Well, here I am, start of day 3! And I
must start with an apology for not giving a blogging update on day 2 but,
frankly, I was pooped!
Had a busyish day at work and came home
to accept delivery of our new TV - the previous one having keeled over at the
weekend. Then a quick check of email - nothing much doing. Think, how long
before Jez home (from Isle of Wight)? Concluded there was no reason, or lack of
time, why I couldn't don the gym clothes and haul my ass into the spare room to
start the fitness program. After all I had it set out so beautifully on my
computer spreadsheet ready to fill in each day!
Day 1 I was actually too busy baking
bread for hubby's sandwiches and also preparing a slideshow of Pads and Paws
stuff to load up to the site. Tuesday night though no such
excuse.
So, starting with the exercise bike (16
mins warm up to Candi Staton "You Got the Love") I then moved along to the cross
trainer. I've come up with a good wheeze here (and I blogged about this before I
started this challenge)... I am going to take the mileage each session on the
cross trainer and plot along a route from Lands End to John O'Groats! Our usher
Kevin did the LEJOG a couple of years ago in real life and I could never manage
it yet in actuality from a physical or time point of view - so this is my
version and at least it gives me a goal!
I completed 32m on the cross-trainer
(5.6miles) and then moved on to the rowing machine. I have always detested the
rower - despite the fact that it is one of the most efficient ways to exercise
and tone up your whole body. 13 mins this time.
Finally a 19 minute session (was meant
to be 15) on the I-Joy ride which is a mechanical version of horse riding and
good for toning up the lower regions. I'll explain more about this another
day.
Food wise - yesterday was good - still
within 1400 cals.
Net result of less food and more
exercise? Hit the sack at 10pm and slept through to 7am today and forgot to blog
last night!!
Feeling positive today - keeping in mind
that I want to get back to my slim/trim pre-Jeremy self! The "Before we met,
went out to numerous romantic dinners, bottles of wine and less exercise"
version of me!
All the best, Denise
So here I stand at the start of day one - petrified of the weighing
scales, so much so that I've decided to give myself a week's kick start
before I jump on them. However, hubby is going to take my first
"before" photo tonight and measurements - which I'll post later
(somehow they don't stir the same emotions as the cold hard figures of
stones and lbs!)
Today, I am proud to announce that
Pads And Paws Designs have officially appointed 