Breaking the blogging hiatus

Oops - time to break the blogging hiatus! I forget to blog when I don't have anything particularly interesting to write about (who am I kidding, I am always dribbling crap here anyway! LOL). I need to get back into it - I find it soothes the soul a little to get it all out there!

The low down of the last couple of weeks is still my frustration at not being able to do much cardio - I had a crap session at the pool last Monday and I seemed to use that as an excuse all week not to go! Good one Shell! I was silly and swam laps - the swimming was fine, it was me using my legs to turn around on the wall at each end of the pool. My shins were killing me the next day - oops! They seemed to have settled down now, though and I am back to wearing normal shoes to work (as much as the runners were mega comfy, I did feel like a bit of a tool wearing them with my black pants).

Still feeling a bit disillusioned about it all - I just want to get back to normal and be able to do the things I love. The shin has been feeling ok, so I probably could get out on the bike, but I have decided to be stubborn about this resting thing - as much as I am not really enjoying it, I know that I just need to do it. I'll be running and exercising again in no time - this rest period will do me good.

The only thing that isn't good at the moment is my ever increasing girth. Seriously I know I am hard on myself, but I have put on a good 6kgs since June! Pants that were once loose are now quite tight and I no longer fit into my jeans without them looking like they were painted on - yuck!!

So, I need to give myself a kick (well I would if I could! :)) The countdown is on until we leave for the UK next Feb - I have 17 weeks. In that time I need to get my fitness up so that I can easily get through the 21 day trek we have planned in Nepal. I really need some new goals - I'm not sure whether to set running ones as I'm still a bit scared about my come back, or if I should just make some fitness goals instead. I'm really debating whether I make a return to running before we go away, or if I just leave it until we arrive in London. I really do want to continue to run over there and I am in two minds - if I stop all together now, then how long will it take me to get back into good form again over there. I guess I am still worried about hurting myself again and having to pull out of the Nepal trek. One the same hand, though, playing it too safe will only see me gaining more kgs and losing more fitness, which is equally as bad!

I think I just need to stop looking at the bigger picture (which I have a bad habit of doing) and just focus one week at a time.......