Day 9: Walkies!

Decided to go on a nice big walk earlier. I had errands to run and needed to see my kids in their Christmas stage school demonstration, so I put on my trainers and set off on a 4 mile hike.

Now, I walk everywhere. I walk charity marathons, I walk to clear my head, elevate my mood I love to walk. But this was HARD. I can only assume that my weight loss has been mainly muscle because the hill I usually walk up several times a week was knee-shakingly difficult. Made a mental note to consume more protein even if it meant starting with the dreaded protein shakes again.

For the last 2 days I have been enjoying chocolate buttons as I can open my mouth just wide enough to post them in. I've been letting them melt slowly....mmmmmm....lovely. However, I think the chocolate sucking has dislodged a stitch or something as my mouth appears to be bleeding from somewhere. This has put me off eating as I'm worried I'll make it worse.

Swelling: Subsiding a little but my top lip feels a little bigger
Bruising: Yellow
Pain: Under control, but mouth is a little sore.
Bleeding: A few MASSIVE clots from nose, bleeding from mouth somewhere, can't tell where
Tingling: Lots on chin, starting to drive me nuts
Weight: 60kg
Mood: Good, but very tired.

I know things are improving, albeit slowly, but I'm getting impatient. This is where progress photos are helpful.

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