My comfort zone this week? I climbed Bennachie. For those not local that's a massive, huge, ginormous mountain in Aberdeenshire. Think Ben Nevis and double it! Ok ok ok I'm exaggerating but that's what it felt like hiking up it on Wednesday. I have done it before, maybe once every few years, but I forgot how tough it is. I'm exhausted just walking to the base! I surprised myself this time though. Normally I have to stop and sit every half a dozen steps, I'm bright red and sweaty, and I'm swearing like a trooper! On Wednesday I stopped and sat down only twice, I was very red and sweaty (see evidence left) but I never swore at all!! I initially had my hair down but I was so hot it felt like I had a blanket over me. I didn't have a hair tie but I did have a poop bag, unused obviously!, and that did the trick - who knew?
It may surprise you that it wasn't the going up the mountain that pushed my comfort zone, it was the coming down. The last 3-4 meters to the summit I was kind of on my hands and knees cos there is nothing step like. Turning round to come down a) you can suddenly see how high you are b) there is nothing step like c) you can suddenly see how high up you are. I wanted to come down the way I got up, on my tummy so I couldn't see the view but I was proper scared and started to cry. Hubby wanted me to come down on my feet but I really couldn't. In the end I slid down on my arse! Never going to the top again! Ever!
The only thing that kept me going was knowing that we were staying at the hotel at the bottom! Bliss. Though my legs are still sore and stairs are a bugger!
A few people have been asking me about my weight this week. This is a weight loss blog after all I guess. So since June I have been fluctuating between 14st 2lb and 14st 4lb which is me maintaining a stone weight loss. Now I have to confess I've not weighed myself in a while - BIG MISTAKE, HUGE! (name the movie?). I do feel my face is all fat and bloated and my tummy is massive, So I think bad news awaits me. Can't weigh myself today as I'm away from home (Enchanted Forest, Pitlochry) but I will next week. I need to stop making excuses and actually do something rather than just talk about it! Here I go again on my own (name the song?).
You may not like what you see in the mirror but there is no point arguing with your reflection.
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