I am so flipping ridiculously behind and it’s putting me off writing anything at all!
I have my third PT session tonight and I’m kind of looking forward to it even though I’m still aching from the last one! It was Beth who kind of hooked me up with it. One of the girls she works with at her beauty salon, Steph, her husband is a personal trainer and is just setting up his own business after leaving the gym he worked for. He was running a competition to win 12 weeks free personal training and to be used as a case study to promote his new business. So apparently Beth talks to her work friends about all my excuses for being unhealthy because Steph actually said to Beth that she thought it would suit me (even though I’ve never met her!) because Beth had told her one of the things that puts me off going to the gym is that it’s right next to my old work and I don’t want to run in to people I used to know looking all fat and sweaty. So Steph said it might be good for me because I wouldn’t have to worry about seeing anyone other than her husband, Ross. So Beth sent me a link to apply and I had to write an email saying why I wanted to win and what my goals were and how I thought it would benefit me! It was a pretty cringe-y email but I got it sent off and then about a week later Ross called me to tell me I’d won! I know I’m really lucky to have gotten this opportunity because there is no way that I could afford to pay for personal training myself so I really want to make the most of it and give Ross a good case study to show off as well! I’ve taken my ‘before’ pictures… I’m not too excited about a load of people seeing them but hopefully I’ll be pleased enough with the ‘after’ ones that I won’t mind! The sessions that I’ve had so far have been good, hard and it’s embarrassing how unfit I am but I’ve enjoyed them and I’ve managed to do everything he’s planned for me, even if I’ve not be able to do it that well! Ross is really nice and encouraging which helps. I had my first session on Friday night and I was in SO much pain over the weekend, I could hardly walk! I’m excited to get fitter and stronger and hopefully 12 weeks is long enough to make quite a big difference. He has also asked me not to eat any ‘carbs’ for the first 2 weeks (I’m allowed to eat fruit and veg but not bread, rice, pasta etc.) and that’s been pretty hard because most of what I was used to eating was carbs! I do really miss them and I have had a couple of slip ups (I found a flapjack in my bag that I’d forgotten about on Monday and then I couldn’t stop thinking about it!) but I’ve been finding alternatives as well and I’ve quite enjoyed making ‘spaghetti’ out of courgettes and ‘rice’ out of cauliflower! I can’t imagine eating like this forever though! I really miss my granola and yogurt breakfast and pasta! After this week I’ll be able to introduce some carbs which is exciting! I really wish I could just eat like a normal person… I don’t really want to be obsessed with what I’m allowed or not allowed, I don’t particularly want to eat 5 small meals a day forever because it’s better for my metabolism. I just want to eat when I’m hungry and not when I’m not and be able to make healthy choices most of the time. Hopefully what I’m doing at the moment will help to ‘reset’ my eating habits so that I’ll be able to make better choices going forwards…
I’m on the phones in my new role now, it’s pretty daunting but I am enjoying it, I just wish I could have a little bit more confidence in my own decisions, I’m kind of second guessing everything at the moment but hopefully that will come with time.
Drew and Robyn’s one year anniversary of them living with me has come and gone without them even looking at places to move to, I think it’s mostly due to laziness because I don’t think that they enjoy living with me. I had a long bath on Saturday to try and help my achy muscles and Robyn was raging about how long I was taking. I could rant about all the things I hate about living with them forever but it’s kind of depressing so I’ll just say: I seriously CANNOT wait until they move out!
They’re going to London this weekend so I’m pretty excited that Paul and I will be able to spend the night at mine for Valentine’s with the flat to ourselves. Paul is making me a carb free meal of steak and veg! I’m also pretty excited about being in the flat by myself on the Saturday day whilst Paul’s at work and being able to have a good proper clean of the flat without them getting under my feet and being able to listen to my music really loud whilst I’m cleaning! Although I have a massive list of stuff that I’d like to get done this weekend and I don’t think I’m going to be able to do all of it, I just hope I’m not too achy from the PT session I’ve got on Friday evening!
I really really want to get to a point where I am writing at least once a week with what’s been going on and with the photos from that week… not sure if that’ll happen though!
It was mum’s birthday yesterday and we all went out for dinner to Prezzo, it was really lovely although it was hard watching everyone eating my favourite things whilst I had a steak and rocket salad (it was nice but not something I’s usually choose, it had balsamic vinegar as a dressing and the combo of that and the rocket was quite tangy!). Paul wrote lovely words in the card he got my mum, something along the lines of thanking her for always making him feel so welcome. He is really good with things like that, he always writes really lovely things in the cards he gets me as well! Robyn was making fun of him before we left for drafting it on his phone before writing it the card which annoyed me a bit, it’s not a bad thing that he cares about what he says! There’s a bit of a vibe between Robyn and my family lately… when I moved out I’ve always gone back for dinner every Sunday which I love and it was kind of assumed that Drew would do the same. But Robyn never wants to go and then she gives Drew a hard time if he wants to spend the evening apart. She been really nasty about my mum’s cooking, saying that everything she makes is bland and if she ever does go, she sits in the lounge by herself reading a book, which I think is so rude! Mum’s getting worried that she’s never going to see Drew because of it. Robyn’s also been really funny with Beth but I’m not really sure why, I know Beth does have quite a strong personality but she means well and she actually always been super nice to Robyn, the other weekend she drove Robyn to a discount beauty supplier which she has a card for because of being a qualified beautician and let Robyn use her card to buy a shellac machine for loads less that she would have been able to find otherwise and Beth ended up having to pay a bit towards it for her because she hadn’t brought enough money, it was only a few pounds but Robyn hasn’t offered to pay her back which I think is really bad, especially as Beth put herself out to help her in the first place (the shop is about a 20 minute drive I think). But I don’t know what Robyn’s beef with Beth is, maybe she’s just getting fed up with us all! Last night she didn’t say goodbye to any one, not even my mum, or say thank you to my dad for paying for the meal, she was just in a massive rush to get home!
But Robyn business aside it was a lovely evening, the staff there are so lovely and it was really nice to catch up with mum and Beth, it made me excited for the holiday we’re planning in August again (same bat time, same bat place!).
So that’s what’s going on with me! Hopefully I’ll be back again soon (this post is full of hopefullys!)
Xxx
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