Scarling

Well, I’m working on C25K - so this week I will be running a mile and a half every Mon, Wed, Fri.

I’m getting annoyed at myself for having a day’s rest in between - so starting this week I will be doing a half hour of other exercise (it can very from muscle strenghtening to yoga, but will probably have at least ten to fifteen minutes aerobic a day) Tues and Thurs.

Rest on the weekends … that’s what they exist for.

I’ve also decided to forgoe the baked potato at lunch … just salad with tuna for protein to keep me going til tea time.

It’s how I used to eat … how I used to work out … I think I’ve built up my strength enough and have the willpower to keep with it.

Also gonna take tiny bits of exercise where I can get them - for example, I just did forty step-ups on the stairs in the corner before actually going upstairs. I will use the fact that I get to work early and use the sink counters in the bathrooms for tricep dips (also something I used to do a couple years ago). Fidget at my desk (even more so) as this can burn an additional 300 cals a day. I’ve cut out all pop (except for the very, very rare diet coke/pepsi when the drink machine is out of bottled water), cut out coffee, only drink Skinny Cow hot chocolate (and again, that’s once or twice a week, tops). Going to cut out tea next … don’t need the extra sugar and milk that comes with each cup. Just water and the occassional juice from here on out.

I’m ready for the next steps … I’ve already stopped eating sandwiches (just salads and baked potatoes), stopped the lunctime treats (melon balls are my treat now), stopped coffee, stopped pop … ready to cut out the last of the bad bits in my diet, ready to up the exercise from three days a week to five.

If I’d tried to make all of these changes at once, I’d probably have failed … that was one of my problems in the past. Now that I’ve gradually gotten used to a few months of minor changes, I’m ready to make the last couple changes … and stick to this lifestyle for GOOD.