An Exercise...in exercise - Day 190

So - today I cycled into work. I never normally have the get up and go on Monday to do that - but being so close to management and realising that I will have to start ramping up the exercise so that I can build the foundations for my strength and aerobic fitness after being very gentle with my exercise for 7 months. I got home feeling knackered and then went across the road to the gym for a 15 minute run and a minute of rowing (I hate rowing!) - wow! I'm impressed at myself!

I was always quite unfit at school - could never manage running around the track and was always slower/weaker than the other girls. I was good at aerobics, coordinated and quite flexible but that never counted for much in PE in the 80s. It was that lack of confidence around activity that kind of led to my self-esteem issues over my body so as I get slim, I'd like to feel more confident over my ability to run and cycle and swim and be more active rather than feeling like a big fat klutz.

I have been thinking so much about what I want to do and how I want to do it and I took the plunge and called The Body Doctor's studio in Primrose Hill (I live about 15 minutes cycle ride away from it - well if I was fit I would ) As before and after work sessions are in demand and as I don't want to start strength training whilst I'm in abstinence and I have a holiday booked in early september and the wisdom teeth in August, I am hopefully due to start in mid September meaning that I would be starting the 6 week programme at round about week 4 or 5 of management meaning that I would finish the programme and LL at approximately the same time - so I will be back in the world of food with a celebrity style honed body and the desire to maintain it. It also means that I will be finished with LL the week before I begin my OU degree conversion for graduate basis for registration in psychology.

I am opening myself up to so many things.

On Saturday I am getting a new hairstyle and maybe I will go and get my makeup done somewhere nice - I really need to find somewhere that will do a good job and then I need to be back here for 3pm for a photoshoot with one of those freebie places. I have no grand expectations but I may mention to them that I will return if they do a good job.