8 Week Challenge - Day 20

Today it is a stinking hot day, but there are no excuses to not exercise. The gym has air-conditioning so it’s better to work out than be hot and lazy on the beach. Today the RPM (spinning) class was a very hard one, but I like it that way.
Good news: my current weight is now [...]

8 Week Challenge - Day 18 & 19

Yesterday I had the day off from exercising which was pretty nice; it gave my body a break is really wanted. Today however it was back to business. I did cardio and resistance training.
Cardio

20 min. Cross trainer - level 4 -  13/14 km/h
15 min. Bike riding - level 7 - 85/90 rpm
45 min. Spinning class

Resistance/Weight [...]

8 Week Challenge - Day 17

Before I started my work out I jumped on the scales. I know I am not supposed to weigh myself often, but I was so frustrated with my weight gain. Anyway, the weight has come down again to 81.4 kilo. I hope that from now on it will continue to go down.
Today I was struggling [...]

8 Week Challenge - Day 16

Today I had my second appointment with my dietitian. I was really looking forward to it because I wanted to ask what had caused my weight gain. According to the dietitian I had done well with my meal plan in week 1 (when I lost a kilo), but not so well in week 2. The [...]

8 Week Challenge - Day 14 & 15

Yesterday I had another day off, but today I started week 3 of the 8 Week Challenge feeling all fired up again. Monday is my weigh-in day and I was looking forward to seeing lower numbers on the weighting scale. The shock was pretty big when I saw that I had gained a kilo. According [...]