What did I do...

And that my friends is a very good question. I'm sitting here pondering what on earth it was I filled my day with today, and so far nothing has sprung to mind.

Oh yes, I can think of one thing. After nearly a months absence from the gym I decided today would be as good a day as any to start of my fitness regime again. I've not purposely been avoiding the gym by any means, what with being in Wales for a week, popping to Greece for nearly a fortnight and having double glazing men rampaging around the house, so really I've had little opportunity to go... I've found though that even after all the interruptions my enthusiasm, and let's face it, just having the umph to go, have been waning as the days tick by.

However, I was spurred on to go today when I finally jumped (well not jumped cos that would probably break them) on the scales and realised that I'd put on 5 lbs in little over a month. I can attribute this gain to several things such as not exercising, eating all sorts of grub that I really shouldn't be shovelling down my gullet and becoming dehydrated and as a consequence my body storing water since it probably thinks it, like much of the south east of england at the moment, is in a drought.

So without giving myself time to find something else to do which would obviously be much more important than going to the gym ;) I get changed and head on over there. I was really dreading it to be honest, and felt even more crest fallen when I walked into the gym to see my personal trainer, who by now probably thought I'd given up the ghost and become a gym drop out. He was cool though and after a brief catch up I start out with the routine I'd been doing before my temporary departure from the sweat laden world of treadmills and weights.

All in all I didn't do too badly - I managed the same amount of time running none stop on the treadmill and found the weights challenging but not impossible. The one thing I did notice though was that my heart rate was high, where as previously it had been just about in the right zone when I was exercising. I guess it goes to show that you've got to keep it going to retain the benefits of exercise.

Posted by Abi on the May 15, 2006 9:53 PM

sjon at May 17, 2006 7:06 AM