10.5

I have just worked out why I feel so fab after a work-out. It's because my sugar is lower. I haven't done my sugar for a while. This morning it was 10.5, and yes, that is before breakfast and no, I hadn't eaten anything for about 14 hours except a cup of tea (without sugar). Shit shit shit. Back to the doctors. It does explain why I feel like I haven't slept all night, despite having had a reasonable number of hours.

I did run the woodland circuit again - 5.2km in 52 minutes - which was slow compared to the treadmill. Then again, it includes up hill and tree roots, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised.

I am quite annoyed with the whole Health Trainer programme. Ms Sabbath managed to get rid of me by simply not booking another appointment. The help was not targetted to what I need anyway, which is why it didn't work. For some god-unknown reason they think that telling me to eat a certain way makes it happen. Seriously, I KNOW WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING! I JUST CAN'T DO IT.

So, as Max predicted, I'm diabetic, with aching joints, high cholesterol and I think the last prediction he had for me was immobility followed by early death. Always good to see the sooth-sayer has it right. Can I transfer my affections to the fat-removal magician now, please?

Miserable and knackered.

Jem x

5km vs 3 miles.

The problem with metric vs imperial is that approximations don't quite work. I was dead proud of myself yesterday for managing 3 miles in 40 minutes and a few seconds. I thought "Wow! That's the quickest I've ever done it!"

Then I had a look to see if that really was 5km and Lo and Behold, no, it wasn't. It was just 4.8km. In fact it took me another 2 minutes to run all the way to 5km (3.1 miles). This is still a personal best, at 42 mins, so maybe I should still be thrilled. It just doesn't sound as good as 40 mins.

I have to say I feel GREAT the day after a workout like that. I might end up looking like a genetically modified tomato, but the next day my muscles feel loose and I'm energised. It really is quite promising. Maybe one day I will be comparably fit with the other people in my circle who do lots of sporty fitness things. Maybe one day I will lose lots of weight and actually be healthy again! Who knows? A girl can dream, can't she?

Sleep and Stress

Scientific study: Mostly things we knew already - if you get enough sleep and aren't stressed out, you lose more weight.

Read about it here.

Still Running

I ran round another 5km after work. It was all through the park so up hill, down hill, in my lady's chamber.

I was passed by several other, much faster joggers and grinned at in a disturbing way by a cyclist. I went purple, but I did it.

It took 53 minutes, which is slower than of late, but I'm blaming gradient and tree roots and leering cyclists. Off for a shower now.

New Circuit Record

A quick jog round the original circuit took just 21 minutes. I am getting faster!

Big Feet

I managed another sub-45 minute run. I did 3 miles (5km) in 44 minutes. It was a bit of a shock, actually, when I went to this new gym. It was just for one session, as I was out of town. I jumped on the treadmill, cranked it up to the usual 6-7km/hr and thought I was going to die. I couldn't cope with the pace and ended up having to settle for a 4.4 speed. It was only after the first mile that I realised the machine was set to miles not kilometers! No wonder I was suffering!

I don't seem to have gotten any lighter, but one of my favourite spare tyres seems to be missing from around my waist. I don't know where it's gone. Maybe I'm going to end up with really big feet instead.

Jogging Jem Beats Record!

I finally did it! 5km in 43 minutes - a personal best and on the same day that the doctor wrote to tell me my cholesterol is 5.4 and I should not eat fat for a year. Is 5.4 bad? I have no idea. I guess it must be if the doctor bothered writing to me about it.