Do or Do Not Challenge #10

This week Kris @ Eclipsed has challenged us to Do or Do Not:

1.   Plan a week's worth of healthy meals this week. 

I have been menu planning since the beginning of the Do or Do Not Challenge but this week I'd already kicked it up a notch by including what I planned to have for breakfast and snacks on it :) Great minds think alike eh?

This week I'm aiming to have lower calorie "meals" much more often throughout the day - when I get hungry I don't necessarily choose healthily.

I'm starting off Lent on Wednesday with a day's fast and then avoiding sugar and really cutting back on dairy for the duration (post scheduled for Sunday on this). It'll be hard but definitely worth it - I'll be feeling less lethargic and less sniffly (dairy weakens my immune system terribly) so here's to a healthier spring.

2.  Try a new exercise routine or DVD this week

I have been avoiding my exercise DVDs like the plague of late but I will try to fit one in this week - not promising though.

Last week our challenges were:

1. To get 7-8 hours of sleep a night

I set myself the challenge of being in bed by half ten with lights out by eleven instead of the usual of screen time until after midnight and then roll out of bed startled by the alarm at half six. I managed a whole three nights of good sleep which is definite progress compared to the couple of months preceding this past week. Hoping to do beter this week.

2. To eat fruit or veg with every meal

This was not a tough challenge for me at all and I enjoyed noting that every meal contained at least one portion if not more!

I added another 363 minutes  of exercise to my 14,365 minutes target (over two hours more than my 215mins goal for the week - see my ticker in the sidebar), but I didn't achieve all my goals for the week.
I only managed to hit 35mins of exercise 4/5 days and twenty minutes 1/2 days

I set myself the following challenges across the week:
1. Track my food intake on ki fit EVERYDAY BIG FAIL!
2. Upload my ki fit data EVERYDAY BIG FAIL! Though in part this was caused by the computer not uploading the data a couple of days - I didn't even try uploading everyday
3. Keep to a calorie budget of 2000kcals daily BIG FAIL!
4. Walk everyday
At work (M-Th), before work (F), during ad breaks and before lunch (Sa), with my hubs (Su).
BIG FAIL - I only "walked properly" three days at work, didn't walk at all on Friday or Sunday BUT went for a fabulous long walk with some girlfriends on Saturday (even hitting a new personal best for vigorous activity).
5. Air Glide
Five solid minutes (M-Sa) BIG FAIL - didn't go on this once!
6. Fifty sit-ups everyday Don't think I did any - another big fail!
7. Strength Training
Thirty bicep reps and thirty tricep reps on each arm (M-Sa) Yet another big fail!
8. Steps
10,000 (M-Th) 7,000 (F) 5,000 (Sa-Su) Only managed 3 days over 10,000 steps and two others over 7,000 - not great but not awful.
9. Calorie Burn
2700 (M-Th) Check! 2600 (F) Only just over 2400 on Friday. 2400 (Sa-Su) Only hit just over 2000 Sunday BUT hit over 3300 Saturday
10. Post encouraging messages in prominent places
Finally did this on Sunday night!

So I definitely have a ways to go but I'm so much more active than I was at the start of this journey - it is hard not to feel a little proud of myself over just how far I've come.

This week I'll be aiming for the same goals as last week as well as trying to add in that exercise DVD too.

Thanks again for the challenges and accountability Kris!