Best laid plans....

So, it didn't quite go to plan today but all is not lost.

For some reason I woke up with a start at 3.50am and then just could NOT get back to sleep until 6am when the alarm would be going off in another 15 minutes! Aaargh.  I hate not sleeping.  It doesn't happen to me often and I'm a big baby about it.  Sulks.

So, I got to the office nice and early and tried to get stuck into work despite being continually frustrated by things just NOT going right.  IT, the printer, a dodgy monitor, 30 fruitless minutes on the phone to the service desk and unexpected requests for urgent updates on different matters from 2 senior managers.  So much for what I intended to get done!

Initially I was very grumpy and glum but I spent a little time writing in my food diary and gradually the frustrations ebbed away.

So, what did I do right?  A sensible breakfast and no snacks.  I walked into town at lunchtime despite being seriously tempted to stay in the office and eat in the warm, dry cafeteria downstairs.  I have written everything down and not been tempted by contraband.

And wrong?  I did not have that calorie counted Boots lunch.  I looked at it but it was cold and wet and I was frustrated and I just wanted to sit in a warm, cosy cafe with some comfort food and a pot of tea.  So that is what I did.  I had a chicken pesto melt and a large pot of redbush tea and I chilled...and, breathe....

And what else?  I didn't go for a run this evening.  There, I've said it. Despite there being no real excuse: I was home in good time, it was not raining and my running gear was out waiting for me.  I just didn't feel the thing.  I had had a long afternoon in complicated meetings and was tired and hungry.  I wanted to snack.

In the end I stayed at home and cooked early to avoid the snacking.  But it was a good diet meal and I'm plenty under my calorie target so I'll live with missing what would only have been a short run after all.  I'm working from home tomorrow and no golf so I will have plenty of time and hopefully lots of energy for a much longer run.  I'm (almost) looking forward to it!!

What piccies do I have for you today??  In response to the horrible flooding besetting South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire, how about some sunny autumn pics from my most local of dog walks?

PS. I'm sure I posted these earlier but just noticed that there were no pics...