Sunday night and instead of zoning out with a crappy movie I have decided to be productive and blog! It was a glorious weekend here in HK. Right now it's that perfect period just in between the Spring chill and the oppressive Summer heat. Fangoddamtastic! Pity it will only last another few weeks. Saturday Gilles and I were out and about and ended up having lunch in a cafe. I did my best with what was on offer ordering fish, brown rice and veggies but the rice was more of a risotto loaded up with a plethora of naughty goodies that was so tasty I couldn't stop eating. I was tempted to let loose with some shopping after that but these last few weeks I haven't been able to bring myself to buy any clothes. The truth is everytime I get close the voice in my head tells me to wait until this is all over and then I can shop for my NEW body. Completely narcissistic of course but in a way the ultimate indulgence (in the meantime I guess there are still shoes!).
Today we had some friends over for a bbq so at least we had control over the menu! It was grilled meat, veggies and bread so that was all pretty harmless. But the combination of good company, music, weather and food was too much to resist so when the rose started flowing I couldn't resist...then some friends showed up with Haagen Daaz...and it was boiling on the roof...and it was just a perfect afternoon and... gahhhh, I couldn't resist. I'm not proud but man it was tasty and for the record Gilles was all holier than thou and resisted. Good for him! I did redeem myself by hitting the gym later in the afternoon to do my workout so that counts for something.
My achilles have been nagging at me for the last couple of days so I might need to give it a bit of a rest from the skipping. Is it possible to get tendonitis from skipping? Reminds me a lot of the pain I used to get when I was doing a lot of pointe work from ballet. I hope I'm not heading back down that road because that wasn't fun. Tonight I spent about 20mins rolling each of my achilles and calves over a tennis ball for a deeper massage (which I used to do back then as well) and it seemed to help. Tomorrow I think I'll turn down the tempo and hit the elliptical or treadmill before work. I wish it weren't the case - it really is easier to just do the skips in a blast and be done with it. Or maybe I should break it up into shorter sessions to give my tendons and calves a rest in between? Might need to get Partick's thoughts on that.
Finally, week 6 photos are in. I am starting to see some results on the abs but now I really want to zone in on the hips and butt. Come on body, lets get a move on!!!
Great weekend but now I am officially exhausted. Goodnight!
Abs looking good! And thanks for the jump rope suggestion... I might go check it out.
ReplyDeleteConfession... Yesterday was out and about with a friend, she bought a big cup of frozen yogurt. I stole a spoonful... Then another... Then another... Then I convinced myself it was my "100g yogurt afternoon snack" =p I'm sure Patrick would not have approved either... So don't feel too bad about the ice cream haha
Tomorrow is the famous free cone day at Ben and Jerry's. Not sure if you have them there but I'm from Vermont where the famous ice cream was founded. Mmmm it's like a holiday. Very sad to give that up!
ReplyDeleteIt's just a trial separation. It doesn't mean divorce.
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