The past few days have been so busy, especially the weekend when I didn't stop long enough to think too much about food - just grabbed something to eat on the run.
Saturday started off well with a nice 5k run with my friend B. We took a nice route down the River Wey and did much less walking than we'd done the previous week, so progress there. Then spent the rest of the day dashing from one thing to the next; haircut, shopping, toddler's birthday party, impromptu visit to parents' house. All very nice stuff, but was relieved to get home and relax a little before it was time to go to bed!
Sunday began with a 5 mile walk with Murdoch. Again, went down the river, it's so lovely there in the sunshine, very peaceful but at the same time plenty going on with other dog walkers, runners, cyclists, fishers etc etc. Then it was time to head out for a quick swim - and I do mean quick! I did the swim leg of the Liss Triathlon as part of a team which saw me bashing out a quick 400m in Mill Chase swimming pool before driving over to Liss to cheer in my runner. Out of the three teams that ran for my club, we brought up the rear, but we're still waiting to find out individual times so I don't yet know how I got on in the water. One of our teams won the team prize, which was fantastic, but I had to leave before they got their prize as I had to head off to my next engagement.
Dog show! The guys who look after Murdoch while I'm at work do a lot of work with a local dog rescue organisation and they were at a local fun day where there were about a gazillion dogs. G had asked me not to muzzle Murdoch, all dogs were to be kept on lead and I think he wanted to test Murdoch's reaction without muzzle. My boy did not let me down - he went nose on to a variety of dogs and not a peep out of him, which was really lovely to see and such progress from where we started out. Only problem was that he was so hot and overexcited that he had to have a bit of a timeout in the van to cool off! Then it was off to the bandstand in Godalming to meet with friends and listen to the music, a really lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Anyway, enough waffle, let's get down to business. This morning was my first weigh in. So last night, I decided to do a little home workout. I love watching the Biggest Loser and "last chance workout" is an integral part of any competitive weigh in - essentially a last minute effort to sweat out just a few extra ounces of weight before stepping on the scales. My effort was probably a bit less panicked than it should have been, my intensity a little lower, thwarted as I was by Murdoch's continued efforts to join in. Ever attempted a plank while your dog wriggles under your tummy so he can lick your face? You haven't lived. Anyway, the weigh in. I weighed myself this morning and the result was .........
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DRUM ROLL...
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...BUILD SOME TENSION...
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....... REALLY START TO ANNOY READERS WITH TENSION BUILD UP.....
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12st12lb - that's a loss of 3.25lb for the first week. So this week I need to put in extra effort to consolidate those results, but for now I'm very very happy!
Have a lovely day people x
Nicely done - imagine just keeping up that level of enery burn vs calorie intake - it will soon (and gradually, sustainably) drop off (the weight that is).
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Good for you! Keep up the good work. Once your clothes start to feel looser you will be spurred on to keep it up believe me! And yest I have an idea of the plank/Murdoch thingy as Simba has a habit of not just wiggling under my tummy when doing the plank but actually laying there! One of these days he will get squished! And he pushes against my head when doing floor exercises as if to say 'get up you silly woman!'
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