Tuesday 31 October 2023

-13

Workout

  • Couldn't be bothered with New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible: Finished chapter 60. 10 h 4m left in the book.

Drinks

  • large white Americanos @ CITW

Weight

  • 10 st 1

Treatment

  • double laxido
  • 4 co-codamel tablets
  • 3 Nutricia Fortisips
  • 5g am/ pm Apixaban

Monday 30 October 2023

-14

 Workout 

  • a day off 

Food

  • Walnut and coffee cake @ CITW

Drinks

  • Red wine @ Canedo with Jenny

Weight 

  • 10 st

Treatment

  • CT scan of chest at Queen Mary's Roehampton
  • 4 co-codamel tablets 
  • double laxido 
  • 3 Nutricia Fortisips 
  • 5g am/pm 5g Apixaban

Sunday 29 October 2023

-14

Workout 

  • Stars not in alignment; a day off 

Food

  • Chocolate Brownie @ CITW
  • Salt & pepper squid @ Jazz Cafe

Drinks

  • 1/2 Stella @ Standard
  • Pinot Grigio @ Jazz Cafe

Weight 

  • 10 st

Treatment

  • 4 co-codamel tablets 
  • double laxido 
  • 3 Nutricia Fortisips 
  • 5g am/pm 5g Apixaban

Saturday 28 October 2023

-14

Workout

  • Couldn't be bothered with New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible: Finished chapter 59 and listened to the first 9 minutes of Chapter 60. 10 h 34m left in the book.

Drinks

  • 2 small white Americanos @ CITW

Food

  • cake @ CITW
  • vegetable samosa

Weight

  • 10 st

Treatment

  • double laxido
  • 4 co-codamel tablets
  • 3 Nutricia Fortisips
  • 5g am/ pm Apixaban

Friday 27 October 2023

-16

Workout
  • Stars not in alignment; a day off
Food
  • sushi
Weight 
  •  9 st 12 
Treatment 
  • Collected prescriptions from AP Chemist
  • 4 co-codamel tablets
  • double laxido
  • 3 Nutricia Fortisips
  • 5g am/pm 5g Apixaban

Thursday 26 October 2023

-17

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • 3 x 10 bench presses 3 x 10 preacher curls
  • 3 x 10 shoulder presses : 10kg
  • 3 x 10 standing cable crunches: 15kg, 20kg, 15kg
  • 3 x 10 chest press machine

Drinks

  • 3 Nutricia Fortisips
  • Glass of wine

Food

  • Fruit and but bar

Weight

  • 9 st 11

Treatment

  • 7 am  & 7pm 5g Apixaban
  • 11:45 GP appointment

Wednesday 25 October 2023

-16

Workout

  • a day off 

Drinks 

  • Double Laxido 
  • Americano @ Canedo

Food 

  • 3 Fortisips

Weight 

  •  9 st 12 

Treatment 

  • 5g am/pm 5g Apixaban

Gaviscon

  • peppermint oil

Tuesday 24 October 2023

-16

Workout

  • Couldn't be bothered with New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible: Chapter 58 and the first 19 minutes of Chapter 59.

Drinks

  • Double Laxido
  • small white Americano @ CITW

Food

  • brownie @ CITW
  • 3 Nutricia Fortisips

Weight

  • 9 st 12

Treatment

  • 5mg am /pm Apixaban

Monday 23 October 2023

-16

Workout

  • John visiting. Thrown a day off by life. 

Drinks 

Double Laxido 

Americano @ Canedo

2 or 3 Fortisips

Food 

  • marmite on toast

Weight 

  •  9 st 12 

Treatment 

  • 5g am/pm 5g Apixaban
  • Gaviscon

Sunday 22 October 2023

-16

Workout
  • John visiting. Thrown a day off by life. 
Drinks 
  • Double Laxido 
  • Americano @ Canedo
  • 2 or 3 Fortisips
Food 
  • Tuna melt @ Canedo
Weight 
  •  9 st 12 
Treatment 
  • 5g am/pm 5g Apixaban
  • Gaviscon

Saturday 21 October 2023

-15

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • 3 x 10 preacher curls
  • 3 x 10 shoulder presses : 10kg
  • 3 x 10 standing cable crunches: 15kg, 20kg, 15kg
  • 3 x 10 chest press machine

Drinks

  • Double Laxido
  • 220ml Ensure nutrivigor
  • white Americano @ CITW
  • Chocolate Nutricia Fortisip
  • 1/2 Stella
  • Fortisip

Food

  • chocolate cake @ CITW

Weight

  • 9 st 13

Treatment

  • 7 am  & 8pm 10g Apixaban

Friday 20 October 2023

-16

Workout

  • Couldn't be bothered with New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible to the end of Chapter  57 which is the first in part 7.

Drinks

  • Double Laxido
  • 2 small white Americanos @ CITW
  • Ensure nutrivigor

Food

  • Oreo brownie @ CITW
  • Smashed avocado bagel @ CITW
  • Chocolate Nutricia Fortisip
  • Compact Banana Nutricia Fortisip

Weight

  • 9 st 12

Treatment

  • Biopsy, 5mg Apixaban

Thursday 19 October 2023

-17

Workout

  • Just west to bed after hospital. Thrown a day off by life.

Drinks 

  • Double Laxido
  • Americano @ CITW

Food 

  • Nutella brownie @ CITW

Weight

  • 9 st 11

Treatment

  • Injection prior to biopsy

Wednesday 18 October 2023

-14

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • 3 x 10 preacher curls: no weights on heavier 'silver' bar
  • 3 x 10 bench presses 
  • 3 x 10 shoulder presses : 10kg
  • 3 x 10 standing cable crunches: 15kg, 20kg, 15kg

Drinks

  • Double Laxido
  • Large white Americano @ CITW
  • 220ml Ensure nutrivigor
  • A lager and a Guinness with Steve L

Food

  • Nutella brownie @ CITW
  • Pork and pickle snack pie

Weight

  • 10 st 0

Treatment

  • 7 am 10g Apixaban (evening cancelled as biopsy scheduled for noon Thursday)

Tuesday 17 October 2023

-16

 Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible to the end of Chapter  54.

Drinks

Food

  • salted caramel brownie @ CITW

Weight

9 s 12

Treatment

7:30 am & 6:30pm 10g Apixaban

Monday 16 October 2023

-14

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • 3 x 10 preacher curls: no weights on heavier 'silver' bar
  • 3 x 10 bench presses 
  • 3 x 10 shoulder presses : 10kg
  • 3 x 10 standing cable crunches: 15kg, 20kg, 15kg

Drinks

  • Double Laxido
  • Large white Americano @ Plum Cafe 
  • 3 Stellas (1.5 watching rugby, 1.5 with Ben, Jane & Simona)

Food

  • Chocolate brownie @ Plum Cafe
  • Sunflower and Pumpkin Seed Square Roll with Brie

Weight

  • 9 st

Treatment

  • 8 am & 9 pm 10g Apixaban

Sunday 15 October 2023

-14

Workout 
  • Woke up in time for 8:30 am 1 hour Bikram with Shona, then promptly fell back to sleep. Thrown a day off by life.
Drinks 
  • Double Laxido
  • Americano @ CITW
  • Half a Stella at the rugby
Food 
  • Kiwi fruit, mixed nut pieces, Greek yoghurt, and honey
  • Chocolate brownie @ CITW
  • Chicken and vegetable soup
  • Scottish oatcakes, brie, apple & pear chutney
Weight
  • 9 st 12
Treatment
  • 6 am 6 pm 10g Apixaban

Saturday 14 October 2023

-15

Workout
  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible. 8 minutes into Chapter  54.
Drinks
  • Double Laxido
  • 2 small white Americanos @ CITW
  • 1 Stella with Ollie in the Standard
Food
  • Muffnut 
  • Red Leicester ploughman's sarnie
  • 110g Cadbury Fruit and Nut bar 
Weight
  • 9 st 13
Treatment
  • 6 am & 6pm 10g Apixaban

Friday 13 October 2023

-16

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • 3 x 10 preacher curls: no weights on heavier 'silver' bar
  • 3 x 10 shoulder presses : 10kg
  • 3 x 10 bench presses 
  • 3 x 10 standing cable crunches: 15kg, 20kg, 15kg

Drinks

  • Double Laxido
  • Large white Americano @ CITW
  • 1 1/2 Brixton lagers with Ben in the Holden

Food

  • Red Leicester ploughman's sarnie
  • Kiwi fruit, mixed nut pieces, Greek yoghurt, and honey

Weight

  • 9 st

Treatment

  • 6 am & 6pm 10g blood thinning tablets(Apixaban).

Thursday 12 October 2023

-17

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible. I am 19 minutes into Chapter  53

Drinks

  • Double Laxido
  • 2 black Americanos @ CITW
  • Stella at the Standard

Food

  • Steak, pepper sauce, chips

Weight

  • 9 st 11

Wednesday 11 October 2023

-15

Workout

  • 6:30 am 1 hour Bikram (Raj & Shona's mods) with Aurelie Studholme.

Drinks

  • Double Laxido
  • 400g can Heinz Vegetable Soup
  • Take away coffee from the Commonwealth Café
  • Stella at the Standard

Food

Weight

  • 9 st 13

Tuesday 10 October 2023

-14

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • 3 x 10 bench presses 
  • 3 x 10 preacher curls: no weights on heavier 'silver' bar
  • 3 x 10 shoulder presses : 10kg
  • 3 x 10 standing cable crunches: 15kg, 20kg, 15kg

Drinks

Food

  • melon, pineapple  mixed nut pieces, Greek yoghurt, and honey

Weight

  • 10 st 0

Monday 9 October 2023

-14

Workout

  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible. Chapter 51 and the first twelve or so minutes of 52.
  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises

Drinks

  • yfood THIS IS FOOD
  • 1 Stella watching Arsenal v Man City
  • Gaviscon

Food

  • Fruit salad with mixed nut pieces, Greek yoghurt, and honey
  • Steak, chips, peas and red wine sauce

Weight

  • 10 st 0

Sunday 8 October 2023

-18

Workout

  • 8:30 am 1 hour Bikram with Shona(Raj & Shona's mods)

Drinks

  • Wine

Food

  • Breakfast potatoes, fried egg, black pudding

Weight

  • 9 st 10 new lightest ever

Saturday 7 October 2023

-14

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • 3 x 10 bench presses 
  • 3 x 10 preacher curls: no weights on heavier 'silver' bar
  • 3 x 10 shoulder presses : 10kg
  • 3 x 10 standing cable crunches: 15kg, 20kg, 15kg

Drinks

  • Americano @ CITW
  • Tropicana 250ml smooth orange
  • 3 lagers in the Arcola bar; 1 before the show, 2 afterwards

Food

  • Nutella Muffnut @ CITW
  • KFC Zinger burger meal (absolutely disgusting)

Weight

  • 10 st 0

Friday 6 October 2023

-15

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible. Started about 12 minutes into chapter and finished chapter 50, which is the beginning of a new part though I have forgotten the number.

Drinks

  • Americano at CITW

Food

  • Chopped banana and pear with mixed nut pieces, Greek yoghurt, and honey

Weight

  • 9 st 13

Thursday 5 October 2023

-16

Workout

  • Colonoscopy (ho-ho, very satirical in the workout section) - 1 polyp removed another larger one to be excised after the first has been analysed.

 Drinks

  • Americano (no milk) @ CITW

Food

  • Had to fast before hospital procedure

Weight

  • 9 st 12 new lightest ever

Wednesday 4 October 2023

-14

Workout

  • 6:30 am 1 hour Bikram (Raj & Shona's mods) with Aurelie Studholme.

Drinks

  • Take away coffee from the Commonwealth Café
  • Double Laxido 10:00, 13:00
  • Citrafleet 16:30

Food

  • pork, sausage, egg and mayo on white bread (low fibre, doncha know)

Weight

  • 10 st 0

Tuesday 3 October 2023

-12

Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • Recline bike for half an hour or so working up from effort level 16 to 25 in three minute segments. The Covenant of Water on Audible. About 12 minutes into chapter 49.

Drinks

  • Two Americano's with Mia at CITW
  • Double Laxido 12:30, 15:30, 18:30, 22:30

Food

  • Pain au chocolat avec Mia dans CITW
  • 110g Cadbury Dairy Milk bar (2.3g fibre)

Weight

  • 10 st 2

Monday 2 October 2023

-13

 Workout

  • New Malden Diagnostic Centre rehab exercises
  • 3 x 10 bench presses 
  • 3 x 10 shoulder presses : 10kg
  • 3 x 10 preacher curls: no weights on heavier 'silver' bar
  • 3 x 10 standing cable crunches: 15kg, 20kg, 15kg

Drinks

  • Fortijuce (200 ml Bottle) 
  • Red wine with Mia in Canedo
  • White wine with Mia in Corleone

Food

  • Marmite on white toast
  • White bread ham sandwich
  • Risotto di mare in Corleone

Weight

  • 10 st 1

Sunday 1 October 2023

-13

Workout

  • 8:30 am 1 hour Bikram with Shona Langridge: modifications are no leg twisting in Eagle; straight legged, inverted versions of Fixed-Firm, Half Tortoise and Rabbit.

Drinks

  • Fortijuce Lemon (200 ml Bottle from Starter Pack) 
  • 2 Americanos with Jenny in Canedo
  • 2 Stellas at the Standard during Spurs v Liverpool

Food

  • bowl of grapefruit, mixed nuts, honey and Greek yoghurt
  • 8 squares of Milka Toffee Wholenut

Weight

  • 10 st 1