Tried my best...

I can't really say that I lost any weight the whole of June, though I tried my best. Today, after 25 days of pushing myself really, really hard, I lost another three pounds so now I'm  about 190 lbs - just 5-7 lbs sort of my fighting weight of 183-185 lbs. I might have lost some muscle as I have been using light weights and doing high repetitions just for strengthening my joints and muscles to avoid and prevent injuries before I add enough weight to really start putting on muscle, but I can't really complain because I'm feeling good, even today after hitting up for 45 minutes and then playing singles with a younger man. 

So it looks like things are more or less on track unless I get injured again. I'm not going to try taking any new pictures of myself until the end of the month because I think I'd like my progress to be a little more visible this time round.

June was interesting...

So I started going to the gym again and swimming regularly as well as sneaking in a few serve practice sessions against the wall. I am so glad my calf isn't aching any more after a month of slow steady physiotherapy. The weight training and swimming must have helped, too, though I don't seem to have lost more than two pounds in spite of five days a week of working out and swimming. Still, I can't complain - my jeans are slightly loose and I didn't think I'd actually be able to lose any weight at all without the running around provided by my usual tennis.

The other thing I also tried to learn to deal with was my blood sugar problem by swimming and doing the light weights with high repetitions three hours after my last meal. The way I see it, my problem with blood sugar isn't s much that it drops but that I become mentally incapable of focusing when it does. So I tried my best to work until my sugar dropped and then to do my best to learn to stay mentally focused. I don't know how well it's worked and I can't find out until I start playing tennis again after the 15th of July, but I truly hope there'll be something to show for all that!