.. is just to love and be loved in return.
Moulin Rouge. One of my all-time favourite films.
Last night I told Dave I loved him, on our 10 month anniversary, for the very first time. I put my big-girl pants on, and said it, without fear of him not saying it back. I didn't expect him to, in fact I didn't even expect him to answer. But then he did. He told me he loved me too - straight away, no hesitation.
I went to sleep with a smile on my face and woke up with the same grin. I've been beaming all day.
In other news, it's been quite a while since I posted. Not much has happened in the last few weeks... but at the same time a lot has happened!
Weight loss wise, there has been no movement on the scale - up or down. I suppose that's a good thing, but it is so frustrating. I've spent at least 3 days a week at the gym, I've upped my strength training to include heavier weights and bodyweight exercises. My food has let me down. I've got into the habit of eating in the car - and when I have to commute back to the East I spend at least 2 hours in the car that night (twice a week at the moment) and I want to eat the whole time. And I have been. This needs to stop.
Tonight, I got home at around 8:30, and decided I'd just walk around the court that we live in. I set a target of 10 times, and when I checked my watch it had been 15 minutes and I'd only done 5 laps. I decided to go a smidge faster and try to get 2 minutes per lap - which I did, and then I just walked and walked until an hour had passed. I think I did 30 laps, but I'm not sure cos I stopped counting after the first ten (ran out of fingers and then got lost in the music). I was up to 6,000 steps on my fitbit when I started, and ended on 12,500.
My fitbit is inspiring me to keep moving. A couple of mundane tasks got taken off me at work, and sadly these were the tasks that got me up and moving away from my desk. Unless I really make the effort, I could sit there for 8 hours and not move. Dangerous. The site's default is 10,000 steps a day as a target, and I'm really trying to get my 7-day average above the 10,000. On the weekends, I hardly move at all. It's really eye-opening! I need to get more incidental exercise into my day, and I've decided I'm going to make a point of taking my 15 minute breaks in the morning and the afternoon. I don't usually take them, but I'm entitled to them, so I'm going to make a point of taking that time for ME to go for a walk, or go up and down stairs. if nothing else, it'll be some extra steps that I don't have to do when I get home from work.
Target for the week: 70,000 steps. My average at the moment is 50-60,000. The week starts on Sunday, so I'm playing catch-up from the get-go as I do nothing most Sundays. This means I'm committing to at least 10,000 steps each workday. It also means that if I don't get to the gym in the mornings, or walk around the carpark if Dave and I go together and I get to work early, then I need to do 'courtlaps' when I get home to make the steps up. NO EXCUSES.
I'm enjoying walking, and it needs to become part of my normal daily routine. At least 1 hour each day. And then I need to work on weekends... less couch time, more walk time.
