Maheva's Journal, 29 January 2012

Good morning Journal! This morning I have been proven once more that it is ALL in the mind! As I set out of the house for my early jog, after a few meters I realized that my MP3 was not charged: silence in the headphones...PANIC!!!! What should I do??? I cannot run without music! My other mp3 is in the office, damn it! Should I turn back and not run today??? Oh dear, I won't last 1km, I'll just give up...As all these thoughts were racing in my mind, well I did not even realize I was well into my routine...Ha ha ha, what a fool...I just kept going, went to the park as usual, and did my 12 laps around the pound, as planned. I did not die of boredom, I did not give up, it was just all fine... Great discovery of the day: I CAN of course run without music. It was all a gimmick (or excuse) of my lazy little self standing between me and my willpower to move my ass and RUN. It was even a good exercise to listen more carefully to my breathing, pulse, and study my pace.

Just to say that too often we stop ourselves from getting fitter, losing that extra weight, achieving our goals just because we have these set ideas, routines, thinking and we convince ourselves that we cannot change anything to them or if we do try to change anything to them, it is doomed to fail, or we will suffer and fail anyway.

I do not always agree with the saying 'no pain, no gain', but hey, changes mean pain sometimes, but for the better.

A wonderful Sunday ahead! Gonna charge the mp3 anyway... :-)))

Bye for now

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1485 kcal

Fat: 43.31g | Prot: 117.74g | Carb: 166.76g.   Breakfast: Activia prunes, cereal bread, light margarine, eggs' whites, hot water, milk, banana, quaker, coffee. Lunch: balsamic vinegar, rocket salad, lamb leg roast. Dinner: mixed nuts, green mungo beans, green tea, banana. Snacks/Other: tangerines, water. more...

2651 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Sitting - 2 hours, Desk Work - 2 hours, Housework - 3 hours, Driving - 2 hours, Stretching (yoga) - 10 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 5 hours and 45 minutes, Running - 6/mph - 50 minutes, Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 15 minutes. more...