A Fresh Start

Ok, so the last round did not go at all as planned. There were no major issues or anything, but I just didn't manage to get things together at all. Then recently I have been completely sabotaging myself - way too much food and no self control what so ever. Dairy seems to be my total downfall - it's something we normally have at home, and cheese is healthy (ish) right, so I can it lots of it right? And you can't have cheese without bread or crackers etc right? WRONG!!! To top it off and make matters worse I pretty much stopped exercising. I got the MVP award at basketball this season, and should be feeling great about it! Instead I'm feeling fat and slow and like I don't deserve it. Time to make a change and have a fresh start!

I've signed up for another round of 12WBT which starts today. Feeling very up and down about it. At times I am super motivated, but then at other times I just can't be bothered, and I stuff up. Like this morning - went to get a coffee, and came back with a large coffee and banana bread. And it wasn't even all that nice. Now I just feel full and fat and gross. Thinking perhaps I will delay lunch and not have the afternoon snack unless I am starving.

One thing I have really noticed is that when i am doing well I drink so much water. And when I'm not I drink almost none. So, I have decided that I need to drink more water. And I need to ensure that I fill up my drink bottle. So often I sit at my desk and pick up my bottle to drink, only to find it's empty. Then a minute later I'm picking it up again. Need to just get up and go fill it! Will only take a couple secs and then I can have more water, and then I am less likely to eat stuff I don't need to.

This round I have decided to switch things up a little and do the advanced 10km program. I'm really lookign forward to the running. I have a little dilemma though - Parker is only 14 weeks old, and can't really run with me yet. But we both love getting out in the morning and seeing all his little doggy friends, and it's so important to socialise him at this stage. I need to work out a way to do both. Perhaps sneak out while he is still in bed then he can have his walkies with both Greg and I in the evenings? Or go somewhere where I can either tie him up or let him loose while I run laps. I went out today fully planning on running, but the oval was full of people and I didn't know how he would go tied up, and I didn't want to let him loose as he would be too annoying for them. Need to get the exercise in though. Maybe after work.

The other thing I'm going to change up is my blog. About time for a refresh! I think I will make it running based - lots of blue skies and open spaces and running pics. In case I forget how it looks - here's a pic of the old style.