The weather is lovely today

I didn't go to sleep until 7.30am and I just woke up. 

Might take a walk in the park. 

Blah. 

Hopefully I'll be able to start running again next week. 

Next race is in April. 

I wonder how I'm going to negotiate running while my wrist is healing. I guess it depends how much my arm hurts! I might just have to go super slow and long. I dunno...

I can't do anything for the first 2 weeks so I'll probably take a few long walks to attempt to compensate.

1 week and a few days till surgery. Eep. It's come around really quick. 

 

It's also a bummer that I've been ill because my friends are having a party tonight and I haven't seen them since before Christmas. 

Rubbish, rubbish. 

Oh well, I'll see them next weekend so it's not too bad. 

Gonna weigh myself, put everyone's stuff in the spreadsheet and have a shower. 

I lead such an exciting life. 

Posts will get more interesting commencing... (?)

Saturday weigh-in 23.11.13

Loss from HW: 31.5 lbs
Loss this week: 1 lb
Gain from LW: 32.5 lbs

Not great by any means, but still a loss. Yay.

So tired today. Merlin is chilling on my bed right now, I think he's tired too.

Blog resurrection!

So, it's been just over two years since I had my short stint of blogging. A lot of things have changed since August 2011, so I'll give you a brief overview of the last two years:

• Wedding happened. I looked amazing, not gonna lie. It was awesome.
• Divorce is in progress. Unfortunately, some people turn out to be epic douchebags. Strong enough to walk away from a bad marriage? This is awesome.
• I have more friends than I had this time 2 years ago, this is awesome.
• I'm fitter than I was this time 2 years ago, this is awesome.
• I'm fatter than I was this time 2 years ago, this isn't awesome.

I actually really enjoyed reading over my old posts, so I'm going to keep them. I had a good few giggles over them. This time, we're (well, I... not 'we') going to be sensible and not do a crazy 500 calorie per day shake diet that you're destined to fail at (hello unsustainable lifestyle choices). Yeah, sometimes I don't have the brightest ideas. Shut your face hole.

The goal is to get fitter, healthier and stronger. Gain muscle, lose fat. Eat good food, limit food that is not-so-good (take it seriously, Ani, limit means limit) and exercise.

Simple, yes? Simple if you don't love food like it was your goddamn first born child and your natural activity level is about that of a sloth.

Maybe that was an exaggeration*.

Some stats (obviously not posting my actual weight on here because I'm not down with that. I mean, duh I'm fat. If you look at me, it's not hard to miss. Just something about the numbers. I know it's stupid, whatevs).

Weight
Loss from HW: 28lbs
Gain from LW: 36lbs (ouch)

Inches from biggest measurement
Waist: -7
Bust: -7
Under bust: -4
Hips: 0 (thanks, hips...)
Total:  -18 inches
(I forgot my thigh and arm measurements)

There are a few things I attribute the weight gain to:

• Not putting 100% into eating well
• Not moving enough
• Health issues

Two are my own fault, one isn't. The health issues kind of definitely contributed to the lack of movement and poor food choices (oh hey meds that make you the hungriest ever for high-sugar carbs and slow down your metabolism). Ext-to-the-reme weight gain was pretty much expected by my doctor due to the medication side effects. It's sort of an excuse, but still not really good enough.

Anyway, weight gain happens; such is life. Let's deal with it and move forward.

*it wasn't.