Day 177 – Week 26 – 26 mins
You do feel a bit silly, dragging out the bosu at half past five in the morning.
It’s almost as if you are doing something naughty – I have no idea why. I guess it’s the sneaking around, trying not to wake the other half up. But I did stand there, all dressed up in my exercise gear, thinking that people would think I was mad.
But it’s not that crazy is it? Surely – thousands of people across the world are joining me in such healthy and uplifting activity, in the deep dark of the early morning….
And 26 minutes later…I felt damn good about it. If not a little sweaty….
Suzi
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 173 – Week 25 – 25 mins
Today, I had to drag myself out of my dressing gown and get out for a run – oh, I don’t know – at about 3.00 o’clock in the afternoon. This, as you might have guessed, is meant to be a relaxing holiday, and getting dressed is to be avoided as much as possible.
But I did it – and went for a run in the howling wind, along the nearby country roads. It was fine, but I was grateful to get back inside to our little hideaway cottage, have a shower, and back into the dressing gown and ugg boots. That for me, is what holidays are all about.
Suzi
Day 171 – Week 25 – 25 mins (5)
Have to say – today was the kind of day that in the days pre-onegoaloneminute, I would never have done any exercise. I had to be out of the house at 6.30 in the morning, I go home at 8.30pm, and I hardly had a minute to breath during the working day. I got home completely knackered with a raging headache, and after some Nurofen, dinner and a glass of wine – I collapsed in a a heap and fell asleep.
So – it was fortunate I managed to do my five minutes of jigging about at all, before going to work, and I’m immensely proud of it. What good does it do? Well – it keeps me on track. It doesn’t burn a lot of calories, it doesn’t lose me any weight, it doesn’t make me any stronger – but it stops me falling off the wagon. And that’s good enough.
Suzi
Day 165 – Week 24 – 24 mins
Now today was a great example of how you can combine exercise with a far more indulgent lifestyle.
This morning our cleaning lady was coming – and because our flat is so small (I know, you’re thinking, if her flat is so small, how come she needs a cleaning lady? – but hey, I said this was about being indulgent!) we need to make ourselves scarce, so she can get on and do her thing.
So – off we trotted to the high street for an early morning cuppa, armed with laptops to keep ourselves busy for a couple of hours. And in a fit of foresight I decided to wear my jogging gear for the outing, so that after sitting around with the morning coffee set, I could leave the laptop with the boyfriend and jog myself home afterwards. It was a perfect arrangement. I got my exercise out of the way, and I came home to a gleaming flat. What can be better than that?
Suzi
