The academic semester is about to start. You know what that means.
5-WEEK BACK-TO-SCHOOL CHALLENGE
I know I said Back-on-Track Challenge was an interlude before I start the Long-term Sustainable Weight Loss Challenge again, but there is only 5 weeks left to the doomsday, and you better believe this bitch right here is gonna rock hell and go sit on her throne of fire. Anyway, I might be ambitious but I'm realistic enough to realize I can't lose weight enough to weigh, like, 50 kg or something in 5 weeks, and I'm ready to sacrifice a few friends and relatives of mine in a ritual to lose 1 kg each week and weigh 55 kg on the first day of college. Now, the challenge...
Eat 1100 calories and 90 g carbs at most a day. I'm aware these are slightly higher restrictions than the previous challenge, but my father specifically wanted these numbers, and, well, who am I to say no to a doctor on such matters? They are just the maximum anyway; not a goal to be fulfilled, but a boundary to not be crossed. My average is probably, hopefully, gonna be lower.
Get on the scale each and every morning. The days I disciplined myself with getting on the scale only weekly are over. We have a time limit, and we're gonna reach our goal before it ends. Weighing myself daily will also give me the opportunity to adjust my intake WITHIN the boundaries of the first rule according to my weight loss rate, which is why I accepted my dad's offer to raise my cal and carbs limit. It provides a bigger framework to play in while still losing weight.
No more than two meals daily unless showering. You know the drill. The Back-on-Track Challenge wasn't necessarily hard, but the hardest part of it was to not eat anything before I showered because of this hypoglycemic attack thing. So, I decided to let myself eat something before getting into the shower, still following the intake limitations of course. My first meal won't be earlier than 12 pm and the last one no later than 8 pm.
Exercise. Just gonna leave this rule ambiguous because rn I'm very busy and probably won't be really available for any physical activity before next week (not the one starting tomorrow), and I have no idea where to start. We're gonna have to talk about this later.
Do not take a break unless the weight loss stops. This is one of the reasons I need to weigh myself daily. If I stop losing weight for three days, meaning I weigh the same or more than my lowest weight in the challenge for three mornings, I will take a one-day break starting on the third morning until midnight, eating at my maintenance calories depending on my current weight with no limits to carbs or junk food etc. If and only if I still do not lose weight for three days after the break in a week I will take a break of three days with same conditions applying here. I hope I will never ever need to take breaks, but I know I will. I wish it will be only one-day breaks.
Fast on the period week. OK, I admit, I didn't stick to my maintenance limits during the one-week break. So, I'm already fasting rn and I'll tell you all about it, but you already know what this rule is about. I can only fast on my period week because of the birth control pill and so on. Also, this is the last rule bc as I said I'm already on my period and fasting; if my menstrual cycle doesn't go crazy, the next fast will take place right before the challenge ends.
I will start the challenge tomorrow, September 13.
