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Well, the date is an excuse to be bad
Im on call again, so dont hold out much hope of choccie avoidance
Gym tomorrow, when they let me out of the hozzie
Shall try to be more positive next week
Good luck girls
Im on call again, so dont hold out much hope of choccie avoidance
Gym tomorrow, when they let me out of the hozzie
Shall try to be more positive next week
Good luck girls
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Hope it's not a bad day on call, Ruth.
I am going to be saintly today. Ha!
Went running with a club last night for the first time - it was great. But very hungry when I got home so mushroom rissotto, banana, and sponge cake - should be enougth carbs in that lot to refuel.
I contacted Diabetes UK about doing the GNR for them and they came over all officious and started asking me to jump through hoops to prove I was good enough to run for them. Wouldn't have minded if I'd been asking for one of their golden bond places, but I had my own place already - and I'm a member of their organisation. So I thought, if you're not going to throw your arms open and be grateful then I'll go and scrounge sponsorship for someone else. Which proved a good thing, because I came across the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team last month and decided that I really, really wanted to raise money for them. Bit of an uphill (sorry!) struggle when I work in Birmingham and most of my population think the road I live on is a mountain and wouldn't dream of visiting anywhere apart from Bewdley, Benidorm or Bangladesh, but I'm working at it.
I really do want to raise money for a diabetes charity sometime, though. Might go for something local.
You WILL be able to run 13 miles by March. Next time the chocolate Hobnob packet beckons, put your shoes on and go out for a run instead. When you come back, the Hobnobs will be carbing-up food rather than an indulgence.
Cheers, V-rap.
Oh Friday 13th... didn't realise till you said! Now, I 'intend' to be good today.. the thing is, I'm going out tonight with some friends.. I have told myself that I am NOT drinking alcohol at all.. then I think, no, I'll just have one.. but it's a bit like the old Hob Nob situation - I just can't stop at one..!!! So best thing methinks is to have nothing at all & stick to mineral water (BORING!!). Want to keep a clear head for the 10K on Sunday and not still be suffering from any after affects of alcohol... I'm not running today, but going to go to the gym instead (which I hate, but haven't been for so long that I'll probably have to have an induction all over again!). Anyway, have a good day everyone!
Michelle x
I think their fundraising department was having a manpower crisis when I contacted them!
If you want your research interpreted slightly more technically, go to www.bmj.com and put "diabetes" into the search facility.
Naughty last night - had curry and lots of wine, yum, yum. Will have to be extra good today to make up. Well done Mij for staying off the booze (it sounds like an AA meeting). I'd forgotten it's friday 13th so will watch out for strange events now.
We also have diabetes in our family (sister sadly died last year as result of long term diabetes and not changing her lifestyle accordingly) so I am acutely aware of the advantage that running gives you. A close freind was diagnosed with it last year and has gone from a portly, burger-eating beer monster to a svelte (can men be svelte?) healthy eating/juicing occasional glass of wine person who says he's never felt better. he certainly looks at least 10 years younger.
V-rap I ran a smal local race for Diabetes UK without loads of questions. I think they just get a bit anal about the bigger, higher profile ones.
Have a healthy eating day everyone.
In my time I've managed to give up drinking (almost completely) and smoking. My problem, however, is CHOCOLATE! I just can't give it up. HELP!
Happy Shambling!
Three easy steps to being at peace with your chocolate addiction:
1. Take up running. You need the calories, you need the sugar, you need the iron, you need the antioxidants. It's health food!
2. Eat proper meals and don't cut calories so far that you get starving hungry just when the only food in the house is the children's Easter eggs.
3. Have good quality chocolate with a high (at least 70%) proportion of cocoa solids. Better for you, and so expensive that it's difficult to afford too many serious binges.
Well done on giving up smoking and reducing the sauce. Chocolate is small fry healthwise in comparison.
Cheers, V-rap (unreformed chocolate lover).
And I enjoyed every slice ;o)
Will
None of my team bring cookies to my meetings ;o(
Will
Just got back from the gym... am feeling very saint-like.. just did 3K on the running machine, cos I want to take it easy before Sunday's race.. and did 30 minutes on the cross-trainer thingy, then did weight-machines for the rest of the time. This week I have run a total of 18 miles altogether, so with my 10K race on Sunday (if I make it!), that will be a grand total of 24 miles in one week - which will be a record for little ol' me!!! Have just eaten a large bowl of chopped fruit (haven't chopped it myself, Asda's have done it!!) so now, I have just got to survive the rest of the day being good... what time is it??? Oh no.. long way to go yet..!!!
Michelle x
Michelle x
V-Rap - I don't (can't) want to give up chocolate completely - all I ask is a modicum of self-control!! But I am concentrating on my Shambling, and I do eat a balanced diet - just had poached salmon, salad & jacket potato for lunch; and have managed to shed 1½ stone since January. It's just so nice/good/helpful to have you guys as support and to know I'm not the only one!
Thank you all.
Happy Shambling!
Happy Shambling (and chocolates and wine and amareti biscuits)!
Enjoy your 3-4 miles, it's great that you're out there doing it!
Happy Shambling!
Feeling a bit peeved today, as am having enforced rest day due to overnight onset of hideous tickly chesty cough thing that would make running impossible (climbing the stairs ishard enough as im finding breathing so difficult). anyway, im going to start rambling again soon, so i'll sign off before i get too carried away. packing madness has taken over completely now.
see you all soon, as i have a break in internet access for a bit due to the whole moving to wales thing, but should be back sometime next week.
keep smiling,
Pamela x
Pamela - for your chest, try some hot water with lemon, honey and PLENTY of ginger. Should work a treat.
When you need energy quickly - immediately before and during exercise, and when you're filling your muscle glycogen stores up during the half-hour afterwards (not a huge issue unless you exercise hard most days), you're best to take in easily absorbed carbohydrates. Unfortunately, how sweet something tastes isn't much of a guide to how quickly the carbohydrate in it becomes available to your body - baked potatoes and wholemeal bread, for example, are almost as fast-acting as pure glucose, and some sweet fruits are absorbed slowly. Have you come across the term "Glycaemic Index" yet?
The rest of the time, it's probably better not to have a blood glucose spike and an insulin surge, so you need fruit and veg and grains and a bit of protein and fat to slow down absorption.
Confused? Welcome to the world!
Cheers, V-rap.
I think I need a lie down (or some choccie)!