Can't begin to thank everyone enough for all the lovely comments on you tube and the emails of support. It has been a year or so now since I started on the road to fitness and after a bump in the proverbial road of life, I am now about to get back on track - so I thought it a good idea to do a quick update.
My motivation for Freeletics became that of a charity photo-shoot to appear in a fieldsport's calendar,
Quite a few people have asked if I kept doing Freeletics or tried anything else. I'll be quite frank, I slipped back into finding every excuse not to. Everything always seems worse when you are in the thick of it. My relationship of 4 years hit the rocks last year which was a tough decision for us, after Christmas business became unbelievably busy and before I knew it I had slipped back into working late, waking up tired and battling through a day full of distractions at work. Meals would get missed, I'd take endless calls, trying to do everything at once to satisfy everyone else and all the time neglecting the one thing in life that needed to be taken care of first, me.
December was the peak of my stress, I had virtually stopped doing any exercise and from late December up to present day I suffered bouts of cold, two chest infections and in May I began to black out for no apparent reason, the last time was at my best friend's stag party - just one hour into the night I felt cold and sweaty and then passed out with little warning. Even work started to suffer as I felt sleepy half way through the day.
After numerous tests at the doctors and an ambulance it was pointed out that I had suddenly stopped exercising, eating unhealthy foods and most importantly, not drinking enough water. So the following month has been a one of drinking plenty of water, attempting to watch what I eat and finishing the antibiotics for the last chest infection. The doctors say I have an issue with my liver but the readings aren't very high. I have tried a couple of exercises and felt better but with the wheezing of the chest infection it wasn't the easiest.
I've struggled getting back to Freeletics because I thought I had no motivation and every time I logged onto the coach I'd see that I was on hell days and I would switch the app off and do some work instead.
Life has changed massively just lately, the doctors have given me OK about the blackouts, I have become more organised at work, finished some large projects off and met the most wonderful girl. Life is good and I have just finished my first day of Freeletics. I decided to follow my first 15 weeks to ease me back in gently. Here's to a bright and healthy future!
