Wk 1, D 5

Royal wedding fever today!! Hubby is happily recuperating on the sofa. I went out for my run/walk day 3 of week 1 of my Get Running app. It felt better than day 2. I stretched my front thigh muscles prior to day 2 and my legs felt very heavy during each run. I have decided to leave the stretching until after the run in future as I did today. I felt bouncy today and took the whole session in my stride. I am quite looking forward to seeing how my body works with next weeks sessions as they are 1 ½ minute runs. I know it doesn’t sound like a lot but I think it will feel a lot. At least I have 2 minute walks between the runs and there are only 6 of them.

Spent the rest of the day on the sofa with hubby or at the computer. Now the sun has come out I might go for a walk. I’ll see if he is up for a stroll to the pub, after all that’s what Bank Holidays are for aren’t they….

Exercise

Day 3 week 1 of Get Running

Food

Breakfast

Tea

Lunch

Salad leaves with feta cheese and a dash of oil and balsamic

2 Dr Karg emmental and pumpkin seed crackers

Tea

Strawberries

Afternoon

Several Waitrose brownie bites – too many actually but at least they’re finished!

Tea

Dinner

Salmon

Salad

Couscous

Wk 1, D 4

So today was exhausting even though I did nothing all day apart from wait. We were in the hospital for 7.15am at which point I was asked to leave and phone back in a couple of hours. Hubby kept me informed as to what was happening as I went in search of a paper shop and somewhere to have breakfast. They lost his notes which meant hours more waiting and eventually I got to see him around 3pm after I had to find a nice place for lunch and go to M&S to get something for him to eat. I still wasn’t sure how long I was going to have to wait so got a bag of liquorice allsorts to keep me company. I’m not convinced that I will lose any lbs at all at this rate……

Exercise

None at all, apart from wandering about all day

Food

Breakfast

Tea

Muesli with yogurt and fruit from Le Pain Quotidien – the best but not the most dietary!

Lunch

Water

Quiche Lorraine

Cappuccino – again from Le Pain Quotidien

Afternoon

Packet of M&S liquorice allsorts

Dinner

Poussin breast

A couple of roast potatoes

Bottle of wine

Wk 1, D 3

Sorry this is a bit late. I am having to re write this because I hit a key on the keyboard which promptly removed my entire post! Very annoying! So now I am going to write all my blogs on a word doc and cut and paste.

Hubby had an operation to remove a lump in his bladder yesterday. He is ok but on long lasting ibuprofen to ease the soreness when he needs to wee. We had to stay in North London so he could get to the hospital for 7:30 am. He has kept his old GP near to where he works and where he used to live so it is easier. He would never visit the GP where we live because they don’t keep the same hours as his home time hours. Life can be complicated at times. Anyway, so it means we ate out again last night and I had too much wine. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t falling over; I just had more wine than I wanted to, particularly when I think about the empty calories.

I started the day off with my day 2 week 1 of my Get Running app. My legs hurt a bit more than last time and felt heavier. That could be due to all sorts of things but I did stretch before hand and haven’t done that before so it might be due to that. Will not stretch prior to exercise next time and see how it goes. I ran by the river and it was a beautiful sunny morning. Hubby came with me although he can run 5k in his sleep!

Exercise

Day 2 week 1 of Get Running

Food

Breakfast

Porridge – approx 40 g oats and 200ml 1% milk

Tea

Lunch

2 Matzos spread thinly with Flora Pro-active spread

2 eggs fried

Slice of ham

Lump of mozzarella

Tea

Afternoon

2 glasses of wine approx 375 ml

Dinner

Lamb steak

Sweet potato chips (delicious)

½ apple and raspberry crumble ½ scoop of ice cream

375ml wine (again)

Wk 1,D 2

So, I am sitting in front of the TV with a glass of wine. Today was my rest day for exercise and, as it turned out, my rest day for eating a healthy diet! It is still Easter holidays. We were supposed to be in Spain but have had to stay here for reasons I may divulge at a later date. So my Hubby is at home and we are eating out a lot more than normal. We went to the pub for lunch and feeling virtuous after yesterdays walking I ordered the leek and potato soup. It came, it was delicious and tasted like it was made with half a litre of cream! Later we went to a coffee shop and I ordered a bit of toffee cake, yes, I know, but I blame the creamy soup getting my fat glands going! But it was delicious and came with a jug of toffee sauce all over it. So tonight I had a handful of pretzels and a glass or two of wine. I know its not the healthiest but we cant be good all the time, besides, they do say a little of what you fancy does you good.....

Exercise
2 mile brisk walk - to the pub and back!
Rest day for the Get Running course


Breakfast
Porridge
Tea
Mid - morning
tea
Lunch
Very creamy leek and potato soup with bread
Glass of wine
Afternoon
Cappucino
Frighteningly delicious toffee cake with the unexpected toffee sauce
Dinner
Pretzels
Strawberries
Glass of wine

Wk 1, D 1

Easter Monday. Well, I have finished all the Easter eggs so now is probably a good time to start. I know Lent has just finished but this is going to last for more than 40 days and nights. I weighed myself this morning and have already put on another 2lbs just over the weekend! So this is it. I have dowloaded Runkeeper http://runkeeper.com/ and Get Runnning http://splendid-things.co.uk/getrunning/ apps on my iPhone. I did the first day of week one on Get Running and then walked 6 miles with hubby this afternoon tracking my walk with Runkeeper. I feel good, a bit sunned on my shoulders, but good. I can feel the walk in my legs. I am going to concentrate on excercsie first then, in a couple of weeks, will start properly looking at my food intake. Having said that I will write down what I have eaten each day here. I am hoping that will keep me in check too.

Excercise
day 1, week 1 of Get Running
6 mile walk (two lots of 3 miles with lunch in between)

Food
Breakfast
Banana
Tea, 1% milk, no sugar
Lunch
Salmon with risotto we were out for lunch
Cappucino with skimmed milk
Afternoon
Another Cappucino with 1/2 a Florentine
Handful of small pretzels
Tea
Tea
Dinner
Fish cakes (from Carluccios)
Salad
Strawberries