....in which I ponder the immutable nature of teenagers.
I make a slimming world version of 5 spice pork. The Elder Teen loves it, the Younger Teen refuses to eat it.
I make a very nice (though I say it myself as shouldn't) slow cooked beef and tomato stew. The Younger Teen loves it...you can guess the next bit.
Princess Bubblegum is a law unto herself, and pretty much survives on a mixture of pasta, broccoli and chicken nuggets with the occasional pizza. She's getting more adventurous slowly though (she ate Piri Piri chicken and wedges with broccoli tonight).
I'm sure some people will read this and think "ha, when I was young I ate what I was given or I starved", but then if you were brought up like that would you really want to make your own children eat stuff that they don't like? (I was, and I don't; when I was young we couldn't afford to turn food down).
Also I'm willing to bet that most of the people that think that don't actually have kids. In which case, I suggest you read this link: So you want to have children? (especially the bit about "Knowledge").
Anyway, back to running and diet and fit person stuff. I'm outside my Slimming World target range at the moment, and have been for a while. Given that I ran 22 miles last Sunday and had pretty much recovered by Monday morning apart from a couple of small aches I'm not too worried by this.
I'm running 3 times a week (2 short runs, 1 fast, 1 slow and 1 long pace run, although those will get shorter now until the actual marathon) and still really enjoying it; I should probably be looking for new routes but I don't get bored easily. I'm also going to the gym 3 times a week.
For a former fat bloke this might seem a bit extreme, but I've found that doing core strengthening and resistance work has been really helpful with the running (even though I wouldn't have known what those things were 6 months ago).
Running has really taught me a lot about perseverance, preparation and motivation; after the half marathon I did in 2011 (when I was 4 stone heavier and hardly trained at all because of work circumstances) this time I'm really focused on making sure that I've prepared properly and done all the training I need to.
It's just over 2 weeks until the marathon now and after running 22 miles last week I'm pretty confident that I'll be able to do it in my target time of 3.5 - 4 hours...but we shall see.
I'm sure some people will read this and think "ha, when I was young I ate what I was given or I starved", but then if you were brought up like that would you really want to make your own children eat stuff that they don't like? (I was, and I don't; when I was young we couldn't afford to turn food down).
Also I'm willing to bet that most of the people that think that don't actually have kids. In which case, I suggest you read this link: So you want to have children? (especially the bit about "Knowledge").
Anyway, back to running and diet and fit person stuff. I'm outside my Slimming World target range at the moment, and have been for a while. Given that I ran 22 miles last Sunday and had pretty much recovered by Monday morning apart from a couple of small aches I'm not too worried by this.
I'm running 3 times a week (2 short runs, 1 fast, 1 slow and 1 long pace run, although those will get shorter now until the actual marathon) and still really enjoying it; I should probably be looking for new routes but I don't get bored easily. I'm also going to the gym 3 times a week.
For a former fat bloke this might seem a bit extreme, but I've found that doing core strengthening and resistance work has been really helpful with the running (even though I wouldn't have known what those things were 6 months ago).
Running has really taught me a lot about perseverance, preparation and motivation; after the half marathon I did in 2011 (when I was 4 stone heavier and hardly trained at all because of work circumstances) this time I'm really focused on making sure that I've prepared properly and done all the training I need to.
It's just over 2 weeks until the marathon now and after running 22 miles last week I'm pretty confident that I'll be able to do it in my target time of 3.5 - 4 hours...but we shall see.
