The morning after...

So, yesterday was the first day of the new regime and I kicked it off with a 5km run. I am aching a bit this morning but I can move!

Where I live in Mid Devon the countryside is beautiful and the traffic is light so there are loads of routes to play with. However, there are also A LOT of hills. As a result I seem to have spent most of yesterday running uphill. Initially I was worried about my dodgy knee but quite quickly this was pushed out of my mind by the various aches and pains everywhere else around my body! I completed the route in 32 minutes, which is slow but means I can only get better ... right???

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/96942869

I've also started putting some thought into what I eat. I have always eaten big and enjoy my food. I don't have a particularly sweet tooth but will quite happily put away sandwiches, pasties, pies and scotch eggs. None of which are going to help me strip fat and get the abs I'm after! So it was shreddies for breakfast, scrambled egg and tomatoes for lunch and roast chicken and sweet potato frittata with green salad for dinner followed by fruit salad and meringue. I also had a banana and yoghurt when I got back from my run. I'm not obsessed with the calorie counting but do want to be sensible. Luckily, I'm not a fussy eater so happy to try new things so if anyone has any recipe ideas that will get me lean but not leave me hungry then please share away!!

Well, I'm on daddy-day-care duties today so have decided to take my (nearly) two year old son out on the bike for the afternoon. I'll hopefully be able to get a few miles in but won't be going for speed - I'd hate to fall off!!!