I've had a fab holiday in the Pyrenees - 2 weeks going coast to coast from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic full of relaxing by the beach and taking in the amazing scenery of the mountains. We walked loads, stayed on a yacht and enjoyed the local speciality of tartiflette pizza (bacon, onion, potatoes and cream on pizza - what dreams are made of).
I'm still bumbling along with my Weightwatchers "Plus" approach to eating and ... it's going quite well. I've lost 11lbs since the end of May which is slow and steady, but definitely adds up as time goes by. Admittedly, I lost nearly 7lbs of that in the first month, and the losses have been slower after that (and I went up a couple of lbs after holiday) but the losses do keep coming. Which is awesome.
I've also kicked my activity up a level over the summer and as well swimming and a bit of yoga, I'm now regularly incorporating HIIT into my routine and have even started running again in the last couple of weeks. I'm not doing it to speed up weight loss, or even inch loss particularly, but because it makes me feel good, and empowered, and I've actually noticed a difference in my fitness and strength. It's taken a while to build up to it, and I think the fact I've built up to it slowly has meant things like running have actually been less painful to re-introduce.
Having said I wasn't doing it for the inch loss, that has been one of the nice side effects. My clothes are fitting better already and my weight and size are better than they were before Borneo last summer.
The house is coming along and it's slowly, slowly starting to look like a home, and one I can be proud of. I have a good contract currently with people I like and it looks set to run until sometime between the end of the year and next March which is good news.
I think, in short, life feels pretty good right now.
