Slug blog

Are you still getting out walking at least once a day? Still getting those legs and arms pumping and raising that heart rate? If so, well done, to have kept it up is your first great milestone.

We firmly believe here at nutrition-advice.net that milestones should be small and achievable until you have reached the next level of fitness, then you can raise the stakes a little bit higher with milestones that are more challenging. Like my personal challenge to run 8.2 miles around a reservoir on my 41st birthday in July.

What is a training log?

Well, it's a posh way of saying diet and fitness diary. Now before you say 'but I'm not training for anything' etc etc, you don't have to be training for the marathon or the Olympics to keep a training log.

Lots of people log their exercise on a daily basis, atheletes need to monitor themselves strictly so that they train and compete at their peak levels. Other people simply like to track their progress, and then on the black days when it seems like they're not making much progress, or it's all just too much trouble, they can look back and see just how much progress they have made. It's a great morale booster.

As today is a bank holiday in celebration of the New Year there is no excuse not to spend some 'me time'.

Try to have a peaceful day, avoid stressful situations, don't do the housework, and don't argue with the kids, the husband or the dog. Warn everyone that you want to spend time today on yourself, and it's not negotiable.

Yup, do day 2 again. That's all there is for today.

How many of you have a hangover this morning? Well, it is the start of 2005 and the start of a new you, so no recriminations about last nights over indulgence as the future is looking good.

Those of you that can stand without the aid of a wall this morning could go for a walk. The fresh air will clear a hangover like nothing else. Getting the heart pumping and the lungs breathing deeply will start to evict those toxins from your body. They'll probably be kicking and screaming on the way out, and you'll feel like death, but stick with it. By the end of your 30 minute walk today you'll be feeling good.

After yesterday's simple task of getting your walking shoes out and finding some outdoor clothing to wear we now move on. Today's task is to go out for a walk in the shoes and clothes you prepared yesterday, 30 minutes is all that you need to spend today. You don't need to drive somewhere first, simply open your front door and walk out from your house for 15 minutes, then turn around and walk back. When you get back to your front door you'll have done your first 30 minute walk.

Welcome to the nutrition-advice.net diet and fitness section, also known as my 'slug' blog.

I'm guessing that you are here for one of three reasons, either you're bored and just spending a bit of time surfing, or google displayed this page when you searched for 'wheat free diet', or you already use our site and you know that 2005 is the year that you want to get fitter, leaner and healthier, preferably with a bit of help and support.

Well there are 2 days to go to the New Year, so to avoid making a New Year's resolution that will probably be broken before the end of the first week we're making ours today. Sort of a pre-New Year's resolution, and that way it can't fall by the wayside because only New Year's resolutions can be broken, right?

So it's 25th December. Brace yourself for a day of too much food, too much alcohol, too little exercise and too many re-runs on the TV.

If you got a present that was something to do with sport or exercise then well done, obviously you have friends and family who have noticed that either:
a) you're getting fat and sluglike and need to do something about it, or
b) you've communicated subtly to them your pre-New Year's resolutions, or
c) you're already a keen exerciser or sportsperson

If you got toiletries then you have friends and family who have noticed that:
a) you stink, or

Hands up anyone that went to the gym this morning. Good on you, it's been scientifically reported that doing exercise before you have a big meal is better for you than doing it afterwards. So while there aren't any gyms open tomorrow, just think of all the good you did today.

To be honest my gym wasn't very busy, just me, the racing snake (aka my husband) and a few hardy regulars. Most people having their minds on last minute shopping or getting away from the office early today.