I'm proud to say that I survived Christmas lunch. I hit the local RSL with some neighbours and had a veritable feast - pumpkin soup, three roast meats (turkey, pork and ham) with veg (potato, pumpkin and beans), and plum pudding with ice cream and brandy custard for pudding. I'd been saving up my WW points so that I could have a decent Christmas lunch without worrying about how much I could eat. My plan worked as by the time I'd gotten through the gorgeous pumpkin soup I was running out of room. I polished off most of my roast lunch and then asked for half a serve of pudding.
I came home at 2pm and had to sloth on the couch for a couple of hours before part 2 of my Christmas plan could kick off. What was part 2? I hit the gym - yes, that's right - I went to the gym on Christmas day! My wonderful local gym is available to me from 6am to 10pm, every day of the year. That rocks - in the past, I've had to put up with stupid short hours and full closures when it suits the least. But now, it's all good, thanks to the swipe token and the brilliance of Seth, the owner. I can go any day of the year, so public holidays are no longer an excuse to take a day off and sloth around.
I got to the gym about 4.30pm and was home just before 6pm. I did two sets of everything - weighted squats with bicep curl and shoulder press, leg press, lat pulldown, seated row, lateral fly, chest press on swiss ball, tricep pushdowns...I did it all. Well, except for my abs. By that stage lunch was coming back to haunt me and my quads had started burning on the rower warm up. I survived a bit more of a run on the treadmill (I'd already been for a run along the beach earlier today) before I packed it in and went home to chill out.
I've tidied the lounge, washed the dishes, and cooked dinner. It's the end of week three on WW and this week has been hard, because of all the chocolate floating around at work. I've decided that I no longer like Guylian sea shells (yuck) but I am still partial to Lindt milk chocolate balls. I will not have them in the house though, because if I do I will eat them and you can't buy them in singles. I think a much better plan is to portion off the block chocolate version and freeze it, taking out a small serving on Saturday night to eat on Sunday. I don't like frozen chocolate so this should be fine. It has worked before - it will work again.
I trained today in one of my new pieces of 2XU training gear. I bought five pairs of training capris (three black, one navy and one grey/olive), and believe me, they rock. For starters, they fit well and are really comfy. I have to go back and get some in a large, as the XL won't fit for long at the rate I'm shrinking. They also look good, and have to be the most comfortable training pants in the world. I also got a pair of trackie type pants, a pair of training leggings, some training tops, a couple of run skirts and a new tri suit (as mentioned yesterday). Bring on that tri suit, it won't be long now!
Tomorrow I plan to hit the fruit shop and as I expect to be sore from today's efforts, loosen things up on my wind trainer. I hope that evil plan works, as I hate having DOMS. Although I've had carbs and protein and a chocky milk, I can feel the stiffness rising. I need to keep track of my DOMS episodes so I can figure out what prevents it and what reduces it when it sets in. I think a banana before bed might be useful, hopefully I can remember!
In summary, I'm feeling pretty impressed that I went to the gym on Xmas day, when most people were stuffing themselves with food and grog. Sure, I went to burn off some of the food I stuffed myself with, but also because I could.
NO EXCUSES!
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