Saturday

I got a sneaky run in this morning. I was determined to have a rest day, but once TMM went to work, I couldn't help myself. I just really fancied a run. So on went the Vibrams (have I mentioned that I love them?) and for the first time in months, I went out with out having KT taped. I won't make a habit of that, coz I like the security of being taped up. Not just that, but my new tape arrived the other day, so I have loads of it to use. I'm going to play it safe and keep taping up my left knee and my right foot. This tape is very pretty. I do love my green and pink combo. This time, the pink is camo!  

It's been said that the Vibram shoes are to simulate barefoot running. So I can run barefoot in the streets without the dog shit. Hmm, it was a close thing today. There seem to have been a lot of people in my area who let their canine charges use the foot path as a doggie toilet. How bloody rude! I did manage to avoid it. My shoes remain dog shit-less. 

I took myself around the coast for my run this morning. How lovely. Aren't I a lucky so and so!

I managed quite a good time. I ran just over 6k, but at the 5k mark, I was on just over thirty-five minutes. Over all, my pace was just about a seven minute kilometre. That's not too bad, given my lack of running over the past year and a half.

I was sweatier this morning than yesterday too. Due to working harder perhaps?

I think it's fair to say that my love of running is back. Like many things, I'm not going to take it for granted. But I am enjoying the fact that I ran five times this week.

I had a lovely afternoon with TMM. We went for a late lunch, which was very welcome as I hadn't eaten much after my run and shower. We had a leisurely meal. The usual fry up, which I have saved as a "meal" on mfp so I don't need to track all of the constituent parts each time.  It works out at about 900 cals. High, yes. But my main meal of the day. Even though we do it regularly (usually once a week) eating out with TMM always feels like an occasion. I just enjoy that we go out in each others company And I love that we can eat out together. I can have what I want, and count it on my tracker. Okay, I do have to be more careful than I'd be naturally, hence my weight gain, but it's totally do-able. Like I said, massive fry up with the love of my life? Love it! 

Today I did a massive wardrobe clearout. And now I have ten bin bags worth of stuff to be thrown out/given to charity shop/recycled. I also went through the bags of things that I'd cleared away a few years ago. I got rid of lots of it, but I found a few jumpers that I loved from that time, so they are in the wash as we speak. I can't wait to wear them again. I did a huge tidy up and now my wardrobe is beautiful. Even my DMs are sitting pretty.

For the first time, I think ever, since moving in to this house, all my clothes are in the one place. They are all in the bedroom. I've really streamlined them. That said, I still have too many clothes! So no shopping till I'm at target. By that stage, I will be smaller and hopefully I will need to throw more jeans and tops out. That was my criteria in this clear out. Anything too big, that looked baggy, went out. That's a lot of shit to dump, when you've been buying clothes to accommodate at least twenty-five years of your life spent over weight. Ten black bags Dude! Seriously!

I found the old pair of jeans that I keep to remind me how big I got. They are not the biggest size I ever wore.  I'm pretty sure I was growing out of size twenty-six at one point. These are an ASDA size twenty-four. It felt good to try them on. TMM had a go too. It put me in good form for my weigh in tomorrow :-)