Small victories

Hmm, like most things last week didn't go entirely to plan. The run on Thursday morning completely messed me up to the extent that I went home early from work with a splitting headache and feeling sick, ibuprofen having done absolutely nothing to help. I say it quite often but no good can come from exercise! Ok, that's not medically true but clearly it was too much too soon for my lazy body. I used my illness of the previous day, and the fact that it was raining, not to run on Friday and on Saturday I decided that going to watch football was in fact infinitely more appealing than going to the gym.

But, as inidicated in the title, small victories are to be celebrated. I have been to the gym this lunchtime and had a good session, and last night I managed to resist an entire buffet and three trays of cake. Get in! So this week I have plotted my exercise already and have hopefully been a little more realistic. And I reckon if I achieve an 80% success rate of training I plan to do and what I actually execute then that'll be pretty good.

The schedule for this week- Monday am run before work, Tuesday eve- body combat (I've wanted to try this for ages, a boxercise type class, but fear of not being able to do it all has stopped me. But if I were already fit enough to do it all I wouldn't need to train so much and I figure I need to toughen up and get used to pain!), Wednesday- rest day at the moment, Thursday pm- run with Teresa, Friday pm- gym, Saturday am- maybe swim/ walk.

I'm also returning to writing down my food. Something I did religiously when signed up to Wibbly Wobblies but have slacked on the last few weeks. I don't know that I will count points again but it does make me think twice about what I'm eating and give me a better awareness of just how often I snack and the difference between eating what I want and eating what I actually need. I had considered rejoining WW in the new year but the fact that it takes up a whole evening and costs money has put me off. I will see though. I certainly benefited from being accountable to Marjorie Doors every week but I also know that if I just eat less and exercise more it'll have the same outcome for cheaper!

At least one good thing to come out of the recent hike in petrol prices is that I'm walking more! I could claim that my new years' resolution was to be more eco-friendly but in truth I'm just miserly. And every little helps right?!

So, this week. I'm going to take it a bit more steady, have realistic expectations of myself and celeberate the small victories. And it'll start with a run in the morning. Unless it's raining.