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@Terytha we saw Free Guy on Friday night and I loved it. Hoping to get to see it again soon.

@gak71 we also have an air fryer (a Ninja one, but not the foodie because we're short on kitchen space) and honestly we use it for chips and one chicken dish. As others have said, it can be a bit irritating if you want to do multiple things in it at once; the chicken dish for example, we cook the chicken (which is effectively chicken & cornflour) then set that aside, put the chips in, then when the chips are almost done, reduce the sauce, add the cooked chicken and warm through on the hob. The chicken does stay crispy, but feels like a faff. I'm planning to find an air fryer recipe book to try more; there are a few included with Kindle Unlimited in the UK, so if I find a good one I'll share

I am having a *very* hungry day, and I'm freezing. It's still mild outside but overcast and the house is cooler. You can tell, because Kirk keeps coming to sit on my chest which he does when it's cold. Add in training this morning and insufficient sleep for several days and I am at risk of becoming a bit run down. If I can get to bed at a reasonable time tonight I think I'll be fine from tomorrow, so I'll try and guide things in the right direction today but I'm not too hung up on it if I do have too many calories. Better to have one day and recover, than to end up feeling unwell and binging sugar for a week to function as I would in the past.

We started with a meal out Friday evening and haven't had a home prepared meal since; it was just one of those weekends with a couple of really late nights and very early starts. I didn't sleep well on Friday either due to uncomfortable hip flexors after a run, then we were out from 7.30am-00.30 seeing family. As it's a minimum 1hr30 drive each way, it can be difficult to see people midweek and we end up cramming lots into a day; with having the cats, it's not easy to stay over on a whim.

My PT session this morning was interesting. C had properly analysed the gait analysis footage from last week and had identified a third area to work on; tightness in the sartorius (I think) which is one of the muscles on the inner thigh, starting at the knee and going up the inside of the leg. This is shown on video by my foot flicking out (from the knee) which is eventually likely to result in an injury. We discussed heart rate and warmups, and he showed me a warm up to do before every run. He then massaged the sartorius and I told him we weren't going to be friends - it took a lot of determination to lie there - then we revisited some of the warmup and went for a run to take new footage. We came back and went through a cool down routine (to do after every run) then reviewed the footage and there was an improvement. I know warm up and cool down is important but it's so easy to skip them, and now I have a strong reason to make sure they get done. If C can loosen off the sartorius and I can train then stretch it, the muscle should elongate and improve very quickly. We also identified that I need more lumbar flexibility (I can barely reach mid calf if sat with my legs straight in front!) but that's for another time.

Day 2 of getting back on track. Also a good day—yay!!

I have to say yesterday I think my calories were way too low. I ended the day at about 1200. I was starving when I went to bed and woke with a killer headache. I know it’s more because it was an adjustment from where I was calorie wise and cutting drastically.

So today I ate more calories. Still under total but not under 1500. More like 1700. I started the day with 15 minutes of Pilates and managed to get my steps over 8k. Hit my water goal too. Ate celery sticks while preparing dinner so I wouldn’t snack on not so low cal stuff. ( @Kali225 Yes to cotija and all kinds of cheese! 🧀)

Had a funeral to attend in the middle of the day for a friend’s mom. She was 90. She had so many amazing sayings. She also loved to garden and I have a lilac in my yard that she gave me. The funeral was a lovely tribute.

On to day 3 of being on track!! 🎉✅