Past few days

Ok, so not a great start in keeping this updated every time I workout - ooooops!! Well, I'll just recap what i've done since my last post.

Saturday was definately not good for the diet - went to the cinema and had pick and mix, then a huge pub meal! Not ideal, but I'm not starving myself constantly, and it is increasingly rare that I splash out quite that much!

Sunday was a family day, we spent a good couple of hours waking in the woods - combined with some bursts of sprinting as we raced to a tree, and then climbing the tree when we got there!

Monday - Went to the gym and walked/ran for 15 mins - covered 1.5km. Then 10 mins on random level 4 on the cross trainer (burning about 95 calories). Then I tackled the tough mudder circuit, in a fashion. I struggle to do simple pushups at the moment, so I did 1 min of them, and then didn't do any of the other push up style exercises... so, in order i did
1 min of pushups
45 seconds on each arm of the fist and the fury with a 4kg ball
1 min of back row using 4kg dumbbells
1 min of dumbbell side lunge (same weights)
1 min of lunge + twist with a 4kg ball
1 min of shoulder press (4kg in each hand)
2 x 20second plank
2 x 20 second side plank
1 min tough squat (6kg)

On tues I was definately still feeling the ache in my arms and legs, not painful, just a gentle reminder of the work i'd put in on monday. I didn't workout on tues, but did an hour and a half of vigorous housework - lots of running up and down stairs carrying hoovers etc!!

Yesterday I was out shooting, so spend most of the 7 hours we were out walking at a moderate pace, mainly on roads. I probably burnt a lot of calories with the walking, but it was probably negated by all the vodka and diet coke I was drinking through the day, and the chicken burger I got when I got home.

One of my biggest struggles (especially when I'm working) is actually eating enough of the right stuff. I can quite often have a snack box of raisins for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and a ready meal and bread for dinner. If i'm in the studio, or out shooting, it's even worse then - a bacon roll for breakfast, and then I get through most of the day on caffine, and have a takeaway in the evening.

I really need to start focussing on making sure I fuel my body enough and regularly, because otherwise, there's just no way it's going to cope with training otherwise.