Diet Diary: Post Special K Plan!

Okay its time to formulate my post Special K Plan.  So here is my plan.  Following on from the Special K diet I am going to make sure I eat breakfast every morning, it really is the most important meal of the day folks!  For lunch I am going to have a tuna mayo salad, the salad will be cucumber, pepper, sweetcorn and lettuce with a side portion of cous cous.  Snacking will be fruit and rice cakes only.  Then in the evening my meal will be approx 700 calories MAX!  That should put me on approx 1200-1400 calories a day putting me at a 600-800 calorie deficit a day.

Let me explain.  1 lb of fat equates to roughly 3500 calories.  So with me having an average of 700 calories deficit a week my total deficit for the week should be 4900, which means I should lose just over 1lb a week.  Overall I am looking to lose 14lbs.  Now I have had this calories controlled diet for a while now and not really lost much weight which is why I gave the special K challenge a go.  Basically I can only come to the conclusion that my metabolism is at a stand still.  So this means, Exercise, Exercise, Exercise!  

I have 2 new daily mantras.  The first is from Cassey Ho from the Blogilates channel on youtube. This mantra is "Train Insane or Remain the Same" She has some fab workout videos so you should really check her out and a lot of these are HIIT workouts which are great for losing weight.  She also has a website you can access here 

My other personal fave at the moment is Danny J from The Sweaty Betties.  My mantra from her is "Don't be a Bitch", when it hurts carry on!  Again she has some fab workouts on her youtube channel.  My fave is the Tabata style shoulder blast and this is her website

So here is my workout plan for the next month.  I am also going to be taking on The Sweaty Betties September Challenge and incorporating this into my workout routine.  I know its practically October, I will be doing the same steps over October instead.

Monday - 1 hour Zumba + 3 sets of 30 sit ups
Tuesday - 2 of Blogilates Pop Cardio workouts and The Sweaty Betties Tabata Shoulder Blast
Wednesday - walk/jog 1.5 mile, x1 Blogilates Pop Cardio & Resistance Training using Total Gym
Thursday - 20 mins Zumba and Sweaty Betties workout #2
Friday - Resistance Training, 3 sets of 15-25 push ups, x1 Blogilates Pop Cardio
Saturday - 1 hour Zumba
Sunday - REST!

So that's my plan.  I will list weigh in results in 2 weeks and then again at the end of the month and let you know how I got on with the challenge.  Wish Me Luck!