A great day for mind, body and soul

Today has been a good day...


...for my mind, body and soul.


It started with a lovely breakfast of scrambled eggs on toast, thanks to this little lady

She didn't cook, just provided the eggs

Then I worked out (yes, I actually did it!) to Davina's Ultimate Target DVD I decided that I needed a bit of toning work and so I did the following sections: Ultimate Abs, Summer Shoulders, Bikini Bum and Bingo Wings as well as the warm-up and full cool down and stretch.
I really enjoyed the workout and I'm so glad I'm getting back into the swing of it.


I then sat and gave my brain a good workout with my annual cashflow forecasting for my accountancy business and my personal finances (I am an accountant, what more would you expect?).


I ate an enjoyable lunch with my son.


This afternoon I considered going for that long walk I talked about but to be honest, the weather was pretty shocking and if I didn't *need* to go out then I didn't think I should (perhaps more excuses but I did work out!).
So instead I baked, I made Five-minute Carrot Cake and also Creamy Dreamy Frosting and was really pleased with how they turned out.


I also created a pasta dish for tea, wholewheat penne pasta with a sauce i kind of made up as I went along (this is normally quite dangerous for me as I'm not good at it).  The sauce consisted of roasted courgette and tomatoes, 

boiled carrots, some chutney, marmite and salt and pepper that I whizzed up in the food processor until lumpy but smooth (anyone know the technical term for that?).  My son and I also had broccoli on the side and I topped the pasta with a small amount of soft goats cheese - YUM!


After our meal, my husband and I went for a short walk, it was only about 10 minutes but it was really refreshing (as it's cold out there) and gave us some time to talk about our day.


This evening I plan on sitting and reading whilst my husband practices his acoustic guitar - a perfect end to the day.

I've been a bit slack...

Ok, I admit it, for the last few weeks, since we came back from our week in the Peak District, I've been a bit slack....exercise wise.

I've had a bit of a bad back for the last week and I've been using this as a bit of an excuse as well...I should know better!


So, this week I've started to "do" something again, it's only been a little bit but it's back on the right path (excuse the pun).  I've been walking every day for at least 10 minutes....I know, I know....it's rubbish but it's better than nothing.

Tonight I actually put my walking boots back on and went for a bit of a longer walk and tomorrow I promise to do much better and go on a decent walk, for at least an hour.


I'll let you know how I get on.