We went to the concert last Friday: Boudewijn de Groot. He’s doing his last tour because he’s 68 right now and he don’t want to tour anymore. We hadn’t seen him live before and I have to say: it was very good. We had a great evening, his band was very enthousiastic and so was he. We didn’t know what to expect but it turned out to be great.
It’s time to do something. When I stepped on the scale this morning after not weighing for 2 weeks it scared the you know what out of me. I had gained and am at a weight I haven’t been at since September 2009 (advantage of keeping lists of everything, you can look it up). I knew I gained, I feel it at my clothes, I see it when I look at the mirror. Maybe that’s why I stayed away from the scale longer than usual. The reason is simple: I eat too much, not at my meals but everything between meals.
I decided yesterday that I would take action as of today, no matter what the scale would say this morning. I’m not changing anything in my normal meals but I’m going to watch carefully what I eat between meals. I’m also tracking my calories and want to stick to that for at least 1 week to see how much I eat at the moment. If I don’t do something I’ll be back at my highest weight in no time and I haven’t worked that hard to get it all off for nothing.
Workouts:
Easy Thursday
Easy run of 20 minutes. When I do easy runs I never watch my Garmin, I know 2 songs on my Ipod is about 1 K and I count the numbers and know when I’m about at the end of my run, then I start watching my Garmin. I never look at the pace during these runs, they are about recovering and running at a pace that feels good that day. And this was a good run, no walking breaks.
Stats:
Distance: 3 K / 1.9 miles
Time: 00:20:33
Speed per km: 8.76 km/hour (5.5 miles/hour)
Time per km: 06:51
Weather: dry, windy, 9C (48 degrees)
Last song on Ipod before finish: Europe – The final countdown
Long Sunday
Long run, this is the longest run I’ve done since August last year, pretty pathetic. The weather was perfect for running. I ran 3K without walking (trying to make this a bit longer every run) and took 2 walk breaks the last 3K. It was a bit tough but glad to know I can still do it.
Stats:
Distance: 6 K / 3.7 miles
Time: 00:42:23
Speed per km: 8.49 km/hour (5.3 miles/hour)
Time per km: 07:04
Weather: dry, sunny, not much wind, 3C (37 degrees)
Last song on Ipod before finish: Ilse de Lange – Sister Golden Hair.
Cardio Monday
P90X Cardio X. I have done this DVD before and I really like it because of it’s variety. I started with some yoga, after that Kenpo followed by Plyometrics and finished it with core exercises. Total time: 43 minutes.
Weekly workout review:
Runs: 3. Mileage: 11.5 K (7.1 miles).
Cross training: 1 (Insanity).
Walks with Bella: 5 days (2 hours 20 minutes).
Meals:
Thursday
Mac ham and cheese by Annabel Langbein.
Sunday
A Tana Ramsey recipe: steak with sugar snaps, spring onions and cashew nuts with basmati rice -> delicious!
Dessert: a strawberry crumble -> delicious!
Monday
New recipe from a cooking magazine: codfish marinated in spices and yogurt, brown rice with cashew nuts, spinach. This was a disappointing meal, it was quite tasteless and I’m not going to make this again.
