Yey!!! Finally free from study for the evening and ready for my minis catch up sesh!
Before all that though its time to reply to peeps!
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Ruby - I completely relate to the aching! I'm doing 2 days rest between runs at the moment just to give my body the time it needs to recover! I just keep thinking the ache must be a good thing and my muscles are getting stronger, anyone would think i'd run a marathon or something though and not 8 minutes for the amount I ached after day 1!
Charley - Aww Charley it sucks being stuck in work when its sunny outside! I'm lucky that I finish at 1, but now with the nice weather its even harder to motivate myself to go home and hit the books.
I definitely need to do more walks in the countryside though, it was lovely the other day. Picnics are amazing too, I never knew healthy ones could be so nice, even if I did eat half a roast chicken, haha!
Hope you're having a great week, I'm off to catch up on your diary soon!
Intoxicate - Couch to 5k isn't actually a class at the gym, it's a programme designed by the nhs to get complete non runners doing 5k (or 30 mins continuous running) in under 9 weeks. You can download the pod casts if you take a look at this link ----->
Get running with Couch to 5K - Live Well - NHS Choices
Cramp is a horrible thing! You might be pushing yourself a bit too far with 10 minute runs when you've just started, the c25k starts with just 1 min running and 90 mins walking for the first week to try and ease us into it. Definitely worth a look if you're thinking about getting into running!
Gwella - Thanks hun, I still can't quite believe I'm actually running! Well, I doubt you'd described it as running, more like jogging and getting crazily sweaty and out of breath, but still it feels like an achievement.
I had the dodgy breathing again after run 2 yesterday, it does sound like all the crap in my lungs is coming out so I'm taking it as a good thing! If it gets worse though I'll go to docs. Good luck getting started with your exercise kick, I think now the nights are getting lighter and the weather nicer its becoming much easier to motivate myself to actually do something!
Sophie - Yeah, it's a right pain in the bum with the glasses, they keep falling off my nose with all the sweat so have to push em on all the time, lol! Its hard enough for me atm just coordinating myself to put on foot infront of the other and not fall off the treadmill when I'm running, let alone try and save my specs from destruction!
I must look like a right sight in that gym! The other day I forgot to take my mascara off and when I got in the changing room it was running down my face like Alice Cooper!
Completely hear ya with the soup challenge, will be glad to have a few days off soup that's for sure! I miss being able to mix up my lunches, but hey, I guess if it was easy then it wouldn't be a challenge would it, not long now and we'll get the fabby scales results!
As for Monday, I know if I don't have some Easter chocs soon that I'm going to end up going off the rails! There's only so long you can say no to things before you start feeling like you're missing out, and I'm about hitting that threshold! This way at least its just one day off plan rather than a few or a whole week, in the grand scheme of things it shouldn't hurt things too much hopefully, still gonna post my eats so I feel semi-accountable, lol.
Hope you're having a good week, off to read your diary tonight too and catch up!
Kayyyyy - Last but not least!
Gonna reply to your PM after this as I keep forgetting, sorry for being a bit crappy lately. I hate how busy I am, can't wait until June 5th and my exam is over in a way, apart from the holiday these next 7 weeks will be a bit rubbish. I can't really complain though when you've got your op and are being so brave. I'm crossing my fingers that you manage to get your 4.5st award for then, you've worked so hard and with such an amazing result last week you might surprise yourself and manage it!
Glad I'm not the only one missing the 'normal' food. Its not so much the carbs, but the variety that I'm missing if that makes sense. It's a great challenge though and I feel like I've lost something this week, so fingers crossed! Plus I actually like soup now, so I've got a new meal option all opened up to me. Can't wait to have a jacket potato again for lunch next week though, I could kill for one, lol! You're right about when I get back from hols, I'll be wanting to get super focussed again and ready to hit the gym again and get stuck in with another challenge. Plus hopefully in May it'll be salad weather! I think the hot days haven't helped with the soup challenge this week either, its been pretty warm up here and when its like that the last thing I fancy is soup if that makes sense!
I can't wait till you're all recovered and can do couch to 5k with us! I'm really enjoying it so far, I'm finding it tough (probably because I still have 18 stone plus to lug around with me!) but I can really feel my body is getting stronger and fitter. Even on day 2 I found it easier than day 1, can't wait for Monday now to do the next one and finish week 1!
Anyway of course I'll be stopping by in your diary soon, but first to reply to that PM! For some reason my message box is a bit dodgy atm and they aren't going into my sent inbox, hence me resending the last one about 5 times
OOOOH and before I go would just like to wish everyone a very
HAPPY EASTER!!!!! 
