It doesn't involve any rocket surgery, that's for sure. It's right back to basics - tracking what I eat and getting regular exercise, and also trying to "eat clean" (no processed junk) and not obsess over the scales. From April 1st to June 1st (and beyond - I'll be off to France with my bike on the 12th), that's two months of just doing the right thing. I reckon I'm 90% of the way there on the clean eating, and although I tend to weigh in daily, I've always looked at the scales with a scientific eye and an "yeah, right" rather than letting the numbers rule my life. As for the rest of it, I've done it before and so I can damn well do it again. If I can really focus on it for 2 months then I reckon I will be back in the groove and keep it going.
So, given it was the extended Easter weekend, how did I do so far? Pretty well, I think - one curry, one social gathering where I ate pretty cleanly (just quite a bit of it...), and a few pints (*cough*). But, on the other side of the scales, a couple of good runs and a day's hard graft digging holes. I've got through my days at work drinking plenty of water and not sneaking off to the shop for chocolate... It adds up to a pound down over the week, but more importantly a whole lot of positive mental energy, something I haven't had for a while.
It's probably not the easiest month coming up, with a conference and a couple of other trips away to come (long train journeys and catered food are never the greatest combination), but that's no excuse. Let the positive energy flow...
And let the plans flow, because if I say it then I've got to do it!
Plan for the rest of this week:
Today: run 45 mins - done, listening to Two Fit Chicks' latest offering and some uplifting tracks
Tomorrow: gym: 30 mins cardio + strength (upper body/core)
Saturday: run 1hr
Sunday: 4-5 mile social walk
Longer term plans:
- One Yarmouth 5 miler (14th April, 28th April, 12th May (!))
- All 3 Wroxham 5k races unless I'm away (26th May, 23rd June, 25th August), aiming for a PB at the last?
- Breckland 10k (3rd May) - entered
- Wibbly Wobbly Log Jog (early August) or the Worsted Festival 5 (late July)
- September triathlon: North Norfolk Oly or Waveney2 sprint
- Noises have been made about entering a ladies' team for the National Triathlon Relay Championships on 21st August, and doing the Coast2Coast bike ride at some point... they rely on other people, but I'm up for it.
- A bit less sure about Alpe d'Huez on the France trip in June... might give that one a miss, sorry guys!
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