(Weeks 5-8)
The second quarter of Season 2 is still going strong but this most recent week prevented me from achieving 100% across the board. I hadn’t missed a workout, study session, crochet, or any other scheduled item (except stretching) until around Wednesday when my husband’s cold got me. He was sick in bed and I only caught a tickle in the throat and a headache, but to prevent me from getting worse I skipped half of my workouts to allow my immune system a chance to fight. It seems to have worked (I can only assume) because my poor husband remained sick for days and I was feeling fine after a bit.
My goal is to actually continue my workouts in this last month but also up their intensity because although I am getting physically stronger, I still seem to have too high of a body fat percentage for my muscle gains to show. I am in a healthy weight and smack-dab in the middle of the BMI chart, but aesthetically I’m not where I want to be. It’s not about being skinny for me…I want to be healthy, but I also want to look physically fit. In all honesty, if I can ever get my arms to be my favorite feature, I think that will tell me I’ve “arrived” at my goal. My arms have always been my least favorite part of my body and has always been the place where my weight likes to hide out.
To reach that goal I also really need to dial in my diet more. It’s greatly improved and I haven’t had a day without a smoothie so my veggie and fruit intake remain good, but either my calories are too high and I’m miscalculating or I need to tighten up and lower my sugar and nutrient-poor calorie foods. Change is hard though. I’ve had some success in implementing things into my diet and physical fitness, but I’m still struggling with removing some things that would improve my results. I’m hopeful I can stick to my stricter goals over this next month and if successful, keep those good habits going.
I’m still struggling with stretching and splits and I haven’t quite pinpointed my problem. I always plan to stretch after my workouts, but it’s as if stretching falls out of my brain as soon as my workout is finished and by the time it pops back in, I’m lying in bed ready to sleep. Stretching and splits are still on the goal list, so for this last quarter I’m going to try and make it a feature instead of an option by maybe doing some light stretching throughout the day in case I don’t actually get on the ground and do it fully. I’ve clearly got to come up with a new plan because the one I’m using isn’t working for the stretching goal.
GREEN= COMPLETED
BLUE= COMPLETED ON A DIFFERENT DAY
RED= NOT COMPLETED
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