Day 28- Four Petit Fours

This is a pre-emptive blog! I have been quiet for the last few days because as I think I mentioned before I usually find it harder to find time to blog on the weekends with all the running around (and attempts to hang in there socially) however after seeing Patrick's email this morning I panicked. I also felt like a 5 years old in trouble bigtime, plus with Gilles blogging daily I feel like I am up against the class pet.  Back seat rebel!!!

Saturday was a great day. I got up early to do my exercises then went to do a really great yoga class which was fantastic for stretching out my stiff limbs. Then I met up with a friend and went for a massage and sauna at Sunny Paradise. The masseuses there walk on your back and though we were both pretty taken aback when we realised what was going on we emerged glowing and as relaxed as putty. Definitely a great way to spend a few hours. In my last blog, I mentioned that I was a bit stressed about how I was going to dodge all the food and alcohol on Saturday night. I was celebrating a friend's birthday as we ended up going to Tango, an Argentinian steakhouse right on Wyndhan street that was perfect for sober Sevens spotting. PCP-wise it was a pretty good choice and as we ended up sharing so I was able to nibble on a few slices of amazing beef and load up on grilled veggies (footnote: I also indulged in a glass of wine and a glass of champagne which didn’t make me feel nauseous but did give me more of a buzz than it would have a month ago. It also appears I still love champagne so looks like PCP hasn't flicked that switch to off just yet).

The exercises are going well and I am feeling really good with the skips. I have taken to doing them at the gym when I can and on Sunday once again had a whole studio to myself. With the concentration and the sprung floor I felt unstoppable and ended up skipping for 11 mins straight which took me just shy of my 1200 jumps. The day before I managed to do them in two sets but generally I am now quite comfortable doing 5-6mins straight and fitting in 600-700 jumps in that time. What has made all the difference is mixing up my jumps. I'll do a couple of hundred of the straight jumps then jump on alternate feet or hop on one foot. It seems to be a question of tricking my brain into concentrating on the foot combinations so that it doesn’t switch off and get bored. Hopefully this will last. I think my body is still treating all this as a novelty - something new to get used to.

Now for the INDULGENCE!!! Gilles and I were planning to head into central to find the best cheesecake in town but in the end, went to Zoe and got a selection of small cakes - yes we got 4 because they were tiny. Just on the larger side of petit fours alright? You see there's a knife there for perspective…it's a tiny knife by the way…

I dove straight into the chocolate mud cake which was divine (in fact I started hallucinating just by inhaling the heady aroma) then had to pull back when I realised I was at risk of peaking too early so I stopped to sample the rest of the cakes which was worth it because the banana banoffe pie was incredible!!! By the time I was back on the chocolate I felt pretty ill and couldn’t finish the tiny slice. I probably would have been happy with a few mouthfuls so that was interesting to observe as before I would have just pressed on without thinking. Seems like I have a much greater awareness of when my cravings are satisfied. Still, I was annoyed at leaving half a piece of cake on my plate!

I have posted my week 4 pics which I'm a bit disappointed by. I'm not really seeing much change in my body though I can't tell if I am changing and my perception is distorted. Some days I feel thinner and more toned and other days it's like I am going backwards. Weight-wise I seem to be back up half a kilo. Also I think I was ripped off! I didn't get my breakthrough motivational comment last week. In fact, no one has commented that I look any different at all (apart from the face fat observation at work) so I am wondering when the results will start to show. I can notice the changes in my fitness level as I can do more but the whole point is for it to show right? Grrrrr. Guess I need to hang in there...