Emily Rose: The Reboot

- Thanks Rob.
- I'm glad too Cate.
- We got a fantastic day today Petal and I think it's here all week. So delighted.
- I am enjoying it LaMa, thanks.

Very happy I went to the wedding celebration, it was full of love and friendship and all the good things. Feeling more connected with my main tribe once again, which is one of the things I always want, as we have such a laugh and they are really good people.

Tomorrow is day one of no alcohol and cigarettes - let's see how we go. It is so late and I have to be up for yoga in the early afternoon, and then tennis in the evening.

SG is also texting me a lot of nice messages and really wants to meet, I think we are going for dinner in a couple of weeks. There were a few cute men there tonight, but they are all paired up at this point, so parties aren't what they were. Still, I felt we're all still relatively young and attractive, so it's not all doom and gloom just yet.
 
Emilyrose said:
There were a few cute men there tonight, but they are all paired up at this point, so parties aren't what they were. Still, I felt we're all still relatively young and
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I think a good thing about getting older is that for most of us our tastes grows with us. I used to think Captain Picard was an old man... And I still do, but 1980s Picard is slowly starting to look interesting :rotflmao:
 
- Captain Picard isn't bad LaMa. ;)
- Thanks Cate.

I am suffering badly from the wedding today. Woke up feeling horrendous, with the knowledge that I had to walk to my friend's house in the blistering heat and collect my car so that I could drive to a pre-booked yoga class that I couldn't cancel. I was really feeling sorry for myself. I managed to have a shower and eat something, then started the walk to the car, but I actually ran out of time and ended up getting a taxi. It was worth every cent to get me out of that sun.

Yoga was actually a very light class, so I got through it. It was such a relief when we got to savasana though. I love the teacher, he's really calming, so I'm glad I went in the end. I'm booked in again for Wednesday.

I got home from that, went back to bed, and felt a little bit better when I had to get up an hour and a half later to go play singles tennis. We actually had a great game, even though I was so exhausted. I lost 3-6 3-6, but I think on a day when I'm not so tired and hungover, it would be a bit closer. She's a really nice person actually, I enjoyed chatting to her.

By the time tennis was over and I'd had my shower, most of the hangover was gone. I'm just feeling tired now. I'm not doing anything much this evening, might watch a bit of TV, and probably be in bed for 9. I booked tickets for me and my friend to go to the cinema next weekend, looking forward to that. I'm donating blood tomorrow, that always makes me feel good, and I feel like the week ahead will be a great one.
 
Great work getting to yoga even though you felt terrible! Just as a reminder: don't be surprised if your tennis game suffers from giving blood: it takes two weeks or so to get your red blood cell count back up to normal and until then intense exercise can be a struggle. I seem to remember no strenuous exercise at all for a day or two after visiting the vampires but I'm sure you know exactly.
 
- Thanks LaMa, I am pooped after giving it.
- Yeah, I don't know how I did it Cate. :drooling:

Really, really exhausted after giving the blood. I actually had a really good sleep last night, so work wasn't too terrible, but I am back to zero energy levels again this evening. I'm glad I did it though.

Lovely day here today, a new girl started at work today, she seems really pleasant and friendly, we had a chat at lunchtime, so that's good.

I'm just waiting for a wash to finish and then I'm probably going to go to sleep. The plan for tomorrow is work, collect some face masks for my colleague from a woman that lives near me and makes them, then tennis with Dad. I booked in yoga for Wednesday evening, club night Thursday, Friday is my night off, then Saturday is a tennis game, wax and cinema, so a busy week ahead.

Scales this morning put me at 189.8, food today was good overall, so hopefully I will see a little drop tomorrow, considering I ate a burger and chips last night, which will always push it up. That's it for now, night all.
 
It does sound like a busy week, Em but productive and enjoyable. Hopefully, your work dynamics will be better with someone new in the mix.
 
Fingers crossed the new girl will be as pleasant as she seems. Hope you slept well and got some of your energy back.
 
- I think they will Cate. So glad that other girl is gone.
- Thanks LaMa. I had a grand sleep, still a bit weary today, but I'm kind of okay again now.

I got a bit of bad news this evening. After our tennis game, my dad and I walked back to where our cars were parked, and he told me, 'I'd to drop your mother into the hospital this afternoon.' I was like, what? We've just played tennis for an hour! But anyway, she played 18 holes of golf yesterday and felt absolutely exhausted after it, and this morning she asked my dad to take her pulse, and he said that every so often, a beat would be very faint, so she asked him to bring her into A&E just in case. She was in there for 5 hours, and it turns out she has an extra beat in her heart. They said it's not serious, and she can still go out and play golf tomorrow (I'm like, really? It's over 20 degrees outside), but she's being referred to a cardiologist. What a fucking nightmare.

I think she'll be okay, she asked dad not to tell me till after our game, and she was ready to be collected by the time we had finished. Still, don't like hearing that at all. She has that atrial fibrillation thing, and they said that this extra beat could be a side effect of that, but it's a different thing. :ambivalence: I really hope she's okay. I will probably call out Friday now to see her.

Day was okay other than that, it was a scorcher here, so a bit difficult to work, but I got through it nonetheless. Tennis was fun and I wasn't too tired. Weight this morning was 189.5, tiny movement, let's keep it up.
 
That must've been such a shock! :grouphug:
A very mom thing to do though, telling your dad not to tell you until after your game :) She can't be doing that bad if she remembers about that.
 
We don’t like to tell our sons when there’s something medically wrong but do when I think they may hear it from someone else. We waited until G’s cancer was definite before telling them. No point everyone being scared.
She’ll be fine, Em. If she still wants to play golf then she must feel ok. Try not to worry :grouphug:
 
If the doc says she can play golf Em that is a good sign . Best wishes to her and you .
You sound like your having a great time right now . Hope it continues and weather too . We haven’t got it quite so warm as you . Bit dull but evenings are gorgeous.
keep you your good work .
 
- Haha, yeah, she's still all about protecting me LaMa.
- I talked to her this evening Cate and she's still not 'right' but hopefully another few days of rest will put her back on track.
- Thanks Petal. Had a good day today.

I went to yoga this evening and it was so hot and it's been so long since I've done it, my feet were sweating! I was killed. But I'm really glad I went, it felt like it shocked my body back into equilibrium, because I feel brimming with energy this evening, it's great. I got some food after yoga, ate way too much, so I decided as it was such a nice evening that I would go for a 40 minute walk so that I wouldn't be feeling sick and too full for the night. It was such a great call, my mood has lifted so much and it was just what I needed really.

Not much else to report, booked in for pilates in the morning but I'm the only one booked in, so I hope it goes ahead. I'll just do a gym workout if not. I feel the best tonight that I've felt in a while, long may it continue. I'll be keeping up the yoga, that's for damn sure.
 
Sounds like a great day! I did yoga for a while 20 years ago and loved it but never found an instructor I jibed with since. Maybe it's time to try again.
 
- I would recommend yoga to anyone LaMa. I really do think it's so beneficial.
- I actually didn't get up for it in the end Petal. I did play over 2 hours of tennis tonight in the dead heat, so I can't feel too bad about it.

Club night tonight was a challenge. Me and another of the newbies ended up in the doubles game from hell with two of the best female players in the club. It was humiliating. And the worst part is that they were trying so hard to be nice and complimentary, that by the end, I was just fed up of it. For example, one of them was saying, 'Oh my God, your rally with Rita was phenomenal, those shots were amazing, it was like watching Wimbledon.' Like, myself and Rita (other newbie) had one moderately good rally, but let's not ruin it by adding legs and tails to the thing. I was so pissed off, hahaha.

It was also a wake-up call to see how far I have to go. But, you know what, this is probably the stage in the past where I would have given up - not this time baby. I am sticking with it. It was frustrating tonight, and because I think the dynamics with the other women were so off, I started making really bad mistakes and I was just fed up by the end. There was one guy there tonight who I couldn't figure out how I knew, and then I remembered when I was leaving that I'd met him at a cinema meet-up a couple of years ago and a few of us had gone for a drink afterwards. He was great fun, but I only got to play with him for half an hour before I was dragged into playing women's doubles for the rest of the night.

In conclusion - club night is a lot better when more people show up. I'm still glad I went though. I sweated a lot, it was so hot, so that will stand to me I hope.

Petal's comment that I am being so active stood out to me, because I have finally reached the stage where I 'can't outrun a bad diet.' This amount of exercise would definitely have seen me losing in the past, but not anymore. My body has adapted. Fitbit released some stats about 'weight gain' over the last few months, but the average gain was 1-2 pounds. Not 10! I thought it would be a lot more, if I'm honest.

I'm not the only one struggling with the Covid-19 belly, there were a lot of people at the party on the weekend who had noticeably put up a bit of weight since I saw them last. Not in an awful way or anything, but you would notice it. I'm just fed up of it now cos I really feel like I am trying. :(

But, again, I will keep at it. Don't they say a change is often about to happen right before you give up? So I will keep trudging until I find a path through.
 
Emilyrose said:
Me and another of the newbies ended up in the doubles game from hell with two of the best female players in the club. It was humiliating.
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There will always be players better than you, and worse that you, that's just the way things are. Best to compare your performance to yourself, if you are getting better that's all that matters. Winning or losing a match doesn't, unless you want to go pro anyway! I think you are doing great!
Emilyrose said:
I have finally reached the stage where I 'can't outrun a bad diet.' This amount of exercise would definitely have seen me losing in the past, but not anymore.
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That happens, as is pointed out her so often your calorie intake has more impact on your weight than exercise. Exercise is great and helps, but you need a good diet. You know what that looks like!
Emilyrose said:
I'm not the only one struggling with the Covid-19 belly
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No, it is a pretty common problem. It's been a rough time for lots of folks. Now would be a good time to start getting rid of it!

2 hours of tennis is great exercise!
 
I think it's great that you're hanging in there when once you would've given up! I understand the frustration of getting compliments when things are going badly, by the way. It feels a liitle like the praise people heap on toddlers for every fart and I'm not a toddler!
 
Any thoughts for when tennis finishes for the summer Em or is there an indoor club . What about squash or is that maybe not on with covid .
Yep I have heard it called lockdown belly . It will go just make a few tweaks now .
 
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