Too long away from here!

It's been way too long since I sat down to write on here.  Never fear!  I have been baking, cooking and searching online continuously for light bulb creative moments.

As I type, it is August 2013.  My favourite month of the year.  As a teacher, I wait aaaaaaall year for a month away from the classroom to be inspired, take photos and just be me for a while.  It is always this time that makes me wonder whether I want to be in the classroom at all.  I can't say I'm overly excited about September - which is looming closer and closer!

As tradition has become, August lends itself to health.  Before I begin, I should mention that I am overweight.  Seriously in need of weight loss for my general energy and self-confidence to be boosted.  I am the heaviest I have ever been so I started off the week on a detox Juice Cleanse programme from Soul Mate Food.  It was offer on Groupon and a 5 day juice plan.  http://www.soulmatefood.com/menu.aspx#

Last week (being the first week of the month) I went to the gym 6 times in 7 days.  Yes.  6.  Now when I say the gym I actually mean the leisure centre.  I started with Zumba, as I love to dance, and found my toes cramping and sweat dripping into my eyes.  (Sorry!)  The next day I went to the gym for my induction.  I was weighed and measured.  2 strange outcomes from that were that I have one arm 2 cms bigger than the other and that I weighed 14lbs less than I did on my scales at home.  Nevertheless, I powered on through my plan.

On Wednesday, I persuaded my reluctant boyfriend to join me at the gym.  He wasn't so keen but came along anyway.  We plan to go each Weds of this month.

I've been praying to make some friends in Brighton and received a text from a new friend, Sara, who invited me to swim with her on Thursday morning before starting work.  I swam 10 lengths and was out of breath.  (No laughing - I need to get FIT!) I actually thought that Sara and I would swim slowly and chat but she powered on ahead.  So I swam 22 lengths.  22!! A miracle for me.

The lady on the right is meant to be Sara and me on the left!

On Friday I went to Body Pump, which I don't enjoy much but I hope that the sweat means more calories burned off and I begin to see some progress.

On Saturday I went to Zumba again and found that I was not as out of breath as I thought I would be.  Success!  Then I weighed myself and saw that I gained 3lbs more than when I started.  Oh poo!  I posted on Facebook my frustration only be inundated with advice to ditch the scales and measure my body toning up.  I'm booked into the gym next week to do just that. 

On to my next post.  This is boring me and I want to talk about FOOD again!!