This week on Thursday I went to see the orthopedic doctor so
that he could go over the results of my MRI and as it said in the message I got
before hand he confirmed I did have some arthritis in my hip but at the moment other
than anti-inflammatories and to lose weight there was really nothing else he
could do. And then he went on to say that he thought I would need a hip
replacement sometime in the next 5 or 10 years! But y’all would have been proud
of me I didn’t cry, I think I was in shock. He did tell me that I could still
bike and if I lost more weight that it would help with the pain. Now for the
good news - I can’t run (oh thank god for that I bloody hate running.)
I know it all seems a bit doom and gloom but it’s not… Well
besides the fact that I’m still fat, still in pain and I’ve put on about 10
pounds over the summer holidays but I see a new challenge in my future. If I
can’t do the half marathon, and I know I can’t, I’m going to challenge myself
to losing the next fifty pounds to get me to my target by next Aprils MS150 that
means my blog will go from learning to ride a bike to learning how to lose all
of this weigh and keeping it off. I think that in itself for me is a huge
challenge. Now I would like to tell you
I’ll start tomorrow but then I’d just go and pig out for the rest of the day
and that would just get me 2 more pounds to take off so I’m going to start
right now - at 12:07 pm Sunday August 5th 2012 (there I’ve said it).
Actually now is a good time since I’ve had a humungous breakfast a mere 2 hours
ago which consisted of 2 slices of bacon (turkey much to the annoyance of the
Greek Adonis), 1 fried egg, and 1½ potato scones (a Scottish delicacy) - all
that on a bread roll topped off with a dollop of ketchup. Oh god when I write
it all down like that I’m a real pig. I really shouldn’t need to eat for about a week
never mind a couple of hours and when I think about it I’ve eaten like this for
the last five week no wonder I’ve put about 10 pounds on. So from now on you
will just have to listen to me moan and grump about losing weight. I promise
I’ll try to keep it funny and I think I’ll add some recipes because I don’t
know how funny I’ll be when I’m starving.
All I can think about
now is what I’m going to have for dinner tonight. Why is it when you say you’re on a diet all
you think about is food? Do you think those Olympians are always on diets? I
saw that commercial where they are all talking about how they got to their
Olympic dreams.
“I have not eaten a
dessert in over a year”
“That book everyone is talking about - I’ve not read it”
There you go that’s why I’m fat I’ve read the books and ate
the desserts!
No, but seriously, what am I going to have for dinner
tonight?
I’m off out now to take my mind off food. I’ll add a wee
update when I get back and let you know how my first half day back on the diet
has worked and I’ll let y’all know what I had for dinner.
Ok then that went better than expected I kept myself busy
and did not eat anything till dinner and what did I have I hear you all say
well I had a small steak, potatoes and broccoli mmm nice! But what was hard was talking myself out of
drinking anything with it.
Smug Git “you want anything to drink with dinner?”
Me “No” (that was very definite)
Me “well… maybe some wine”
Me “…. No”
Me “Oh what the hell I’ll have a beer” but I did only have
one beer so that’s ok…..Right?
My plans for this week is workout every morning and follow
my points plan…….Wish me luck!
Thanks for reading I’m going to go back to writing every
week because y’all keep me motivated and I have someone to answer to.
See y’all next week.
Iz
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