New Year, New Me - Week 5

[fadagaski]

Have lost 12lbs in 5 weeks, so am obviously quite chuffed. Not very many slip-ups on the way either, which is very encouraging. Haven't had a bite of chocolate or a packet of crisps in weeks. I find I don't even miss crap food.

Running today was ... strenuous. It was Week 4 Day 1, which involves 5 minutes of running at the very start. I've been wearing heavy work shoes all weekend, on my feet at the pub for 7+ hours on Saturday and Sunday. I could definitely feel the strain of it in my muscles this morning. I'm confident I can run a full 4 minutes on the flat by the end of week. Then I'll just repeat the week again and hey presto, I'll be doing 5 minutes up the hill no problem!

Some people shouldn't have animals. There's a family in Brandon who own a field and about 15 horses where I run. The horses are half-wild, never brushed, living off grass. Not abused, or even really neglected. But today I had to herd one back into the field, then block a hole with wire and bits of string. I mean, Jesus, if that pony had spooked and run into traffic ... It doesn't bear thinking about.

Watching The King's Speech again. Such a fantastic movie. It deserves every award for which it's eligible.

Comments

[fidgetknickers.livejournal.com]

Well done on diet!! I suck at both diet and exercise and am slowly getting fatter and fatter :(

And you would not BELIEVE the shit I see supposedly intelligent horsepeople try and fence their horses in with. Pallets, lawn chairs, washing line. Once I even saw that yellow tape, you know like the crime scene tape? It's not very strong, just like polythene shopping bags. At least forty feet of field fenced with that, and about ten horses in it. Ugh.

[fadagaski.livejournal.com]

At least you do horse riding! That's good exercise! :)

How can fencing be so difficult for people to grasp? Solid fence = less dead pony. It's a simple equation.