Sunday, 21 June 2015

Deeside Way

18th June - Lucy and I walked from Riverside East to Duthie Park, via Allenvale, and then out to Crathes. Approx 16 miles.  Beautiful day.   Very stiff afterwards.   I think I could have managed another mile or so.  We got a lift home from John.

Monday, 8 June 2015

1 April 2015

End of month FB post.

End of month post (a day late as I was in Ayr / Glasgow yesterday.)
31 Dec - 16 stone 5 lbs
29 Jan - 15 stone 11 lbs
28 Feb - 15 stone 9 lbs.
31 Mar - 15 stone 9 lbs.
Not an ounce off. However, the ongoing attempt to get fitter has gone better. At the start of the year, going to the gym was a pointless exercise because it took an hour to drive there and back, and faff around getting changed, and I couldn't exercise for more than 10 mins before I was puffed. So the whole thing seemed pointless. I've started walking to the gym (4.4 miles) I can now manage 16 mins and 30 secs before getting puffed. And then I walk home (unless it starts to sleet, in which case I take the bus, or someone spots me and gives me a lift (thanks, Sandra!) )
The actual gym bit is still pretty pathetic, but sandwiching it between two walks, rather than driving, stops it from feeling entirely pointless.
Also, I can now walk to Inverurie and back without having to revive myself with a coffee and a fine piece in the Dairy!
Onwards and downwards into April!

(Somehow I wrote this, and left it as a draft, instead of posting. When I posted it, it appeared as the most recent post, even though it wasn't. )


Clothes -  Short sleeved tops

1. Purple (L)  Stretchy - shows off bulges  - better at 14 1/2 stone
2. Red with white spots (16)  - as above
3. We Can Do It  -as above
4. Black / white / red/ purple stripes (14/16) -as above
5. Purple Tibet - as above
6. Black and white stripes (14/16) -as above
7. Blue Emily Wilding Davison  - as above
8. Black with net inset at neck - as above
9 Pink and purple striped (12??!)  - as above
10. White with flowers (18) - as above
11. Blue Weekenders (L) - as above
12. Zimbabalooba (XL) - as above
13. Class of 14 (XL) - as above
14. Light green (L) - as above
15. Black with plastic beads - as above

Buggeration!! Not a single short sleeved top looks good.  How has this happened? I was wearing these when I was 10lbs heavier.   All these tops will still fit at 14 1/2  stones.  I'd have to be massively lighter for any of them to be "too big"  Bugger, bugger, bugger.

Sunday, 7 June 2015

Church dresses

Planning on rotating my church dresses for more variety.

7/6 - Purple / blue / black size 18 and bit frumpy.
14/6 Black and white striped size 20. Love this, but it's a good fit now, so no idea why I thought I                fitted into it at 16 stone 5.
21/6  Black with daisies size 18. Would look better if I was carrying less weight.

Saturday, 6 June 2015

End of May FB post

End of month non-news 2 days late:
31 Dec - 16 stone 5 lbs
29 Jan - 15 stone 11 lbs
28 Feb - 15 stone 9 lbs.
31 Mar - 15 stone 9 lbs.
30 April - no idea as scales collapsed (!)
Today - 15 stone 7 1/2 lbs.
It's not been a great month, exercise wise. I had a twingy right knee, so cut back on walking and went swimming. Swimming converted the twingy right knee into a twingy right hip. However, I have enjoyed a couple of great walks, and also enjoyed getting back in the pool.
Also, the twingy leg is a steady reminder that my weight is doing my joints no favours at all. So perhaps June will be a more focussed month.

Size 18 jeans!

Bought two new pairs of size 18 jeans from M&Co on Thursday, and wore one pair today.  I am delighted with them!

Went to Taste of Grampian and didn't go mad tasting things.  Bought some high-calorie rosemary and honey peanuts in the hope that a very little will go a long way.