About Heather





British, Mother of 3
Married
50 years old.
Overweight and hating it.
Determined to do something about it - so 2013 is the year its going to happen.

I'd like to think that I was more than a sum of those few sentences above - and in fairness to me, I am - honest! But of late it is the last 3 that seem to be the focus of all my attention, its negative and annoying.

I can pretty much bet my house that Katy is saying something similar on her page! BFF that she is, we do differ in our views as to how we want to achieve our goals. So this blog offers you a veritable smorgasbord of options - and you can pick and mix or pitch your all in with just the one of us. Whatever helps you really.

December 2010 on a trip to Dublin, I sat with my family on a Ryanair plane feeling fat and uncomfortable and determined that I would have to do something seriously about rectifying it. As luck would have it, my youngest had a Nintendo Wii for Christmas that year and I treated myself to the wii-shape
and started heaving my way around the lounge on Christmas day - I was horrified at how out of shape I was, it wasn't just the weight, it was an overall lack of being able to move it about.

2011 was the year we kept fit - My husband determined that this was the year he would run a marathon, and I, more modestly,  persevered with the wii shape, but I added in yoga, cycling and in the light of the transformation that was taking place with my husband - even began a bit of jogging come the summer - something that I absolutely hate, I have to admit - but I was starting to feel really good about myself. I was eating well, much healthier and was losing a bit of weight. My husband's proposed marathon was set for October 1st in Jersey - and as summer started to wane - my husband began his tapering regime; and I started to feel ill.

I put it down to a virus I couldn't shake, feeling dizzy, heart racing, sweating and general weakness - I was forced to ease up on exercising. By the time the other half was pounding the 26 incredibly hot miles around Jersey - I was finding myself with palpitations, extreme heat intolerance and increasing weakness. It was, I thought dismissively just an age  thing ,but it became so bad that almost as the plane touched down back in the East Midlands, I was on the phone to my doctor - please do something!!

 December 2011 and  I was diagnosed with severe thyrotoxicosis, having deteriorated badly - the real shock for me was the pervasive nature of the complaint - and I spent the whole of 2012 working with my Endo Consultant to manage my fluctuating condition - and it was disheartening to see how this had savaged my strength, how difficult even gentle exercise had become, and worse was the increase in my weight - by December 2012 I was a whole stone heavier than I had been in December 2010 when I had first decided that I had to do something serious to improve my weight.

However there was a significant difference - because there is no denying that over the last two years, there has also been the complicating factor of the looming  menopause to add to the mix. My weight increase is so much more obvious, landing heavily around my middle - a  firm ball of extra weight that is showing itself very much around my trunk and chest - its matronly, unattractive, uncomfortable  - and dangerous.

Katy and I both despairing had got in to something of routine of telling each other how bad we were, how hopeless it all was - but neither of us really felt ready to throw in the towel - we were better than this.....

.......so much for the history, 2013 is just around the corner, and I promise its going to become...... healthier, slimmer, fitter and yes, happier.

see how we do - join us in the journey.

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