Stand up, sit down

A crap quality of sleep last night. I had what I thought was heartburn again which kept me awake till the early hours of the morning and I think an earwig bit me on my foot.
Can't make this heartburn out, as while they were testing me for it with the bally sensor which was as long as a washing line down my throat, it didn't actually hurt that much apart from the discomfort and that bit still hurts.
Ruth said today if it could be from having the sensor down my throat and that it has roughed my throat up, but it's a wait and see time again.

I could have really done with a swim today, but the opening times at the pool were all wrong for me today, so I did the next best thing which was go for a walk at... hah got you, no not Maldon...but Heybridge Basin this time, which basically is just the other side of the river!
If I had already got my new lungs, I would have sworn that they used to belong to a sailor with this intense need of late to be either in or by the water.
It was lovely down there. I used to go there a lot with my ex husband for walks along the sea wall, but because I feel guilt ridden if I don't take my mother out, I've taken up with Maldon now as you all know all too well. Because it's easier for her to see what's going on from the comfort of the car and it's lovely there too.
I could have just sat there for hours watching the boats sailing past on the sparkly water, but as Ann spent the whole time chasing after Buster, her Staffordshire Terrier who was chasing after other dogs, the whole experience wasn't the one of calm which I was hoping for.
We decided to have lunch on the little quay by the locks and she had just got Buster settled while we were eating our jacket potatoes in the sunshine, when another pair of dog owners just had to come and sit next to us with their dog. Why next to us?
No wonder I've got bloody heartburn again!

I left Ann walking Buster up the towpath to try and tire him out and I went off to rehab to try and wear some of my frazzled nerves off.
We decided last week that I should up my exercise regime from 3mins to 3 1/2mins and then in a couple of weeks to 4mins each one, which means no rest in between each exercise.
I think I'm up to it now.
One of the other rehabers in the class is going to try the same and it was getting a little bit competitive at times today, with neither of us throwing the towel in on any of the exercises, especially the 'Sit to Stand' exercise which is a killer. It's basically exactly what it says, standing up from sitting down and doing that over and over again, say forty times over and over.
If you can, you should cross your arms across your chest so you're not pushing yourself up from the chair, but this one hurts your knees as well as draining out every bit of oxygen from you.
As we were sitting next to each other, it was a case of grind your teeth, dig in and get on with it, so you could match each other if not better each other. How sad am I!?
I have a feeling that I am going to hurt tomorrow and that is from only an extra 30seconds for each exercise.

Still this extra push of exercise is helping my diet as I've lost another 1.5lbs, making a total of 11lb off now.
It's a tremendous buzz each time they say how much you've lost each week. Two more weeks maybe and I could have lost a whole stone. I didn't think I could ever do that again unless it was through having pneumonia again!
Mother and I have our flu jab tomorrow... great I can't wait.

Lots of love Debbie x