Weigh in (38)

Training distance so far (15.2 miles)
This week's weigh in could have been a damaging one. After exercising four (yes, count them FOUR) times this week - two badminton matches and two gym visits - it would have utterly destroyed me not to have lost any weight. Asides from a bit of naughtiness (brioche bread and butter pudding......mmmmmmmmm) when taking Mum out for lunch on Sunday, there was nothing which could be pointed at as the cause of putting any pounds on. Nevertheless, when popping myself onto the scales I did so with some trepidation.........and the results from the fatman jury are........three pounds off; weighing me in at a pleasing 16 stone 11 pounds (actually 10.6.....sooooo close to rounding down!!). Chuffed to bits I most certainly am, but this week more than ever I need to focus; another good week and I could set the all time low record (currently set at 16 stone 10 pooonds), which considering the last couple of months will constitute a right rip-roaring success. So it's a quick fist pump to celebrate (.....there we go.....) and get on with it.
Lots of positivity this week. I feel that I have now gotten over the 'newbie'-phase of going to the gym. All necessary apparatus has been used twice without incident. Okay, the leg-press settings were a bit tricky, but I think I managed to cover up my ineptitude and narrowly avoided the very real risk of being squished until my knees doubled as ear-muffs. What's more, if I leave work at 5pm and go straight to the gym, I can be showered and home before half past eight. It sounds late, but considering how long it is to drive home from work I'm happy with that. Ultimately it is a regime I am confident of maintaining.
Two things I have discovered from these gym sessions.....firstly; I really like running (bloody good thing really isn't it?)!! I know at this stage I am not running 26 miles - and when I am I will more than likely despise the FFG - but there is something about the rhythm, the simplicity, the fact that after doing something strenuous with your mind and not your body all day, you can then do something strenuous with your body and not your mind. I am not someone who studies spiritualism or alternative therapies, but I strongly believe it is a form of meditation. It also give me the chance to play my incredibly cheesy music on the good old mp3 player (one of the best inventions of the modern age). Yes.....I admit it......I was actually jogging along to the dulcet tones of Bananarama singing 'Love, Truth and Honesty'........and I knew all the words (don't worry, I didn't sing along......much). Okay.....maybe not so much meditation, and more medical help required.
The second discovery also loosely concerns Bananarama (curiouser and curiouser!). I'm not sure if it is just me, but have you noticed how difficult it is to run in one rhythm, while listening to music of a different one? Fortunately I do not have 'Flight of the Bumble Bee' in my music collection, otherwise my jogging would risk resembling a Benny Hill sketch. So what am I going to do? Yes, you guessed it; I am actually putting together a list of ideal running songs, which contain the 'right rhythm' (so far, 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' (Queen), and 'Stop The Rock' (Apollo 440)). Hey, you may laugh; but if Paula Radcliffe had adopted this method.........
Before I forget; the two badminton matches were fun too; but that is a story for another post I think!