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turpsI ended up at Moo Bears both Saturday and Sunday at the weekend. Each visit went well, and helped keep Bodhi entertained, and contained which is important. They had character mascots turn up on both days. Sonic the first day, Dougie from Hey Dougie the second. Bodes was fine for the first, she knows Sonic to look at but has no real emotional attraction to him. But Dougie is one of her favourites and she got a bit overwhelmed seeing him.
I had to laugh on the Saturday visit. Moos have some new staff members atm and they'll still learning the ropes. They'd had Dougie as the mascot on the Friday, too, but instead of putting the costume away behind the scenes had left it in the foyer. As Dougie is a rather rounded shape, it was easy to see him, apparently unskinned and balancing on his head. After a few kids asked why Dougie was there and also upside down, three staff member carried the costume through the café, trying to hide the identity with a carefully held binbag. I was highly amused watching, and bet they never forget to put the costumes away again.
Weight management class yesterday was about metabolism, and was really interesting
It was fascinating how different foods and exercise can make such a big difference to how many kilojoules your body burns, both when just existing or while being active. It all got a bit scientific, but in a good way. In questions, I asked if I would have affected my metabolism due to a long history of extreme yo yo dieting, and Rosie said yes, but it could be repaired. It'll take time, but if I keep on doing what I'm doing, it can be done.
They always share the slides and talks via email at the end of the week, and this is one I'll be reading again.
The exercise part was a lot of upper body strength work, along with the dreaded three level step. There were also squats, where if you wanted to put in extra effort, you could do the squats holding two 6kg weights. At which point, Rosie gave me the eye and said that she knew I could do those, so would expect me to do that effort. Called out by Rosie, man. I need to stop telling her what get up to.
But, a small but good thing. When I was leaving, the lady I'm friendly with asked if I was walking home or getting a lift. Well, I was walking, so we walked up together. And this is the same lady who, on one of my first classes, passed me sitting on the wall at the top of the first hill on the walk home, and I remember saying to her, I'd know I was getting fitter when I could walk up without stopping for a rest at the top. Well, I did walk up, talking all the time, and then kept walking. So yes, a small but a nice realisation.
I called into the chemist after class, and they finally had my new compression wraps, it only took nearly two months for them to arrive. So I've been wearing those today.
This morning, it was James' physio appointment at 8:30, a time we'd picked, so there was a chance to get parking, and that worked nicely. As always, I was half expecting him to be discharged from physio, but he's still not there yet. So, next appointment is in six weeks. After leaving the physio dept we headed for the hospital canteen for breakfast, and not going to lie, it was delicious. I love beans that have been stewing away, and the hospital scrambled egg is always tasty.
Then after that I went on a tour of some of the charity shops, and got more dresses in the next size down. Very nice they are too. The biggest charity shop we went to had a fabulous selection, as they've a huge shop over two floors, but strangely, they didn't have a fitting room meaning I had to take a chance on things fitting. Thankfully, three dresses did, and the one that didn't was just a touch too tight. So, for a grand total of £25 I've got seven new to me dresses.
It's been such a nice, sunny day today, it's been good to be out walking around, even if it was just to appointments and shops. Then, when I was taking the recycling out I saw the first daffodil had opened in the garden, a lovely reminder that spring really is close.
I had to laugh on the Saturday visit. Moos have some new staff members atm and they'll still learning the ropes. They'd had Dougie as the mascot on the Friday, too, but instead of putting the costume away behind the scenes had left it in the foyer. As Dougie is a rather rounded shape, it was easy to see him, apparently unskinned and balancing on his head. After a few kids asked why Dougie was there and also upside down, three staff member carried the costume through the café, trying to hide the identity with a carefully held binbag. I was highly amused watching, and bet they never forget to put the costumes away again.
Weight management class yesterday was about metabolism, and was really interesting
It was fascinating how different foods and exercise can make such a big difference to how many kilojoules your body burns, both when just existing or while being active. It all got a bit scientific, but in a good way. In questions, I asked if I would have affected my metabolism due to a long history of extreme yo yo dieting, and Rosie said yes, but it could be repaired. It'll take time, but if I keep on doing what I'm doing, it can be done.
They always share the slides and talks via email at the end of the week, and this is one I'll be reading again.
The exercise part was a lot of upper body strength work, along with the dreaded three level step. There were also squats, where if you wanted to put in extra effort, you could do the squats holding two 6kg weights. At which point, Rosie gave me the eye and said that she knew I could do those, so would expect me to do that effort. Called out by Rosie, man. I need to stop telling her what get up to.
But, a small but good thing. When I was leaving, the lady I'm friendly with asked if I was walking home or getting a lift. Well, I was walking, so we walked up together. And this is the same lady who, on one of my first classes, passed me sitting on the wall at the top of the first hill on the walk home, and I remember saying to her, I'd know I was getting fitter when I could walk up without stopping for a rest at the top. Well, I did walk up, talking all the time, and then kept walking. So yes, a small but a nice realisation.
I called into the chemist after class, and they finally had my new compression wraps, it only took nearly two months for them to arrive. So I've been wearing those today.
This morning, it was James' physio appointment at 8:30, a time we'd picked, so there was a chance to get parking, and that worked nicely. As always, I was half expecting him to be discharged from physio, but he's still not there yet. So, next appointment is in six weeks. After leaving the physio dept we headed for the hospital canteen for breakfast, and not going to lie, it was delicious. I love beans that have been stewing away, and the hospital scrambled egg is always tasty.
Then after that I went on a tour of some of the charity shops, and got more dresses in the next size down. Very nice they are too. The biggest charity shop we went to had a fabulous selection, as they've a huge shop over two floors, but strangely, they didn't have a fitting room meaning I had to take a chance on things fitting. Thankfully, three dresses did, and the one that didn't was just a touch too tight. So, for a grand total of £25 I've got seven new to me dresses.
It's been such a nice, sunny day today, it's been good to be out walking around, even if it was just to appointments and shops. Then, when I was taking the recycling out I saw the first daffodil had opened in the garden, a lovely reminder that spring really is close.
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Date: 2025-04-24 03:13 pm (UTC)I've been so lucky with my shopping lately. I especially love the huge clothes thrift shop, but try not to go too often as my wardrobe is getting a bit full.
Congrats on your hill climb!! It's so great to have a point of comparison like that. I was talking to K the other day that I think my exercise lately has increased my endurance for going out and about - not necessarily physically bc that was fine and remains fine, but mentally, it's like maybe I can go to three stores in a day and not be overwhelmed and then hibernate for 2 days?? amazing. (That being said, still do hibernate the rest of the day lololol) Also LOL ROSIE, she sounds so terrible and great giving you the eye :D
That's a fantastic result for you, too. Gold stars for us both!
Rosie is both terrible and great, she's fantastic at pushing, but in a way you don't really mind.