Journal
Lena’s journal
Barbell first, everything else second.
Fewer, heavier
week 24steady energy 51 reply
Notes for the week. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar…
Nothing to report
week 23fine energy 13 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on…
The question I had been avoiding
week 22brisk energy 52 replies
Recording this for the record. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Left with a…
Two sessions
week 21steady energy 11 reply
Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme.…
Fewer, heavier
week 21tired but good energy 22 replies
Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Lost grip strength before anything else and noticed immediately.…
She stopped the room
week 21warm energy 34 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which…
A new bin and a plan
week 19organised energy 22 replies
Recording this for the record. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the…
My mother cooks
week 18awkward energy 41 reply
Recording this for the record. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze…
A different shape
week 17rested energy 4
Recording this for the record. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. The sleep has…
Steady
week 16fine energy 41 reply
Notes for the week. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. I nearly did not…
I nearly did not write
week 15fine energy 53 replies
Recording this for the record. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks.…
Starters as a main
week 15awkward energy 41 reply
Notes for the week. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely.…
She read the diary
week 13heard energy 1
Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had…
Across the day
week 12practical energy 5
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have…
The list on the fridge
week 12steady energy 21 reply
Recording this for the record. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals…
Across the day
week 10practical energy 24 replies
Recording this for the record. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own.…
The list on the fridge
week 10steady energy 51 reply
Notes for the week. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Protein first, everything else…
No news
week 9fine energy 43 replies
Notes for the week. Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false…
Quiet
week 8flat energy 43 replies
Recording this for the record. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole…
Stayed for the company
week 7warm energy 2
Notes for the week. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Circle…