Ups and Downs

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you had a great time, and to those of you who are currently snowboarding in the UK - I am insanely jealous!

I said when I started this I would blog the ups and downs, after all what plans go to the letter? I know I have not posted any weight updates (this is due to not being able to get properly hydrated so the numbers are completely messed up, see "downs" below) but tonight the overall weight is down from the first measurement I took in December. Not down by much mind you, maybe half a pound, but this is the tricky side of Christmas / New Year and I will happily take the fact that I have not ballooned! I've also updated my training totals for everything I completed in December. As I originally listed anything in December as being a bonus, I'm also pretty happy with this.

Sadly though my breathing is actually getting worse. Just before Christmas the mild-out-of-breathness I get turned into a full blown chest infection. Thankfully I had some antibiotics I could take. Now though its just generally worse, especially during / after exercise. Its not like I'm gulping for air, its just not that comfortable. It may seem silly to continue like this (and I can't really argue with that), but when I rested for 2 months my symptoms were so mild no-one thought anything was wrong. At least this way I might get their attention. And still, no one has actually told me to stop yet, so hey...

The most frustrating thing is still having no idea what is wrong. I am always tired and can sleep for 11+ hours without trying. I am really feeling the cold this year, and as I mentioned above I just cannot get hydrated, no matter how much I drink through the day. Oh, and I have definitely linked my breathlessness after eating to certain foods. This all points (in my humble opinion) to some kind of virus / infection, but then other things like my peak flow readings don't really add up with this. Like I said, I really don't know what's going on. I'm back there next week when I will offer to give as many pints are needed to have every blood test ever invented! And I could really do with this being sorted soon, I have to ride outdoors next month. Still, I have to stay hopeful.

I hope you get everything you want in 2010. I would just suggest that you don't wait for it to fall in your lap (like a lot of people seem to) - go out and make it happen instead :-)

Oh yeah, and I will really try to get better at updating this!!!!