I am definitely the personification of saggy at the moment. It's sad but true. My poor boobies are each like a tennis ball at the bottom of a sock :-) It's okay when I'm dressed. It can be disguised with a good bra. It's certainly much easier to hide that than it was to dress up the weight that I've lost, so clearly I'd rather have this "problem." But it doesn't change the fact that I look a bit odd in parts. Inner thighs are another big (not so big?) problem area.
With that in mind, I started a small thirty days full body programme today. I got the idea from a girl who's been taking on thirty day challenges for the last few months, and one of her recent ones was a full body one.
I'm glad there are a few ab exercises. Core strength is really useful in running, and I tend to ignore it, so this can only be a good thing. I always meant to strengthen my core before my marathon attempt, but never did. As always, Bikerbabe, my wee chum across the briney from me, has been leading by example. She was doing some strength work last week, and it really made me think that I needed to get off my arse and add a bit of diversity to my workouts (for "workouts" see "running"). My thirty day programme will take me almost to Christmas, a good, natural cut off point for such nonsense. I will get to Christmas and be just a little fitter all round, all things being equal. And then hopefully, TMM and I can continue a wee tradition that we started a few years ago. We get up early on Christmas morning, go for a 5k run, come home for a shower, put on fluffy pjs (well, fluffy for me, obviously, something more manly for TMM) then open our pressies, while eating chocolate! I can't wait!
This morning's run was the first to involve base layer and a top layer, as well as long legged tights. It's definitely colder in Norn Irn today. And I'm feeling it a bit more than I did this time last year. But there's always an up side. Check out my new hat!
For the first time in a very long time, I ate a whole bar of Lindt dark chocolate last night. All 100g of it. So today's run was dedicated to earning that in retrospect. I'm proud of myself that I did just that.
My food today has been very healthy. Dinner was an absolute fluke of a triumph. I had the shopping being delivered sometime between 7 - 9 pm, and I didn't want to wait till then to cook. And you know that feeling when you want to use stuff up in the freezer? I knew there was fish in there that my gorgeous, but fussy, Main Man wouldn't eat. So I defrosted it (mostly) and threw it in a pan, covered it with thinnly sliced onions and potatoes, ground masses of black pepper and dried garlic over it and covered it with a glass lid. Then I just left it to cook gently in its own juices and steam till the spuds were tender. (By which time the groceries had arrives {nice and early} and were put away) Oh my goodness. It was amazeballs! I'm not sure I could make it again if I tried, but it worked tonight, was very healthy and used up veggies and fish before this week's fresher stuff arrived. I feel so domesticated :-)
Example of a thirty day full body challenge
While this isn't identical, it does have some of the same exercises, and works the same away, in that the reps increase as the days go on. I intend to run first, about half and hour, or 5 km, and then do the exercises. Today it was pretty easy. I ran for thirty-five minutes, then did- 7 sit ups
- 2 crunches
- 2 leg raises
- 10 second plank
- 25 squats
- 15 second plank
- 7 push ups
I'm glad there are a few ab exercises. Core strength is really useful in running, and I tend to ignore it, so this can only be a good thing. I always meant to strengthen my core before my marathon attempt, but never did. As always, Bikerbabe, my wee chum across the briney from me, has been leading by example. She was doing some strength work last week, and it really made me think that I needed to get off my arse and add a bit of diversity to my workouts (for "workouts" see "running"). My thirty day programme will take me almost to Christmas, a good, natural cut off point for such nonsense. I will get to Christmas and be just a little fitter all round, all things being equal. And then hopefully, TMM and I can continue a wee tradition that we started a few years ago. We get up early on Christmas morning, go for a 5k run, come home for a shower, put on fluffy pjs (well, fluffy for me, obviously, something more manly for TMM) then open our pressies, while eating chocolate! I can't wait!
This morning's run was the first to involve base layer and a top layer, as well as long legged tights. It's definitely colder in Norn Irn today. And I'm feeling it a bit more than I did this time last year. But there's always an up side. Check out my new hat!
My Anna from "Frozen" look.
Thankfully the forecast is a little more clement for tomorrow.For the first time in a very long time, I ate a whole bar of Lindt dark chocolate last night. All 100g of it. So today's run was dedicated to earning that in retrospect. I'm proud of myself that I did just that.
My food today has been very healthy. Dinner was an absolute fluke of a triumph. I had the shopping being delivered sometime between 7 - 9 pm, and I didn't want to wait till then to cook. And you know that feeling when you want to use stuff up in the freezer? I knew there was fish in there that my gorgeous, but fussy, Main Man wouldn't eat. So I defrosted it (mostly) and threw it in a pan, covered it with thinnly sliced onions and potatoes, ground masses of black pepper and dried garlic over it and covered it with a glass lid. Then I just left it to cook gently in its own juices and steam till the spuds were tender. (By which time the groceries had arrives {nice and early} and were put away) Oh my goodness. It was amazeballs! I'm not sure I could make it again if I tried, but it worked tonight, was very healthy and used up veggies and fish before this week's fresher stuff arrived. I feel so domesticated :-)
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