Hello! I am aware I have been rather lax over the last two weeks about this blog, but work started heating up and I had to do a bit more to stay on top of things and then I went to Barcelona for a long weekend. I had a fantastic time and didn’t worry too much about the diet – not just because I was on holiday but also because I walked about 6-8 miles a day due to underestimating distances. I blame the map not having a scale but hey. My weight currently sits at 233lbs, so I only put on two. While a little disappointed I’m also pretty happy I didn’t just bloat back out – I really did eat just about anything I wanted to out there so I got away fairly lightly, all things considered.
I plan to be going back to the gym a lot more now. I used to go with a couple of friends but one of them had to focus on her thesis and the other didn’t really need to go as much as me, so didn’t. However, the first has finished her thesis and the second will probably come along if we’re going anyway so hoorah! Failing that, I’ll just gym by myself. I’ve decided to pack in more rowing and a little less treadmill-work as it’s better for my stomach muscles and upper body – nothing to do with the boating adventure I had in Barcelona whereby I and two friends set about trying to sink the other British tourists rowing around the lake – while also still being some cardio work. It burns less calories, apparently, and I know building muscle increases weight rather than decreases it but I’m primarily focused on losing shape more than anything so I’m okay with that. I’ll also be doing normal cardio as well, so that’s fine.
My big dieting tip this post is be like Nike: Just do it. Over ate? Go exercise. Don’t make time – just do it. Walk instead of driving somewhere, a 10-20 minute jog around the block or jumping up and down to your favourite music continuously for a good ten minutes – knee jumps or jacks, whatever works. Just. Do. It. Otherwise you’ll never get it done and there is literally no time like the present.
I know inertia is a massive force to have to counter act – both in the psychological sense and in the physics of the action – but it’s got to be done. That’s about 30% if the work right there. I was going to lie and say ‘half the work’ but that’s not really true. It’s an additional 60% physical exercise and 10% bloody-minded persistence. Kind of like a lot of things in life really. But I assure you doing things is the way the get things done. I also find it’s more fun which is always a bonus.
So next time you’re walking back and think, “Man, I wish I could cover this last couple of hundred metres faster,” just do it. Break into a jog or a run. If anyone looks at you funny ignore them and just keep going. You’ll be past them soon enough and they’re rarely important enough to worry about anyway.
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