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I arrive at Monday's PT session, full of aches, pains and stiffness after yesterday's busy morning of pole dancing. You may remember how only a couple of weeks ago my PT tried to crush me to death. Well, he didn't quite succeed on that occasion.
I survived.
So today he's having another go.
Lisa
The leg crushing machine
I'm back on the leg crushing machine again, this time with 90 kilos of weight.
"You're really going to struggle when you cycle back home today!" he says (and there's way too much glee in his voice when he says this).
"I want to go home!" I moan, after the leg machine. "I've had enough already!"
He laughs in delight.
The arm destroying machine
I'm also made to go on the arm destroying machine in this session. I've never really been too sure of the point of this machine...
Me, on the arm destroying machine...
My PT counts down as I'm spinning my arms around on the arm destroying machine.
"Five, four, three...two, two, TWO, TWOOOOO..." he shouts.
He's doing the 'stuck on one number" thing again. I hate it when he gets stuck on a number - I think he enjoys it though!
"Aaaaaaarggh!" I eventually scream out in frustration.
Again, he seems to be delighted at my frustration.
Again, I complain that he seems to be trying to kill me today.
The sadist personal trainer
He tells me that the whole point of the sessions is that they have to keep getting harder, and that I have to always be struggling and feeling the pain...
My friends keep telling me that my PT sounds like a sadist...and I have to say, I'm inclined to agree...
Me, on the arm destroying machine again.
The ball slamming exercise
The session finishes with a ball slamming exercise, which is actually really fun - there's something quite cathartic about slamming a ball really hard, down into the ground!
I could have worked harder, apparently...
The next day I get a WhatsApp message from my PT.
"Hi Lisa, how are you feeling after yesterday. Legs ok? 🤔"
"A little achy. I didn't die when cycling home though - sorry to disappoint you!"
"Well that means despite the complaints, you could have worked harder Lisa!!! 😂"
So it seems that I do have to actually die before my PT will consider that I've worked hard enough. I'm not quite sure how I feel about that...
I'm growing like a tree
After Friday's PT session, the final session of the week, I receive one more WhatsApp message from my PT.
"Well done today, Lisa. You're growing!"
I'm not sure what he means by that exactly. It seems a bit of a strange thing to say - it makes me sound like I'm a flower, or a tree! I don't think he meant that I'm a flower or a tree though - I guess he probably means I'm finally starting to get a bit more muscly and strong!
Maybe that means I'm getting a little closer to being able to do that pull-up that I so desire to be able to do...
Lisa
Weekly food diary
This week I have been eating...
Monday
Breakfast: Two Weetabix with oat milk. One cup of black coffee.
Snack: None today.
Lunch: Two poached eggs, on brown buttered toast, with spinach. A Mindful Chef smoothie.
Snack: Two cups of tea, each with a dash of oat milk.
Dinner: Mindful Chef's sweet and sour sticky tofu, rainbow chard and rice.
Snack: A small bowl of muesli with oat milk.
Tuesday
Breakfast: Two poached eggs on brown buttered toast. Two or three cups of black coffee throughout the morning.
Snack: None today.
Lunch: A Mindful Chef smoothie.
Snack: Two cups of tea, each with a dash of oat milk.
Dinner: Mindful Chef's speedy black garlic and tomato chicken with polenta.
Snack: A small bowl of muesli with oat milk.
Wednesday
Breakfast: Two Weetabix with oat milk. Two or three cups of black coffee throughout the morning.
Snack: None today.
Lunch: Two boiled eggs with brown, buttered bread. A Mindful Chef smoothie.
Snack: Two cups of tea, each with a dash of oat milk.
Dinner: Mindful Chef's speedy black garlic and tomato chicken with polenta.
Snack: A small bowl of muesli with oat milk.
Thursday
Breakfast: Two Weetabix with oat milk. Two or three cups of black coffee throughout the morning.
Snack: A cake from my favourite local bakery - My Loaf.
Lunch: Three scrambled eggs with brown, buttered bread. A Mindful Chef smoothie.
Snack: Two cups of tea, each with a dash of oat milk.
Dinner: Mindful Chef's black bean burger with sweet potato fries.
Snack: A small bowl of muesli with oat milk.
Friday
Breakfast: Two Weetabix with oat milk. One cup of black coffee.
Snack: None today.
Lunch: Two boiled eggs, some spinach and a piece of buttered brown bread. A Mindful Chef smoothie.
Snack: Two cups of tea, each with a dash of oat milk. A banana.
Dinner: Mindful Chef's black bean burger with sweet potato fries.
Snack: A small bowl of muesli with oat milk.
Saturday
Breakfast: Two pieces of brown, buttered toast, with marmite. Two or three cups of black coffee throughout the morning.
Snack: None today.
Lunch: Mindful Chef's speedy Moroccan lentil spinach stew with rice.
Snack: Two cups of tea, each with a dash of oat milk.
Dinner: Mindful Chef's Moroccan salmon, pomegranate and chickpeas.
Snack: A small bowl of muesli with oat milk.
Sunday
Breakfast: Two Weetabix with oat milk. One cup of black coffee.
Snack: None today.
Lunch: Mindful Chef's speedy Moroccan lentil spinach stew with rice.
Snack: Two cups of tea, each with a dash of oat milk.
Dinner: Mindful Chef's Moroccan salmon, pomegranate and chickpeas.
Snack: A small bowl of muesli with oat milk.
1. Black bean burger with sweet potato fries 2. Speedy black garlic & tomato chicken with polenta 3. Speedy Moroccan lentil spinach stew with rice 4. Moroccan salmon, pomegranate & chickpeas
Up next: my weight loss journey week 42
Lisa
