It’s summer! Welcome to July! And, of course, as the schools broke up on Friday the weather changed. I don’t have time off, but I do have lots of plans…
I have kept my fitness and health priorities on track this week, and as part of that, Jacqui challenged us to find a physical representation of any weight we have lost. For me, this was a great way of focusing on how far I’ve come since January- I have lost the equivalent of 45 LPs!
So that has helped me to reassert my commitment and here’s how I stayed on track last week:
Monday- an evening run with Alison and Lesley. We did hill repeats which actually flew by!
Tuesday- a triple activity day, Alison and I went for a lunchtime trail run and I also went to Sculpt and Trigger Point Pilates in the evening. I upped my bands for the arm exercises and had DOMS the following day💪🏻
Wednesday- Jog Scotland run. The plan was a file run, but with a hot evening and low numbers we settled for a steady 30 minutes instead.
Thursday- PiYo. It too was hot, but I really enjoyed it, especially the Flow Fusion track. My knee is still getting in the way of moving well so I’ve had to continue to modify.
Friday- Walk
Saturday- evening walk along the promenade in Helensburgh. I took this no filter shot: 
Sunday: we were busy with StreetFoodSunday all day, and I clocked up over 14,000 steps.
After a busy week and a busy weekend I’ve started today feeling pretty tired. I’ll be skipping my planned run and heading out for a walk later instead.
Here’s your weekly motivation, in case you need- like me- to remind yourself of your goals for a fresh, new month:
Last week disappeared. It just completely ran away from me, and here we are- one week before schools break up and the summer begins. It’s always a risky time for health and fitness goals! Here’s a round up of my week:
Monday: I was tired after the weekend but we made the most of a beautiful evening my going for a walk
Tuesday: I loved both classes, I increased my bands at Sculpt and Jacqui changed up the routines which was just what I needed. Trigger Point Pilates was lovely- but painful! We focussed on legs, knees and hips.
Wednesday: Jog Scotland Run, we did lamppost sprints and it was fab!
Thursday: I was in Glasgow so stayed at my parents overnight. That gave me the chance to run Balloch Park, my old regular route when I lived in Dumbarton. I was surprised at how flat I found it- when I ran it regularly I used to think it was hilly. How wrong I was! I recalled that I’d run a loop of the park in around 23 minutes back then. Now, even coming back from injury I did it in 21 minutes!
Friday: after a long day in Glasgow I didn’t manage anything so I had a rest day
Saturday: walk around Glasgow’s West End
Sunday: another walk in lovely sunshine
Here’s some motivation for this coming week: 
Hello, everyone. I’m afraid I’m suffering from post holiday blues over here, and a tough week at work hasn’t helped with that. Ah well, we all get those kinds of weeks, don’t we?
On a positive note, I had a really good week in terms of my health and exercise targets:
Monday: we went for a walk after work which helped to blow away some cobwebs!
Tuesday: I had a ‘Tuesday Triple’: a lunchtime Run with Alison followed by Sculpt and Trigger Point Pilates in the evening. We focussed on hands and feet, and I felt great afterwards, although was shattered on Wednesday!
Wednesday: Jog Scotland, we did an easy 5k
Thursday: PiYo
Friday: another evening walk.
We had a busy weekend, Saturday was spent setting up for Fèis an Tairbeirt’s annual Ceilidh which was a fab night! Many hands help with clear up, so it wasn’t a late evening. Sunday was much quieter, and very much a day of relaxing and recharging.
Here’s a thought as we head into a new week:
Let’s focus not on what we say we will do, but on what we actually do. Go smash it!
Well, I’m not quite sure how that happened: last week passed in a bit of a blur, and here we are, at Monday once again.
My week last week was unusual and very busy, but I feel a little out of touch and not terribly grounded. My plan for this week is to try to refocus on the priorities as much as I can.
In terms of health and wellness, my week was ok, but could have been better.
Monday- first day back, post holiday, so I eased back gently with a walk.
Tuesday- was the opposite! First up, I RAN! Yes, it wasn’t pretty but I managed a lunchtime walk/run. I followed that up with Sculpt and Trigger Point Pilates, so it was great to be back after weeks off.
Wednesday- back at Jog Scotland, and we did a 5k to celebrate Global Running Day
Thursday- for the first time in eight weeks, yes, eight weeks, I was back at PiYo. I loved it, though I had some spectacular DOMS on Friday!
Friday- an evening walk to clear my head was just what I needed, despite the rain
Saturday- Rest
Sunday- a late afternoon walk in glorious sunshine
Here’s to a refocused week ahead:
After two weeks in Florida, I’m back home. What a holiday- it was amazing!
We did lots and lots of walking, but a shed load of eating and drinking too, so this week will be spent getting back into a routine, and shaking off the jet lag.
Here’s your motivation for the week- I know I’ll need it! 
Have a great week!
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