It hasn't been a great April. I've been unwell. I've had to nurse my knee back to health. In the last week I've had to contend with back issues. Exercise has been near enough non-existent, meaning the man who ran 13.1 miles last month has lost fitness and gained lbs. 5 days last week virtually slumped in a chair eating junk really didn't do a lot to arrest the recent decline.
It came as no surprise to me then when the scales presented a gain since last week. 2 more lbs I need to burn off yet again. I've gained more than half a stone in recent weeks. I rather enjoyed being sub 14 stone, so I've got a bit of work to do to get back to that level.
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| Those numbers keep creeping up |
Rather than be downhearted, I'm looking at things positively. I've already
turned a corner as far as I'm concerned. Since returning to work on Monday, I've settled back into a more regimented routine, eating three meals a day with snacks, bread and alcohol off the menu. I've not taken any painkillers today and not needed to either which means the back is on the mend. I plan to come off the anti-inflammatory meds tomorrow and see how things are after that. If my back feels healthy, and my knee continues to not bother me, I may find time for a jog over the bank holiday weekend to see how I hold up. After a month of enforced idleness, I really can't wait.
My target in the next couple of months is to get down to a flat 14st. I plan to do so before my birthday in July and as usual you will be able to follow my progress here.
You know you can do this, you've done it before. We've spoken about the head being in the right place hopefully, after a stressful month, yours now is. Good luck this week (following your blog by email now, so I can keep up!)
ReplyDeleteWhen you're normally active and find yourself laid up it's naturally going to add a couple of pounds to you, don't be disheartened, you'll get back on track soon, keep going x
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your mind is getting back to it, just needs the body to follow suit. Hope you're back in routine now and pain is easing. Thanks for linking up :)
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