I had another good day today. I think I need to work 7 days per week and not socalise, then I might actually manage to make it through a week without stuffing up!
On a positive note, since I've lost this little bit of weight I'm finding it much easier to exercise. In the past, Ive tried to jog but have really struggled with it. On the occasions when I did jog I struggled to jog more than a minute or two without slowing down. Add on to that the fact I've had shin splints in the past and I'm pretty much a walking disater.
However, this week I've decided to give jogging a go once again. I just love that I actually feel exhausted after I've done a bit of jogging! It's so easy to slack off at the gym, but when you're jogging on a treadmill at a set speed, there's nothing you can do but keep going. Having regard to my past track record, I'm taking it slowly to start off. The last thing I want to do is end up injured and have to stop exercising.
If you've ever wanted to get into running but didn't know where to start, make sure you check out the program on the Cool Running website. I've loosely been following this program when I go for jogs. I say loosely because I'm not doing the set 3 jobs per week, for the meantime I'm happy to have a varied work out schedule. But on the days I do jog, I like their interval system. For example, today I did a session like week 4, day 1 (although I only managed to make it to 2.5 mins at the end).
Food:
Breakfast: Optifast chocolate shake
Lunch: Optifast cappuccino bar and small bowl of cauli/leek soup
Afternoon: Optifast berry bar
Dinner: Cauliflower and leek soup
Drinks: water, black tea (light milk)
Exercise:
15 minutes on the exercise to warm up. 22 minutes on the treadmill - intervals of jogging / walking (3min jog, 90 sec walk, 5 min jog, 2.5 min walk, 3 min jog, 2.5 min walk, 2.5 min job, 2 min walking (cool down)).
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