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Wow, yeah, that sounds really full on. I'd like to give something like that a go - I appreciate that sticking a blindfold on for a few hours is not the same as experiencing what it's like to live as a blind person, but it sounds like it would still be a thought-provoking experience.     Yeah, it's a fair point, I shall try not to get too hopeful. It's just such an usual presentation of symptoms, I'd like to get more than contradictory guesses from different physios.     That would be great, thanks so much for the offer.   So at the moment, physio exercises are:  - single-leg, bent-leg calf raises - 1x20ish  - single-leg squats, focusing on glute engagement, straight back, knees not tracking past toes - 1x12ish   Doing that every day is easy, I mostly do them betweent sets at the gym, and as it's only 1 set of each it doesn't take long if not. The call I had with a different physio to book the MRI suggested doing them less than daily (maybe 3x per week), but doing 3-5 sets. I haven't implemented that yet; would need to find a good way to fit it in.   Unrelated, the single leg squats are definitely doing something even with low volume, because my pistol squats have improved about 500% in the last 2 months.   I also decided last weekend to try and do some ankle exercises when I've got free evenings sat on the sofa - specifically these ones from GMB: https://gmb.io/feet/ . So far I've only done them twice, but it feels like even a couple of times per week they might be useful. I've also noticed that doing the ankle circles whilst weight bearing on the ball of my foot seems to aggravate the same area of my knee as running, which is interesting.   My gym coach has got me doing eye focusing exercises, which are in theory 20 seconds 3x per day (actually doing 1-2).   In terms of general exercise, I'm in a crossfit-style gym Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri (1 hour each), and I go cycling Tues, Sat, Sun (probably 2 x 40 minutes and 1 x 90-120 minutes). I also go bouldering Wed and Sat, for anywhere between 1 and 3 hours of chilled-out climbing.

Hey all.    I am so stressed out. Ex landlord is being an absolute WANKER. trying to get 2.5k off us now. WTF. i want to put all his windows in. I hate him.    I am trying to not let it affect me too much but my head is banging.    I have 4 meetings this afternoon plus some essay work to do for someone.    I am desperate for alcohol or drugs to numb things.    But i am 10 months sober today, so i guess i should stick at it.    x

Hmm, my lists are long, but i fear that is a combination of my deluded optimism and breaking things down to the tiniest of steps so’s I can cross off more items and get that sweet dopamine hit 😂  but I picked up the listing habit from YOU sal so i fully support you getting back to list mode!   This week - lifting has been good, general activity has been great (walking, biking, dancing, water running), work productivity has been meh (largely treading water just keeping up with meetings etc while other stuff piles up ominously), and tracking food has fully fallen by the wayside.    I think I’ll focus on a smaller amount of things today, just (1) food prep so i have some high protein lunches and snacks around, (2) get as far as i can today finalizing and submitting a paper, (3) put away my laundry!! There are some other tasks too, like keep the pets alive and entertained, brush my teeth, fix dinner for me and kid 1, but I got those.      

Enjoy your time in France!!! 👍

Is it done? Is Houseguest finally gone???  

The assistance band I got for the chin ups is also useful for doing some sort of standing shoulder flies (basically pulling the band directly upwards with both hands to shoulder height, with elbows out/up - feel free to let me know the real name!) Cycled to the shop and did a walk after work. Met a friend for dinner/drinks so def over calories for that meal, but sensible in the day. Got home just before 10:30pm but obv took me a while to get ready for bed, though light was off for 11pm.   Yesterday:🍔 0pts 🏃‍♀️ 5pts 🚲 5pts 🚶‍♀️5pts 🌞 5pts 🦵 5pts ➰ 5pts 🛏️ 5pts Total: 700pts

Have a lovely holiday  

Thursday, 18 April  Fitness: I left work around 20:00, which makes it a 12 hour workday. Add walking back home and it felt like I didn't have enough time for everything I wanted to do. Which kinda pissed me off, so I smartly used that anger to actually fuel a workout. Between that, dinner and a shower, I slept like a baby and this fancy new sleep tracking app I downloaded out of sheer curiosity seems to agree. As far as the workout is concerned, I stuck to 5kg dumbbells, dropped the reps to a minimum and extended my rest time between sets from 10 to 15", which apparently allowed me to do better.  Media Production: Listened to the album of the day while at work and typed out my comments, so all I had to do after work was actually set up the video, add the music and make the IG post.

This is copy and paste from my challenge I am skimming through a diet book that I read before  "You Can't Screw This Up" by Adam Bornstein. I find it super helpful. It's very pragmatic. He has a whole list of  menu items that you can from restaurants that are good, filling, but not super high in calories.  One of the ideas he  spoke about was from James Clear (habit guru) When you are struggling with a goal a question to ask yourself is "How can I make this easy?" I  did that when , at the beginning of the week, I was worried I would fail at my diet goal. I realized that I was worried I would go over my calorie goal. So, I decided to cut my calorie goal by an amount that I thought I could do. The author, Bornstein, also talks about how it is good to step outside your comfort zone, but you don't have to leap. You can keep one foot in your comfort zone, and one foot out. When  we stretch too far in dieting, is when we tend to get burnt out. And you don't have to stay there. You can slowly up it. Applying this to my calorie goal, I can up the deficit slowly. Which makes sense. I feel like sometimes it takes a while to get in the groove.   And adding, because  after I read Harriet's post, I remembered this: One thing he suggests is a shorter time frame for diet. And then staying at maintenance for a bit and letting your body adjust to it's new set point.  I thought this was interesting since a few of us were going to try that method