Ok so as you know. I went on hols to france. Over that period I put on about 5lbs. This was what I expected and so was not too bothered. After that, we had some friends staying with us from America. We went out quite a lot sightseeing and stuff and so pretty much ate burgers and takeaways for a week. We had a few fried breakfasts too and to top it all off it was easter and so lots of chocolate was also consumed. This resulted in me gaining a further 5lbs. Now we have a problem!! Our friends left 2 weeks ago to the day, and since then I have shifted 6lbs back off, which I am pleased about.
Last week I started a new exercise routine and found out a little too late that I had made it a bit to hard, resulting in about 4 days of DOMS (Muscle aches). I was somewhat impeded in the rest of the weeks workouts but did as much as I could anyway. This week I dropped a few reps and it seems so far that the DOMS are at a much more managable level.
Its about 5 weeks until Race For Life. I havent done any outdoor running as the weather has been awful. I have designed a 20 minute HIIT (High intensity interval training) routine on the treadmill to help build my cardiovascular powers, (this is where you do a short burst at fast pace and a short recovery period and keep repeating). I tried it on monday and nearly died after about 13 mins! So my aim now is to do a little more each time. Tonight I did 10 mins of bare foot running on the treadmill at a light pace which I hope is going to help with ankle strength and stability. I hope that will make running across the uneven ground during RFL easier.
So, priorities at the moment are cardio/stamina training to prepare for RFL, then once that is out of the way, its full steam ahead to get into shape for summer holidays. The target is to lose another stone (almost half of which is the excess easter weight). I am just a little concerned that it may involve dropping another dress size and thus require buying a whole new summer wardrobe (again). I suppose there are worse things in the world.
Onwards and upwards............
