Onwards

Operation over and done with, best case scenario achieved, fatty tissue!  No more procedures or operations in the near future, for the first time in four years I feel I can move on and just take things as they come.  Yes, September is just around the corner and with that comes all the usual specialist appointments but they are just routine now and I am hoping that that will be it for at least six months and hopefully twelve.

After almost a week off work I am going back tomorrow.  I know I will have to hit the ground running as I am incredibly behind with almost everything.  I am still extremely tired and at my heaviest and most unfit that I have ever been.  I need to make an all out effort to shift the weight and get moving but this won't be easy as I leave home before 7 and sometimes don't get home until nearly 7.  Enough with the excuses though, this is my health and my future so I need to start putting it first.  I have been working long hours to get through my work and I need to back off a little, if the work doesn't get done then it doesn't and that is not going to be my problem any more.  I shall do my best but that is all.

Soooo, from tomorrow I am going to eat healthy nutritious soups for lunch, for a while anyway.  I promised the oncologist I would lose weight but I am guessing that I have actually gained.  I have about a month until my appointment with her so will try my hardest to drop some of that weight before then.  I have no time (or energy) to exercise so need to sort through that.  I will take my walking shoes to work and walk during my lunch break.  As it is still dark when I return home I am going to try and get some kind of exercise routine going there.  It won't be much but better than the big amount of nothing that I do now.  OK, I have written this all down now so that means that I have to do it, doesn't it?

Pete is still not working so by rights he should be doing all the cooking but unfortunately his lack of experience and willingness doesn't match the chore at hand.  I need to take control of what I eat which means taking over at least the planning of my meals.  

Anyway I think I will make a meat loaf for later in the week and some chicken kievs and a lovely garlic beef stir fry.  These sound bad but if you have never tried the Symply Too Good To Be True recipe books then I can highly recommend them.  Now I just need to decide which soups to make for lunch.

Will let you know how I go.