John Milton wrote:Well, I started my annual leave and have overdone it with the drink all weekend!
Today, I got stuck back in to it and did a bit of a bag workout in the house as follows:
3x2mins footwork/ shadow.
3x2mins bagwork with 16oz gloves.
3x2mins bagwork with bag mitts.
2x2mins bag slams/ GnP.
Think I'll be sore tomorrow!
Diane65: Moggers is right! Housework counts as does walking! In fact, walking is often overlooked as a form of cardio exercise but you have to remember that it's the easiest thing people can do and requires no equipment or a gym!
andrews/ Moggers: Spices can be a useful tool for ramping up your metabolism or flushing out your system... or as my OH likes to call it "Bum-limia"!
Cinnamon in your coffee or on your porridge, a little chilli/ curry powder or jalapenos in your lunch... it all adds up! Turmeric, cumin, thyme and basil are all useful in this regard also.
Thats a decent bag session John , and yes if you havent hadnt a bag workout in while you most definately will be sore tomoroow , also you will probably have shaky hands too , just slap a bit of deep heat around your wrists which should help with the shakes.
I had a pretty good weekend this weekend , went kickboxing on Saturday , 2 hour session which included 45 minute of circuit training , 45min of sparring (approx 5 opponents mainly giant Polish and Lithuanian folk ! ) , usually we do half hour of pad work too before the sparring but on Saturdays instead of the padwork we do half hour of grappling on the mats after the sparring, i dont actually like the MMA stuff but it is useful to know it . Sunday was good , took it easy , had a good half hour walk on the treadmill followed by about half hour of swimming (i didnt actually count this time but i sure must be have been about 30-40 laps) after that i had a a very good session in the sauna and steam room which i had been looking forward to all weekend .
Foodwise i had a lot of Lamb biryani this weekend ( best time to eat lamb is now as it is in season at the moment ) so today im gonna be having light stuff, i had salad with nandos garlic sauce as a dressing with some tinned sardines, dinner will be noodles with prawns , kickboxing again tonight, though tonight is mainly a fitness session , so will be circuits and padwork mainly , no sparring.
As for the rest of the week, rest day tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday will be hitting the weights hard at the gym for a full body workout over the two days, Friday another rest day and Saturday kickboxing . After that will see on Sunday how I feel and plan my new week then :)
I haven't put on any weight while I've been away even though I ate plenty of good food but I did walk around from the moment I got up until I went back to bed. I have now got 6 weeks to go until my next holiday and this time its going to be a beach holiday so need a lot of working out and this 6lbs to go before I get into swimwear 
I need to work quite long hours to fund my holidays so will need to be super organised to fit in the exercise but it has to be done.