Aug 16 2008
Day 56
I have been having a bad day. We have had a full house since Monday with my Mum and niece and nephew staying over. It is great to see them all and it has been wonderful for our kids to play with my sister’s kids. Yesterday afternoon they set off to take the boat back to England. As nice as it was to see them, all of a sudden I think we all let out a sigh of relief to have our ‘space’ back and our bodies somehow threw the towel in.
It started with me forgetting to do my abdominal training yesterday evening. No big deal as I have done it today instead but it is an indication that things aren’t right. Our kids were getting upset at the slightest little things and were showing frequent signs of tiredness.
When I woke up this morning it was difficult to get out of bed. Neither my wife, nor I, wanted to do any of the things that we had planned for the day. We had a late breakfast and spent the day on menial tasks (I set up a youtube page for this website so I can post some videos soon). The demands of our children have been frustrating without the energy to satisfy their demands (poor things).
Thankfully this has been a planned ‘off day’ for me exercise wise so the impact has not been too great and I have managed to eat clean throughout the day. I have developed a pain down the outside of my left ankle and it has been bothering me all day. I think it must be a slight strain from the run a couple of days ago. I don’t understand why I didn’t feel anything yesterday. I have also developed a painful lump on my eyelid. I used to get these about 10 years ago and the doctor told me the best thing to do is wash my eyes with baby shampoo to clear any blocked ducts on the eyelids. I have been doing this but it has been painful every time I blink.
It is my oldest daughter’s birthday on Monday and we are off on a short holiday to England after that so we don’t have a lot of time left to organise things for our trip. I am going to take my laptop, camera, running shoes, Nike+ and iPod with me to ensure I get some calorie burning exercise in. If I can find a gym then I will use it, if I can’t then I will do some body weight resistance exercises to keep the body ‘working’. I am hoping that I may be able to borrow a bicycle at least a couple of times and get some miles in too.
I will be glad when today is over and hope that tomorrow is a better day. We all have off days and I guess this is mine.
Today sees me reach 8 weeks into Phase 1, I am at the 2/3 stage. Four more weeks to go. Weigh-in in the morning.