The events in Perth have been many and varied and I have been privileged to see many beautiful things and experience new things. For instance the first week I returned we had extreme temperatures of 40+ degrees. This meant that I was unable to visit places as the sun was just too punishing. As I had been round and about Oz the fortnight before I decided that I could really do with resting my body and mind. In a way this wasn't meant to be. Lee works in a health gym as a nutritionist. They had a challenge on for their clients which meant she had to go to the gym herself and work out both with a personal trainer and also with her challenge group on most days in order to collect points. She took me right out of my comfort zone. Took me down the gym and put me on the treadmill, bike and cross trainer. I had never been to a gym before and definitely never inside one and it is one of those things that I thought I would never do as it isn't really me. How wrong can you be!! I really enjoyed it and have been quite a lot with Lee. I am now onto resistance training as well, which means the machines with the weights. I've also been to a couple of body balance classes which were a cross between Thai Chi, Pilates and Yoga. None of this activity has changed anything about my body or weight but I have to say I feel tons better.
Also, as a nutritionist, Lee keeps a good diet and if I've wanted to eat I have had to follow this diet. Australia appear to have the world's spinach mountain and I've eaten a lot of this and I've eaten a lot of fish. Both these things I have to say have not been my favourite in the past, but I have a theory! I think that the weather here is kind and that the Pacific Ocean is warmer and much calmer than the Atlantic. I think this makes for much sweeter tasting produce. Our produce has to struggle to survive the icy temperatures, winds and storms which makes a much more acidic, stronger tasting and tough product.
...and so I spent my first week back at the gym.
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