Monday morning

We didn’t launch our site last week as anticipated, but things are looking good for this week. We’ve been working hard on getting it live so with only approximately a day away from soft launch, I’m one happy and excited gal. But I also feel that working long hours, coupled with diet and training…and blogging for that matter, is taking its toll. The last few days I have been waking up with headaches and apart from Sunday, when I managed to sleep for a whole 9 hours, my sleeping is still not what it should. This morning I woke up to feed Sebastian at 5 in the morning, and it didn’t feel quite early enough to go back to sleep, nor late enough to go for a run. Because of my indecisiveness, I kept on drifting in and out of sleep until Sebastian woke up two hours later. After the second feeding I was off to the gym, albeit very tired.

I now start noticing drastic improvements with my diet. The scale pointed at 55.8 kg this morning and my target for this week is 54kg. The lean and mean me is definitely emerging and I could feel the difference whilst on the cross trainer. Although tired and with no breakfast (I always train on an empty stomach when I’m aiming to loose weight as this revs up the fat burn), I felt much lighter and this accelerated my speed. Time passed quickly as I was watching CNBC (without sound) following the headlines reporting of a slight upturn in the market, and online networking reaching a new high. I then turned to 20 minutes of fitness for stomach, butt, legs and arms, followed by a 5 minute stretch routine.

I was hoping to feel invigorated on the way back, but the sudden boost of energy I had experienced at the gym, quickly dissipated, as I stepped outside. The skies were grey and I had about 5 minutes until the next shower would break out. I hurried home, not thinking much, just laying my gaze on the next step, the upcoming bridge, a street light that was still flickering. When I came to Kenaupark, which is just around the corner from where we live, I noted the discarded beer bottles and transparent joint capsules. Someone or more likely a few had a party last night…