Have you ever had an ingrown toenail? Well I have. In fact, I do! I’ve been dealing with one for the past three weeks. It is mental sore! HOLY SHIT is it bad?! It’s such a wimpy injury to have, as well. People see me limping and say, “oh mate, what’s the matter, what happened”? To which I have to reply “oh, I have an ingrown toenail”. It makes me sound like such a bitch. Seriously, an ingrown toenail. WTF?! Why do the smallest, niggliest injuries hurt the most? Like tooth ache. Holy shit tooth ache sucks. I wouldn’t wish that shit upon my worst enemy. FUCK ALL THAT. Anyway, every ingrown toenail I get I always think that it’s gonna be the one that sees me at the doctors to get it cut out, but it never is. I have been stabbing away at this one, with a steak knife for the past 15 days or so and it is getting better. A lot of puss, a lot of red sore infected skin and a lot of Dettol antiseptic cream…. A friend of mine saw it last week and said “maybe you should go to the doctors, Lee. I think it’s gone beyond ‘steak knife’.” What does she know?! Nothing. That’s what. In fact what she doesn’t know could fill a warehouse.
Today I went to the gym for the first time in three weeks. What?! Don’t look at me like that. I had an ingrown toenail. It hurts to put it into a shoe. Well, it’s getting better now so I decided to go back to the gym. After my work out I jumped on the scales to see how I was tracking and guess what? THIS FAT MOTHERFUCKER HAS LOST 10 KG’s. I weighed in today at 153 Kilos which is 10 kilos less than I weighed 8 or 9 weeks ago! I am really proud of myself. Despite having a few boozey slip ups, well not slip ups per say. I knew what I was doing, and I don’t give a fuck. I did the funeral for a friend a couple weeks ago (in the middle of school holidays) and I got a little boozy at the wake. I also had the kids over the school holidays, so I couldn’t go to the gym. While I carried on with my healthy eating I did get a bit down on myself because I wasn’t going to the gym and thought I may have been losing progress and going backwards (due to not going to the gym). I was wrong though. I HAVE LOST 10 KILOS!! I feel incredibly positive and happy about my new weight. While I still have a lot to lose. A LOT. I am bloody chuffed to be weighing 10 kilos less. I didn’t think that I would lose this much so easily. Well it hasn’t been easy at all. It has taken a lot of will power and there have been many a meltdown…. Also, when I got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes my first thoughts were “Great!! Now I can’t do this, and this, and this, and this and basically, I’d have to give up everything that I loved doing. NOT THE CASE. What I have discovered over the past 9 weeks on my journey, is that it is all about self-management. I am in control of my body and the things that I put into it and if I am going to be putting anything that isn’t too good for me (booze, sugary treats, high carb foods) then I need to OWN it the way I own the fact that this whole situation is my fault. I need to work extra hard to burn off those things that I have indulged in. If I have a good week and eat well (and I do most of the time) then I can have some drinks or something sugary or carby on the weekend. Again, I am not drinking for the taste, I like getting boozy. Having said that, I am not drinking the amount that I was previously drinking, and I am drinking zero sugar drinks and low carb beers. That’s surely better than punching a box of reds and then a bottle of Jack in 6 mixes…. Surely. I need to be in control of this though and I feel that I am. Last week I went to the pub with the lads and had 2 pints of beer and then got a 6 pack of Woodstock Zero’s. They weren’t bad, and I did get a little boozy. I did want to punch a few more after the 6 pack was gone but my wife and I decided that I better not. HA! Yeah right. Who believes that?! I’m glad I listened to her, though (like I had a choice). I didn’t feel like shit in the morning and managed to get through the day without being a complete piece of shit. To finish, I just want to say once again how proud of myself I am. Which seems a little self-involved and arrogant, but I don’t care. I’m 10 kilos lighter and I’ll knock you out!
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Kristyn
8/2/2018 02:53:55 pm
WOW Lee. That is amazing and so inspiring. Well done keep up the great work!!!
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A-DuB
8/3/2018 10:06:37 pm
Weight loss is 8o% diet brother. Keep up that healthy eating.
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