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10 August 2023
This morning I did:
Livinleggings - 20 Wake Up Yoga Stretch - 21 days of free live online yoga classes - (Day 3)
Felt great! It was a toss-up between this or going for an hour long walk and this won because I'll be able to write this post then have a lovely shower and wash my hair without rushing before starting work this morning. I could fit in a walk around lunch time or later this afternoon.
Last week we spent 3 nights in Wales with family and it was such a good break from the norm including the road trip there and back. We stayed in a cute log cabin and played lots of board games and drank hot chocolate (and some cider) because the weather was pretty horrible. No hike up Snowdon, but noone was really in the mood for that, so we did a couple of walks to waterfalls instead. And I had a very short walk on the beach before it started raining again. Did have hot chips doused with salt and vinegar at the seaside and also shared a decadent belgian waffle with hubby with my fave ice-cream - rum & raisin. :)
So, just before that I was successful in stopping taking the blood pressure medication I'd been on for a month. It made me feel awfully fatigued, with a really tight chest - I barely had energy for my daily walks - and I just about managed my evening job after taking up to 2 hour naps in the afternoon. So, after consulting with the doctor I stopped taking it after taking a smaller dose for a week. Then I went on holiday.
And at the beginning of this week I saw the nurse practitioner again wanting to restart the conversation about starting on hrt. But, my blood pressure spiked again on the reading she took. Not as bad as before, but still high. Thankfully I'd already booked to wear a 24 hour blood pressure monitor from Tuesday at 9am to Wednesday at 9am - it's the only day I could take off work, which was advised. And yesterday the readings came back very normal - so I'm very glad that this proves I have some kind of white coat syndrome when it's taken in the GP's office. I have an appointment to restart the hrt conversation again in a couple of weeks so hoping the blood pressure issue doesn't come up again.
Anyhoo, so that's what's been happening lately. This week I'd like to get to 7,000 daily average steps and I'd like to start fitting these 20 yoga sessions into my week. I have a lovely route through our local park that gives me a solid 9k steps that I'll try to do whenever I have time - on Tuesday evening it took 1.5 hrs so quite indulgent, but it is really lovely and we've had some beautiful blue skies this week so I hope to take advantage again soon.
I'm not tracking calories right now although I'm keen to start again to try to improve protein and then start with some mild dumbbell workouts - perhaps with just 4 or 5kg weights with high reps. It's less than 5 weeks until we go to Turkey for a week so I would have loved to develop some tone in my arms, but I think that would be a bit too ambitious. But, I'll see if I can fit in at least two arm workouts a week until we go. Legs I'm not too worried about and the tummy flab will be what it is.
A non-scaled victory yesterday was that I pulled my jeans down without unbuttoning and that's always a great sign. The scale said 66kg this morning, which is also fine so I don't feel that I need to restrict calories right now, but I know that it will help me to increase protein when/if I get back to it soon. Right now I'm just enjoying feeling energetic again.
So, I've missed out on about two weeks of posts and I've only dipped in slightly lately, but I'm looking forward to catching up on how everyone is doing.
Hope you're all well and have a Thriving Thursday everyone!!! xxx
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28 July 2023
Weight:
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Diet followed:
66 kg
20 kg
1 kg
Reasonably Well
(3 comments)
steady weight
21 July 2023
Weight:
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Diet followed:
66 kg
20 kg
1 kg
Reasonably Well
(2 comments)
Gaining 0.3 kg a Week
14 July 2023
Weight:
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Diet followed:
65.7 kg
20.3 kg
0.7 kg
Reasonably Well
(7 comments)
Losing 0.1 kg a Week
07 July 2023
My weight seems to hover around 66.5kg all week until the Friday when it comes back down to this so I may be kidding myself and should actually be looking at the average, but as long as I can keep my calories for the week at bay and stay under 66kg on my Friday morning weigh-in that's fine for now.
The doctor called me yesterday to discuss the results of my blood test and said everything is fine, but potassium is high - so he's referred me for another blood test, which I've booked for a week away. Didn't get to discuss starting HRT at all as he says we need to get these things stabilised first. It's a bit frustrating because all he said was to cut out my daily banana and drink lots of water before my next blood test.
After I spoke to him I looked online for foods high in potassium and it's just about everything I love and eat all the time - beetroot, sweet potato, potatoes, spinach, bran flakes, soya milk, yoghurt and chunks, beans, lentils, nuts, dried fruit and chocolate. So now I'm not too sure if I should be avoiding all these foods for the next week because that's what I would normally eat.
Hubby says just cut out the bananas as the doc said, but I didn't remind the gp that I'm vegetarian so didn't realise to mention to him that just about everything I normally eat is high in potassium. But, I think I'll just consciously try to cut some of those things out for a while instead of avoiding everything - and hope it goes back to a normal level.
There is so much conflicting information on the net so I'm trying not to go down a rabbit hole of doubt and worry that I'm heading for some kind of kidney failure or heart disease. I'll just try to eat a few less of the things that are obviously high, but for now I'm not cutting out absolutely everything.
I'm still feeling quite tired - in my limbs and just mentally and physically even though I've only been walking my usual amount. Should hit my target of 6,500 average daily steps again this week and I've done it for the past two so that's good. Just not much energy for a dumbbell workout. I think I did one last Saturday that felt fine, but of course I had to have an almost 2 hour nap later that afternoon to counter it. I'm napping most days just to get through the day. Being a freelancer I can accommodate for it, but my lack of energy and motivation is a worry. I'm getting some work done, but my to-do list is constant and never-ending even when I do tick some things off daily.
Anyhoo, that's what's been up with me lately. In other news I've got some new specs for the first time in my life - turns out I'm near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other, which is why my eyes have been feeling quite strained lately. Still getting used to them.
Hubby and I are planning to go to a free music/food festival half an hour away tomorrow. We'll take our camping chairs and it's in a big park so there will be some walking done as well. Then we're doing a Meetup walk with some friends on Sunday in a local park we walk to from home. I'm hoping the weather won't scupper our plans because tomorrow there is 85% chance of rain - but my fingers are crossed for a summer miracle. Naps are scheduled for both days too.
This diary is mostly for my own reference to look back on in future so not sure who would have made it this far. Last Friday I wrote a long update along with my weigh-in and something happened and I had to refresh my browser and lost it all - so didn't have time to type it all again. But such is life sometimes.
Yesterday the FS legend, TJV1959, did a wonderful post on his forms of self mental health therapy and I need to find some time to sit down and list these for myself and try to make them part of my daily routine too. Thank you for sharing, Tim! I'm not sure if you'll read this, but I'm so glad you're doing well and I'll try to comment on one of your posts soon.
Hope you're all doing well too! And have a lovely weekend, friends! xxx
Weight:
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Diet followed:
65.8 kg
20.2 kg
0.8 kg
Reasonably Well
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Gaining 0.1 kg a Week
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