Once again, it's a few weeks since I've blogged. Life is always so busy, and that's with me only working occasionally. Preparing food from scratch, studying, being a housewife, mother etc is keeping me busy.
Last night was the first night at the gym in about two weeks. Last week I was busy completing an assignment due for my OU course, along with hubby being away for 3 days on a course. The day after completing the assignment I started to get a headache which lingered all day Friday, and then bedded me over the weekend! Monday I was back up and about, but definately weaker. I admit that with not feeling well I was craving some chocolate, so indulged a little. I was also a little nauseous, so unable to eat a full meal. Don't know how that has affected the weight loss so far, but my tum feels bigger.
I've not been along to weigh in for about 3 weeks. The first Tuesday I was working, the second husband was away and Isla wasn't feeling well, and this Tuesday Isla had her check-up at oncology clinic. I weighed myself at home last week, so have an estimate of how last week's weight was, but this week I'm avoiding scales as I feel heavier! I wasn't good eating on clinic check-up day either. Had chips with lunch, chocolate on train home and 3 glasses wine in the evening. OOOOOOPS! Back to the diet Wednesday again, and gym last night, so we're back on track. So pleased I haven't lost any strength in the gym, and not sure about my fitness as daughter number 2 had enough and wanted to go home, she allowed me another ten minutes after she finished!
Despite the last week not being great due to being ill and the stress of hospital visit, before that and again now, I'm still motivated. I've lost over a stone, under a certain stone mark, a few pounds away from my 10% target and lots of goals that I set up are approaching.
Isla's eating is better, she has an interest in food and is eating lots of fruit and veg, and is willing to try food for stars. She also enjoys making soup and baking, and will try food that she has made. We're so pleased with her interest in food. We want her to eat healthy in the hope that it helps to repair the damage to her liver. She has been given until scans due end November to show some repair to her liver, before they investigate once again to see what the outcome long-term will be. Currently her liver functions normally (we're told) and she doesn't need medication, but we don't know what will happen in the future.
Isla had an ultrasound on Tuesday of her abdomen to look at her liver and spleen, and her kidneys to check how the liver is and for any visible signs of neuroblastoma. Luckily there are no signs of tumours in her abdomen, but her liver and spleen are the same as they've been for last year and a half. Her spleen shrunk a little from the size it was when she was really ill near the beginning of treatment, but not back to the size it should be. It's been that size for 2 years now. I also thought her liver looked bigger on the ultrasound, but it might just be that the radiologist was using a different probe or view on the screen? We'll know more when the mri/mibg is performed in 3 months time.
I have a 40th birthday party at the weekend, but hoping not to over indulge. I want to get fit and be slimmer. I'm pleased with how I've done so far this year. In total I've lost 11cms from my hips, 8cm from my waist, 6 cm from my bust, one dress size and 19lbs. I'm still not the weight I was after I had Isla though. Once I've got my 10% weight loss goal, that's my next target, and then down to weight I was when Isla was 5 months old and she was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. I will feel so much better to be rid of the weight gained since she was diagnosed, it will mean so much.
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