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Month Two — Consistency and Chevda

Month Two opens with 68,545 steps, two gym sessions and a body in full "I am not cooperating" mode. More home-cooked meals, two days of unrepentant chevda, a first attempt at food logging, and friends who can happily wait until 11 a.m. for an apple.


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Month 2 · Week 5

Consistency, Chevda and Slim-Girl Energy

68,545 steps, two gym sessions, and a suitcase packed for a weekend away. Also: chevda for dinner, baked sweet potato and cauliflower, food logging, and friends who survive on an apple until 11 a.m.

  • walking
  • steps
  • gym
  • strength
  • food
  • chevda
  • Bogotá
  • Garmin
  • friends

The month in excerpts

Week 5 · August 15

Consistency, Chevda and Slim-Girl Energy

68,545 steps, two gym sessions, and a suitcase packed for a weekend away. Also: chevda for dinner, baked sweet potato and cauliflower, food logging, and friends who survive on an apple until 11 a.m.

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Week 6 · August 22

Barre, Swimming and Gym Lingo Have Entered the Chat

Barre on Mondays, 1,025 metres in the pool, two gym sessions and a formal introduction to the adductor and abductor machines. Four structured workouts, new gym vocabulary — and zero kilos lost.

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Week 7 · August 29

Progress, Not Perfection: I'm Chasing Nimo (Not Finding Nemo)

Movement is quietly becoming part of the routine: better sleep, three consecutive 10,000-step days and my longest, fastest swim yet.

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Week 8 · September 5

Four Workouts and Very Little Drama—Except in the Activewear Department

Four workouts, 61,091 steps and 57 lengths of the pool—plus a Bogotá shopping trip that proved plus-size activewear is still a mission.

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