Due to football being watched on Wednesday I didn't make my boxing classes, then other factors occurred which led to me being unable to workout. That changed on Monday though and I managed to get to the gym where I did a great upper session followed by a short run.

Steps

Steps have been massively lacking and I know this is something I need to work on going forward. Things took a turn on Monday when I hit my 8,000 steps for the day and I am hoping that is a sign of things to come and I can continue increasing my daily steps going forward.

Nutrition

I have been within my calories all week which has been a challenge as I definitely wanted to snack a lot of the time. However, I really need to make changes to my diet going forward. Yes I might be in my calories each day but it isn't always nutritious food I am eating.

The Struggles of the week

The biggest struggle has definitely been getting moving. A skin flare up left me in agony for days which wrote off a lot of sessions as I knew they would make the issues worse. I feel like if I didn't have the flare up things would have been much better for the week.

Focuses for the week ahead 

Going forward the focus is on adding better food into my diet to aid recovery more and just make me feel better in myself. I am also focusing on getting those sessions boxed off all week in the hopes of seeing some good progress.

Goals Wrap Up

 > Get into the 101 kg bracket - I am still a way off this but I know it is coming sooner rather than later. 

> 8,000 steps a day - This happened once which I am annoyed about but steps are in place to improve this. 

>  Gym at least twice - The skin flare up stopped this but we managed one in the end so not all hope was lost.

> No takeaways - We ended up having a takeaway as a payday treat but rather than something greasy I stuck to chicken tikka and chips so I don't feel too bad about this.

Now for the all important part the weight: 

Start of 2026 weight : 104.7 Kg 

Last weeks weight : 103 kg

This weeks weight : 103 kg

Difference for the year : - 1.7 kg 

I kind of expected a rise this week due to various factors out of my control so I was pleasantly surprised to see that I managed to maintain. Granted that wasn't the goal for the week though so now it is time to really lock in and get making some progress. If I want to hit the 100 Kg goal in early February then it is go time.

My goals for the week ahead:

> Get into the 101 kg bracket

> Go Boxing

>  Gym at least twice

> Add more fruit & veg to diet

> 1 Run in the home gym

Some goals have stayed the same but others have been slightly changed in the hopes of me finally seeing that drop. Hopefully I now knuckle on down, nail those gym sessions and make changes to my diet and by next Tuesday's post I will hopefully finally be able to change that difference for the year and have February off to a good start which is how I need the month to go.

Let's see what next weeks wrap up includes shall we.

See you soon

Lucy