Hello team
Things are going good for me.
Ended up getting a trainer at the gym, do sessions 3 times a month. He helped me do various free weights and things I didn’t know about and also to work round injuries (rotator cuff tear in shoulder and severe chronic ligament damage in my knee)
Have lost weight and am lifting more weights than before, so I guess I’m getting more muscly. I didn’t do before pics or anything and kind of hard to tell. I feel like I look more trim and my clothes are definitely looser!
Interestingly, I have not had to take my painkillers for my knee for the last 6 weeks or so. I guess the weight loss and the strengthening exercises have helped.
So that is excellent – had been on them for > 10 years!
Was feeling a bit shitty – sick and depressed…. couldn’t work it out until I released I had stopped taking opiates after 10 solid years. Yeah, that’ll mess with your chemistry!
Only issue now is that as I’ve focused on gym work my endurance and cardio is down. Need to get back to doing classes and more bike rides!