It’s been awhile since I’ve done a monthly roundup. It’s because I was mostly focusing on the Recaps of Asian dramas. However I’ve been focusing a bit more on my physical health this year. This has led to delay in my recaps as I don’t have energy to do a workout and recap in the same day..
Which means I prioritize the workout and then the recap just floats until I have time and energy for it. On the plus side the training has been paying off as I was able to increase my VO2 Max to 31!! Previously I was only able to increase it to 28. This is actually really poor compared to other people but for me it’s a personal best.
I’ve also got my Heart Rate Variability (HRV) to increase as well and now I can usually have an HRV in the 40s. I have also lost some weight recently. I had some health issues last year that led me to gain a fair amount of weight as I couldn’t exercise as much as I wanted to.
So I have a blood condition that makes me bleed more than other women and takes at least 7 days out of month every month when I simply can’t workout. However last year, when I would workout.. I would also bleed.. and it wasn’t time for my period.. so it was like a mini period that would prevent me from working out for even more days. I also had a case of plantar fasciitis in my foot but that’s much more manageable (just need to stretch my foot).
I had to do two pelvic ultrasounds and then I was on a 15 month waitlist for the gynaecologist.
I have now seen the gynaecologist and they gave me four options. The first 2 were medications that would hopefully improve things, the third option was an IUD and the last option was surgical. I decided on surgery. So now I’m on the wait list for that which means that I will suffer until then and workout anyway because the healthier I am before surgery the better off I will be.
I’ve been mostly walking and cycling so far. In fact a lot of the pictures I’ve taken have been while I was walking around with my kitty in her bubble (which she loves). Fun fact: Canadian Geese hiss like cats.
It’s hard to get in the mind space for things like recaps when I know I’ve got medical appointments coming up.. even if they are months away. It just kind of looms overhead and drains my energy, however once it’s all done then I will feel a lot better.