My Health Journey

Time for a lifestyle change.

[clazzag]

Hey 👋

Only me again! I am feeling great, sore legs, but great. All of this walking is doing me the world of good! My mental health is tip top! All while raising money for a cancer charity. A win win! I have raised over £200 so far thanks to my lovely friends and family 🙏🏻❤️

My arthritis is playing up, but to be fair I have walked 76,661 steps in 6 days. To some people that is probably nothing, but to someone overweight with arthritis in her back and knees, believe me, this is a lot of steps and I am proud of myself!

Still no alcohol consumed this year and nutrition is good. Even with all that, I have lost no weight to relieve the pressure on my joints. I am hoping that if I keep it up some weight will shift 🤞

I hope you are all ok!

❤️✌🏻😃 🙏🏻

[clazzag]

Hi 🙋🏻‍♀️

Feeling a lot better this week. More motivated.

I have been doing a lot of cooking, dirty macaroni, chicken supreme, cheese and potato soup and carrot and coriander soup.

I have walked a lot, 26,000 steps ☺️

I have also signed up to walk 300,000 steps in March for charity, I have managed to hurt my foot though ... fingers crossed it is better by the time I have to start, not keen on the thought of playing catch up!

Decorating is finished ☺️ very pleased with it, looks quite Mediterranean 😌

Still no alcohol, skin is looking a lot better!

❤️✌🏻😃 to all 🙏🏻 xx

[clazzag]

I wasn’t going to write this week... feeling crap, miserable, eaten loads of crap and done f all. I figured though, if I look back, this journey shouldn’t be all positivity. It is hard. It is ok to not be ok sometimes. I will get back on it, I just needed a few days to wallow in my own self pity.

Tomorrow is a new day!

As always ❤️😃✌🏻 to you all 🙏🏻 xx

[clazzag]

I have walked 8 miles this weekend, 5 yesterday and because my legs are a little sore today, I managed 3. I am feeling great for it, feel like I have done something and it is true, it is fabulous for your mental health! 😃

As always ❤️😃✌🏻 to you all 🙏🏻 xx

[clazzag]

Hi everyone 🙋🏻‍♀️

I hope you’re all good! I am feeling great, a bit achy but great! Life is good 😌 I miss seeing my friends and family, but apart from things I cannot control, life is good.

I have come to terms with the fact that I will never be a size 8. That is not my body. My body is curvy and beautiful. I do know and am now doing something about my lifestyle, which will result in me loosing a few pounds, but that is not my goal. My goal is to relieve pressure on my arthritis in my back and knees.

My skin seems to be slowly healing itself. It feels nicer ☺️ the soreness has gone around my nose, it is still a bit red, but it always has been!

Still no alcohol, not really missing it, but as we aren’t going out, that’s no surprise!

Nutrition is good at the moment, carefully planning food for the week, not depriving myself so I don’t binge. Just eating in moderation. I had a takeaway tonight, but it was chicken arrabiatta and a small portion of garlic bread.

Wishing love, happiness and peace to everyone ❤️😃✌🏻 xxx

[clazzag]

Well, I think the antibiotic cream is working for my nose, my skin seems to be starting to heal thank goodness!

Not much else going on, kitchen is decorated, just awaiting some finishing touches, I will then post some pictures.

Still no alcohol, and feeling really good for it, I am not loosing whole days with hangovers and I am sure there are other health benefits.

My auntie sent me some beautiful flowers this week for helping her during lockdown ❤️ love my auntie a billion.

Not much else going on ... lockdown still.... I have planted the seed to decorate the spare room.... Steve said after the summer, but I have a feeling it will be started in the next few weeks 😉 it helps me to keep busy during lockdown for my mental health ☺️

Love happiness and peace to everyone ❤️😃✌🏻 xxx

[clazzag]

I hope you are all good.... I am good, nearly finished decorating the kitchen diner and so far it’s looking amazing!

The fish finally have a new lightbulb in their tank, they have been in darkness for nearly 2 weeks, poor poppets!

Doctors have given me some antibiotic cream for my nose, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

Life (as ever apart from lockdown) is beautiful ❤️🙏🏻 x

[clazzag]

So, I feel a lot better this week, we are being productive and are in the process of decorating the kitchen/diner. It’s looking good!

I have not been good again with my exercise this week, but I have decided to put some in the calendar to do, that usually gives me a kick up the ass to get on with it 😅

Steve really is not helping buying pizza and pies in the shopping, I have tried telling him, I will have to try again ☺️ He is the best husband in the world and I love him soooo much, but he isn’t great for my waistline! 😅

My skin although not looking that much better, is feeling a lot better. The skin round my nose has an infection, I am trying to cure it with antiseptic, but if that doesn’t work I will have to get antibiotics, but at least I know why it has been so bad.

Hair is gradually growing back out which I am pleased about, although it is going through the annoying stage.

Still no alcohol! I am not missing it, feeling much better than a few weeks ago!

Life is good at the moment, apart from the obvious lockdown, I am content ☺️

[clazzag]

Feeling pretty low today 😩 I hate feeling like this .... there is no reason, nothing wrong with my life, in fact I love my life .... I suppose being in lockdown for nearly a year is taking its toll on me. Everyone is in the same boat, I think I maybe should have gone for a walk or something today to clear my head 🤷🏻‍♀️ My own fault for wallowing instead of doing something about it, but it is sometimes hard to get the motivation to do something about it.

I have ordered some facial products that a friend has recommended... as you can see my skin still doesn’t seem to be clearing up.

I am drinking plenty of water and still no alcohol since NYE. Exercise failed a bit last week but back on it tomorrow.

We had a takeaway but I had rice instead of naan bread 🫓 and a tomato based curry, but the rest of the time I have been tracking my nutrition on MyFitnessPal so hopefully the weight should start to go down.

I am currently 17.6! Far too heavy when I have arthritis.

[clazzag]

Skin, one week on ... still looks terrible 😣 any suggestions? Especially for the soreness round my nose 👃

Feeling great in myself, all of the Christmas indulgent food has finally been finished so we are starting on clean food now.

My husband is amazed we haven’t had a takeaway this weekend! Yes, that’s how bad it was getting. Hangover = takeaway so it follows No hangover = no need for takeaway 😌

We went for a lovely long walk yesterday... some yoga or prehab later 🧘‍♀️

Hope you are all good ❤️

[clazzag]

So here is a full length for comparison later on. Things are going well exercise wise, walking, exercises set by Kelly and bike tonight 😫 much rather have a glass of wine, but I must resist!

Nutrition hasn’t been great, but now we are nearly through all of our Christmas junk I can start to eat healthier too.

Because I am working from home due to the pandemic, I am being kinder to my skin, no makeup and extra moisturiser. I can’t see a difference yet but I am sure it will pay off in the end, early days and all that 🤷🏻‍♀️.

[clazzag]

Day One - 2nd January 2021

Ok so this is me, and yes I realise I look terrible but I am trying to jump start myself into doing something. If I post to whoever is out there I feel it will give me extra incentive to keep on track. This is the first day of the rest of my life. Alcohol is making me miserable. I drank half a centimeter off a whole bottle of Cognac on New Years Eve plus 2 glasses of Prosecco, a few cans of lager and a couple of glasses of Whiskey and the day after hardly had a hangover. This is not a good place to be, I should not be able to consume so much alcohol and be fine, that is not normal. I am the biggest I have ever been, not that I am worried about my size, but for my arthritis in my knees and my back I need to get some off. My skin in terrible, blotches, creases, redness and some sort of issue round my nose.

I have decided to give up alcohol until at least April, maybe for a year. I am going to eat a lot more healthily, which means maybe a take away once a month as a payday treat, and continue with my exercise with Kelly (my personal trainer). Hopefully after a few months, maybe March, start the couch to 5 k again.

I have had enough of feeling like crap physically everyday and I am the only person who can do anything about it.

Please no nasty comments... I am not interested... this is about pushing myself and feeling better physically and mentally.

Any help, questions or encouragement gratefully received ❤️