Week Eight News

Training

This morning I tried to work out and it was first time for a week. Flu is now going away but the training felt a bit stuffy still but not that bad as I thought it could feel. I'm so happy (again) that I'm not sick and I'm able to start carefully the hard training again. There is actually only two training sessions left before the Friday's fitness test but it feels good that I can still work out even a bit before that.

Gift

I think that a work out bra is good when you don't have to think of it when you are training. And I totally forgot that I have a new bra on today, so it means it works well also in real action. Nothing to complain!

Diet

With guests I didn't remember the correct eating, as I thought before, so the Saturday I had only two handfuls together. But I have now tried to fix the problem and Sunday and Monday were much better. And today I have eaten already an orange.

But I have to admit that couple handfuls of berries I have eaten with sugar on pancake and at least four handfuls of vegetables in burritos so no need to worry that situation is changing too healthy.

Girls are now back to daycare after the winter holiday. Hopefully I can now concentrate more on this project again. I wish that the flu is the last one before summer!

Have a healthy and exerciseful week my readers!

Sportterfly

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When This Flu Goes Away??

No no no, no yet.. I didn't work out today. I feel that I'm not ready for hard exercise yet. Today I have rest but yesterday we had a long walk with my family and our guests in nice early spring weather. Snow is only missing, otherwise it is the best weather when sun is already warming up daytime. Our house is next to the popular running route of the Sunday runners and it is nice to notice that so many runners have already waken up from the winter sleep. I look at them so jealously from our window. I want to run soon too! I want this flu go away!

It is already week eight ongoing and I have fitness test again coming on Friday in addition to fourth weigh-in. I'm not expecting much this time of it because of the stomach flu I had and this flu and sniffles I have now. Being sick is now limited the training program too much. Anyway, later this week I'm going to publish my training and running program for the next four weeks period. If someone is dreaming of running a ten kilometres in July/August or half marathon in September, and don't have much experience of running, my program can be followed.

So see you soon! And have a nice and active coming week!

Sportterfly

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2kgs Gift

Because I couldn't work out yesterday I did something nice instead. After I had taken the children old clothes to the flea market I went finally to the local underwear shop to select the first milestone gift. So, I bought a new sport bra. And in addition I have now a new nursing bra too. I got so good service there and it has been for a while since my size has been checked by some bra expert, that now it feels almost weird to do all stuff here so well fitting bra on.

Both bras were Anita's. Especially the sport bra feels perfect. I have never had such a supportive sport underwear. Actually I have always had Anita's nursing bras but I didn't know that they have also so good sport underwear. In addition I took also the sport pants with orange stripes. I listed links to the selected products:

• Sport Bra
• Spicy orange sport pants
• Nursing bra

Now I have one more reason to get well soon. I really want to test the sport bra in real action as soon as possible!

Sportterfly

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Sneezing

Atshu! I skipped already the second exercise for this week due to this flu. Luckily it feels that it's not very hard one and doesn't cause fever, at least yet. Hopefully I can continue the training program on Sunday again.

Five Handfuls a Day project has it challenges because our fridge is almost empty because I haven't been shopping food for a while, and it is hard to figure out what vegetables I still could eat. But after all I could do it! It was already third consecutive day when I managed to eat all five handfuls, yeah! We will have guests all the weekend so it might be hard to remember the healthy eating, as it has always been during the vacations and other special periods. I'll do my best to stay strong and get five tallmarks to the notepaper also tomorrow.

Happy weekend to all of my visitors!

Sportterfly

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Good and Bad News

Bad news first: Today I just couldn't exercise. I feel that flu is really coming now and so that it doesn't go bad, I take it easy. Anyway, I walked slowly and carefully to my parents with pram, where girls already had spend overnight. Then I spent a moment in pool in baby swimming so it wasn't that inactive day after all. But it seems that I have to skip the third training of the week also which I was planning to do tomorrow.

But my training carpet is wonderful. Now I have picture of it below with my dumbbells. I'm looking forward to work out again on it. And because it's not any small yoga mat but two metres long real carpet, I can do even the side lunges on it. And I don't have any excuse to stop plank until the time ends because I don't have to worry about the slippery floor. I found it at sales so it was only 10 euros investment.

Good news: Five Handfuls a Day project is progressing again. Thanks to the yellow note paper on the fridge door. I was visiting my parents today and I had only handful together before the baby swimming but I made big salad for a supper and had grapes as a dessert and the situation was good in the end:

Sportterfly

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Note Paper and Tally Marks

Today I started to follow my Five Handfuls a Day Goal more detailed. And I have the latest hi-tech tools in use: a pen and a note paper. I'm going to mark my correctly eated handfuls to the note paper on the fridge door. At least today it helped me to remember every handful. The idea was to concentrate on this diet during this second four weeks period so let's see can I make it every day until the next weigh-in day. And if someone couldn't follow what I'm talking about, I ask you to read  more about this diet here.

The picture is taken after the lunch so it doesn't show the realtime status.

Exercising feels better and better everyday. No more news on that. We have already new flu in the house, husband had fever in the beginning of the week and also my throat feels dry. Hopefully it doesn't get worse that I can continue the hard drills now!

Sportterfly

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It's Week 7 Already

First training of the week 7 is done now, and wow how nice it was. After the few weeks weakness I'm on fire again! After the hard aerobic exercise I made cool down in the swimming pool. We were swimming with the daughters and husband this time while the son had quality time with the grandparents. It is a bit more active 'being' in the pool with the daughters than with the baby on Thursdays baby swimming.

Otherwise I have organised storages this weekend. I will soon have table in the flea market for couple of weeks. I'm going to sell small clothes of the kids and I have to walk there almost every day to keep the table in good shape. Thus, pram walking is hot activity in the near future here.

I have a new training carpet. It is purple. Decoration of the living room is changing because of my exercises. I want to save the new floor and it is easier to do some drills on a soft surface. I will take a photo of it for you in the near future. Now it is time to rest so good night my guests!

Sportterfly

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