Dear Lord, what a week. A good break from work, coupled with the festivities, the good cheer, good will... only serves to remind you of how much you hate work, on your first week back in the New Year.
Monday, it wasn't just me, we were all like zombies, just going through the pretend motions and wondering, "Where are we?" Closely followed by, "What am I supposed to do here?" The day passed in a haze.
Needless to say that I barely slept on Sunday night, nor Monday night. I think I slept Tuesday night through exhaustion, it was such a lovely coma while it lasted.
So how am I doing with the resolutions? I know... you're desperate to ask, well...
Tracy Anderson Butt and Thigh workout - daily .... I did this on Tuesday night and it kicked my....
Grand plié or Demi plié - x21 daily ..... I did this only three times, because I forgot this was on my list, shame on me... it's so good.
Tabata - x3 per week ... give me a break, I managed today, that's all.
Take the stairs in work x3 per week - I work on the 8th floor..... I have a very good reason for not doing this, and I was going to postpone until next week. But, let me explain, my body was complaining at being back in work. 2 hours a day commuting and 8 per day at a desk had my back and neck complaining without me doing anything extra. Monday to Thursday I power walked for 30-40 minutes per day, and I could feel it. On Friday, we had freezing cold and heavy rain at lunch, and so I ventured outside and quickly decided to give the walk a rest and instead, climb the stairs, 9 floors of them. I was only aiming for 8 as I work on the 8th, however lack of signage and me counting steps distracted me, plus me being less out of breath than I expected, meant that I ended up on the 9th and had to walk back down to the 8th... where my desk lives. I'll do more next week, at least I got one in for the week.
The Plank x5 minutes per week .... I have no excuse, haven't even tried this week.
Tracy Anderson Arm Exercises, daily x100 per arm... I totally forgot about this until Wednesday, then I did 100 with weights, which must be at least double the equivalent, then I completed every day for the rest of the week, I do have to say that my arms rock.
I definitely had the blues returning to normality this week, but I powered through, as we all do.
I had physio this week and I was so much less concrete like. Even my physio was astounded, doubly so after I'd explained between my pre-Christmas lurgy, lurgy then Christmas, I hadn't exercised for a month, and I was still less stiff than normal. We both agreed that somehow, not being in work, the commute etc. had cancelled out the not exercising so I was actually less seized up than 8 weeks ago on my last visit. I concluded that I am definitely allergic to work.
It's week one and I would normally be disappointed with my effots but I'm not these days. I know that resolutions are not all or nothing. This year I've made them achievable and I'm going to take my time building up to them, this way, I'll still be doing them in November... I may give myself December off though. Can't wait for the Christmas break.
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