So... Been a bit quiet of late... Well, you see, the thing is...
As happens every so often in my "training regime" I had a week of sloth - couldn't really be bothered with the exercise lark. And didn't feel 100%...
Which devolved into a second week of really not feeling well, and even less exercise...
After 2 weeks of loafing about, I exhibit all the features expected of someone who has done little more than lounge around feeling sorry for oneself and compensating by eating accordingly (when I got around to eating)... Great preparation for the beach...
Feeling a bit perkier this week (hence post) but very tired and so, as yet, have yet to darken the gym's door this week... Ho, hum...
So I am embracing my usual holiday preparation: think oneself thin. I was relatively fit and toned at the end of May (and even a few weeks ago), and so this is quite vexing, but still... If I believe that I am trim, toned and healthy, then that is what I will be. I believe, and therefore I am.
It's as good a strategy as any (and the only one left to me, apart from "stop eating the Christmas chocolates!")...
:o}
Today's stats:
Holiday prep (continued) - lots of eating and TV-watching... Ooops!
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Sunday, 4 November 2012
60. Supermarket sweep
They say that you shouldn't go to the supermarket when hungry, but I sneer in the general direction of such advice. Shopping when hungry leads to all sorts of interesting foodstuffs being bought for trial, and that makes life that little bit more interesting...
That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!
Sadly, over the past week, I seem to have taken the end of the 5x50 challenge to heart, and have done little this week other than consume forbidden food and loaf about on the sofa... Which, let's face it, I enjoy far, far more than all the other stuff... There should be a limit in the amount of "bad for you" food that a body can consume in a week, but luckily a visit to the supermarket can provide one with a whole new supply of different (but equally bad) foodstuffs... Yum, yum, yum...
Still, it has to end, and end now... There's and appointment with a beach fast approaching, and I don't really need to increase my body mass for that - I can build up the standard winter-proofing blubber thereafter... Surely...
On the subject of supermarkets (no, really, this is interesting) I recently discovered that Scotmid ("the Co-op") and the Co-operative (erm, "the Co-op") are completely different shops. Apparently Scotmid use the Co-operative name (and branding and stock and offers) under license, but otherwise they are different companies... And a £2.50 voucher for Scotmid will not be accepted in the Co-operative.... Who knew?! I shall need to watch this in future... But it does explain why they keep opening shops within 5 minutes walk of each other. Fascinating stuff, eh? [WAKE UP!!]
Oh, and in exciting news, I was again lucky on the Lottery - a £2.70 win this time! Early retirement is a step or two closer... If only I wasn't spending more than that weekly buying tickets, all would be golden... Hey, ho...
:o)
Today's stats:
Holiday prep - lots of eating and TV-watching... Ooops!
That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!
Sadly, over the past week, I seem to have taken the end of the 5x50 challenge to heart, and have done little this week other than consume forbidden food and loaf about on the sofa... Which, let's face it, I enjoy far, far more than all the other stuff... There should be a limit in the amount of "bad for you" food that a body can consume in a week, but luckily a visit to the supermarket can provide one with a whole new supply of different (but equally bad) foodstuffs... Yum, yum, yum...
Still, it has to end, and end now... There's and appointment with a beach fast approaching, and I don't really need to increase my body mass for that - I can build up the standard winter-proofing blubber thereafter... Surely...
On the subject of supermarkets (no, really, this is interesting) I recently discovered that Scotmid ("the Co-op") and the Co-operative (erm, "the Co-op") are completely different shops. Apparently Scotmid use the Co-operative name (and branding and stock and offers) under license, but otherwise they are different companies... And a £2.50 voucher for Scotmid will not be accepted in the Co-operative.... Who knew?! I shall need to watch this in future... But it does explain why they keep opening shops within 5 minutes walk of each other. Fascinating stuff, eh? [WAKE UP!!]
Oh, and in exciting news, I was again lucky on the Lottery - a £2.70 win this time! Early retirement is a step or two closer... If only I wasn't spending more than that weekly buying tickets, all would be golden... Hey, ho...
:o)
Today's stats:
Holiday prep - lots of eating and TV-watching... Ooops!
Friday, 2 November 2012
59. Expect delays
The Council hates me - it's really the only sensible explanation. And, also, they're becoming quite gallus about displaying this hatred...
I have one main route to drive to work. The Council has just approved gas main replacement works on this route (a fairly major and busy road) for 22 weeks. Yes, that's right - 28 weeks of roadworks!!! Big sign - "roadworks for 28 weeks - expect delays - use alternative route".
Well, OK. Except, my second route to work has roadworks on it - gas main replacement works again, oddly - causing, well, delays. So can't go that way.
That's it for easy routes to work... And that's ignoring the fact that they've just slapped down some roadworks on the road outside my house. Route 3 is a bit silly (drive out of my way to get round the roadworks) and bumpy (there goes the rest of my suspension), but not too much longer than the normal route(s)... Except some roadworks have appeared on this route too! Seems to just be surface replacement works, but come on! This is persecution!! Of the highest order!!
Route 4 is a slightly different version of Route 3... We shall see how long it takes for them to schedule some roadworks on that route too.... Assuming that my car survives the quaint cobblestones and accursed speedbumps which are now its daily challenge...
I shall have to see if there is some way to appease the Council before I end up trapped in my own home, in the cold (yes, radiator in sitting room still not working - must get that fixed... With the mythical money which I will be printing in my office any day now...)
:o)
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 25 mins, 3.1 miles [Level 6]
I have one main route to drive to work. The Council has just approved gas main replacement works on this route (a fairly major and busy road) for 22 weeks. Yes, that's right - 28 weeks of roadworks!!! Big sign - "roadworks for 28 weeks - expect delays - use alternative route".
Well, OK. Except, my second route to work has roadworks on it - gas main replacement works again, oddly - causing, well, delays. So can't go that way.
That's it for easy routes to work... And that's ignoring the fact that they've just slapped down some roadworks on the road outside my house. Route 3 is a bit silly (drive out of my way to get round the roadworks) and bumpy (there goes the rest of my suspension), but not too much longer than the normal route(s)... Except some roadworks have appeared on this route too! Seems to just be surface replacement works, but come on! This is persecution!! Of the highest order!!
Route 4 is a slightly different version of Route 3... We shall see how long it takes for them to schedule some roadworks on that route too.... Assuming that my car survives the quaint cobblestones and accursed speedbumps which are now its daily challenge...
I shall have to see if there is some way to appease the Council before I end up trapped in my own home, in the cold (yes, radiator in sitting room still not working - must get that fixed... With the mythical money which I will be printing in my office any day now...)
:o)
Today's stats:
Cross-trainer - 25 mins, 3.1 miles [Level 6]
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