Well tonight was very positive, I beat my last gym session on most of the metrics that I am measuring so that was good, although I was forced to do something that normally pisses me off, I took a call in the gym!!
Now normally, I am glued to my phone(s) as most of my friends will attest, my work phone normally more so, and I will take calls in the middle of a conversation, on a train, and yes in the loo.
HOWEVER!
3X2hr slots a week is phone free time, and that's the gym! I am quite strict about this, they provide such a distraction, constantly buzzing, going off, answering messages, checking Facebook. I'm not as bothered with weights, but when you're doing CV, I just love to get into that groove, of nothing but you, the music, and the "open road" so to speak.
Anyway, there was these kids in today, clearly on Free Day Passes, clearly messing around, without any clue what they were doing, messing about on treadmills, then they started playing this shitty music on their phones, and then started taking calls!!
Now to excuse my brief indiscretion, I am currently On Call with responsibility for 26 route miles, including the London Terminus, of this countries Busiest Mainline Railway, so you know, I have an excuse, but these kids were seriously pissing me off!!
Anyway, enough of that, got home and had a lovely tea of Quorn Burgers and Jacket Spud, am I turning Veggie now?!
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Less of a Derailment, more a Rough Ride...
Oh dear, I have now started to litter this blog with random railway terminology!
Well yesterday afternoon was a little bit of a disaster, was meant to be hosting a dinner party for some friends, well turns out that I forgot my debit card, and got back home with no time to go back out and get stuff, so my dinner party ended up in an Indian! Now, yes, I have said, all in moderation, but I might have pigged out slightly with it, and then since the guys didn't leave till 2300, I then stayed up working till nearly 0100 to get some reports finished!
This resulted in no packed lunch for today, and very nearly no gym session as I was being lazy and was like "Do I wanna pack my bag". The thought crossed my mind...had I derailed already? But thankfully not, I recognised the warning signs early enough, and got my act together, rather than allowing little things derail me I kept my course.
Anyway, had a fantastic session at the gym, except a condescending Personal Trainer trying to prostitute himself to me...wouldn't care but he wasn't even that good looking for me to want to pay him £25 to spend an hour with him!!
Well yesterday afternoon was a little bit of a disaster, was meant to be hosting a dinner party for some friends, well turns out that I forgot my debit card, and got back home with no time to go back out and get stuff, so my dinner party ended up in an Indian! Now, yes, I have said, all in moderation, but I might have pigged out slightly with it, and then since the guys didn't leave till 2300, I then stayed up working till nearly 0100 to get some reports finished!
This resulted in no packed lunch for today, and very nearly no gym session as I was being lazy and was like "Do I wanna pack my bag". The thought crossed my mind...had I derailed already? But thankfully not, I recognised the warning signs early enough, and got my act together, rather than allowing little things derail me I kept my course.
Anyway, had a fantastic session at the gym, except a condescending Personal Trainer trying to prostitute himself to me...wouldn't care but he wasn't even that good looking for me to want to pay him £25 to spend an hour with him!!
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
On Top of the World...
So, day 6 in, and my third session at the gym, feeling slightly pasted this evening as I do appear to be getting my fitness back a LOT quicker than I thought I would, and I am really enjoying CV work this time, which is something I always found a chore in the past.
I think that the measure of success there, so far, has actually been keeping an active track on what I have done in terms of distance, speed, and intensity each session, so I have been able to with each session increase something, cope with it, and come out of it feeling pretty bloody good.
I stepped out of the gym this evening and was just ludicrously happy, and this is something that has lasted all night, its getting on for 22:00 now, and I finished in the gym about 1830? Obviously the serotonin that gets released has a good effect.
It's more than just chemicals though, its the satisfaction with myself, that whilst yes, I enjoyed the gym, I am actually achieving something that's so very positive. The comparison has to be drawn with food, and taking comfort in food, its such a transient, in the moment experience that only lasts beyond the end of the bar of chocolate.
I never understand even my own attitude at this, because I know how much fun I have had and how good I feel and I think to myself "how can you allow yourself to have the opposite feeling after a Dominoes session, or a trip to McDonalds?" I'm not really sure what the answer is, but at the moment, I cannot imagine wanting to ruin how good I feel with food.
I guess its about keeping the balance right, and something inside me tells me I might have it right this time!!
I think that the measure of success there, so far, has actually been keeping an active track on what I have done in terms of distance, speed, and intensity each session, so I have been able to with each session increase something, cope with it, and come out of it feeling pretty bloody good.
I stepped out of the gym this evening and was just ludicrously happy, and this is something that has lasted all night, its getting on for 22:00 now, and I finished in the gym about 1830? Obviously the serotonin that gets released has a good effect.
It's more than just chemicals though, its the satisfaction with myself, that whilst yes, I enjoyed the gym, I am actually achieving something that's so very positive. The comparison has to be drawn with food, and taking comfort in food, its such a transient, in the moment experience that only lasts beyond the end of the bar of chocolate.
I never understand even my own attitude at this, because I know how much fun I have had and how good I feel and I think to myself "how can you allow yourself to have the opposite feeling after a Dominoes session, or a trip to McDonalds?" I'm not really sure what the answer is, but at the moment, I cannot imagine wanting to ruin how good I feel with food.
I guess its about keeping the balance right, and something inside me tells me I might have it right this time!!
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