Hello Blogisphere!
How are you?
I haven’t blogged in a while; so I thought I would give my
lovely readers a bit of an update.
My knee still hurts…a lot, so I didn’t end up taken part in
the Oxford Half Marathon; because walking up the stairs at work is painful on
the knee, 13.1 miles may have killed it. As Sunday came around I felt a bit of
a failure, I had my heart, soul and blog poured into that one race that I
couldn’t take part in. I felt I had disappointed so many people, including
myself, but most importantly my Dad – who I knew was my biggest running fan.
But don’t worry Dad, we’re going to get this knee fixed and then look for the
next physical challenge.
So what have I been doing instead of running? Mainly eating…it’s
getting colder, so naturally we’re more inclined to build up the extra layers
of fat to protect us for the winter; and doesn’t my body love doing that (&
I don’t even realise I’m doing it). However, as I’m an avid My Fitness Pal-er I
log everything that passes my lips, so as I tell it that I’ve stuffed in four
oreo’s and a chocolate bar, it works out that I need to run an do 60 minutes on
the cross trainer, to work it off and carry on losing.
As well as eating, I’ve been spending a lot more time in the
gym (to fight the winter fat); 5 days a week in fact, for 90 minutes + at a time. I’ve become the ‘gym girl’ I hate,
I hog the cardio machine for 90 minutes, then I play about with some weight
machines, till I realise that the cardio session has tired my out too much to
lift anything.
It’s dark now, so there is not much to do at home except for 101 things that are boring, paper work or cleaning related. However I’d rather be fit and trim, spending evenings at the gym than and live in a mess, than fat and live in a tidy organised home (partly due to the fact, that if it wasn’t the gym, there would be 101 others excuses I would use to not clean the house). It's funny; as I just read this sentence back to me and I realised the old me would much rather have a cleaner house, and big bum!
Mum – if you are reading this I’m not going to get a cleaner, as then I’d be trim, fit, and broke!
It’s dark now, so there is not much to do at home except for 101 things that are boring, paper work or cleaning related. However I’d rather be fit and trim, spending evenings at the gym than and live in a mess, than fat and live in a tidy organised home (partly due to the fact, that if it wasn’t the gym, there would be 101 others excuses I would use to not clean the house). It's funny; as I just read this sentence back to me and I realised the old me would much rather have a cleaner house, and big bum!
Mum – if you are reading this I’m not going to get a cleaner, as then I’d be trim, fit, and broke!
So what to blog about now?
My knee rehabilitation programme (that I’ve not really started
because of work being crazy and NHS GP’s having a waiting list as long as the
Ganges for appointments that don’t clash with my working day (though I do <3
the NHS), I’ve not seen the physio yet. I’m also kind of putting it off till I
come back from holiday, so I can go hiking through the Greek mountains
blissfully unaware of the damage it’s doing to my knee).
About my views on the new Aussie Immigration (or lack of)
policy.
The new Tina Fey Audio book that’s providing my gym soundtrack
New Walking Dead
My awesome Halloween Outfit (that I hope arrives on time)
Or the fact that the four main broadcasters in UK are
thinking of getting that awful Nigel Farage to partake in the Live TV Debates
next year?
And that’s exactly what is going to happen (maybe not those
exact topics) – I’m joining forces with another blogger to create a joint
lifestyle blog, more to come on that soon; so watch this space!
XXX
