Day 4 - Still not a bore

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's just my sis ready to burst. Come on babies! Enough already!

Well today was Day 4 of the challenge and I'm loving it. Totally in the groove now. Getting more used to eating regularly and enjoying the early morning exercise. I'm treating the gym like my job but unlike most jobs, I get to clock off after an hour's work!

Today I set my alarm for 7am, snoozed till 7.30 then got to the gym just before 8. It was just cardio today, so I ran for 30 mins on the treadmill. It was a bit of hard slog but I talked myself through it. I find it's harder running on a treadmill cos you have all your stats flashing before you and you know exactly how far you have run and how long you have left.

I am trying to get faster again. I got down to 6 minute kms when I did the half-marathon in July, but now I'm back to 7 minute kms. Today I ran 4.8kms in 30 mins. I do interval training and put the speed up more and more as I run, I get a real kick out of trying to beat my own stats each time...I'm a masochist.

After my workout and a bit of pottering at home, I visited my highly pregnant and housebound sister. She graciously let me take some photos of her belly for this blog. I have to admit I get a small amount of pleasure at seeing her belly this big (ok so I'm a sadist too), cos its the only time in my life that I will have a flatter belly than her. Unless I win this comp I guess ;)

Recap of today's menu:

Meal 1 - glass of water with lemon

muesli with milk

Meal 2 - glass of water

small apple and handful of nuts

Meal 3 - long mac with a dash of milk

glass of water

smoked salmon light rye sandwich with low-fat cream cheese, tomato and rocket

Meal 4 - glass of water

protein shake

Meal 5 - glass of water

smoked salmon with rocket and steamed asparagus and carrot

Meal 6 - glass of water

yoghurt

Tomorrow is my second measure up at the gym! I thought they were gonna do the second measurements after a couple of weeks but Larry came up to me today to let me know its tomorrow morning...OMG I feel its highly doubtful that I will have changed shape in 4 days!

Anyway, maybe I will surprise myself. At the very least, I won't have ballooned like my poor sis...whoops, I said I would be kind!