I've been a bit slack on the blog this last week. After my emotional day 65 post I noticed that day 68 was eerily familiar but that I handled it much better. Quite amazing how quickly the body can adapt. Having said that my workout today was pretty mediocre. I just couldn't get it together, I felt clumsy and uncoordinated and felt like I was dragging my body through each exercise. I did my strength first thing in the morning and did my cardio later in the morning since we had a public holiday today. The plan was to go for a hike but it was so damn hot and I didn't want a repeat shutdown incident like last time sooooooo when a friend called up and suggested we have a long lunch (5 hrs to be exact) on a sunny terrace I was pretty quick to accept and given the crappy mood I was in after my disastrous workout, it was just what I needed.
I know we are supposed to be feeling a renewed push that the end is in sight but some days it is still remarkably hard to find the motivation to exercise. My body is crying out for a day off but on the flipside I am starting to become impossible if anything threatens to eat into my exercise time.
Recently I have found I am becoming increasingly restless in the evenings and my mind won't stop racing when I am supposed to be sleeping which means I am not getting as much sleep as I should. I have also been craving desserts which is very uncharacteristic - specifically chocolate - chocolate cake, chocolate tart, chocolate ice cream, chocolate fondant, a good old block of cadbury - you get the message. Where is this coming from? I have never had these cravings before. I would be more likely to demolish a pack of Doritos than gorge on chocolate so this is very bizarre.
Hoping I can turn this around tomorrow!
Interesting! I had a minibreakdown on Day 69 (Winnie the Pooh stylie!) and demolished a whole small pot of honey in one go. I used to be tempted more by things on the fat/salt/carb spectrum, like nan bread, not sugary things. I wonder if it's the body responding to the harder workouts. Who knows!
ReplyDeleteYour determination is impressive - you'll turn this around no sweat!
Mmmmm I love chocolate.... It will definitely be on my indulgence 3 menu!
ReplyDeleteYour abs are looking great by the way.
Also found todays work out really tough and couldn't find my groove, I guess it was due to the heat and lack of sleep with me as well. What can we do to get our 8hrs beauty sleep back? Make a rule to start counting sheep at 10pm?
ReplyDeleteMmmmmm chocolate... been having Green & Blacks chocolates (UK) on my mind recently, and have only seen them sell it here @ Classifieds, I might just have to have that for IND#3 this weekend.
Good luck with ur zzzz's this week!
These are all very normal feelings, even the cravings, and they are your bodies signals that it's just about had enough. This is a good thing! Push to the end, this last little bit is tough but worth it.
ReplyDeleteI feel you... it all seems so close yet so far. Each week flies by but the days crawl. I am excited and sad to get off the PCP train.
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