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So it's been about 5 weeks since Spal (the wife) started her diet and gym routine after being falsely diagnosed diabetic - it was actually pre-diabetic.

She's been absolutely smashing it.

I've been smashing it too...well, a little less, and only for about 2-3 weeks.

So anyways yesterday we had our cheat day after she got her follow up blood test.
So, throughout the day...
Bought some sweet cake type things.
She bought some chocolate kingston biscuits (I mean sweet ones, like stuffed cookies) she loves.
Tried "Little Caesars" which only just made it's way here to Australia a while ago.
I bought a Big Mac meal.
I also got myself a pack of watermelon flavoured "zappo" which is I guess, kind of taffy?

It's funny the things you get used to, and how your body reacts to things.

First of all I'd like to say Little Caesers, if you compare it to the dominos and pizza huts here? Is actually great.

Appetite. Not great any more.

I had to ditch 90% of the bread on my big mac.

Can't drink soda any more. Tried Pepsi. Tried vanilla coke. Just tastes way too sweet now, and kind of makes me sick in the stomach.

Couldn't eat more than half a zappo candy.

The cakes (eclair type stuff) were nice but yeah sure tasted super sweet and wating more than a few bites was difficult.

Spal can't even eat the biscuits, and she LOVED those things.

In fact...the pizza stuff was the only thing that wasn't offputting.
Nice pizza, great Parmesan breadstick things, and I love how they give you their signature sauce for dipping...the cinnamon thing was a bit much...

Feel like absolute shit today.

So cheat days from now on will be, only one thing we "shouldn't be eating" each, and yeah, soda is out. For good.

Pretty happy about the soda thing, at the same time stupidly, I am disappointed.
I actually liked the idea of enjoying a super cold can of coke...but yeah it just doesn't do shit for me any more.
So from now on it's down to my coffee, tea, lots of water and a juice here and there.

The gym stuff is hard...I'm 37 and have been outta gym for like 2-3 years...but yknow what?

As usual most of the challenge aside from shaking off the rust etc, is psychological. When I'm there I just get on with it. Before going, it sucks.

So I've been going in the mornings before work which was another hurdle to get used to but it really shows that the body is so much more capable of change, and physical activity than the mind would have us believe.
I'm actually used to it now.

So. Feeling proud. More of Spal than of myself...
I haven't stepped on a scale since my return, but she's lost 3-4 kilos, and that's with a previously fractured back. She's so strong to stay the course and be as disciplined as she has been.

We're both feeling less bloated, more energetic, just "better", she's looking more trim and posture is improved...dunno about myself.
I'm just focusing on moving forward without any kind of aesthetics or numbers coming into play until I know the result will be more encouraging.

So yeah we're both at it again, not giving up...it's still not the best fun...but it is what it is, and we're better for it.

Picked up an air roaster/fryer yesterday. Can't wait to try it out.