Well I have had some long overdue time off from work this past week and have enjoyed relaxing and de-stressing. I’m relatively pleased as I have managed to do 5 rides in the last 7 days totalling 119.21 miles, this is a first for quite some time, recently work and life stuff has been taking its toll forcing my riding to be limited to the weekends.

I will say that I am very fortunate to have several friends who are into cycling and whilst we don’t meet up all the while more often than not I get to cycle with at least one of them once a week. This weeks cycling has been split 80.65 miles MTB (mainly due to the Tissington Route) and 38.56 miles Road bike, with about a 50/50 split cycling alone/cycling with mates.

If you follow my blog or if I come and comment on yours you’ll notice that recently there has been a distinct lack of updates both generally and more specifically weight related, well the truth is that I’m findingit extremely tough at the moment with an uncontrollable craving for sugary foods of any description. The sudden change from having the diet/eating under control to how I feel now puzzles me, for the first 4 months or so of the year seemed to be fantastic and I though I’d finally got on top of my weight, however the constant craving for the last 2 months means that the weight is creeping back on.  I have another week off which should help with the overall fitness, in addition to this I’m going to try and get a few things in order to hopefully get back on track.  I am going try and wean myself off the sugary foods with the help of Graze.com, for £3 quid a box (£6 a week) they will send you a selection of healthy snacks/nibbles and have a cracking website with top service have a look as they usually have a free trial offer on.