day 47

pictures for week 7 are up, hope everyone had a great Halloween!

I'll post properly tomorrow, see you then!

Day 46

Halloween has arrived! Actually, I'm not a huge halloween fan for one reason or another. I won't be trick or treating don't worry, but I was confused by Patricks day 47 E-mail (timezone difference I get all the E-mails for the next day in the evening) are we allowed eat some "treat" things today? I didn't want to interpret it that way but I thought thats what he was referring to in the beginning of the e-mail.

As for exercise matters, all is well. I much prefer the timed jumps and I'm finding the tougher exercises (davinci's and bicycle) a little more easy to manage as the days go by. One thing I've really begun to notice is my taste buds changing. I found myself eulogising over the deliciousness of a piece of brown bread. Yes usually I would enjoy brown bread but since I've been deprived of sugar and salt, something normally as bland as that just tasted lovely....or maybe I'm just weird.

See everyone tomorrow, happy Halloween!

Day 44 mixing it up

One of the things I really enjoy about this project is the flexibility of the diet. Ok, the grams are strict enough but when people ask me is it difficult to follow a diet regime and why I'm doing it, I find myself saying that its not about depriving myself of food or banning certain things all together (apart from sugar and salt of course!), its about eating the right things and making them as tolerable as possible.

In my day 41 post I posted a recipe for oatcakes, and I made them again this evening. But, with an orangey twist! I grated some orange skin and squeezed a small bit of juice into the mix and it works well. They're great for a morning snack and breakfast and they taste quite nice.

I'm enjoying the timed jumprope, none of this counting into the thousands any more! The floor jumps followed by the lunges yesterday were a killer. Would I be right in saying that everyday focuses on a different part of the body with more intensity? Because my legs feel like they need a bit of a break.

Nearly halfway there team, and we're a day away from being the senior PCPers...exciting stuff!

day 42

Not a huge amount to report. I swapped my jumps today with a run and I really enjoyed it! Apart from my mountain run the other day, I hadn't had a good run in weeks. I really saw the difference, after 25 or 30 minutes I usually become sluggish and ready to give up. Yet, today I was going as strong in the 30th minute as I was in the 3rd minute. I felt great, I went for 38 minutes and its a welcome break from the jumps.

Yesterday I simply couldn't face the full workout, so I switched todays exercises with day 41's so today I was on a full workout. The pistol squats are great. As in they're tough and they've really made me realise how much weaker my left leg is compared to my right. After doing those, the normal squats seem along way away!

Week 6 pictures are up, sorry for the delay. I'm looking forward to another change in diet, maybe my evening snack will be chocolate and hot cocoa, maybe...just maybe!!

see everyone tomorrow

Day 41

Not much to report really. The jumpropes are as tedious as ever, but I'm getting through them. I'm on my mid-term at the moment, that means more time for a good run to calm my jumprope frustrations. I had a major challenge of my will power last night. I was at a party at a friends house where food such as chips, chocolate and cake were readily available (not to mention some nice "beverages")

I was wondering if anybody else has replaced the jumps with a run at any stage, I'm not entirely sure how long my run should be to replace 1500 or so jumps.

See you soon!

Day 39 back in the groove

Today I was back to my best! Cold free, phlegm free and had a good relaxing day. My exercises were great. I love the side crunch and due to some lovely mid-october weather, I did most of it in the sunshine. I woke up at 10 this morning, first to get up as usual for a saturday, and saw Patricks e-mail. So, I cancelled an early morning playstation session, with jumprope! I did notice it being a bit tougher due to the lack of food, but it meant I had it out of the way early.

As for food, I've been trying to find something snacky like a salt free, additive free cracker or something, no luck. So I took matters into my own hands. And found a killer recipe for sugar, salt and butter free oatcakes.

60 grams of oatmeal

60 grams of wholemeal flour

5 table spoons (I used 7) of boiling water

One table spoon of light olive oil

And...half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

Its not hugely flavoursome, but they are nice, filling and quick to eat for breakfast or before a workout.

See you tomorrow!

Day 38 feeling good

The cold has passed, I hope. I missed yesterdays workout totally but today I managed most of the exercises. I didn't do my jumprope because it was lashimg rain and my mum in particular was strongly opposed to me aggravating my cold by getting myself drenched and sweaty, asking for trouble.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to a nice, relaxing 9 day break starting tomorrow! I'm looking forward to getting back a full workout tomorrow, missing out on two days of jumprope is frustrating to say the least.

Enjoy the weekend everyone, a well deserved break!