Ultrasound

Today I had an ultrasound scan on my salivary glands. I thought I would write about my experience here.
We went to a hospital in London for the scan, we allowed plenty of time for delayed trains etc so arrived early.

We made our way to the waiting room and sat and waited, whilst we waited there were quite a few babies waiting to go in and the one nearest us was so cute and very young, he also pooped his nappy twice in 5 mins! And I tell you I have never heard a fart so loud as came from that baby's bottom. It made everyone laugh in the waiting room his mum included.

Anyway after a while I got called through, the room is darkened and I had to lie down with my neck extended slightly. There was a lady scanning and 2 or 3 men in there too. I felt a bit awkward just sort of staring at the ceiling trying to keep still. I know it sounds silly but whenever I try to keep still I always get twitchy and also I was concious that they were looking at me. Then I really wanted to swallow and wasn't sure whether I should as she was scanning my neck at the time. I was also surprised at how thick the gel they use is as I expected it to be a bit thinner. The scan was over pretty quick, then one of the males said it looked pretty much normal but he would have a quick scan too. He showed me one of my glands on the screen and being fascinated by medical things as I am I thought it was pretty cool. Then I got some tissue to wipe the gel off and went on my way home.

My mouth rash has been there the last few days so I tried to get a photo but again I just can't get a good enough one on my camera. I have used the steroids for the first time today so we shall see if that has any effect.

Post number 100

So this is my 100th post on this blog! Quite what I have written about for 100 posts I do not know.

When I weighed myself on Monday I had lost 2lbs :-) I did do a lot of exercise last week so I guess that made up for my not so healthy eating.

I went for a run last night despite feeling really tired because I was feeling guilty that if I waited until today I may not have been able to fit in the 3 runs I wanted to this week. So I went last night and I did really well. I am going to go for a run tomorrow night if I am back from my hospital appointment in time. Then I am thinking Saturday morning for the final run of the week. I hope my guilty conscience does this to me every time so I never miss a run.

I have been very hit and miss with eating. I had a nice nourishing lunch but then I had 2 cookies so I feel like I have ruined it. I feel a tiny bit blah at the moment about healthy eating as I don't feel very inspired about what healthy foods to have. Although cherries were half price today so I bought a box and will take half to work today and have the other half another day. I think variety is the spice of life and I often fall down by buying the same fruits several times in a row and getting bored of them.

Despite my complaining about my eating etc I am actually feeling pretty content right now.

I don't think I have a lot more to say other than here's to the next 100 posts.

Sophie Queen of the Exercise

This week I have been for 3 runs, 1 bike ride, 1 spin class and 1 hour long walk. Now I just need to keep up the exercise, I want to be going for at least 3 runs a week until after the marathon.

The problem with all these things healthy eating and exercise is sticking to them long term. My running seems to have improved which is why I am a bit more enthusiastic about going for runs.

This week I have work every day, Mon-Fri and also hospital appointment on Thursday, then the weekend off and it is my friends birthday so we are having a bbq :)

Ok I am getting rather distracted from blog writing by facebook chat. I will leave the post at this for now.

Hope you are all having a good week.

It begins again

So I haven't had a routine for exercise lately and I seem to have been hit and miss with my eating too. Today I have decided to sort it out. I am thinking that I will give up chocolate for a week (maybe a month?) ok a month, to help me focus on healthy eating, I'm the sort of person that if I give something up I stick to it if it's something I really want to do. I think this will be a good challenge for me. That does still leave plenty of unhealthy stuff for me to snack on but I think no chocolate will help greatly. What I need to do is plan.
I have already sorted what I am taking to work for my dinner this evening. I am going shopping in the day tomorrow as it is my day off and have planned what healthy thing I am going to grab for lunch. I am out for dinner tomorrow night so am going to enjoy that and not worry too much then get back to normal over the weekend. I will hopefully have the energy to go for a run tomorrow morning before shopping. I say hopefully because I have been very very tired the last couple of weeks.
Yesterday I had a hospital appointment about the problems I have been having with my mouth and throat. It was originally on Friday but was brought forward. I am pleased I went as it was useful. I don't have a definite this is what it is yet but I have some new stuff to try and am going back in 3 months. In the meantime I am to try and get a photo of it when it is bad (every time I have tried before it's been too blurrry) and to keep a diary. I do actually have a spare diary for this year as I ended up with 2 so maybe I'll just jot down each day in that how my mouth is etc.
I have a busy few weeks coming up (maybe even couple of months?!) so will have to make the effort to eat well, exercise, look after myself and of course blog more often. I really am neglectful of my blog a lot of the time.

Internet was broken but is now fixed :-)

So our internet has been broken and I have also had a crazily busy couple of weeks. Right now I am super tired and feeling very much in need of some chocolate.
I seem to have been eating lots of fruit and veg but also slightly more cakes, chocolate etc than I would like to.
This weekend my brother and his girlfriend are moving in with us until their house they are buying has all gone through so it's all hands on deck to get them moved in and sorted.
Next week we are dogsitting which means walks for us. I also need to get stuck in with my training for my next half marathon.
This week has been a bit stressful and right about now I am not going to worry overly about how much chocolate I have eaten or a lack of exercise (I have been cycling to work though). I going to try and get back on track next week. And get training for my run.

Apologies for the shortness of the post I am trying to watch tv and type and have done so much its almost like its easier to not mention any of it then to try and think about them all and get them down. Perhaps I will update on those in a few days when things aren't so hectic.

This week

I really couldn't think of a title for this post so I just went for an easy one! Monday was back to work after my holiday, I got quite a bit of work done which was satisfying. Tuesday I'm thinking right now that I did something before work but I can't for the life of me remember and am now not even sure I did do anything... Wednesday I took Maisy to the vet for her 2nd vaccination and then I made muesli muffins before work. Thursday I worked the early then went to the gym. Friday I worked the late and had my eyebrows waxed before work. Yesterday was our Uncle's 65th birthday party which was nice. My cousin commented that I looked like I'd lost weight and that I looked toned. (thanks!)
I did have 2 slices of cake at the party but they were oh so worth it! Then last night we watched the England vs USA football match. I seem to remember complaining I was bored 20mins in but by the end I was getting very into it lol!
Today I went for a run which I enjoyed. It was only for 20minutes and there was some walking involved but it was good. I need to build up to running the whole loop and then lengthen the loop. My next challenge is a half marathon in October so I am training for that at the moment. This Friday I am having some patch tests put on to test for environmental allergens, the main aim being to see whether I am still allergic to latex. I will not be able to exercise when they are on as they easily come unstuck and exercise=sweat etc. So my plan is to exercise this week in general, some running, some cycling then next week after the patches have been taken off try and get into some routine with exercise and train regularly up until the event. Of course things don't always go completely to plan.
Once all that is over I haven't really got many plans, I have a wedding this weekend to go to :-) (with my patches on!) and have been busy the last 4 weekends but after that I don't have any specific plans as yet. Which will be good in terms of training.
There is an exciting opportunity to take part in a charity bike ride that is in 2 different countries and kind off off the beaten track. I am waiting to hear back with more information. I really want to take part though, it would be the trip of a lifetime. Thats the story for another blog when I know more about what's going on with that.
I have eaten some really healthy things over the last week and had a couple of different fruits to take with yogurt to work, but I have also eaten more unhealthy food than I would have liked to. I'm hoping to have my eating a bit more under control this week as I really do not want to put on weight. I think once I get into exercising regularly again I should be seeing the number on the scales go down. I really want to get into the 11stones, the 12s seem to have lasted forever.

A fabulous week

I have had a brilliant holiday. I really enjoyed it. We got back yesterday afternoon and then last night was my friend Amy's hen do which was awesome! I have also somehow managed to lose 2lbs! Must have been all the dancing last night.

That's about it for this post as I have had very little sleep.