Things slowed down a bit last week on account of my foot, but I’m trying to get back into it this week. Monday was a public holiday, so I took that at face value and did no exercise. Yesterday saw me back in the gym. I’m down to 2 sets of 13 reps (from 30 intially) and the weights have increased enough that today’s the first time I’ve still felt a bit stiff the day after a gym session.

Although I’m definitely fitter than any stage in almost the last 10 years, I’m still finding it hard to get rid of the gut, so I’m going on a diet. Before you bust your arse laughing at the thought of me eating just lettuce & drinking water, it’s not one of those women’s-mag fad diets, it’s the CSIRO‘s Total Wellbeing Diet. Given that they’ve just won an award for discovering how pure carbon nanotubes can be spun into cloth-like yarns you can’t argue with the quality of their research!

Anyway, the basic outline is pretty sensible: lots of fruit, veg, and protein from lean meat, slightly less carbs than normal and everything chosen to provide a balanced amount of vitamins & minerals. Nothing revolutionary. So, there’s 7 weeks until the NZ ski trip starts, so let’s see if that’s enough time to make a difference.

Wk11: W: 1 session