Tuesday 24 April 2012

On losing that losin' feelin'

Well, weighed in this morning after a frankly nail biting weekend at the London marathon and for the second week in a row the scales crept upwards.

There will be no beating up of self, no tears and recriminations, however there will be some musing as to why I've floundered.

So #1 - a long weekend away after a week of holiday meant that I never quite got my head back in the game. Which is daft in the extreme - I had a Sunday, a Monday, a Tuesday, a Wednesday AND a Thursday to be on track and that might have mitigated any weekend shenanigans. Lesson learned - don't ever hesitate to get back to tracking even if you know it will only be for a couple of days.

#2 - People running a marathon are supposed to carb load in the run up to the race. People who are only watching a marathon probably should not do so with QUITE as much enthusiasm. If you want to eat like a runner you have to, y'know, run.

I've been on track today and it has been really, really hard. There was some proper, light headed, wobbly hunger this afternoon and a misplaced fancy for one of the bottles of lager currently lurking in the fridge on the journey home - overcome by a banana and a cup of tea respectively. Baby steps, but as long as they are in the right direction this week that'll be enough.

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3 comments:

  1. Hehe #2 made me chuckle. Well done for dealing with it quickly and properly :) these things happen!

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  2. Get tha'sen back in the game (as they say round these parts). It's easy to let it drift when you have an excuse (I know!) but, as you say, a few days tracking will get you back inthe right direction.

    Lesley xx

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  3. Commiserations. On no 1 - SO TRUE and so hard to do. But no 2 really made me laugh!

    Px

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