Day 7

Liz

I woke up around 5:25 to go to the gym and my head was banging so i thought no, stay in bed Liz, have a rest and clear your headache, so this is exactly what i did. I woke up an hour or so later feeling positive about the day ahead, my first day not working at home on my own. I was telling myself i can do this, stay strong, you've got this. I went and collected Lexi & as we are going to view the house this afternoon i thought i'd take her on her daily walk, this went ok until i suddenly felt very faint. I'd had my morning shake (banana yum! which Mike had made me bless him - thank you) and i'd drank some water before i left. Was it the heat affecting me as i'd put on my gillet? (now realise this wasn't needed!), or was i overdoing the exercise after the gym last night? as these thoughts went through my head i suddenly felt ok again. I felt strong, i felt awake and i was ready to continue on the walk. 1 minute of feeling faint and i was back to feeling more alive than i have in a long time. Very strange but need to make sure i keep an eye on this.

By 11am i hadn't drunk enough water, my bottle was still at 9am. Drink up i thought, i need to get myself back on track. Well that wasn't the best idea. My hairdresser came round to refresh the pink this morning and in the 2hrs she was here i pee'd 3 times! 3 times in 2hrs, to me this seems excessive. When will my body get used to all this water? When will i stop peeing every hour? When will i learn to be able to hold my bladder? It must be sometime soon right, this cant keep going for 8 weeks! i mean 2ltrs isn't alot of water is it? So many questions and at the moment so many unanswered. But hair refreshed (and now definately matching my water bottle!) i decided to relax with Lexi until Mike got home from work - maybe a little nap wouldnt harm! No chance!

We have vegtable curry tonight, i'm looking forward to this - can smell it cooking as i type. Now this would sound easy to make, however when your walking round sainsbury's and you have to ask a staff member if they sell turnips (as you have no idea what they even look like!) then have to research how to prepare one for cooking what sounds like an easy recipie just becomes a nightmare, lets just hope they taste nice. We will add a photo of the finished product later for you all to see.

I'm hoping Mike's moodiness wears off once hes had something to eat and a little nap as i'm not sure i can manage a whole day tomorrow in his company if he's going to be the way he has been today. Fingers crossed he gets a good nights sleep tonight!

Mike

Bad nights sleep last night. Itchy feet which i thought had stopped came back hard last night. It felt like i was constantly laying there either itching or waiting to go to the toilet again. I woke up feeling really tired but its Friday and the weekend is nearly here. My brain doesn't work properly when i am tired though and had to leave the house 3 times this morning as i kept forgetting things i needed to take with me.

Hunger isn't affecting me too badly. I genuinely feel better than i can ever remember despite the tiredness. The usual banana shake for breakfast was lovely as i was driving my son to school. Work whizzed by and then we were off to see what we hope will be our new home. Strawberry shake on the way there and another day is nearly done.

We got home and i took Lexi for a walk which normally would leave me needing to sit down for the rest of the day to recover. I was given my instructions that only a short walk was needed but once we got out we did a full loop and Lexi seemed more tired than me when we got back.

I also seem to be struggling with water intake today. Regretfully i left my water bottle in the car whilst i was in the office so lost valuable supping time. As i sit and type i am around 4 hours behind schedule on my bottles indicatior. It's going to be another long night once i have consumed the rest of the water I need to for the day. I might just sleep in the bathroom tonight. I am sure Liz won't complain.

Apparently i am moody and grumpy today according to the light of my life. She even returned my pet name for her to me. Generally when she is in a bad mood i sing artic monkeys song mardy bum to her. Today i am led to believe this has been me. I can't say i have noticed myself being more grumpy and moody than usual but i have been tired. Once i explained my tiredness Liz said she now understood why i have been such an arse all day. Those that know me will struggle to believe that i can be a grumpy and moody arse at times as it is so out of character for me but on reflection people she may have a point. I think the give away today was that i may not have been as enthusiastic as Liz was when we talked about decorating and choosing colours for our feature walls when we get in to our new home. If i'm honest even if i wasn't tired i wouldn't be breaking the bunting out over choosing paint colours. I know it's important to Liz though so i will try and be more enthusiastic moving forward on this subject.

Tomorrow morning marks one full week of living this new lifestyle and I am so glad that i have done this. I know roughly speaking what i have achieved in week one and barring a catastrophic melt down in the next few hours eating several takeaways and chocolate I am more than on track.

Carpe Diem 4L