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Well my holiday was fantastic, having only a week off was a bit of a tease, but it was still amazing to have a week off with my family for the first time since our son was born. Our three year old’s excitement at things we take for granted, like a ferry ride or seeing a monorail for the first time was infectious and a joy to behold and made a short and hectic holiday with them all the more special.

I figured out what was wrong with the camera (needed a new memory card) so I have included his favourite photo of the holiday. I guess this means I have no excuse not to upload some photos of myself in the next week or so for some before and after comparison.

I did my interval training on the hotel bike and it was far better than the sprinting, I was able to 13 continuous minutes of 8/12 second intervals. It was an incredibly exhausting experience, but far more satisfying than the sprinting on the street, I didn’t feel as exhausted in the lungs but had a greater amount of leg fatigue without the calf cramps or shin pain.

This does leave me in a conundrum as I don’t really want to go and join a gym just cycle for 20 minutes three times a week, but it might be worth it. The other downside was the not so pleasant sensation I felt below the belt, I got off the bike and walked away like John Wayne, not only were my legs wobbly from the exertion but I’m also definitely lacking in some testicular fortitude!!!I am a bit disappointed by my weigh in over the week, I measured my self at the beginning of the week and had gone down 1 cm / 0.4 inch everywhere and today had only lost another 1 cm / 0.4 inch of my waist. Although as I write this I realise I shouldn’t be too disappointed as I certainly didn’t watch my diet over the week and the results are going in the right direction - down!This reminds me that my first 7 weeks is nearly up and a change is due, I decided when I started planning for this that every seven weeks I would make a change as this will hopefully circumvents the body’s need to plateau every 8 weeks. So the next change is going to be dietary. I have decided I am not going on a diet per se, I am going to make a few changes here and there and make sure I am eating healthily i.e. getting all of my nutrients and not making myself suffer by taking whole food groups away.

I have tried every diet under the sun and have failed miserably at all of them in the end as they all tend to take away a food group or involve counting or weighing. In the end this becomes untenable and the ensuing failure leads to putting on the weight lost plus interest. I am determined not to fall into this trap again. So I am going to use good nutrition, common sense and as many tips and tricks as I can to make sure I am eating well, with having a well balanced nutritional diet being the aim.

To help with this I am going to start taking a food diary to see what food’s I am eating and what patterns I can see, in other words what food groups am I abusing and what ones I am not eating enough of.Any way now I am off for a lovely walk in the rain - just what I felt like after a nice relaxing holiday.