Day 14: Week 2 Reflections

Hello there blogosphere!

Happy Sunday! Or rather, oh no it's Sunday night. Almost Monday. Boo. I've got this week off uni though, so I'm going to take the next few days to sort some stuff out. Consolidate my exercising, healthy eating, get some pre-reading done and use my Hoyts voucher that I accidentally rediscovered the other day.

This week was a drastically different experience to last week. Last week, I was riding on the adrenaline of it being THE FIRST WEEK. The first week of the rest of my life!! And this week, I woke up on Monday and realised that the second week was not quite as exciting. My eating was controlled, my exercise was mandated. And I rebelled a little bit.

Not loads. I mean, I did my best to stick to the calorie counts. But I just wasn't as focused as I should have been. I exercised, but when I couldn't do something, I just skipped it. Side planks are the devil!! I just can't manage them. If you've got a viable alternative (that exercises the same muscles), please let me know. I've spent a lot of time lying on my side, trying to force my hip in the air haha.

On the 10km plan, I'm supposed to be able to run 35 minutes by Saturday. THIRTY FIVE MINUTES. Oh my actual goodness. I'm a little bit worried, and quite nervous, and very sure that I need to get my playlist sorted or I'll just get bored and give up out of spite. Yesterday's 20 minute run was powered through with help from Tim Minchin, especially Darkside and Not Perfect.

Just as a side note, if you've never experienced the beauty that is Not Perfect, get to Youtube stat! Tim Minchin is a comedian, but I think that Not Perfect is probably the most honest, powerful song I've ever heard. Just gorgeous.

I'm really looking forward to having the self-confidence to run outside. It may sound irrational, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I know that, in the gym, I'm running in front of people. But they're all exercising too! And in public, people could be walking along in their sundresses and suits, and I don't feel like running past, panting with a sweaty face. Trust me, there's a treadmill in front of the treadmills in my gym. It's not a good look.

So... yes. I'm writing this in front of Law And Order: SVU. I've never seen it before, and it's a really sad episode. Why is there never anything on Australian TV?? But on the upside, I finished and handed in my essay twelve hours before it was due. Hurray!

For me, that's productive anyway haha.

I'm excited about the food for this week! A combination of the meal plan and the recipe section of the 12WBT website has got an excellent line-up of meals for the next few days. I'm away Friday-Sunday, so I'm just going to have to think healthy thoughts. But you'll hear from me before then. So get excited :)

Love Alex xoxo

PS. Just discovered Flipboard on the iPad. Pair it with Pinterest, and you're in Procrastination Central! I've had so much fun while not writing my essay this weekend :)