Making Exercise Convenient

I don’t see myself as an excessive exerciser, and I think I’ve proved it this week. It is true that I usually do 5 workouts a week, but three of those are only 30 minutes, the minimum daily amount recommended by the government for optimum health. I think one of the keys to keeping up the amount of exercise that I do it making it as easy as possible to work it into my routine. I like running because I can do it from home without much special equipment, and I keep weights in the house so I can fit in a weight routine without having to find time to go to the gym. Plus running or working out from home means I can workout at any time of the day and I have all my favourite toiletries to hand for my shower (no chance of forgetting things).

This week is a rest week though, so after 3 rest days I finally made it to the gym for a swim. It felt a little odd to go all the way there just for a quick swim then come all the way back, as a normally try to “double up” my workouts on the days when I actually go to the gym, doing both a cardio and a weight training session. I guess when it comes to exercise, I really am lazy and a loner, since I don’t mind working out at home by myself at all, and I do mind the trip to the gym. If I could afford it, I would have all kinds of cardio equipment at home too and skip the gym membership altogether. But I do need the cross training, and our gym has a really nice, if somewhat small pool.

Maybe my business will make me rich so that one day I’ll be able to afford the home gym and a large pool as well!

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2040.64	103.98g	257.94g	65.09g	0	33.25
	20%	51%	29%
Calories burned through exercise:		250

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
07:45	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	200mL
	Mattesson's Turkey rashers	3 rashers
	Gluten Free fruit muesli	70g
	Alpro Soy milk	120mL
	Sainsbury's Orange, Mango and Passionfruit juice	200mL
09:30	Black Tea	500mL
10:45	Brazil nuts	6g
	Cashews	17g
	Fresh cherries	110g
12:00	Raspberry and Echinacea tea	250mL
13:15	New Covent Garden Smoked Haddock chowder	300g
	Cherry tomatoes	125g
	Warburton's gluten free fruity tea cakes	1 bun
	with Flora Light	7g
	Sainsbury's Fabulously Fruity Orchard fruits yoghurt	125g
14:30	Gentle swim
16:00	Sponser Protein Snack bar	1 bar
	Green tea	400mL
19:00	Doritos Hint of Lime corn chips	50g
20:30	Turkey, Vegetable and Borlotti bean stew	380g
21:30	Sponser Chocolate Recovery Shake	30g
	in Hot skim milk	225mL
22:00	500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 pill

Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.