Challenge time!

Well well, here I am back to this blog after neglecting it for well over a year! Its weird but I kind of have an aversion to reading the past posts as they kind of depress me about the fact that I haven't really done a hell of a lot of momentus things since I was writing it all - but then again I guess I have, some. I've lost weight, and then re-gained it and more. I ran a half marathon in December 2010, and have since completely lost any enthusiasm for exercise. I got the dream job - funnily enough I have now been in Dream Job for 14 months and am still loving it. I can now honestly say that I am a Professinal Fundraiser. Not an administrator, not a secretary. :) and I work with lovely people, creative types, and of course am surrounded by gorgeous animals which is wonderful.

So I've deleted all the old posts because of new chapters and all that. The reason I wanted to start a blog again (quite honestly, I had forgotten this one had even existed)is because I have set myself a new challenge. A big, fat exercise challenge.

My relationship with exercise is a turbulent one. I'm either in the gym constantly, pounding the pavements or sitting on my arse all day long doing nothing. At the moment I am in a doing nothing phase, and I have been like this since December (when I managed to train and run a half marathon in the bitter cold of winter - where on earth did that motivation come from?!) I rejoined a swanky gym (Greens) a couple of months ago and on average I have been going about twice a week, but that is nowhere near enough to achieve the goals I want and also isn't really justifying the monthly membership fee!

I drive to my current job and spend most of the day glued to my desk (even though I am lucky enough to work on a 52acre farm, I still sometimes don't see daylight between 8am - 6pm, ridiculous non?) I get up early, usually around 6-7am, then drive to work, sit down all day, eat lunch at my desk, drive home and then barely move from the sofa. Not good for the mind, bum or thighs. I'm weighing in at a wobbly 10 stone 7 at the moment - a stone over the weight I feel best at.

Therefore I am setting myself a challenge. To go to the gym every day for the next three months. And if I absolutely can't get to the gym, I have to at least walk or run at least 10,000 steps. Every day I will blog about what I've done and what my totals are (miles or km travelled, calories burn or steps done). I would love to see what this will do for me weight loss wise in three months.

I'm also a firm believer in exercise being incredibly good for mind health and *cough* sexual energy. Both of these are things that I could have better of at the moment!

Funnily enough, the gym challenge can't start until next Saturday the 16th July - because from tomorrow morning I am looking after my uncle's dog, Harry, who will be left alone for most of the week days so I want to spend all my free time with him. However he is an active terrier who loves his walks so my minimum daily goal is 10,000 steps walked! Really looking forward to it :)

Here's to good health :) I'm quite excited!