Personal goals

I have been remiss in my blooging, for which I apologise. I even have several posts, particularly the ones about my pastry experiments, written and almost ready to go. I blame work, it gets in between.

So, this is unrelated to any recipes, but not unrelated to nutrition. I have set myself some goals, that are weight and exercise related.

My 8-weeks goals are:
Gain 3 kg (there's 2.2 pounds to a kg, you do the maths)
Exercise a minimum of 4 days per week
Do at least 1 day yoga per week
Do some exercise every weekend

These goals are fairly low set. The one I might struggle with is the weight gain. And I have a week off from work during which I'll do no yoga, and during which my exercise regime may slip a bit. But it shall be very interesting to see where I am at on October 16th.

Over the last 8 weeks I have achieved the following.
Gained 5 kg (actually, I gained 6 but lost 1)
Almost doubled the weights I use in the gym.
Worked out a minimum 3 days per week.

A good indication of how much stronger I am getting is my ability to do proper push-ups. 8 weeks ago I couldn't do even 1 without having my knees in the ground. Yesterday I managed 5! It may not sound like much but for me it's really an achievement after the loss of muscle I suffered when I got ill. Let's see how many I can do in October!

I have to be very careful with what I eat in order to make sure I consume enough to have a steady weight gain whilst working out that much. And with that in mind, it's time to have some rice cakes with peanut butter.