.
The weather has been pretty poor, but I have walked 39km this month. I am going to get my bike out during February, and I will try to walk more than 39km during February.
6) Keep a food diary.
Well..... I manage 1 week. Bit of a failure here. I have decided to start logging my food on Cron-o-meter, hopefully I will stick to this better than I have creating a food diary in this blog.
7) Update this blog once per week.
Again I managed 1 week. I am totally blaming the training course for removing the motivation. I am aiming for weekly updates every Tuesday after weigh-in during February.
I am aiming to do better in February, and continue to lose weight.
