Summer Challenge Week 2 results

The results are in for week 2. So how did you all get on with the fruit and veg challenge? I started the week well, then slowly my count decreased :(

I was thinking how I tend to eat the same thing all the time without much variety, so I was thinking the challenge for this week is. I want you to go out and try at least one new food - you never know it might be something you really love and it becomes a regular part of your food choices. I have signed up for a local fruit and veg delivery company, and I'll be honest a lot of the items on the list I had never heard of - so I'm excited to try new things when my delivery arrives on Tuesday.

Down to the numbers for this week, another great week. The group lost a total of 21.5lbs this week which was 0.56%. That's a total of 57.15lbs in two weeks. The person who lost the most this week was Lisa S (@LisascottLisa) who lost 2.55%, well done Lisa :) The overall loss also goes to Lisa who has lost a total of 5.36% in the two weeks. Can she keep it up for two more weeks to take the 4 week prize? There are a few people close behind her.

Well done to everyone this week and good luck for the week ahead. You can do it.

I'll be on vacation from Friday to Monday next week, and not sure if I will be taking my laptop, so I may not post results until Monday next week. Please still send me your weigh in results by midnight on the Saturday. I will always reply when I get them but if I don't have my laptop to hand I won't be able to send you your stats until I return.

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May BarkBox

I was so busy with moving house and various things this month that I completely forgot about BarkBox, so it was a nice surprise when I came home one day and found it on the doorstep. As soon as I walked in the door with it in my hand, both dogs went crazy sniffing the box.

 

  

The theme for this month's BarkBox was playing and pampering, and some awesome items for doing both.

 As usual the edible treats are always the first ones to be taken from the box. I managed to cut the bully stick in half so they were both able to have it at the same time, so I didn't have to sit and supervise the sharing of it. The spiral bully stick from bestbullysticks is odor free and sourced from free range grass fed cattle.

The sqwuggie (yes a very strange name!) from Katie's Bumpers is a toy made from fire hose material, and can even be machine washed, although it does have a warning on it about the dye, so I probably wont be washing it!

The Dallas peanut butter Delights from Sloppy Kisses of Saratoga (such a cute name) were a big hit with my two.

Going on long walks in the warmer weather means I am always taking along bottles of water, and have various types of containers/bottles for this purpose. So it was nice to get a new one (Gulpy) from newangle direct.

Last but not least was a cute pampering set from Warren London it including a hydrating butter for your dogs coat and a fizzing tablet for the tub for their paws. This is such a cute idea. One of my westies has bad allergies so I'm not sure if I will use the moisturizing butter on her, but I'm looking forward to trying the fizzing tablet on their paws when they next have a bath - which will be very soon!

For those of you who haven't signed up yet - WHY NOT?! 

If you use the referral code SASCO020 when you sign up you will receive $5 off your first BarkBox - go on what's stopping you?

Week 19

Finally the scales are heading back the other way - so I think the medication was to blame for my recent gains. I haven't tracked my food this week, but have been exercising lots. I weighed this morning and lost 4.4lbs this week - taking my total loss since the beginning of the year to 11.8lbs, still just under 7lbs away from my lowest weight this year, so hope to be back there very soon.

From today I am starting to track weight watchers points again :) I haven't done it in a long while and have been guesstimating, so need to re educate myself again.

Today is day 3 of my first week of my training plan for my walk in September. Monday was a rest day, although I did end up cleaning the house from top to bottom which took up a good part of the day, yesterday was a 3 mile walk, which I did walking around a local lake. Today is 30 mins cross training, so I plan to go on my exercise bike this afternoon for 30 mins. I am also walking up the huge set of steps near my house once a day, there are 152 steps in total, I've been walking up the middle part which is 75 steps. The top part is super steep, also the bottom part includes a steep slope before the steps, I did it once the other day and thought I was dying!! I'm sure it will get easier with practice.

I went to check out my local YMCA yesterday, it is nice, but I'm not sure I'm ready to go back just yet, so am going to let my membership expire at the end of the month, then maybe in a few months I will rejoin and start back at my water running classes. In the meantime I have lots of exercise equipment I can be using at home

My physio is going well and they are really pleased with my progress and I have a 30 minute strengthening program I do twice a day which is really helping.

I'm addicted to my fit bit at the moment, and love watching my progress and receiving my weekly stats. 

My daily steps target is 10,000 which I am going to keep for now, and my floors climbed is 10, but I'm going to change this to 15 as I am always walking up stairs. These are last week's stats.