Next experiment is a 28 day “more healthy” eating programme.  I am going to try to eat healthy.  I’m pretty stable with weight at the moment but I am eating miles too much junk food.  There seems to be a few reasons for this:

- I don’t plan breakfast when I do early morning exercise.  So, I might have an apple before I go for a swim.  Then I’ll go straight to work so I’ll get a mars bar from the vending machine at the pool.  Then I’ll get the train in to work and on the way to work I’ll have a croissant or three or a bacon and mushroom baguette.  So the new plan is to have some stuff in the fridge that I can take with me and eat after swimming (e.g. some fruit and chicken/salmon).

- I get fed up and so eat.  Difficult one that.

- I am thirsty and so eat.  Easy one that.  Get a drink!

- I want to take a break at work so I go and walk to the cafe and have a chocolate muffin.  Habit is a horrible thing here.  If I can take a break in some otherway that will help (and save me cash as these are the world’s most expensive muffins!)

- The food is just there.  There is a huge amount of cakes and sweets in the office from birthdays, trips abroad, etc.  So I just graze.

Just to reiterate.  This is a “more healthy” eating campaign.  It is not a “don’t eat chocolate” campaign.  If I want to eat it I will.  But the idea is to eat a lot less of the stuff.

That’s the power of exercise!

I’ve just been to the gym and done an hour on the spin bike. The first 20 mins was a warm up. Then I did 20x 1 min all out intervals with the resistance on the highest settings. After that I got off and did 10 mins on the treadmill at 17kph, with a short cool down.

Saturday’s long run went really well. I did the same route that I did a few times last year and was 6 mins quicker. Fantastic!

Sunday’s long bike didn’t go as well as I would have liked. I guess I as pretty tired going into it but I was slower than I would have liked. Also my neck still aches in the aero position. I think I will have a go at moving my aero bars up a little and see if that helps.

Lanzarote is less than 10 weeks away. It’s getting a bit too close for comfort. I am confident about the swim and the run. But still nervous about the bike and especially about my bike position. Stil, I’ve got a few weeks to crack it.

I am guessing that I will get some headaches over the next week. In fact I can feel one coming now which is why I am writing this. I know that in a week I will feel fine. But until then it won’t be easy.

I am fed up feeling thirsty all the time and I am fed up spending silly money on diet coke when I could be spending it on chocolate!