#116.21 - Ramadan

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I am doing a non religious fast. I will have breakfast of toast and dinner of seaweed gloop. I will drink tea and coffee - two cups and water. In real Ramadan you don't drink anything either. It's so strict. I'm not doing that.

But the whole point is to help with the last bit of the Steph 50.0. Well 50.33. I promised myself I would not put on any old clothes that were too tight for me previously, but I did. I put on the pink linen skirt. It was a size looser. And I put on my black Burberry polo and it fitted perfectly. And I put on my baggy jumper and it was very loose too. So it's great. I'm not putting on anything else until the end of the month. It can be dispiriting but it hasn't thus far. But I don't want to tempt it. Already the things which I CAN wear I am very happy with. I especially love the leggings and how they are now all loose too. And the stripy cardigan, that is loose as well. Yeah, it is all getting there, slowly but surely. The nice thing about my getting in shape this time round is that I'm also getting fit. The supplements are also helping to heal me. I think the no craving of meat may have to do with the iron and magnesium supplements.

I cannot quite believe that running. I think I will be able to run the entire hill by the end of this month, if not the middle of next. It was such an impossible hill when I began. What am I saying, all my life, and now here, I am running the entirety of it. It has only taken a month and a half to go from zero to 75. How is that possible? I used to spend months and months getting nowhere in East Belfast... and now... a lot has to be said for resistance training. I am killing the hill, but honestly the real miracle is the run around Belvoir Park Forest. The times there have gone down by 30 to 40%! What is that about?? I don't understand it. Essentially I am fitter than I have been for years. Even compared to ten years ago. Possibly the last time I was on the way to being this fit was 20 years ago. To find my the previous level of fitness I'd have to go back to the Track and Field team. 

I dreamt I was back somewhere... I saw someone with an RJC track and field top and I told them, hey I used to be in the RJ team as well. It was very weird.

New moon, new beginnings. Hmmmm... if Ghin does not arrive in ten minutes time I will have to go on without him. My darling baby. Well not a baby anymore now.

I am nervous, really nervous, but we'll see how things are. Whatever it is it cannot be worse than what we have been going through. It is freezing. A really cold morning. I can't seem to get warm anymore. But it is really beautiful. The sun is shining!!!! Amazing.

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