Last week was very successful. This week, I was successful, but in different ways.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Michael had a bad asthma attack. I needed to help him, and that had a knock-on effect on the rest of the week.
Diet changes
This did not go well this week. Don’t ask.
However, I did have a deliberately unhealthy dinner (pizza followed by chocolate chip cookies) on Friday, which was a relatively inactive day, and my blood glucose 2 hours later was within range, which is good.
Exercise changes
Because of the knock-on effect of Thursday morning, I decided to be much more gentle to myself towards the end of the week.
| Day | Rings closed | Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Monday† | Yes | 13,170 |
| Tuesday‡ | Yes | 12,053 |
| Wednesday† | Yes | 9,584 |
| Thursday | Just move | 8,477 |
| Friday | Move and stand | 3,776 |
| Saturday | Yes | 21,916 |
| Sunday | Yes | 11,927 |
† denotes a day I went swimming
‡ denotes a day I did Pilates
Summary and conclusion
I came nowhere near my diet goals this week, but it was good to see that Friday’s attempt to push my blood glucose high failed.
Exercise goals were close, although I was successful in another way: I was kind to myself. I could have pushed through on Thursday and Friday to close the rings and get 10k steps, but that would have been pushing myself too hard.
Week 3
In week 3, I will have to really work on my diet. There is also no Pilates, so I want to swim at least three times.