Time to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

I did my day of yoga but barely and I'm struggling. Think I'm in need of better fuel.

It's been a difficult one today and the only exercise I've managed to get in is a couple hours walking around birmingham. My abs are feeling it and my legs feel so heavy today that I've missed my yoga day. But going by what physio told me earlier in the year sometimes you need to know when to rest and not beat yourself up about it!

It has certainly been a couple days of you can do anything you put your mind to! And so I lay on this sofa buzzing that I've achieved some goals! Aside from achieving my masters degree yesterday, yoga wise I completed both my challenge days. They were pretty intense and I'm sure my abs will be burning tomorrow. I have also returned to the fated zombies run where I was doing some training drills. The fact I have managed to do two workouts in one day and with no lack of motivation is awesome!! I'm sure my body is at war with my brain and I'll have to add some additional nutrition to fuel this way of life but I'm just so impressed with myself!! I'm pretty sure I could just lay down for the rest of the week now....

Yoga again! A shorter twenty minute back pain session and I can tell I worked out yesterday. There were a lot of planks in such a small amount of time and a very loud yell of 'oh god my abs' could be heard for miles. Probably needed the shorter session for a bit of recovery as random side muscles I didn't know existed are aching slightly. Tomorrow's session looks shorter still which is probably a good thing as I'll be starting running again.

The strangest thing just happened with my day 3 yoga practice...attempting to balance and I actually laughed at myself..like a genuine smile...having been through depression and serious bouts of zombie brain fog I never thought I would ever smile at myself of all people...it has literally just made me super happy emotional. Remember I'm a scientist and spirituality is not really a thing for me but exercise, that I loathe, just made me laugh ...at myself...and I'm pretty sure I hate myself so yeah. I'll keep you informed, me, zombie controlled me!

Well wow, day 2 of yoga challenge completed! It was a tough one and the shakes set in causing me to skip a rotation of downward dog and plank but mostly complete! Afterwards I had a little think of yesterday's practice and a little emotion stirred that I had actually sucked up and done it when I almost bailed again. Almost proud of myself! Strange feelings of self belief...

I missed some days.. .not quite sure what I did 😂 BUT I am organised! And so I have completed Day 1 yoga with Adrienne and had a walk round town. Exercise!

Just a powerwalk down a hill to town...less power and more stumble...does it count? So part of this not a diet thing is for me to gain a bit of self confidence and feel a little less like a walrus with competent thought and so I'm really trying to find good points about who I am as a person. During my stumble I realised that I'm a horrendously stubborn person when I get in a mindset and I was wondering as to why the sight of my spirit vegetable (the humble potato) sent me veering of course in regards to health. Perhaps my stubbornness is only short term goals...which means I need to be focussing on my health goals day to day as opposed to a bigger picture. I climbed snowdon and the berwyns through stubborness, and suffered the following day. I feel pulling out todoist could help in this and just the focus of this blog...getting something done each day no matter what it is. So today I realised I'm a person that works towards her goal no matter the pain as long as I know I...

25 minute easy yoga session.

A 40 minute beginner yoga session completed. Actually found it pretty intense and runners lunges are not my friend! My downward facing dog is much improved from when I very first started but either my guts in the way or I have freaky short arms because putting my hands to the floor with my knee bent under me is almost impossible...so let's see how the runners lunges improve over time!

I have so far rolled out of bed late but one that still falls within the AM and done 30mins of yoga for sciatica which seems to have made matters worse. Went for a ten minute walk to see if things sorted themselves out but I now seem to be in as much pain as I was back in April. Good start! But some exercise done for the day and I'm officially incapacitated. Now I will nap on the sofa and do nothing with the rest of my day. At the shop I bought some real strawberries instead of chocolate so thats a thing....though I still have some cookies to polish off as hubby is off sugar and making me look more the pig. Still proud of him! More than nothing so let's keep going!

A year since I've written and I'm still zombie chow but the last few months have been okay. No more slimming or dieting I just want to be healthy and not out of breath climbing the stairs. I've been doing brief bouts of yoga with adrienne which has helped with the tense shoulders I seem to have had since birth. In April I pinched a sciatic nerve and its been a long road of recovery still ongoing, its sooooo consistent, the pain and I just want it gone so I need to be fit. Yesterday I booked a dream holiday to Disney World and I was let down by a lot of people who supposedly love me so i guess I'm in this world alone sometimed and I want to be happy....So this blog, its where I'm putting this Disney World mission....not just the good, the bad and the whinging.