Join me on my journey to getting healthier and stronger. in mid 2019, I had surgery on ruptured tendons and to remove the plate and screws in my wrist, which irritated the tendons and caused them to rupture. Join me as I get my fitness back and also start back at doing lower carb way of life :)
Well its confirmed no more swimming under my current gym membership...... I refuse to line the pockets of the new management, so it will be gym daily now. The plus I know longer need to get up at sparrows fart to get to the pool. I went to the pool this morning, my heart was just no longer in it, so I only did 1 1/4Km's, then came home. When home I made myself a protein shake, I need to remember to add ice to make it cooler. It was pretty yummy all the same though.
Just feeling a bit down re: the pool, but know I will bounce back.... at least the sun is coming out after heavy rain and wind this morning.
Literally not far, I have not been to the gym/pool since Thursday, I listened to the advice of my physio, and took a few days out, as I had hurt my back a little, but mainly my wrist with the CRPS as decided to play up a bit. It is swollen and just a little sore, ok a bit more than a little, but after 3 days of rest the swelling is coming down. I still believe the pain is from the colder weather rather than the pain meds reduction.... suppose time will tell. Tomorrow I am going back to the pool, could be my last week there :(. To be honest, I am not freaking out like I was, I know I can still get fitter and healthier, pool or not, just means I will need to adjust my gym sessions a little better. It also means I wont need to get up at sparrows fart, to get to the pool - see positives lol. Cant believe how fast time is going, this Wednesday it will be 5 weeks till our holiday :)
Weight, things are looking good, seem to be averaging anything from 200grams to a kilo a week, depending on how my week has been. I am not focusing on the scales so much, I am more focusing on my clothes and how they fit, and measurements. I am not weighing daily anymore, I am just going to weigh in weekly or even longer. As long as they keep going down, I don't care how long it will take me. The moment I put a time limit on, it freaks me out, I know what I am doing is healthy 90% of the time. My food seems to have got in a pretty good routine 90% of the time.... If I have been to the gym/pool, I come home and have a protein shake, I use the Pure Protein Vanilla & Cinnamon flavour which is so delicious. I may add a banana, cocoa nibs, and chia seeds to it. I might also then have a protein bar or frooze ball depending on if I have time to have a brunch, or if I have clients. For brunch I may have a banana pancakes, or eggs and low carb toast, or spaghetti on toast. Snacks consist of nuts with some dark chocolate, or fruit or crackers with pate or cheese and tomatoes, or cucumber, or boiled eggs or a protein bar if I have not had one. Dinner is usually meat and veggies, may also have some type of soup, sometimes kumera chips. Anyway thats about it for now, just wish this warmer weather would hurry up and arrive.
Well it looks like I might have jumped the gun with the whole debacle with the pool and memberships, it is currently a 50/50 chance that they will honour our memberships. I am kinda over it, and what will be will be I suppose. Anyway gym done today, normally when I catch up with the physio, I tend to do half a workout, but this time, I decided to finish the whole workout, we have added some core work into it, but am not upping the weights or anything when it comes to upper body, to see if we can decrease the pain a bit, and also the swelling.
Today has been a housework day, nearly all done, must admit housework has taken a bit of a back seat, its not like I am living in a pigsty lol. It just means I dont vacuum every 2nd day etc, and dusting is not done quite so regular either. Its all about priorities :). Tomorrow is a pool day, really hope it doesn't come to an end, ggggrrrrr I need to stop dwelling on the what if's? Anyway, another cold day today, was 0 degrees when I went to the gym, tomorrows not suppose to be much better, then rain on the weekend, but at least it is going to be warmer..... Anyway thats me for today, catch you all tomorrow :)
Well today the plan was to swim 1k and do a longer aqua jogging session, why?, because the pain has increased in the wrist, now I am pretty sure it is more to do with the cold rather than the reduction in pain meds.... well thats what I am hoping anyway.
But as you can tell my plans changed and I ended up doing the 2ks as well as the aqua jogging. Keeping my wrist at the same temperature, really helps so I use fingerless gloves and wear socks so the ankle also stays the same temp. But man it was cold this morning, 0 degrees and felt like minus 3, rather chilly when you are in your togs and jandals and a light sweatshirt to get to the pool.
I have been weighing daily (just because), and I seem to lose on average about 100 grams a day, yesterday after the gym I didn't do my protein shake, and also stayed pretty much no carbs, or at least under 20, for no other reason that it just seems to work out that way, and the scales went up 200 grams. So my body does actually need the extra carbs, so today had my banana protein shake, had some low carb toast, so will be interesting to see what the scales show tomorrow. Tomorrow is a gym day and meeting my physio there, so wont a high calorie session. 6 weeks today and we will be in a much warmer place - cant wait :).
Gym done and dusted, had a good session and also an update on the pools. Apparently a lot of people complained in an email and messages to the new company taking over management of the aquatic centre (since we got the email sent to us last night), and they are going to have a meeting with the gym management and are now saying they will consider honouring all those that have paid for the pool membership, till the expiry date which for me is 11 months time. So crossing fingers that is what they will do.
I really hope that it does happen, if not we are allowed to cancel our gym membership, even if we have a contract, if thats what we want. The gym itself is going out of their way to help us. They will also give us a discount etc..... But hoping I wont need to worry about that. Anyway sunset is now 5.05pm, so we are getting an extra 5 minutes of daylight at this stage lol. Am sitting here in the sun with the doors open, getting some fresh air, while it is reasonably warm, 11 degrees (which is ok if in the sun), though I do have a client soon. OK better go and get the nail room ready, have a great day/night, wherever you are :)
Really enjoyed the pool today, didn't sleep well last night, to many things going around in my head, so the pool was nice and relaxing :)
Yesterday at the gym, I did the treadmill again, and upped the incline, I had 1 minute to go and knew I should have decreased the incline, cause my achillies were playing up, but no I didn't stubborn me just carried on and I have payed for it since - could kick myself SILLY SILLY SILLY ME. Today I finally got around to trying the protein powder, I am not usually a huge fan cause they seem to have an after taste, I mixed this one with milk and a banana - and OMG it was so delicious. I highly recommend that brand - you can get it from 'here'. And then the shit happened.... My gym membership also includes the pool (I pay extra for that), the pool used to be run by the council, well now the council voted to shift it to a private company and they are not going to honour the gym memberships with the pool. So we have 2 weeks till they will no longer accept the gym/pool memberships and the prices for the pool will also go up I am sure. It just sucks..... I got an email tonight, I had wondered what would happen with this take over. Its going to be to expensive to do both, I just sucks and I have been crying.... I am just so upset and angry at the same time.
WTF, where did June go to, in fact where did the whole year go too...... Anyway after a couple of days break from working out, back into it today, and really kinda enjoyed the gym lol. At least it wasn't 1 degrees or less, it was 6 degree's, must admit as the day goes on it seems to be getting colder.
Holy fark, I can not wait till warmer weather, especially when we get to the Gold Coast, one thing I have noticed with weight loss,is that I am feeling the colder so much more this winter. We can now actually say we are going next month now, doesn't seem so far away lol. Tomorrow is the pool, got my new top, not sure if I mentioned, I bought a tankini top and full togs, am sending the togs back, and keeping the tankini top. Though was tempted to keep the togs as well, but figured in Aussie there would be more choice. A photo of Rusty in his new clothes....
Here is a short video of Chico enjoying her new toy :)
