No, I haven’t completely deserted this blog – just a bit of hiatus while life got in the way!
The last time I updated properly was back in Week 3 of the 12WBT – and it’s now the end of Week 7!
So a basic breakdown on the last few weeks:
Week 3 & 4:
After having tonsillitis, was finally starting to feel human in Week 3, so the end of week 3 and start of week 4 were going well.
Week 4 was mini-milestone week. You take your measurements, re-do your fitness test, and tackle a mini-milestone – maybe a challenging workout, reaching a fitness goal etc.
If you look back at my post “Pre-Season Task 7 – Organise and Diarise“ – my mini milestones were as follows:
· Jog 1 km without stopping – I actually achieved this is Week 3.
· Take a roller skating class – I had planned to do this at the end of Week 4, but work got a bit crazy, so I did this in Week 5.
The end of Week 4 was insane work wise, I generally have a 9-5 Mon-Fri job, and the weekend at the end of week 4, I worked 31 hours over 2 days!
Week 5:
Week 5 continued to be incredibly busy at work. I exercised when I could, ended up doing less days but more hours when I did get there.
Saturday at the end of Week 5 I went indoor rock climbing with some of 12WBT members, which I really enjoyed. One thing I’m appreciating about the 12WBT is realising that exercise can be fun! It doesn’t necessarily have to be stuck in a gym on a treadmill.
Sunday at the end of Week 5 I took my roller skating class – now, I should say I’m not the most co-ordinated person in the world, and within 10 minutes of my lesson (it was a 2 hour class), I had fallen backwards onto concrete. And a helmet, knee pads, wrist pads and elbow pads don’t protect your back! I continued with the class but as the day went on the pain in my back became worse.
Week 6:
So, week 6 didn’t start well, with my injured back making any form of movement fairly difficult (if not impossible). Walking hurt but was bearable, bending over, squats, lunges etc and out of the question. I went to the doctor a few days after I fell and she thinks it is just muscular, and told me to avoid strenuous exercise until it felt better and come back in a few weeks if it was still sore.
One thing that the 12WBT has done is certainly change my mindset. The most frustrating thing about my injury is not being able le to exercise – something I certainly wouldn’t have cared about in the past! So I literally did no exercise in week 6 – and although I hadn’t been doing the 6 days of exercise I should have been doing every week since the program started, I was always doing something!
The end of week 6 represented one of my major red flags – a 2 week trip to Europe. I had planned well – ordered low calorie meals for my flights (all 6 of them!) and all but one of my hotels (staying in 4 different ones) have gyms. My back put a spanner in the works, at least in terms of the exercise.
Week 7:
I really thought after a week my back would be better, but sitting in economy class for close to 24 hours of flying tends to not help matters!
I don’t know my weight as I haven’t brought scales with me, but so far have resisted jam filled doughnuts in Finland and chocolate croissants in Vienna!
I’ll post more about my trip shortly.
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