Not done a proper weigh-in for a few weeks now, but have at least been updating with progress (or more importantly, my lack of it).
Soooooo....
Weight: 18st 6lb (given up tracking +/- these last few weeks, it's been all over the place)
Chest: 44.5" (-0.5")
Stomach: 45.5" (+1.5")
Waist: 42" (+0.5")
Collar: 17" (+0.25")
A little along the lines of what I expected. Not so great. Seems I'm not alone with tough times at the moment either, two blogers I follow (FogDog and Candi) are both in similar positions, albeit slightly differing reasons for each of us.
My problem? Just overstretched at the moment. I've got just over 1 month left of my University teaching, then term ends on April 20th. April 22nd sees the final hand-in for my Masters for this year, so that ends too. That will take away two very large sources of stress and timesinks from my life, and I can't wait. My average work day at the moment is 5/6am through till midnight/1am. It's exhausting, I'm exhausted. I can never do anything but work without a guilty, borderline panicking conscience because I know I should be working.
My sleep situation hasn't improved despite the surgery and weight loss either. I was back at my Sleep Specialist this morning and I've got a list of new tips and tricks to try, but I'm also being referred back to a medical consultant in the near future for a new sleep study.
Lately I've been waking up in the 4-6am region, no matter what time I go to bed or what time I need to be up. My office hours start at 10am though, so I've been filling the morning with working from home. My late 10am start means a late finish though, often not getting in until 7-9pm. Gym means not eating dinner until 9-10pm at the earliest, and then I'm rushing to unwind for bed at midnight. My sleep guy today pointed out that 3-4 hour gap each morning from waking up to work and stated that would be a much better time for me to exercise.
I also read another blog recently written just before New Years, and noted my propensity for his reason #2. I was doing my own gym/diet, then I spoke to one friend and tried another diet, then I did Weight Watchers, then a gym tech advised me another way, then a friend told me another thing, then I changed my Weight Watchers, then I tried another new routine..... all over the shop. I've decided I'm going back to basics and just doing things my way, which worked well back at the start. Simple food, simple exercise, and plenty of exercise at that.
One more month though, and my free time (and hopefully, energy) will increase tenfold, and I can start putting me first again.
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