Is Shopping Exercise?!

What today showed me was that you must be prepared if you are going out for the day, otherwise you may find yourself stuck for the right thing to eat at the right time.

I had my breakfast, took the kids to school and then went to do a number of errands before the weekend. I am one of a team organising a huge birthday party for a friend on Saturday night so I needed to get a few things down in Nambour. After the costume hire shop and party shop to get forks, I found a few items in the op shops and then realised it was snack time. I had brought some mixed nuts with me so got my tub out of my handbag and nibbled on those as I walked through the Plaza and then went and picked up an apple and some water at Woolworths.

I found myself having a spontaneous manicure just before 12 and explained to the staff about Bianca's programme. I was looking at my sheet again working out where to go for lunch. Kathy from Nambour Beauty, kindly offered to go to the new cafe a few doors down in Queen Street to get a salad for me. The cafe is a new organic grain-and-wheat-free cafe and Kathy took my sheet with menu ideas from Bianca and came back saying that when I was finished, there would be a chicken salad waiting for me. Hows that for service! It was devine, fresh zuccini, warm chicken, organic tomatoes, spinach and lettuce. It was yum and I helped myself to the complimetary water. The lady who did my nails also suggested getting a wrap from Subway as they will fill it with whatever you want so you can pass on the cheese, creamy dressings and ask for healthier choices. I will keep that in mind for next time.

I had cold meat after school for my snack and then a chicken and stir fry veg for tea and I actually feel extremely full, having not eaten as much as I would do normally. It might be all the water though.

So todays exercise involved charging round the shops and running up and down the stairs a few times. Not as vigourous as a session with Bianca, but probably the equivalent of a decent walk, which begs the question "Is shopping exercise?!!"