Slowing calming down :)

PHEW.

It really has been a tough 2 weeks since starting placement.

I am loving my placement so far and I am starting to feel like a proper nurse :) I am growing in confidence and I have a great amount of support not only from my mentor but all the staff there :). I love every shift! However, I do have a lot of uni work to get on with as well which is due in during my placement time, so it makes everything slightly more difficult. I had a HUGE stress about my last essay that was due in for the 16th. As the weekend before it was due I had the organised Yorkshire 3 Peaks walk on Sunday 15th. By the way it was AMAZING! I completed it in 10 hours and 50mins! I met some lovely people and I learnt I am not as unfit as I thought I was :P Only fell over once so I have a nice bruise developing on my arm, but thank god it was mainly mud I fell on and not rock....

But anyway, I managed to get my essay in on time, panic aside.
Unfortunately I had to leave my bar job today as I was getting too many hours and the unpredictable shifts were stressing me out when trying to plan placement. I think that I can manage on my bursary alone, if I need to I can always spend less on food and leave slimming world (it was either that or the gym and I figured that the gym would be better use of £20 a month than slimming world).  I was almost in tears on the phone to my manager but he was very nice and understanding and I am just so happy to finally have that sorted and have more freedom with my nurse training. I am thinking of looking for some volunteering opportunities for caring as this would give me the experience I need, and I love doing it! :)

Weight loss I seem to have hit a plateau. I seem to be sticking at around 10st 6lb. I am eating more junk food, mainly due to the stress and with it been Easter not so long ago, I am still getting through my eggs! I will hopefully be back on track soon and get down to under 10st. I actually can't wait to be into single figure weight! So that's my motivation to keep going.

Here are some pictures from the 3 peaks walk... 

Half way up Pen y ghent

Top of Pen y ghent

Top of Whernside

View of Ingelborough. The Final Peak

Top of Ingelborough. Finally!

Overwhelmed nursing student

It must be one of those days. A mid-week crash. I feel like I have no time for anything so I am going to make a plan, put it on here, and darn well stick to it!! :3
Right so Placement this week is a full 37.5 hours, my part time job is 14 hours (excluding breaks).

This week I need to:

• Pick up running again and keep it regular
• Finish my 1000 word essay and start on my next 3000 word essay
• Get my lazy bum to the gym
• Meet with some old friends
• Keep up with the weight loss

Due to working a late shift tomorrow I am going to end up missing Slimming World. I'm gutted, but I WILL keep it up and I will record my weight on-line. I will be going next Thursday and will hopefully be in the low 10st range.

So tomorrow:

• Run in the morning, before my tesco delivery is due
• Get tesco delivery - put it away
• Go to the bank
• Post some evidence to Student Bursaries - because they are a pain like that
• Get to work for 12:30
• Home for 9pm and chill.

Friday:

• Get to work for 730am
• Home for 4pm
• Do some essay work
• Do some form of exercise (maybe gym on the way home??)

I really need to get more comfortable on the roads with my bike. It would make it soo much easier, and quicker to get around.

Right, I am going to run myself a nice bubble bath and read a good magazine (because I wouldn't mind if it dropped in the bath!)

Sorry for the ramblings today, however I do feel slightly more relaxed. I will update soon.

p.s to myself...I must drink more water!!!

A new challenge

As of yesterday evening I have given myself a challenge to drink at least 2L of water each day. I did the weekly food shop yesterday with the fiance and got myself a 1L bottle of water so all I need to do is drink two of them. Can't be that difficult.

So today I am on my second bottle, so doing well so far. I am really interested in seeing if 2L of water each day will actually make me feel any different. So I will keep you updated on that one!

This week my eating hasn't been soo great. Since my weigh in on Thurs I have since been to Nandos, had a takeout chicken burger and chips, more nibbles then usual thanks to my fiances' insistence to bake cookies! Oh and a little more alcohol than normal. Whoops!

But on the upside I have stared running again! On Friday I did a small 1.5 mile jog, just to make sure I didn't over do it too fast. Then on Monday I went out for a 4 mile jog with some little walks. Felt really good! My mp3 had run out of battery (hadn't charged it since the half marathon in Feb!) so ran 4 miles in the lovely sunshine, on a nice route. After a while I forgot I didn't have music, because usually I get bored and I tend to stop quicker due to focusing on the pain, but this time I managed to distract myself.

What do you think about running with or without music?

Good news!!

It was Slimming world weigh in today and...*drum roll*....


I lost 3lb! Woop! Which meant that not only did I get my stone award, I got slimmer of the week too! So I got a huge bag of fruit to take home. Saves me fruit shopping for a while! =D

I WILL start running again this week (maybe even tomorrow morning if I can motivate myself out of bed when I don't NEED to be ^_^)

Another aim for this week is to try and drink 2 litres of water each day, mainly to see if I really do feel a difference.

Uni wise, saw my personal supervisor today to get some advice on my essay writing, since I seem to be plodding on at 40% (pass mark), and I want to be 50% +. Especially since I plan to do the degree option of nursing rather than diploma. I really want to do well, all I need to do is stop waffling in my essays so I can get more relevant information in them. Video assessment next week of me assessing someone (actor). SCARED!

I think I am going to change my weight loss incentives, because I have been thinking of other tattoos and I am sure I can think of better things. They might change a few more times before I make my mind up. Because I am like that *grins*.