Proper Bow Kes!

Well yesterday went swimmingly made it to Essex in time to spend a couple of hours at the archery shop and selected limbs, riser, sight and a few other bits and bobs and a lovely rucksack to keep it all in and take it too and from the club. I'm very pleased, the riser is a bit out of date but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't make much difference and next year I'll probably upgrade. The limbs are hugely more powerful than the ones I've been using and much longer at 68" the guy worked out I'll be holding 33lbs on my fingers at my draw length which is quite a lot. I'm really looking forward to the weekend and hoping the weather holds out, I may have to put some serious consideration in to joining a club with indoor facilities, there is one in Maidstone but they didn't reply to my requests for information when I was first starting out so I'm not sure if I'm really interested.

Went down to see the cricket afterwards and met up with some friends, really enjoyed the match even though we lost albeit by a small margin.

Weight loss from yesterday was 1.5lbs not sure how this happened really as I had a pint of beer at the match but it maybe down to variation in calorific intake, sometimes if you shock your system with something new it can have a effect. Current weight is 287 which is 20st 7lbs almost a stone less than my starting weight which in less than two weeks is pretty good going I think, probably a little too fast if anything but I'm reasonably comfortable with it. Last time I did the weight loss thing I did Atkins at this stage and I was loosing slightly faster but didn't feel anywhere near as good in myself so this is working better for me and I feel fitter. I've been doing the HIIT every morning and hitting 9/10s everyday although the resistance I'm using has had to come up a few times to give really hit the highs.

No diabetes symptoms at all and the recurring infections that I was getting seem to have sorted themselves. I was noticing an issue with the skin on my face when my blood sugar was high, I seemed to be getting a rash across my nose and cheeks but this has all but stopped now. Elbow is healing well but is still uncomfortable to put down on the desk so I have a cushion underneath it all the time, hopefully it will be OK in the next couple of weeks.

Scotland next week, I'm really looking forward to it but am slightly concerned about maintaining the diet and exercise, I plan to do a lot of walking during the day and trying to eat sensibly during the day and have a few nice meals in the evenings.