As I suspected...

...not a great difference on the scales today. Even before waking up I was dreaming that I stood on the scales...in my dream I had gained, at least reality was slightly better! I've lost 0.1kg since last week, so pretty much standing still. Well I knew it didn't I...even tho the end of the week shaped up quite well with the food and activity, the start was poor! So full focus on this week, and the good news is no travel or boozy social events planned. 

Got a walk in this morning, and going for a run tonight. Hopefully the sprints will kickstart the week's weightloss! 

Also need to plan my yoga session for the week - the final one. On my walk in this morning, I was thinking about what benefits the variation of activities could have for my weightloss. I wonder if there's any added benefit to changing exercise types every month, maybe that will stop the body from getting used to the extra strain since the different types of training activate the body in different ways? Dunno...sort of makes sense to me. 

Was also thinking about something I read recently, which was specifically about the benefit of playing badminton (or squash) for young women - apparently it helps build stronger bones. Not all types of exercise does, but since badminton subjects the bones to fairly hard impacts when running and turning quickly, stop/starting around the court, this benefits the skeleton. Interestingly running does not have the same effect, the impact is too low. A Swedish school is currently testing this theory on their students, letting one group of girls playing badminton every day, and then comparing to a test group who only have their normal PE twice a week. And so far the results have been quite dramatic - a big improvement in bone density for the badminton girls compared to the control group. The benefits of this type of exercise are greater the younger you are when you start of course, but I'm hoping it's not too late for me to improve my bone strength by the end of Feb ;)