3 NOV. 2012

Again last night I didn't sleep well. Now I am constipated...the medicine worked too well :( I woke up this morning at 6:00 a.m. but hit the snooze button on the alarm a couple of times and finally sat up at 6:45 a.m. I just didn't feel like going for the walk. My mind started to veer towards the "excuses" territory....I am ill, I didn't sleep well, etc. Then I started thinking - I could walk in the evening today and then walk in the morning tomorrow. Tomorrow I have nothing planned for the day. So I could take it easy and rest if exercising within 12 hours on Saturday and Sunday proved to be too exhausting. Thankfully I came to my senses quickly and decided to go for the walk right away. The only concession I would allow myself is that I would walk at a comfortable pace and not push myself too much if I can't take the strain. I also decided to walk the usual 5 kms. instead of the 7 kms. decided to compensate for the two day lapse in exercise.

When I reached the park and started walking, for the initial two kms., I just didn't feel comfortable. I could neither find a rhythm nor walk fast. Gradually however, I picked up pace and found a rhythm.

Of course I felt very good once I was in the park and breathed in the fresh air, felt the breeze, saw the trees :)

One very interesting thing happened at the park today. While walking along one patch of the park that is next to an empty patch of land overgrown with shrubs and bushes and some trees, I spotted a mongoose family of 6 huddled together on a small mound of earth ! It is so rare to see a mongoose, let alone 6 at the same time ! They were looking very cute with tiny shiny eyes. There was one tiny baby that was continuously scratching itself. It had the shiniest eyes.

All in all, although I was a bit reluctant to go for the walk, I am happy that ultimately I did go :)

Report Card:

Walked 5.03 kms. today

Breakfast 9:00 a.m.: 4 small idlis and 1 big cup tea

Tea 10:40 a.m.: 1/2 cup tea

Lunch 2:30 p.m.: 4 crisply toasted slices of whole wheat bread topped with spinach and corn and grated cheddar cheese and blitzed in the microwave for 2-1/2 minutes

Dinner 8:30 p.m.: 1 big bowl of mixed salad with 4 slices of salami randomly torn to pieces drizzled with home-made salad dressing and 1/2 a glass of wine

Slept at 10:15 p.m.