Fingers crossed

After my gain last week I have been SPing all week. I only meant to do so once but the result was so startling that I have had to keep checking. As of this morning (24 hours before WI) I have lost 5.75lb! I really hope that keeps up as it would wipe out my holiday gain plus a 1.75lb bonus.

I have only managed to get to the gym once this week, but it felt really good to get back to it. It didn't feel too arduous so hopefully two weeks off is not enough time to diminish fitness and muscle tone. I have upped my routine now and do:

20 mins cross trainer (203 calories burned today)
5 mins rower machine (43 calories burned today)
15 mins walking uphill on treadmill (155 calories burned today)

That means a grand total of 401 calories burned in 40 minutes :) I do that without a break then do my weights routine, followed by abdominals exercises and stretches. The whole lot takes an hour. When I think back to how hard I found the cardiovascular workout 2 months ago I feel really proud of myself. This is the longest I have ever kept up going to the gym.

Eating wise this week I have been very unimaginative I'm afraid, mostly having WW ready meals and veg for dinners. But it seems to be working!

On the negative side of things, I looked at some photos from my mum's birthday party before we came home last week and I was horrified at the pictures of me. I may have lost quite a bit but I still look fat :( I think it is partly because I have not lost much if any weight off my bust and face and the top half is what shows in photos. It depressed me for a bit, I felt like I should see more of an effect after all this work, but now I feel motivated to make photos of me this time next year terrific!