Monday, 30 November 2015

Still going

Another prolonged silence from me, mostly due to a bit of a manic time. I got promoted at work (v. unexpected), I've been away a fair bit and I've had friends come to stay over the past few weekends. I also had a prolonged bout of what can only be described as dysentery which was a lot of fun...

However, I'm still here and still hitting the gym regularly. My eating is going pretty well, I'm avoiding gluten as it seems to have a massive effect on both my stomach and my urticaria and I am generally feeling a hell of a lot better in so many ways.

I seem to have formed a habit now with the gym so I am not even thinking about going any more, my routine currently looks like this:

Monday 0615 - 45 minutes of Spinning
Wednesday 1900 - 30 minutes of Insanity/Burpees/Bear Crawls/Some other kind of hell
Saturday at 0845 - 60 minutes of Boxercise/Legs, Bums & Tums.

I've lost nearly 2 stone now - but a lot of that came off when I was ill and I haven't put all of that back on. Even though I don't feel like I've lost that much weight, it massively hit home last weekend.

We went to Copenhagen for the weekend and I've not been able to fasten the seat belt on a plane for at least the past 3 years. I didn't even try it this time as 4 weeks ago when I flew to Amsterdam for work, it was at least 4 inches off me.... but lo and behold, it fastened! This feels like a massive victory given I am not being totally strict on the food front (other than trying to eat clean) and has spurred me on to continue with the sweaty stuff.

Copenhagen was wonderful, if not bloody freezing. We had dinner at Geranium which was a delight, drank gløgg & cocktails, visited the Christmas markets and general tried to stay warm, I will definitely go for another visit in warmer times.

So, we're nearly in December and I need to keep up with the gym, avoid the temptations and see where it takes me. I'll try and bit a bit more regular here too!



Our lovely Copenhagen hotel

Dinner at Geranium

Frozen in Copenhagen

Getting crafty - homemade wreath session!