I hurt....

I ache... all over... my aches have pains...

and y'know what?? I feel good about it...

Yesterday, P and I went to Self Protection course run by a couple of good friends of ours.. it was designed for martial artists so the basic 2 day course they do was compressed into a single day, so it was intense...

very intense... I was nearly in tears a few times... not because I was upset but simple the sheer peak and trough of the adrenaline generated by some of the stress exercises...

having people shouting and screaming at you when you are lying on the floor being jostled and kicked (not hard, just enough to keep moving you around) is very very scary..

The final drill involved being pinned to the floor, in possible the scariest position a woman can find herself, the assailant between her legs, with 3 others pushing and jostling and screaming at you....the sheer energy that you can summon if you can keep some level of mental awareness was scary... testified to by my "assailant" when I managed to get one leg free and kick him in the head to get free (he was wearing a padded helmet)..it gave me a little more confidence that if ever I found myself in that kind of situation , god forbid, I'd be able to DO something and not just "be the victim"....

I just hope I never need it, but I'm so glad I did it..

I've been on the rowing machine too, 2 miles each time and so far I've managed to do it faster each time..

the reason ?? I need to lose weight..simple.. I've not actually gained much since surgery (I lost nearly half a stone after we got back and was ill...I've put that back on...) but the bulk of the gain came in the months BEFORE surgery, when I damaged my ankle, couldn't exercise and was worry eating...

so...I'm around 14st 8lbs.. I would LIKE to get my BMI to under 25 (I KNOW it's a false measure, but it's a measure) and to do so would mean getting to 12st 11lbs..which is quite a lot to lose...

I want to at least get in the vicinity of 13st for the international HEMA event in July.. It's an achievable goal...but today....I rest... today.... I ache...

Current Mood: sore

More Panda fun

Pandas and squirrels (OK, they are probably chipmunks, but squirrels fit better in my mind)...cuuuuute

http://www.rubytooth.com/media/36703/

ENJOY !

I wonder what "normal" people do on Easter Sunday ?????

This is what Lil Panda and I (with a LOT of assistance from P) got up to

ENJOY

http://members.lycos.co.uk/rapier/dragon_hunt.htm

hehe....

quote of the weekend:

Lil Panda was over for her fortnightly weekend stay...she was struggling badly on a driving game she likes playing....

Quoth I , " you just need to persevere",

Quoth LP ,"If, by persevere, you mean die horriby and lose a lot, I've got it covered"

Ah.... out of the mouths of babes... (she's 9 in a couple of weeks !!)

Pretty Panda fun


http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/panda3.htm

enjoy.

Current Mood: mellow