Oops! Haven't posted for a week. Sorryyyyy. So, my first PT session did go well, but when I woke up the next day ... well, I felt like I had been hit by a train. My thighs and my ab/core muscles were ridiculously stiff. I'm not even exaggerating. I couldn't walk down the stairs properly, had to go one step at a time and go sideways. I couldn't stand up properly and stretching up to reach anything out of the cupboards was just not happening.
This carried on, only very gradually easing off, for the next 4 days. I'm not the kind of person that complains a lot, or that will 'indulge' in feeling ill or being in pain. I prefer to get on with things and ignore it, but I could not ignore this!
The first time I felt anything near normal was on Friday, that day I felt like I thought I would have done on Tuesday, the original day after the PT session. Unfortunately Ive not been able to get back to the gym since, although hopefully going tomorrow. So probably wont be able to move for another week after it!
As for the measurements this week, I didn't forget to do them but they're exactly the same as last weeks. Haven't lost any inches but haven't gained any either. This doesn't surprise nor disappoint me as I haven't been able to do any exercise with not being able to move!
But as I am doing more physical activity, I am coming to realise that the diet side of it is a hell of a lot more important than I previously thought. I always figured that as long as I did the exercise, I could eat pretty much what I wanted. Now, this was true when I was 18 and was working 14 hour days in a very physical job, but clearly is not true now I'm 30 and exercising for about an hour, a few days a week!
So, food diary is going to be next, and then or at the same time, meal planning. I'm not going to be 100% strict because I know I wont stick to that. What I'm going to try and do is to be healthier for a couple of days a week and then build it up gradually. So it becomes almost like a habit and like a normal thing after a little while. If I try and change everything all at once then I know I wont stick to that either!
So, tomorrow is going to be my first healthy day. Starting with getting up at a decent hour (obviously, have kids I have to get to school anyways!) and having breakfast with a drink of hot lemon instead of coffee, tuna salad for lunch and jacket potato with beans and a side salad for tea. Going to find some healthy snacks to make too. And veg crudites. Also need to find a healthy dip too, coz we all know veg crudites are well boring on their own!
So, that's been my week. Nothing exciting really, just recovering enough to do it all again tomorrow!
Wish me luck.
