I'll light a fire in your new shoes

A month has passed since I've been on the healthier way to eating and exercising. Now that hockey season is over and Sea Rescue (NSRI) has calmed down, I can focus on myself and accomplish some goals before the year is over - which is super soon if you look at your calendars. 

I've gotten back into the jogging / running that I so enjoyed back in London. It's a time to focus, push yourself and listen to some vibing tracks. With hockey twice a week, Sea Rescue twice a week and then dinner dates with my best friends, my time out was set back. But now it's back and I get to focus on what I need: to lose weight, become fitter (sounds hilarious considering I love my sports) and well move this forward into the next year where I am to get a breast reduction (I'll get to that)

The Running Club without the breakfast

What's made the new running club is the introduction of my best friend and the return of my good friend and flatmate from London who now join me on Mondays for our Atlantic Seaboard route. We start around Putt Putt and push through to Bantry Bay and back, which is around a 7km run. Aside from being absolutely awesome for the soul with fresh air and the beauty of the ocean around you, I get to have a great laugh with my friends and we all push each other to our limits and so far we've all coped. That said, we are all on different fitness levels, different running styles, walking styles and breathing techniques. But as time goes by, we are pushing our pace, running further distances and our recovery times are getting quicker. I'm the only geek in the bunch so it's up to me to monitor the session with the RunKeeper app on my iPhone that reports back on where we are improving or need to improve. 

Lose weight now. Ask me how?

Actually don't but you're more then welcome to ask how I'm trying to conquer my London pudding sitting on my stomach. I've cut out carbs after lunchtime, which means no carbs for dinner and the inches have fallen (thanks to the running as well) in the right areas. Rookie error may have been to not weigh myself but I tend to judge it by my clothing. 

The boob job

One of the main reasons for this health kick besides the need to look better is to get the reduction. Unfortunately I'm not comfortable with my breasts and being bluntly honest; they have drooped and with the weight gain over the years, it's caused scoliosis of the spine and makes me look twice my weight due to their size. 

I remember my mom saying a few years ago, 'it's a blessing Robyn. Be grateful' but about a month ago while shopping with her and looking for the right push-up bra (yeah I needed one) for a black-tie event, she happened to peek at the state of my chest area and for the first time since I've been complaining, did she finally acknowledge the situation. That acknowledgement kind of kicked me in the gut and put me into 1st gear to get things sorted.

Due south

As I said, I'm a short and super sporty girl so besides the running and the staring along the beachfront, to wearing protective kit as a goalkeeper in hockey or looking like a red teletubbie at Sea Rescue and not being able to do certain things I have to do on the boat, has all boiled down to the breast reduction. 

I'm not ashamed or sad. It's just part of my journey and it's going to cost me a ridiculous amount but probably will do me a world of wonders. There will be some pain and timeout from the high-impact sports for about 2 months but when it's all done, I'm going to look fantastic.