Kettlercise Challenge - Day,er, what?! 26!!

Things have settled into a nice routine.  Food going well - no problems at all in fact.  Not going to do a food diary really, as I am quite happy not thinking about it much.  Its nice not to think about food all the time actually.

Today has been fruit and yoghurt for breakfast, 2 eggs scrambled in olive oil at mums as otherwise I would have missed, then shake for lunch.  Full.  Its 1.45.

Exercise going really well, but hip very sore this weekend.  Unusually its also sore this morning and it was almost sciatic the other day. Phoning physio tomorrow as doc says its not the hip joint, which is great news as thats what I was worried about.  Feels alternatively tight, sore and loose.

I was thinking about it whilst having to sit back during Aerobike (and trying to be all 'OM' about it and not stroppy).  I can do the long, slow, hard work but the fast work I always have trouble with.

This is, I think, because I almost 'brace' my leg - lining up my joints and almost locking them into place - to hold my hip.  In the fast sprints I don't have time for this and my leg goes all over the place and wrenches my hip around.  Ow.

Thats my theory and I am going to make sure I tell the physio as I really have spent ages trying to work it out!  There was no pain when the Doc manipulated my hip.

Lowers legs/shin splints can still be sore, but hey, thats not changing anytime soon!!!

Weight - its way in day tomorrow actually, but I did it today.

On Dad's scales, which are the ones I used to start with, I am now 13st 10lb.  Which I can't quite get over.

My new scales say 13st 5lb and they seem to tie in with Liz's that I used in January. So there is a 5lb differential.

Obviously I will enter my end weight using Dad's ones for consistency.

Starting weight in Jan, adding 5lb for Dad's scales  15st 2lb = 15st 7lb or 217lb

Starting weight: 207lb (14st 11lb)

New weight: 192lb (13st 10lb).
Loss since Challenge begun: 1st 1lb (15lb).

26 days.  just under 4 weeks.  Average of just under 4lb/week.  I've checked and double checked this.  A stone a month?! I can live with that.

Gobsmacked.


Total since Jan: 1st 11b.   So just under a stone was lost JUST working out, as I didn't really worry too much about the diet thing at first.

Then another stone once adding in the diet.

First cheat was today - a corner of malt loaf, I enjoyed it and  I don't feel guilty at all. Should I?  nope.