Motivation low and very busy - 80.2kg

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I've suffered a bit of a motivation set back over the last few days. On Saturday it snowed and by Sunday lots of snow on the ground. I ran up to top of Shining Tor with Dave, but it was foggy and not alot of fun, and I was really tired. We ended up running taking 30 minutes longer than it should have!

This has left me feeling demoralised and the subsequent poor conditions underfoot have led to me abandoning a planned 8 mile run at 4 miles and another curtailed run onto Kerridge Ridge.

I'm also struggling with the new diet, it is a real bummer to have to watch what I eat and avoid all the foods I like. Had my first lifestyle meeting at the Docs yesterday, nothing new I didn;t already know, except she pointed out that sugar also increases LDL. I need to investigate furtehr as this has not really been mentioned in the books I've read.

Off on holiday on Sunday to Lanzarote, so hopefully running in the warm weather will sort me out. I'll try to get out with Dave tonight.

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