4 x 3 x 30

January 11th 2011

woke up at 5.30 this morning and decided to keep my lazy arse out of bed post caffeine and nicotine fix ;-)

so ... then i remembered the get fit and skinny in four minutes programme.

omg! have you any idea how long 30 seconds are when running hard (well, hardish or perhaps just a tad less than marshmallow-ish ), i still have no idea! it was too dark to see the second hand on my watch so i just ran until i had to stop - not long, believe me lol! why was i running in the dark? well for pete's sake you did not expect me to run like a demented grey hound in front of the inhabitants of my retirement complex - in broad daylight!!

anyway, i think i more or less did it. my poor (soon to be wee) body is in shock. when i was done i had to walk slowly around the block in order to get my breath back. didn't want to wake the old folks up with my gasping and wheezing.

the reason for all this spectacular effort on my part was my lady's enquiry as to my ownership of more formal trews. i am to be spoiled by a weekend of fun and relaxation in edinburgh, evidently we will be staying in a 'rather nice hotel'. now, while my normal preferred attire consists of jeans (usually slightly worn around the edges) and a shirt, i do own two suits and one pair of slightly formal black pants (translation into scottish - trousers), tried them on this morning :-(
sigh ... they still fit, but, like a second skin and they are a real job to button and zip up.
motivation to exercise - found!
motivation to eat less - found!

time to accomplish pants/trousers which fit mission - less than two weeks. oy!

may the force be with me.