Neglected??

Hi there Blogisphere

I have neglected you and for that I punish myself.

So here's a bit of an update:

In the last month I have put on weight I have stopped exercising and I have started hating it!!!

You see a lot has gone on to prevent me from a lot of it but there should be no excuse.

My boyfriend and I are searching for our very first house together. Between saving money viewing houses and mortgage advisors solicitors estate agents etc. that has made me short of time. Throw in there working full time shift work it gives me less.

I have had a couple of bits of bad news also. My boyfriends 3 year old cousin has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and is undergoing investigation; and a close family friend unfortunately passed away after a short battle with Cancer.

I am quite a sociable person and love seeing my friends and I don't want to miss out on that. I fear if I did I would be very unhappy.

So here I am a month on

I went back to the gym yesterday and have eaten well and am getting my butt back into shape as I have lots to look forward to :) holidays house weddings

So here is me back on it and from now I will try my hardest to blog more :)

Days off are for the gym

So I get a day off :-) and I spend the good portion of the day having a lie in then getting up to go to the gym :-)

Over the past few weeks my weight hasnt changed. I've stayed at 15st 9lbs. I havnt really concentrated on my food as well as I could and I haven't been able to exercise as much; so I guess its ok for it to stay the same. But ive got holidays to prepare for weddings to go to and best of all but not weight related, a house to buy :-)

Today was a successful day at the gym. For the past few weeks I haven't really been able to do an awful lot or been able to run for more than 5 minutes or so.

Today however I cycled 5km and then ran for 30minutes on the treadmill :-) I was chuffed with myself :-)

I took a couple of restarting refocussing photos and have done really well with my shakes and food today :-).

This is my time!!!
Hen nights in March
Weddings April and May
Holiday July and September

Buying a house!!

Lots to look forward to :-) 

New year

Hello all.

Its 2014 and heres a year in review and my targets for this year.

So in 2013 I made the decision to change my life for the better. I made the decision that this was the time... my time to change my weight. I had always tried and did well for a little while then it all went back on plus a little more. Well id set my sights on more this time.

As with many people my weight has fluctuated throughout the year but the general pattern is heading downwards. Well I have had two holidays  4 weddings birthday and christmas after all :p O and surgery.

As some people know I had sugery at the beginning of December.  It all went well and I am looking forward to getting back to work and hoping that the procedure has made a huge difference to the pains I was having. So far so good. I am approaching the stage of getting back to work and that brings with it night shifts and increase in steps :-)

So over the past year I have lost 23 lbs. The lowest I had got my weight down to was 14stone 12lbs. My aim is to get back there before the end of February. Then use the rest of the year to get that figure down and the figure I want :-)

I told myself id log into my fitness pal every day over the year. Which I did :-) I recieved 365 days in a row and am still going.

I feel proud of what I have achieved and know that its something that I love doing. Its a journey that has barely begun :-) I feel more comfortable in my skin and even took a sneaky picture in the middle of marks and spencers of my reflection.

Heres to the new year :-) and more gym work outs with my heart rate monitor :-P ♥♡

Gym time :)

Blogging at the gym :)

This week im off work to use up my holiday days and get all the stuff I wont get done for a couple weeks after my operation on weds 4th Dec.

I caught up with my lovely Nikki yesterday and a friend and her cute baby boy this morning.  Ive been to my mums to nose and help with her decorating and have been out for a 3.3mile run too.

I get back home after my run to a message from my sister Emily saying "gym 4:30 be there or be square" it made me giggle :)

So here I am up at the gym doing some steady cycling and in a second im going to just do my resistance workout as I think ive done my quota of cardio today right? ?

Anyway training is going well for my first 6k run for charity and im really looking forward to it :)

For now bloggers ;)

Running again

Being back out there is great :) I really enjoy it when I go but where I have been unable to go for a while its really set me back... im slower and cant do the distance.

Yesterday I set myself the target of 6k in preparation for my sponsered run on 1st Dec.  And I did it :) 3.77 miles in 48 minutes is quite slow im aware of this but its my pace and ill get it faster when I want to.....

Tonight I start night shifts again so no running for me again until sunday.... this is what I find sets me back.... but its ok I have ALL of next week off so I can get plenty in :)

Heres a couple of up to date running gear pics and a before and after :p

All work and no play

Working life of a nurse.

Nurses are a special breed of people.They get up in the morning and go to work with one simple, yet profound purpose in mind: “I will care for you.”When asked what the most important tool in their workday is, every great nurse would surely answer, “My heart.”

All work and no play has made me a bad dieter and blogger. Im sorry.

I had been offered the chance to interview for a better/more stressful job within the same ward for a 6month secondment.  I interviewed but didnt get it but a good friend of mine did. The work up to it was stressful and I didnt log my food or get much exercise in.

Along with that my stomache pains have gradually got worse every month and cant wait to see whether this operation on the 4th December will help with any of that!!!

So here I am back again with a lot less stress hanging over my head. I will make more time for blogging running and logging on MFP ;) a set if nights abd then a week off for me will certainly do the trick  :)

I went out for a run/walk today.  well actually 2. I needed a wee... and my gloves it was a bit chilly.... so I did one walk/run then the second I went round the block. You see im in training :) I will be running a 6k dressed as santa claus in order to raise money for our local hospice who helped care for many local people some of which were very close to me.

Out of the box

Today I decided to do something that as I had said on MFP; I hadnt done in years.

Thats right I broke out of my normal exercise patterns and dug my swimming costume out of the bottom drawer. I braved the local swimming pool and all by myself at that.

Currently the schools are broken up for holidays so the pool was open during the day. I braved it at lunchtime when I knew it would be quiter.

Ive always shyed away from swimming for many reasons. Two being that I hate my 'not so bikini body' and im not the best of swimmers. Im not very fast at swimming and not very good in a busy pool when there is people to contend with.

It was nice to have a lane to myself and for the pool to quiten down. At one point I was the only one in there (not for long but still). I really enjoyed by swim and racked up 70 lengths in 1:30 hour I was going to stop at 50 but I kept going and didnt want to stop :)

This is a real first for me and I think im going to try and make it a more regular thing :)

My gosh do my arms ache this evening though. What with going to the gym for the first time in a week yesterday due to my hectic schedule and then my birthday and then swimming today.  Ah well no pain no gain :) and strangely I love it :0

Back to work tomorrow so a rest day for me it is.