That felt good :)

I have lost track with my running a little for one reason or another after being poorly and really wet weather. I have been out for a couple of runs since being poorly but today has been the first day I have actually felt that I have ran my route rather than having to walk it:) But it has been the first time in about a week that I have actually been out.

 

I ran the majority but I had to stop occasionally just to stretch my hip as I didnt want it to start hurting more.... I tend to get a pain in my right hip that can be made worse by running (or running causes it) I dont know but yea it has been hurting recently but was ok when I got back today.

 

I also did a different route which involved a few more hills but was not much longer in length than my middle length run. And there is more scope so extend it further ;)

 

 

 

So weight wise Im at 15st 2lbs this morning. I had put weight on since being ill and the diet front had a bit of a bad week or so. From wanting to eat everything in sight once I was better and off antibiotics to being away for the weekend.... it lead to me going back up ti 15st 5lbs; but Im on my way back down again now and aim to be back below 15stone within the next week or so :)

 

So Im back on it now with my heart getting back into my running and my head getting back on the diet front. Therefore my target is to at least lose another half a stone before I go on holiday :)

 

I have however manged to take some recent update pictures as its nearing the end of the month :) see my photos page for more

 

 

Speak soon bloggers

weekends

I love that I am home for the weekend

I can relax with Mark and the family, snooze when I want to and have the time I want to spend on what I want to do ;)

I am no on holiday from work for a week but its a jam packed week of visting freinds and going away for a couple of days with my sister :)

I went to weigh in with Sally my cambridge consultant on Friday. I put on a couple of pounds according to her scales :( I knew I would and she said its more than likely water weight from the night shifts but I have had a really unfocussed week of snacking.

So I have set myself a mini target to be 1 stone lighter by the time I go on holiday

So the count down is beginning.

I am back to only having my 3 shakes a day and a small meal and then I will be able to maximise my weight loss. Having this week off means I'm going to effectively be less active due to the amount of walking I normally do when I am at work. But I am going to try and get my running back on track too and aim for being able to to 5 miles easily if not more by the end of April.

So heres me saying Im back on track guys and am going to really tackle my weight hard this month :)

Peace out :P

absense / nights again

Yeah you may have realised that I havent been posting much following my falling off the wagon post last.

Im working nights.......... again

It has been one hellish set of nights too :( with a short staffed night that went from no patients to 14 and another night between the hours of 21:30 and 01:30 we did a patient transfer every 6 minutes. The cherry to top it all off however being that at 7am yesterday morning as I was about to go home a lady decided she wanted to be very poorly and involved me running alongside the bed as she was tramsferred to ICU whilst trying to oxygenate her and breathe for her with a bag.

Anyway enough about work that dominates my everyday life enough as it is.

So as I finished my antibiotics I started night shifts which means I havent been out for a run in 2 weeks :( but on a massive plus side I now have 1 whole week off of work :)

I have not really got back onto said wagon yet :( but I feel better in myself and strong enough to tackle this next 5 1/2 pounds according to Sally my Cambridge consultants scales to get me to the 2 stone mark :)

So here goes :)

I took some recent pictures of me in a my new favourite outfit :)

And Im really thinking I need to get a new work uniform :S

So bloggers Im going to spend the rest of my evening eating my wonderful dinner the boyfriend has made me and chilling and getting an early night as Im now off work for a while but have been up for more than 24 hours currently :) Wishing you all the success.

Casserole :)

Fallen off the Wagon

Yep I feel as though I have indeed fallen off the wagon

Once I had finished my antibiotics and was feeling better, I literally wanted to eat everything in sight. I was hungry all the time and craving any sugary or fatty foods I could lay my hands on. When I tried to curb this craving I would find myself snacking more and more.

So its not been good

I am now not craving all foods again and am getting myself back on track.... not long until I go on holiday and need to feel remotely better in my swimsuit if it dares to make an appearance.

So today is the day I get back on track and................ I start a run of 4 night shifts :(

I am doing 4 night shifts which I am hoping to only snack on my fruit and really concentrate on having my allocated shakes and meals in a day and not snacking throughout the night.

After my Nights I have no work for a week.

I hope to get plenty of exercise in and am having a 2 day mini break to stay in a hotel with my sister and cousins to go and see the wonderful Olly Murs in concert :)

I went for a small run yesterday for the first time since I got sick. I was rubbish.... My first mile I did in a reasonable time then I walked for a mile and ran the rest of the way home. Once I have finished my nights im hoping to get back into my everyday doing a bit of exercise even if its light stretches and muscle work on a 'rest' day from cardio.

So heres to getting back on track and blogging a bit more again :)

Illness

I have to appologise

Its been one of those weeks.....

So on Wednesday I did a 15 hour shift at work and then was starting a set of nights on the Thursday. I managed one and then I woke up from my day sleep and felt very VERY queasy.... The sickness bug had hit me or so I thought.... You see What I thought was the dreaded Norovirus that has been rife recently was actually something a little more serious.

Throughout the day I couldnt manage to hold down any fluids food or medications of any sort; I was still vomitting and was fast becoming very dehydrated as I was running a high temperature.

It got to the point that I was suffering with some lower back pain that I put down to being dehydrated but again I was wrong. The pain in my lower back got progressively worse throughout the day and I began to be unable to urinate.... Being a nurse I obviously knew something was up and tried to book an appointment with my out of hours Dr. I got a phonecall back asking me plenty of questions'someone exaggerating' until I told them I was a nurse and knew what I was talking about. The doctor on the other end of the phone asked me to check my temperature 39 C far too high for my liking and also to check my pulse 110bpm. His response was to get myself to the nearest ED as I may have pylonephritis. So off I went embarressed to be going to my own place of work knowing I would see someone I knew.... Which I did.

When I got there I was rushed through and given some pain relief as I was in tears by this point and writhing in agony... It took the edge off but I was still having to be constantly moving. Then I waited while they saw some other patients only to be told that I didn indeed have a kidney infection.

I was given some antibiotics and some strong pain relief along with some anti sickness to help me hold down the tablets. And now I am on the mend again :)

Its mothers day today and I have a big thankyou to give to my Mum.... She took me to the hospital and stayed with me until 1am even though she got up for work at 6am... We have been through an awful lot at the end of last year and it shows how much of a strong loving woman she really is :) LOVE YOU MUM.

Back to the weight loss blogging :)

So as I havent been eating very much over the past couple of days due to my sickness I have lost another 5 pounds on the scales making them say a lovely 14stone 12pounds....... There is a 14 at the beginning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There hasnt been a 14 at the beginning since ooooooo at least 2009. Now I know this will go back up now that I am managing to eat again but its a 14 all the same :)

So back on track today with the eating but sorry the exercise can wait until I have finished my course of antibiotics and have got myself well again :)

Until next time when I hope to be reporting on as little a weight gain as possible :)

Sunshine Walkies

So today I had another day off work and I said to myself I wasnt going to go for a run. I went for a walk instead :) My Sister had the day off too and we went out for a lovely walk in the sunshine. and then for a little bit of shopping :)

Its been the first sunny day here for a while and we certainly made the most of the gorgeous scenary that surrounds the area we live in :) We went to lake Shearwater.

It was a 3 mile walk that we did at a very leisurely pace and stood to take pictures of various things :) we were out for over an hour :) and it was lovely.

It earnt me some calories tracked on MFP and it was just a lovely day in general :)

Here are some pics that I would like to share :) beautiful scenary :)

 

 

 

Also today I went with my future brother in law :) to take him for his first give blood session :) I have been giving blood regularly since I was allowed and this was his first time as he never had anyone to go with :) here is a pic of my arm after my donation where they accidently took a little too much and had to give me special instructions to eat and drink plenty.



a run.....almost

Well I had the day off today and went out for a lovely lunch with my family into Bath.

I had a very swanky looking but very reasonably priced Chilli :)

It tasted amazing and really thought like I was spoiling myself for the day :) but I knew my run later would make up for it............ or so I thought

You see I went out for another run with my Mum.... she keeps me at a faster pace than normal and I really enjoy running a different route with her :) but half way round I just started to feel weird not quite myself :(

You see my household has got the bug at the moment poor little Thomas is still not himself although no sickness today but Tom (Marks Dad) has been suffering today and so has my poorly Marky.

I thought I was possibly coming down with the same thing to be honest despite me being a bit less susceptable due to working in the hospital. But when I was pushing through on my all be it shorter run I was talking to Mum and we came to the conclusion I had not drank enough I had only had 1 drink all day and that was with my meal. And also that I normal due to shifts run 1 or 2 days in a row and not everyday which I have been doing so maybe it was just my body telling me it was due a rest day from running.

All be it me feeling not myself and doing a shorter run because of it.... My time from doing that run compared to doing it a while back has shaved off a good 3-4 minutes which makes me feel 10 times better :)

Another lovely thing about today was that I stepped on the scales to see a little loss :) 15 stone 4 pounds is the lowest I have been in years :) I cant wait for that 4-5 more pounds to go and for the scales to have a 14 in front of it :) I just get giddy even thinking about it :D ...... Bring it on :)

Plan for tomorrow is to have a relaxing day and go on a dog walk with my sister Emily :) and Oscar the gorgeous pooch :) no run planned for tomorrow but I might do a little 30 minutes on the static bike just to get a little exercise in as I deffinately wont get any on wednesday as I'm working all day and then have 2 night shifts.

So after a not so successful run I am looking forward :) to those scales getting lower and my runs becoming longer / faster :)

rearrangements

So I posted the other day about starting night shifts and then within half an hour I had been called into work to do a late shift and then an early shift today. So that meant that I hadnt got out for a run when I wanted to.

Anyway so I did an Early shift this morning and got home to find an unwell little Thomas..... Mark's brother Thomas has Cerebral Palsy and is in a wheelchair needing 24hour care. He had been sick in the morning and had not eaten or drank anything for the whole day.... That was until I got home and he cracked a smile to see me :) I gave him some flat cola to help settle his tummy and changed him into his pj's to give him a very small amount of dinner which he reluctantly took from me but noone else.... (nice to feel needed I guess). I had texted my Mum to see if she had been out for a run today or not or if she wanted to keep me company. the next thing I know she is at the door; she had rang my phone and left a text to say she was leaving and she would be at mine in 10 minutes :S and I wasnt ready.

So I quickly changed and went out with her :) I was feeling as though I was struggling a little more than normal today and I put it down to not having eaten very much during the day due to being so busy at work. But 1 mile in on our normal route I heard " 1 mile in 11 minutes 28 seconds" I couldnt believe it.

 

 

So I couldnt believe that and It really kept me going :) I got home feeling amazing and really energised and so impressed with myself :)

 

 

Im now off work for a couple of days and want to get another couple of runs in as weds I will be again working 16 hours shift and then 2 night shifts unless they get changed again!!!!

 

 

 

 

So heres to getting running and REALLY enjoying it!!!!!

 

 

Until next time :D

Another nightowl

Yeap you guessed it..... Im on nights again tonight :(

Yesterday at work was a day that was the icing on the cake for many of my colleagues.... the staffing levels were atrocious and having been asked to stay again for my 3rd 15 hour shift and then starting nights tonight. I said NO. It would have been far to much.... so i get out of work at half 3 intending to go collect the boyfriend...... Im blocked in in the car park and it takes an hour for idiot to move his car :( that hour meant no run for me :(

I went to meet Sally my cambridge consultant after 2 weeks off as id been poorly and on night shifts and couldnt schedule a day with her..... Id stayed the same but lost a couple of inches :) im glad I stayed the same as it means my 2 weeks of frankly reckless eating had not been entirely bad.....

So back to it now.... 3 shakes a day and a normal meal :)

Even though I start nights tonight im going to try my hardest to avoid alll the snacking on crisps and chocolate and take fruit with me!!!!

Off out for a run too this morning so ill finish this post later and let you know how my hopefully hour long run goes :)

Heres me sharing some love with you all :)

So scrap that....... im now not getting a run as im leaving for work in an hour and doing a late shift instead as again they are short staffed.....

Run tomorrow it is then