Where do the days go - forgot I hadn't blogged so I'm going to play catch up. I do make notes throughout the month - but then promptly misplace them so have to start from scratch.
In
April the fitness campaign seems to have taken a bit of a backseat - not sure why. But in total I walked
7.34 miles, biked
15.95 miles and ran
42.04 miles.
Combining diet with the above exercise I lost a further
4 pounds.
In April I got
one new job. I have applied to a few over the last 12 months but I have a feeling they already have someone lined up for the positions. It is a grade higher which means a payrise - so more money for what appears to not be doing very much different but no doubt that will change.
Another trip to Aberdeen for the penultimate orthodontist appointment - I did manage to snap
1 very rare photo of number one son (sitting down in the childs ride on toy - with his best mate alos known as his brother by another mother!!)
I read
10 books - the biggest surprise for me was Entry Island by Peter May. Thoroughly enjoyed it and gave it
5 stars.
In
May I seriously stepped up the fitness and am feeling the benefits. I walked
19.38 miles, biked
74.96 miles and ran
30.57 miles. This is a grand total of
125 miles burning off
15989 calories.
This in turn led to me losing
2 pounds (doing more exercise can slow down your weight loss apparantly) but I did get my
2 1/2 stone award - plus shiny sticker. Only
3 1/2 pounds to get to my next target :) I also received my Silver body magic award - which you get for 6 activity sessions of 15 minutes (or 3 of 30 minutes) over 3 to 5 days and maintained for 4 weeks. Think I well exceeded it.
The increased exercise meant I could go clothes shopping and buy a new wardrobe - some things were a size smaller but a few were actually
2 sizes smaller. Happy days!!
Over the Bank Holiday weekend (we only got the
one up here in Scotland - maybe I should suggest a full compliment of Bank Holidays to Alex Salmond in exchange for my vote!) I have
1 poorly car. I have to admit it was like saying goodbye to one of my children when it was taken away on the back of a recovery truck. Thankfull it is back and in full working order.
At the start of the month myself and my friend Caron completed the
6 Harbours charity walk -
15 miles from start to finish taking in the harbours of Portsoy, Sandend, Culen, Portknockie, Findochty and Cullen. Despite the rain for the last mile (which we would have missed had we not stopped for coffee and scones!) we did enjoy it - and will be taking part again next year.
At the end of the month some dear friends of ours came up to Moray on holiday. They were our neighbours in Wales when we first got married and we have stayed in touch. It has been almost
20 years since I last saw Sandy - but it felt like just like last week. What a laugh we had. They brought their
4 legged friends with them - and when Maisie has her first litter of pups we have been told we are having the pick of the litter. But we might have some new additions sooner than that.......
Pop over and say hello to
Julie and check out everyone elses month in numbers.
