Back in the game!

Yes, I am back and trying to be more regular- no, not with my exercise because I have that in control now, but with my blogging. It's been a while since I last posted something and like I said then, I have just not been motivated to write in my blog.

Meanwhile what I have been doing? Well, I have been going to the gym, running on the treadmill, getting out of the conjested city and driving down to the coast or up the hills. Just last weekend I climbed the famous Sigiriya rock. It was beautiful and good exercise on top of everything. And when I have not been getting out of the city, I have just been at home- spending time with my beau, doing some reading and tanning by the pool.

Well this is my first one in a long time so I will keep it short. Promise there will be more next time.

Blog Saturation versus Proscrastination

I have to admit that I am currently at a point where I am not that enthused about updating my blog. I mean I do keep thinking that I should, I should, but then laziness overtakes me and I keep putting it off. The good news however is that I have not been neglecting my exercise. I have been exercising, doing cardio mostly and not enough of strength training since my last update, but then I suppose cardio is good. Did I tell you about my latest craze? Running lists. It's a great way to keep your running pace especially if your gym does not play the best music. I have downloaded some and am using it but I cannot wait to download some more- after all variety is the spice of exercise.

Well anyway, I think I am going to lay low for a while. Perhaps this whole saturation thing is just a phase and I will get over it. No, this is not a way of chickening out of my exercise. I will continue to keep it up.

Till then, ciao.

Godiva, maple syrup cookies, chinese and the gym

Why this title?

Because I think I have been indulging the last few days, in chocolate really. This was the beginning of the first work week for 2007 for many of my colleagues and this also meant that there were many goodies going around, not all of them scoring many points on the health scale. But how can a girl, especially me resist Godiva chocolatier especially when boxes are opened and sitting right there asking to be picked. This was my dilemma, how to try to make my willpower win over eating the chocolates but alas I was not very successful. Mind you if this was any other chocolate it would have worked but me and Godiva we are like ebony and ivory and I can never pass them over. That was not my only sin for the week though, next in line were cookies, maple syrup ones from Canada and they were divine. Since Monday I have been eating at least 2 each morning, no not for breakfast but as a snack to help me get my sugar fix for the day. And then I completed it with having Chinese for lunch and I had to somehow get to the gym. And I did. What did I do? I did what I do best; I got a treadmill and ran for life... over the hills and down by the valleys for 30 minutes straight and then I was ready to stop and feeling like crap.

Till next time...

New Revelation or old school

You know what? I did not make it to the gym today despite my best intentions. Best intentions because I did carry my fully packed gym bag to work but there it stayed on my floor until it was time for me to come home. I did think about exercising though and I have also read in a few fitness magazines that just thinking about exercising and giving thought to it makes your muscles work somewhat. So I guess it was not really a workout free day at all. But see here is the thing. I have now been going to the gym on and off, more often than not actually, for over 2 months and what have I learnt or rather what I have come to accept is there are no real rewards without tummy exercises no matter how much you hate them. And hate them I do because somehow in my mind I have come to accept that they the most boring form of exercise. But then you also have to do them if you want some results because without those you fail to see your real gains, So I am trying hard to convince myself that I have to somehow do some stomach exercises to target my core. I am still looking for inspiration.

Living it up on Saturday- my style

Wow! two days in a row.. see I said I will try to be more regular. So today is Saturday, the much awaited first day of the weekend and yeah the first weekend of the year. I celebrated it by going to the gym early morning, working out and then finishing it off with a run.

My workout today consisted of 10 minutes on the rower for warm-up followed by an hour of total body workout and then a tempo run of 20 minutes. It was good and I can say I am satisfied with my exercise for the day. Now I just have to try and keep this up. I did do a bit of a screw-up though because I ate a pizza for lunch. I know, not the best thing to do, but I just could not resist plus I did miss out on breakfast this morning though it is no excuse I must admit.

Have I said how good it feels to fit into my old clothes again, well not all but I can actually fit into some of them now, some of them from at least 5 years ago. No, no they are not old, in fact they still look like brand new. Most of them I have not worn that much really and they are classic pieces so they have not gone out of fashin either. Lucky me!

New Heights

So guess what? Christmas came and went and so did the start to the New Year. Yes, I have been bad and have not been here in ages but believe me I have thought about updating it for a while. So what happened?Christmas was lovely to say the least but the highlight was not the 5 kilo turkey I managed to stuff and roast successfully much to my own delight and that of the guests, nor the great Apple pie or the mud cake which I made for desert. No No, if you think I was being a pig just because it was christmas you are very wrong. And if you also happen to my beau you would know why we had to settle both for apple pie and mud cake and see some of us are lucky when it comes to those nasty fat cells and he is one of them. Packed full of muscle and no matter what he eats he does not puff like a puff pastry.

Anyway, enough of that and that was not even what I was trying to get at. The most wonderful thing happened to me on christmas.. my very own Santa.. lets call him "A" put a myterious gift under the tree for me and guess what it was? It was an ipon nano complete with an arm band. Now see I am not the biggest fan of Apple or Steve jobs but I do have a weakness for funky looking gadgets and this was one of them. The best thing though was that I could now run with it, safe, not having to worry about when my arm was gonna pull out the ear phone with my swinging arms.

So here's what happened. A put some running tracks on my nano for me from my old ipod and I was very excited about hitting the gym in the newfound gear. I was so excited that I also treated myself to a cool pair of baby blue weight gloves from Nike and then I was ready to rock and roll. You have to believe me when I say that the nano took my running to a new height. For once, I did not care about the rest of the world, the gym or the machines or even how fast I was running. It was amazing, amazing amazing. Just me and my music and it was total ecstasy and I loved it. So now since then I have had 3 beautiful runs with my new baby and then the flu hit me and I have been laying low for a while.

Well, gotta go now. Lookout for my next update. I promise it will be soon.

Slow and steady.. way to go???

It's been exactly 3 weeks since my first session at the gym and I can happily say that I am seeing the changes.. but... my butt is still big and so are some other bits of my body but on the whole I have been going down... see, this really goes to show that if you persist at something then eventually you are on the winning streak... i have been an obedient gymmer.. have been trying my best to make it there at least 4 to 5 times a week and so far I am happy to say that I am successful.. and last weekend when I did not manage to go and when I was having a good time in a beautiful house in Galle, I still swam a km and felt very proud of myself.. and I am one of those people who firmly believes in endorphins because I get such a high when I exercise.. and its the best feeling in the world.

And this week I did make it there on Monday and spent over an hour there yesterday and am planning another stint today.. so I am well on my way to a new body and a new year.

Should try to keep this more regular ei.. so will try and drop by tomorrow.. till then ciao!