Cold water swim

Weight today: 14 2

Weight loss this week: 2lbs

Total weight loss: 2st 4

I must admit I thought my weight loss would be more impressive but I'm happy that I am losing. My meal sizes are slightly bigger and I'm having 3 now - breakfast, lunch, dinner and maybe one snack in the afternoon. Energy levels are increasing and I'm walking further. All good there.

I've been on hypertension meds for a few years now and my BP has always been a bit high, except last summer when I was walking home from work, if you remember? Well, after surgery at the clinic the nurse was concerned about my reading before being discharged. She gave me IV drugs then measured me again, still very high so put something under my tongue. I got home and saw the BP nurse who advised me to see my GP. GP told me to measure at home, twice, for 7 days. That week my BP just got lower and lower. It was such a shock that I worried something was wrong with me! Doctor was happy and every day since then I've had normal readings! I just can't get used to it. So many 'greens' on my spreadsheet whoop whoop! And I noticed my heart beat getting lower too. Just realised tonight that my fitbit has a graph for HB. And indeed it has been going down. Already, just 6 weeks after the op! It's great.

In Newcastle last weekend I went for a dip in the river Tyne with my sister and daughter. It was just amazing and I loved it. Gotta start doing it more! So many benefits. And you just feel so good afterwards, if a little muddy from the bank! 

I don't know if this is a Gilly-ism or whether I'm a lot crazy but early Thursday morning I had a dream. (Yes I am going to share an abridged synopsis). A couple got together after his brother died. They fell madly in love, very passionate and intense. He was on leave from the army and not in a good place. Her parents insisted she go to uni. At this point my daughter (who was watching this 'movie' with me) said we needed to wait 4 years to find out what happens. But like all good movies/dreams 4 years past in an instant. The boy came back and they were still madly in love. The boy wanted to go off into the sunset but the girl wasn't sure. (I must have realised I was dreaming because I remember really wanting them to stay together and figured I had the control to make it happen, as it was a dream). They got on the bus but she changed her mind and got off. And I just know that he left alone! (So apparently I can't control the endings of my own dreams). Anyway, I woke up absolutely sobbing! I knew I was being silly, they weren't real people, but I was completely bereft! I had to find my husband to tell him what happened, crying so hard all the way. Luckily he's quite used to me so wasn't very surprised. Anyway, it was just a dream! But oh my! Should I be worried? Nah, I'm just Gilly! 

Starting tomorrow, no matter what life throws at me, I'm ducking so that it hits someone else!