Week 23, day 164

I'm much better and have even spent a couple of days at work, which means I have no excuse for not exercising, so today I walked home - around an hour and a half at 4k/hr, which is a bit of clip considering I also had some groceries (a couple of boxed of breakfast cereal, salad vegies, and fruit from Aldi).
I spent a lot of the walk being deliberately mindful - focusing on my environment, the sounds and smells, the feel of the breeze contrasting with the warmth of the day, and the sound of cyclists tinging their bells before whirring past. Whenever I started to feel achey I assessed my self from crown to toe, minimising discomfort by quantifying the sensation. My problem areas were my right hip, the front of my right thigh near the knee, my left knee and a couple of toes on my left foot, all of which cropped up a couple of times during the walk, and none of which were severe. I think I need to work on these at stretch tomorrow, though.
It was quite warm in Melbourne today, so I worked up a bit of a sweat, and am very disappointed in myself that despite my plan to come home, shower, change and head straight out for week one, run one in the C25K, instead I showered, changed, had a snack, lay down for a moment, took a phone call from a friend, and suddenly discovered it was getting too late to run. So tomorrow, without fail.
On the plus side, I'm still doing well with the calorie intake, which I've dropped down to around 1,500 for the time being. Lately, for some reason, late in the evening has been a problem - I'm not exactly hungry, but I roam around the kitchen a little, looking for an indefinable something. Tonight I had a couple of Lindor balls, and still made it under, though I ate 55.9g of fat instead of the 53 I aim for. On the other hand, the last three days I've had well under this, so it evens out. And now for an early night, before run one - Alex