Last day off

It's been a quiet day. It's my last day off before I go back to work tomorrow. TMM is off as well, but he hasn't been well since Christmas Day, and he's also had to go to work most of the time. We haven't done much over the festive season, but, barring him being ill, I've enjoyed our peaceful time together.

I have stuck to 1200 calories a day since the 27th December. We went out for brunch yesterday, which necessitated a very light tea of carrot and parsnip soup, made the previous day. Today, dinner will cosist of a homemade bolognese with cauliflower rice. I've been carefu to stay within my allowance as I haven't been running for a few weeks now. I intend to go out in the morning before work, to get the new year's running goals going. I've set a couple of goals, both of which I may well chicken out of. One is to run 1000 miles in the coure of the year and the other is to run a marathon on the first of May.

It all sounds a wee bit daunting, but I know it's doable.

I bought a new running jacket today. I'm hoping that it will encourage me to get up early in the morning and get out the door. I'm finding that I feel the cold quite a bit at the moment, and that's deterring me from leaving the house. It's a piss poor excuse not to run when Winter running gear is so readily available and so affordable.

I also bought some cheap jeans in ASDA yesterday. Both the jeans and the new running jacket are a size twelve. That's reason enough to try my best to stick within my calorie allowance. I'd really like to lose the Christmas four pounds gain, get below that previous 149lb weight, and settle in to be a comfortable size twelve. If I decide to lose up to a further stone, I might go down another size, but for now, a comfortable twelve is a realistic aim.