WI sunday had me losing 1lb in the end so I was very pleased with that after 2 weeks of good losses before that too. It seems exercising in a necessary evil if I'm going to continue to lose weight, exercise and sticking rigidly to the plan of course. That part might hinder my losses this week as we all had a Chinese on Saturday night after having a family day out go karting. It was absolutely gorgeous though so if I can get back on plan now, exercise all week and manage a STS next Sunday I think it might almost seem worth it...maybe.
I could feel it in my arms after the first 10 minute stint on the track Saturday, and then I had two more 10 minute goes out there. I thought I'd really be feeling it in my arms and be unable to move them without pain for the usual 3 days afterwards, like every time I've ever been karting. You're just tensed up on the steering wheel hauling the kart round the bends and it feels like doing weights but for 10 minutes solid, it's no wonder I always wake up the next day in agony. Not this time though!!! A mild 'I've worked my muscles' feeling but certainly not pain. Makes doing the weights and the weights machine all worthwhile as I really must be getting them used to working hard for them not to be aching now - yay!
I did my best karting ever too, beating my fastest time from previous years (same place, same track), getting the second best time of the group (my brother had a 1.5 stone weight advantage, a faster kart as my other brother found out when they swapped and he still only beat me by 0.5 sec), and possibly most important of all, I finally suceeded in overtaking my boyfriend and beating his time ;-) I tried not to gloat too much....karting really does bring out the competitive side in all the family. My cousins boyfriend rammed nearly every one of us at some point, drove into the side of me and almost gave me whiplash! and another time forced me into the tyres till I pushed back and won out
Everyone learnt not to play chicken on a bend with me as I won't back down. It's a kart, not a car, what's the worst that can happen if we smash into eachother!? Luckily I don't drive on the roads insuch a reckless fashion.
So I'm just 2lb away from regaining my 3 stone award. This week I have no naughty meals out planned and a SW friendly meal round a friends house.
Fingers crossed for another good week.
I could feel it in my arms after the first 10 minute stint on the track Saturday, and then I had two more 10 minute goes out there. I thought I'd really be feeling it in my arms and be unable to move them without pain for the usual 3 days afterwards, like every time I've ever been karting. You're just tensed up on the steering wheel hauling the kart round the bends and it feels like doing weights but for 10 minutes solid, it's no wonder I always wake up the next day in agony. Not this time though!!! A mild 'I've worked my muscles' feeling but certainly not pain. Makes doing the weights and the weights machine all worthwhile as I really must be getting them used to working hard for them not to be aching now - yay!
I did my best karting ever too, beating my fastest time from previous years (same place, same track), getting the second best time of the group (my brother had a 1.5 stone weight advantage, a faster kart as my other brother found out when they swapped and he still only beat me by 0.5 sec), and possibly most important of all, I finally suceeded in overtaking my boyfriend and beating his time ;-) I tried not to gloat too much....karting really does bring out the competitive side in all the family. My cousins boyfriend rammed nearly every one of us at some point, drove into the side of me and almost gave me whiplash! and another time forced me into the tyres till I pushed back and won out
Everyone learnt not to play chicken on a bend with me as I won't back down. It's a kart, not a car, what's the worst that can happen if we smash into eachother!? Luckily I don't drive on the roads insuch a reckless fashion.So I'm just 2lb away from regaining my 3 stone award. This week I have no naughty meals out planned and a SW friendly meal round a friends house.
Fingers crossed for another good week.
