71.5kg!!!

I have been waiting for this day for soooo long! Weigh-in this morning - 71.5kg! Woo hoo!!! It has taken me so long to see a 1 on the scales, but finally there is one. Total weight loss so far = 5.5kg. My God it has been a slow slog, but as I keep telling myself the slower the weight loss the more likely I'll keep it off.

In other good news I took Dozer for a run this morning. Crazy crazy dog. I almost never run with him because he is just too damn curious about every single thing we run past, but this morning he was the most perfectly behaved dog in the world. It may have been the early start (he likes to sleep late...) but whatever it is I hope it happened again. We did lots of hill running and for the first time since all these heart problems started I actually managed to keep my heart rate at around 180bpm going uphill and 150bpm going down the other side. The hills were very long, very slow climbs (I think it's just shy of a kilometre). Normally my heart rates would be around 200bpm going up (180bpm if I walk) and 170 - 180bpm coming down. It felt so good! So excited to start the day on such a positive note.

:)