4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - You Dust Yourself Off and Try Again

Yesterday was the pits. Today I decided to redeem myself with my pole exercises.

A shout out to Duke for the pep talk. Thank you!

And instead of just going through the motion, I challenge myself to complete a full 10 reps per set. I only did 1 set of each exercises so I can pace myself to finish the entire pole strength routine. It was not easy. Especially after a day's work, I was tired but I wanted to compensate myself after a break down yesterday. Just so I can feel good about myself and that I accomplish something.

Wednesday's workouts - Pole Strength Routine

Pole Squat - 10 reps 2 sets

Pole Plies - 10 reps 2 sets

Pole Lunges - 10 reps 1 set

Pole Leg Lifts - 10 reps 1 set

Pole Single Leg Squats - 10 reps 1 set

Pole Hold - 6 reps 1 set for each arm (I only managed to do 1 when I started so yea!)

Pole Row - 10 reps 1 set

Pole Triceps Push - 10 reps 1 set

Pole Shoulder Push - 10 reps 1 set (This was a vertical push up with the pole to assist you, I used a chair variation but I surprised myself when I can actually do a full 10. Another yea!)

Leg Hook Side Crunch - 10 reps 1 set

Knee Tuck - 3 reps 1 set for each arm (By the time I reach this exercise, I was tired and sore and my arms was shaking, so this was the toughest for me to complete today. This is kind of like the vertical leg lifts)

A slap on the wrist for yesterday. A pat on the back for today.

 

 

 

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Plateau & Off the Bandwagon

Today is Day 14. That is 2 weeks into the challenge and I am not doing as well as I should in terms of weight loss or fat loss. I have progressed yes, in terms of food choices and awareness but I cannot claim to be one of those people who can boast a 30 pounds in 30 days kind of weight loss.

The last couple of days was tough in terms of diet, I was on a cheat day on Saturday and I was ready for no carbs again on Sunday, however I had a couple of lunch and dinner invitations and that really screws me over. I cannot resist some of the potatoes (and the pasta, and the pizza...) it was tooooo tempting, I just caved. I cannot just have a bite, it lead to two bites and then it was a slice of pizza..and then pasta. I remember telling myself 'That's enough, or 'gosh what you are doing, no carbs!' and then went into this spiral fall of guilt. I felt like a total failure. Again.

And even though I had no carbs on Mon and Tues, I still feel like a failure. I was doing so well and why do I have to mess it up again? What is wrong with me, why can I not be as discipline as I should.

I think I need to think of something to "punish" myself. An embrassing 'before' picture would probably give me a kick in the butt.

 

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 10 (Cheat Day)

As far as this diet goes, I had been pretty good in keeping up refraining from carbs. I try as much as possible not to stray to far from the goal.

I have not realized that it was already cheat day today. It wasn't until I went to the supermarket and my fiance asked me if I wanted to have a bag of chips. I love chips but I haven't one since I started this diet. I don't know if my fiance was trying to be supportive or kind or disruptive because he was the one who reminded me of my cheat day today. It was a mix of feelings when I realized it was cheat day. I was secretly happy because I do want those bag of chips so it was very timely to give in to some junk. At the same time, if my fiance hadn't reminded me of my cheat day I probably won't have finished the bag.

I decided I was just going to enjoy the cheat day. I suppose psychologically it would have made me less anxious about eating carbs. It is a cheat day after all, a kind of 'treat' after having spend the week without carbs so I was not going to beat myself about it anytime soon.

 

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 8 (and 9)

Craving for carbs has been creeping slowly and I find that the more I resist the more I kept thinking about carbs like bread or pasta.

So in order not to torture myself I will have a bite of a pc of bread or a spoonful of rice and chew it really slow. It just takes one bite and for the rest of the day I won't think of anymore carbs. This method helps me stick on this challenge more.

Fat percentage hasn't dropped since 2 days ago and my meals has a lot more greens than it used to be and I am really happy about that.

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 7

This is going to be a rather short post.

1 week into the challenge already and...I dont lose significantly a large amount of weight but I am very happy to announce that my fat percentage did drop a little.

Yippee!

And my meal for the day. This is the first day that I actually feel sick of chicken. It was wings the entire day! I think I'll have myself some nice meat tomorrow.

 

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