Beta Mum's Blog Beta Mum on 26 Jul 2007 12:59 pm
Jogging
And so I find myself without access to my usual forms of exercise, many of which have gone by the board in recent years anyway.
And if I am to enjoy all the croissants I can lift, followed later in the day by lashings of tarte aux pommes, mousse au chocolat and crepes aux marrons glaces… well I shall have to get off the settee every once in a while.
Otherwise I’ll be turning up at my school reunion (first weekend in August - quelle horreur) as an unrecognisable blob.
This leaves me little choice but to sqeeze into my sports bra and ten-year old trainers to pound the mean streets of Brittany.
I managed to force myself out of bed this morning and had to stop after two minutes of light jogging. I think someone must have moved this bit of Brittany up to the top of a high mountain, as the air is unbreathable.
After just ten minutes I had to walk up the hill back to the house. This is not a good start. I will try again in two days, giving my muscles a chance to recuperate, like those of a top athlete.
Then, perhaps, I will get all the way around my self-appointed route without stopping, wheezing, or expiring.
The alternative, to just “dit non” when offered a delicious treat, is unthinkable.
on 26 Jul 2007 at 1:18 pm 1.Jen said …
God, it’s unbearable that we should have to manouevre ourselves into lycra and sports bras just so that we can enjoy a teensy weensy indulgence now and again.
Whoever invented calories should be shot!
Sounds as if you’re having a fabbo time though, am most jealous.
on 26 Jul 2007 at 2:08 pm 2.Mother at Large said …
What culinary delgihts! We’re planning hols in France in September. I’m dieting like mad now, so I can enjoy feeling slim(mish) for the break - but you’ve reminded me how much temptation lurks across the Channel.
on 26 Jul 2007 at 5:46 pm 3.creative-type dad said …
mousse au chocolat and crepes aux marrons glaces..
You’re making me hungry
on 26 Jul 2007 at 7:18 pm 4.Alasdair said …
Good for you on making the effort … I jogged once, ouch!
But seriously, with posts like this you’re going to turn me into an unrecognisable blob … creative-type dad’s right, you’re making me hungry too
on 27 Jul 2007 at 9:15 pm 5.Mutterings & Meanderings said …
Oh no! Don’t do running. Apparently you burn up around 100 calories an hour just sitting ona horse and not actually doing anything particularly active. That - and the care of the mare - is my exercise!
on 28 Jul 2007 at 12:27 am 6.Stay at home dad said …
Blimey, not much of a holiday!
on 28 Jul 2007 at 9:37 am 7.Omega Mummy said …
Read fabulously exciting article about how all these super skinny people are actually made of pure lard - much more than normal humans. They just don’t show it. So you’re much healthier the way you are.
on 30 Jul 2007 at 9:42 am 8.Mopsa said …
Oh those French patisseries. Thank heavens you don’t get anything as yummy in the UK - we’d all roll down the streets.
on 30 Jul 2007 at 12:52 pm 9.Beta Mum said …
Jen - absolutely no lycra involved. I promise.
MatL - I’m hoping French calories aren’t as fattening as English ones.
The 2 hungry dads - bon appetit!
M&M - If we could figure out a way of earning a living here, we’d try to get a horse. We’d have to rent it out to holidaymakers to buy the oats it needs though.
SAHD - I don’t do sitting on beaches these days, even if the children would let me for more than five minutes.
OM - yes, I’ve always thought that if I were naturally skinny I’d be really unfit as I’d do bugger all exercise. Now I find I’m right.
Mopsa - The Devon cream teas are pretty lardy! Just easier to resist.