Day 175 – Week 26 – 26 mins
I was at home today – and it was a grey old day. I kept putting off my workout in the hope that it would stop raining and I could actually go for a run outside. I know that I am going to jigging about indoors for most of the next six months, so I am trying to get outside whenever I can. But no such luck – that rain was here to stay. So out came the old bosu – I suspect I’ll be seeing a lot more of that in the weeks ahead.
And while I know I said the whole idea of this experiment was to make it about the exercise and not the diet – I feel as if I have been overindulging a little too much in the alcohol department in recent months, and it really is time to give my liver a little bit of a rest. So – and I hate to actually have to say it, because then I am committed – but I am going on a 30 day alcohol free spree. Starting yesterday.
Now this isn’t easy – we have just ordered in two cases of lovely red wine, and I am going to have to politely decline when the open bottle is put on the table in front of me – but (she says through gritted teeth) – it is good for me. And a bit of self-discipline never hurt anyway….
Now where’s that Ribena? Can you put it in a wine glass for me…
Suzi
Day 174 – Week 25 – 25 mins
Ok – that’s twice now I have been able to do my abs without feeling like screaming in pain about thirty seconds into it. I managed a whole minute of crunches today without that moment where it feels like someone is prodding a spade into your stomach. This is real, tangible progress.
I DO however, think that I have very slow learning muscles. It has taken me nearly six months to manage a minute of abs without pain, I would have hoped it wouldn’t have taken quite that long. Who knows – another six months in and I might manage to lift my tiny weights above my head for more than 15 seconds!! It seems to take continuous coaxing and encouragement to get my muscles to do what muscles should do, but in the end, I think I may just manage to convince them….
Suzi
