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Sep. 25th, 2025 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsThe gym was offering free Personal Trainer taster sessions this month, so I did one yesterday.
I was a bit dubious before booking, wondering if they'd put a hard sell on in terms of buying sessions afterwards, but the guy didn't mention that at all. He was pretty chill and nice, though, tbh I didn't get too much out of it. He asked what I wanted to achieve, I said I was pretty confident about what I was doing cardio wise, but was just a relative beginner strength training wise, so any tips would be good.
So, he took me on a circuit of the machines he thought I should do, problem was, I do them all anyway, plus others on top, and at higher strengths than he set. It was good to get tips on form and how to correctly set up seat height etc, but really it was a session that would have been perfect when I first started, not so much now.
He did say I should make the assisted pull-up machine my goal, as I tried to do that before and failed completely. Not just the pulling up part, but actually getting onto it at all. So, new gym goal for me.
I do think a PT would be better once they knew me more and what I'm capable of, but even though I didn't get much out of it, I'm still happy with myself I booked and actually went to the appointment.
And the weight talk, I'm now officially lighter than I was at my lowest weight after my bypass. Which means the lowest weight of my adult life. Not by much, and man, the rate of losing has dropped sharply, but still. Something to celebrate.
I've an ongoing situation atm where someone is fly tipping bags of rubbish near my house. The way things are set up, you walk out of my garden gate onto the public path, on the other side of the path there's a metal fence, then a steep bank with mature trees that goes down to the dual carriageway. For ages now someone has been coming and dumping rubbish at that spot, probably because between the trees on one side and the thick ivy on my fence, it's a place that's relatively hidden from view.
At first, it wasn't much, but lately it's been multiple big black bags full of rubbish, and pee'ed on puppy pads. I've had to add signs on the gate, and my neighbours has too, saying no flying tipping, CCTV in operation, and if it doesn't stop I'm seriously considering actually getting another ring doorbell for the back of the house.
I've talked to many neighbours about it, and we're all pretty sure who's doing it, it's just getting proof. The rubbish gets reported every time, and last time the council said they'd check through it to see if there's anything identifying. Hopefully, there is, as it's just scummy behaviour.
We went to see A Big Bold Beautiful Journey at the cinema a few days ago. Coming out the cinema guy asked people if we'd liked it, I said, it was okay, another woman said, that it was interesting and yeah, that sums it up.
James is back at work today, just a four-hour shift today, then two four-hour shifts next week, then gradually increasing time as the weeks go on. I'm walking to meet him at Home Bargains at lunchtime as we need cat litter, and I'm not about to carry a sack of that home by myself. But first, a catch-up on here.
I was a bit dubious before booking, wondering if they'd put a hard sell on in terms of buying sessions afterwards, but the guy didn't mention that at all. He was pretty chill and nice, though, tbh I didn't get too much out of it. He asked what I wanted to achieve, I said I was pretty confident about what I was doing cardio wise, but was just a relative beginner strength training wise, so any tips would be good.
So, he took me on a circuit of the machines he thought I should do, problem was, I do them all anyway, plus others on top, and at higher strengths than he set. It was good to get tips on form and how to correctly set up seat height etc, but really it was a session that would have been perfect when I first started, not so much now.
He did say I should make the assisted pull-up machine my goal, as I tried to do that before and failed completely. Not just the pulling up part, but actually getting onto it at all. So, new gym goal for me.
I do think a PT would be better once they knew me more and what I'm capable of, but even though I didn't get much out of it, I'm still happy with myself I booked and actually went to the appointment.
And the weight talk, I'm now officially lighter than I was at my lowest weight after my bypass. Which means the lowest weight of my adult life. Not by much, and man, the rate of losing has dropped sharply, but still. Something to celebrate.
I've an ongoing situation atm where someone is fly tipping bags of rubbish near my house. The way things are set up, you walk out of my garden gate onto the public path, on the other side of the path there's a metal fence, then a steep bank with mature trees that goes down to the dual carriageway. For ages now someone has been coming and dumping rubbish at that spot, probably because between the trees on one side and the thick ivy on my fence, it's a place that's relatively hidden from view.
At first, it wasn't much, but lately it's been multiple big black bags full of rubbish, and pee'ed on puppy pads. I've had to add signs on the gate, and my neighbours has too, saying no flying tipping, CCTV in operation, and if it doesn't stop I'm seriously considering actually getting another ring doorbell for the back of the house.
I've talked to many neighbours about it, and we're all pretty sure who's doing it, it's just getting proof. The rubbish gets reported every time, and last time the council said they'd check through it to see if there's anything identifying. Hopefully, there is, as it's just scummy behaviour.
We went to see A Big Bold Beautiful Journey at the cinema a few days ago. Coming out the cinema guy asked people if we'd liked it, I said, it was okay, another woman said, that it was interesting and yeah, that sums it up.
James is back at work today, just a four-hour shift today, then two four-hour shifts next week, then gradually increasing time as the weeks go on. I'm walking to meet him at Home Bargains at lunchtime as we need cat litter, and I'm not about to carry a sack of that home by myself. But first, a catch-up on here.
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Date: 2025-09-25 07:34 pm (UTC)And congrats on reaching a milestone with your weight loss!
That sucks about the garbage! I hope you can prove who's doing it.
I just read the first bit of the wiki summary of the movie and I was like, what?!! o_O
I hope the return to work goes well for James.
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Date: 2025-09-25 08:38 pm (UTC)What an utter scumbag, I hope they're caught and fined and publically shamed. Why on earth would someone do something so disgusting.
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Date: 2025-09-25 10:39 pm (UTC)That does sound gross. I hope they catch the person.
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Date: 2025-09-26 02:39 pm (UTC)So gross, especially the used puppy pads, some of which were just stuffed in a carrier bag.
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Date: 2025-09-26 02:45 pm (UTC)It is disgusting, and I really don't understand the mindset of just dumping rubbish like that. The bags have gone now, and I hope they are searched and some evidence found.
I'm just glad that we've known our neighbours so long, so they've never thought it was us actually dumping the stuff, because it looks awful being so close to our house.
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Date: 2025-09-26 02:52 pm (UTC)But you're right, it would have been better if we'd had a better talk so he knew where I was at experience wise. I suspect he looked at me and thought I was still a complete newcomer, when in reality I now know the basics. But, I'm still glad I did the appointment, as I was a bit worried what a personal trainer would actually do.
Thank you!
The bags have gone, and I'm hoping they've been searched and some evidence found, for example, an address on an old letter or something. Here's hoping, anyway, as I'm getting tired of repeatedly having to report the fly tipping week after week.
The movie was just weird. And the problem was, I could have ran with the weirdness if it led to anything, but it just didn't. The doors were just there, and reliving the past didn't seem to achieve anything at all.
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Date: 2025-09-26 07:03 pm (UTC)Congrats on the weight milestone!
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Date: 2025-09-26 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-09-27 03:51 pm (UTC)Congratulations on achieving your lowest (adult) weight! That's a wonderful milestone, and I'm so proud of you for working so hard to make it happen!
Gosh, I hope they find the litterbug and that they have a hefty fine to pay!
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Date: 2025-09-28 04:54 pm (UTC)Even though you shouldn't concentrate on numbers alone it's still something to celebrate. Particularly since you're so much more fit and healthy now too!
I hate people who dump their garbage like that! Freeloading assholes who can't be bothered to take care of their own shit! Keeping everything crossed they'll manage to find and stop whoever it is that's doing it.
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Date: 2025-09-29 06:53 am (UTC)I doubt I'll ever manage to get away from giving focus to numbers on the scale, doing so is just engrained now. But it's a good feeling knowing I'm so much fitter and healthier, even if I don't totally look it yet.
Freeloading assholes who can't be bothered to take care of their own shit!
That sums it up. It's just pure laziness and causes such a mess that attracts rats. They usually dump the bags early in the week, no doubt when their own bin fills up. So, I'll be on the lookout to see if any new ones go out from tonight.
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Date: 2025-10-05 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-10-06 06:47 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2025-10-07 03:33 pm (UTC)Thank you so much!
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Date: 2025-10-07 03:34 pm (UTC)Sadly, no catching yet. Every week they leave more, every week we have to report so it's taken away.