16th – 22nd July 2018
I am now back from my 2 week holiday in Greece. I was going expecting to have a very relaxing time and spending some quality time with my family. It was however the total opposite of that.
The first 3 days were very relaxing but also very boring and lonely. The place we went to had a kids club and the boys very quickly made friends and took part in all the activities. There was also a cycling club there where Matt spent most of his time. So I was on my own a lot!!!
I soon realised that I would spend my whole holiday being totally bored if I didn’t join in. There were so many activities to join in with it was hard to choose so I tried a few. I did diving, windsurfing and sailing and I even got my level 1 certificate for sailing. I also had some personal training sessions.
All of these activities kept me very active. Since my operation on my arms to remove my saggy skin (which was 18 months ago) I have not done any upper body exercises. In fact I have been worried thinking I might damage something.
All of these activities have taken a whole lot of upper body strength. It has succeeded in removing any doubts that I can’t exercise my arms and I am actually coming home with bigger muscles than when I left.
With being overweight for so many years there are certain clothes I have always avoided because they are not very flattering and have a tendency of making me look bigger.
I have never really worn stripes especially if they go horizontal across my body. I have always looked awful in them. One thing I noticed on this trip is the amount of stripy clothes I have.
One day I was out and I noticed I was wearing a stripy dress with a stripy swimsuit underneath holding a stripy bag – I even had a stripy towel.
In fact I practically wore them the whole of the holiday. It must have looked like I had a stripe fetish or something. I know it’s a small thing but just the fact I subconsciously wore stripes and didn’t feel awful in them was quite a big thing for me.
Sometimes I think I am going backwards on this journey but this small thing has made me think I am still moving forward in some small way.
