Dry July and August

So, after a particularly nasty episode of drinking on the weekend (the drinking was fun, the aftermath was not!) I have decided that I am going to doe last 8 weeks of the Michelle Bridges 12 week challenge completely alcohol free. This means no glasses of wine on a friday night, no vodka, lime and sodas when I go out, not even one.

 

To be honest, I'm not sure I can ever look at alcohol the same way after Saturday night's effort. I have never been the type of girl who completely writes herself off, nor have I ever been so drunk that I threw up, and my hang overs are usually confined to a mild headache. Not so on saturday night. I successfully drank about 2/3 of a bottle of vodka, which I mixed with lime and soda. Normally I would have maybe 3 glasses and then I've hit my limit. I have no idea why that did not happen on Saturday night, but I had my first and only experience of drinking to the point of throwing up, having to be be helped to my bed, passing out and then having a mammouth hangover all day Sunday and into this morning - as if Monday mornings weren't painful enough!

 

I may even make the entire challenge alcohol free, though I have a rather busy month in June, so I'm not sure if that will happen, but I KNOW I will not be getting drunk AT ALL!

 

The worst part was, even though I barely ate a thing all weekend (which I am assuming is a lot of the reason why I got so drunk), I managed to put on 1/2 a kilo over the 4 days. So this is just another reason not to drink whilst trying to lose weight.

 

So this week I'm getting back on track. I had spent the past week with my nose buried in a text book for a nightmare exam I had to complete on Thursday, but now I have 5 weeks of no study to get myself back into the swing of it. Part of the requirements of 12 week challenge is working out 6 days a week. As I was already doing it 5 days a week prior to last weeks little hiatus, I'll now be throwing in 2 hours of exercise on saturday mornings instead of having Saturday and Sunday free. So this is my pledge over the next 12 weeks (If I put it out there for everyone to see, I'll be less likely to back down).

 

Mondays - 1 hour boxing class

Tuesdays - 1 hour body pump class

Wednesdays - 1 hour cardio and core work

Thursdays - 1 hour cardio and weights

Fridays - 1 hour Zumba (probably followed by at least 2 hours of latin dancing in the city)

Saturdays - 1 hour group training session in the park and 1 hour body pump class.

 

This all starts today people! Watch this space :)