The next problem was getting down the stairs this morning. On advice from Cat, I took them backwards in the end - my legs were truly demolished yesterday with those squats.
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| As tasty as it looks... |
Hit the gym, doing arms and back. Loved hitting a new PB in the straight-leg Dead Lift which I'm positive I can better next time, which is even better. It's definitely harder using free weights then it is the multigym machine I started on a year ago! Got to grips with the counting thing as well - saying out loud the rep number at the top of the lift. A slight problem with this system is being unable to actually talk towards the end of the workout, but it's a start!
But a couple of things I've noticed happening - I've developed quite quickly a couple of large spots. Nothing too disturbing, but I'm putting this down to the detox diet I'm doing; those toxins have got to get out somehow, as well as the more obvious routes.
I'm having incredibly strong dreams. By that I mean not only are they very real (and grounded - nothing too weird yet) but I can clearly remember them when I wake up, something I've only rarely been able to do before. Usually I remember having a dream and that's it. For no reason whatsoever I feel comforted by these dreams, which leads nicely onto the other thing.
I feel f*cking fantastic! Apologies for the language, but one of the reasons I don't swear often is that when I do I mean it and I can't think of a more powerful word at the moment (answers on a postcard please). Yes I ache, yes I discovered the lowest of my bike's gears cycling home this morning, and yes my nose now has a massive red friend for company. But I'm smiling all the time. Walking up town to do the shopping felt great. Bad news in the post this morning didn't get me down, I got on the phone and dealt with it (instead of my normal trait of ignoring it). I've sorted out all those little things I've been putting off. I've just realised I haven't played PS3 in 4 days.
I know it's early days, and I'm only 1/7 through the program, but I'm really looking forward to the end results!
One thing I will say though, it's hellishly expensive eating healthily, especially the quantities I'm getting through. I've managed to scrape 4 days out of £30 of shopping - today's £30 wasn't in a supermarket as I can't use the car and it's got me half of what I would expect. I was lucky enough to have a bag of hemp protein left over from when I didn't really know what I was doing, but things like the cost of Tulsi tea compared to normal tea (apparently it helps with cortisol in the afternoons and evenings) mean you get less for your buck. And don't get me onto the price of supplements like krill oil and magnesium tablets.
Don't get me wrong I'm sure they are value for money, but when the purse strings are so tight, and I'm eating enough for four by myself each day, I've got to watch what I spend and where. So I'm going to look into buying groups next time I need supplements.
*I've added links to the things I've mentioned so people can see what I'm buying and recommend cheaper shops if they know of them. Having said that, online prices are about 1/3 cheaper than what I paid today :(
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