June 28: Total body workout

I undertook some major post building works cleaning today. More or less non stop since 10am. Absolutely no need to go for a run because every muscle got a work out. Especially my lower back and arms. I hand cleaned 30 ft of newly laid flooring. Moved heavy items up and down stairs, from room to room. And all by myself, well until hubbs joined me in the evening. And we’re only about 1/4 there I think. Today was completely adrenaline motivated. I have a feeling that the pains will be felt tomorrow so I am heading in for a nice long soak in some Epsom salts now.

Today was a good day (Ice cube).

Over and out.

Diet: mainly protein
Cake: none

Day 27: Total slackness

Slacked on my exercise. Slacked on my eating and drinking. At least the one consolation is that I did not have any cake. A fail day all in all.

Day 26: Lunchtime session

Just a lunchtime session today

EXERCISE: split squats, treadmill running, assisted chin ups
DIET: b/fast – homemade chicken wrap, snacks – cherries
Lunch – yoghurt ! (I knew there would be pizza for our afternoon work do, so I showed some restraint!)
Dinner: 2 pizza slices, 4 small BBQ chicken pieces, 1 small spicy chicken piece, 1 Budweiser beer
CAKE: NONE

Day 25: Squeezed some exercise in

Despite a very full day and not able to go to the gym because I was not near that area, I found some time in the morning, lunch and after work to squeeze in some exercise.

EXERCISE: squats, pushups, jumping jacks (!), lots of stretching, power walk at lunch and on my way home (I was late in picking up my son, so I decided to kill 2 birds with 1 stone)
DIET: tea for brekkie, brunch/lunch: sandwich, dinner: baked chicken, sauteed potatoes and teamed veg
CAKE: NONE

Day 24: Good intentions

I really was ready to hit the gym today but I got caught up in work and by the time lunch rolled around, I could only think of my belly. I had to give the gym at lunch time a miss, sadly. I suppose I could be doing something now as I type this post at 9pm…..but I choose to unpack some more bags and boxes instead! Tomorrow is going to be a challenge as I am on training all day …..hmmm…..we will see.

Day 23: Early morning jog

Glad I got that out of the way. Lots to do today. Happy Sunday!

Exercise: 5.2 k jog (with far less walking – about 4 mins – jogged for the first 20 minutes albeit slower than yesterday)
Diet: started so far with cereal and banana.
Cake: no intentions to have any today

Day 22: Back on the road baby

My knee felt great all day so I went out for my first proper jog on the road since the 1st June. It was a walk / jog admittedly and not because of my knee! I had dreaded ginger biscuits too close to the jog and no water all day! Blaming poor diet for my effort today so will aim for better to tomorrow. I am definitely off where I need to be for my 10k run coming up but it felt good to be back!

Exercise: 5.5km run
Diet: cereal, fruit, chicken sandwich, yoghurt, several ginger biscuits, hot chocolate and a couple chocolate digestives!!!
Cake: none

Days 20 and 21: Knowing my boundaries

Day 20: My calf muscles felt taut and I had a niggling knee so I decided not to push my limits. I have never really dealt with an injury whilst trying to push through an exercise challenge before and I don’t want to make it worse so I listened to my body. Having said that, I have progressively pushed and have been doing squats this week where I wasn’t able to do it last week. So I must be doing something right, I hope!

EXERCISE: nothing beyond my daily walking coverage
DIET: very carb heavy ending the day with a very indecent macaroni pie and stewed oxtail!
CAKE: none

Day 21: I listened again to my body and she gave me the go ahead to push my boundaries a bit more today having had that much needed rest. I went to the gym after work and decided to focus on endurance more than distance. I have a couple run challenges coming up in July and I need to get the knee back into running mode. I pushed it for almost an hour until I felt enough discomfort to stop.

EXERCISE: 7.84 km on the treadmill, 5 mins run, 2 minutes walk
DIET: felt a bit guilty about yesterday so b/fast was Greek yoghurt with banana and granola and raisins, lunch was a chicken salad, snacks were fruits and granola, dinner was home made cheese and humous wrap with salad and veg
CAKE; none BUT I had a large glass of pimms (both my boys were asleep when I got home, so a well deserved little treat I think!)

Very busy day tomorrow but hoping to squeeze in a run at the start of the day.

Over and out.

Days 18 – 19: Back to back gym sessions

Stuck to my committment with the lunchtime gym sessions. Happy with my efforts.

EXERCISE: split squats, crosstrainer, ball work, pushed myself to do some squats and a bit of running. The knee is on the mend.
DIET: mainly carbs
CAKE: NONE!

Days 15-17: Balance

What I like about juneathon is that it pushes you to make that time to do some form of exercise. The challenge is in getting the balance right when you have a lot on. That challenge on the weekend is one that I battled with during Janathon and one that still proves difficult in junethon. This weekend – no more excuses!

Saturday: I still felt battered and bruised from my PT session and didn’t do any exercise that could count towards juneathon legitimately. Just a lot of house related work, running around doing errands and still squeezing in a couple hours for some overtime for work !

Sunday: Despite a VERY full day, I managed a walk/jog which ironed out a few of the stiff kinks in my body

Monday: saw a return to form and I pushed myself at gymbox during lunch. A good solid, short but “breathy” workout. Plus a 2 km fast paced walk to the hairdressers (I even stopped off a couple stops before to get some extra exercise in).

EXERCISE: cross trainer, torso rotation, split squats, abs work, a few squats with weights (working on getting that knee back!!)

DIET: porridge, homemade chicken wrap, crackers and jam

CAKE: none