Well it was a good start....

The year 2010 began and here I was thinking it was going to be a better year...

The first weekend of 2010 I spent having a pedicure, the movies with Ruby and then a fabulous day at a friends home in Eltham - work was going okay, the second weekend included a room cleanup at Mum's (the first of many!) and all was going okay!

I had decided that I needed to drop a few kilos (and yes I know I need to drop more than a few but babysteps and all) as I had gained about 5 kilos post gall bladder and hadn't shaken them yet so I have decided to do liteneasy for a few weeks. I figure that this will control my diet a little, especially as I tend to not eat breakfast, snack all day, eat a huge lunch then late at night, work out I am hungry and eat toast - not a fabulous diet by any stretch. And hopefully I will manage to improve my metabolism. 1st week and I have lost 1.2 kilos so it's a good start.

I hadn't built exercise into this plan yet, figuring that golf once a fortnight and occassionally walking the dogs will help with that.

And so to today...

1st Golf network game for the year, a beautiful day of about 24 degrees, well maintained course (Keysborough), a couple of lessons under my belt so a chance to improve the game and it was going okay until the 5th hole...

The back pings. There's pain but still movement so it's not seizing up, I decided to walk out the rest of the hole and see how I go. But no pain still there so I called it and headed home. I have been to the chiro who says its not muscular so just a pinching and I know that my lack of exercise and strengthening is to blame and its time to do something about it. Pilates for a start I guess.

I was so looking forward to playing too. I do love my golf no matter how bad I play and I enjoy the company of the network. Hopefully it will ease enough to play on Saturday... but we'll see. I will not risk my back! Back pain is so debilitating - when it goes it hurts to wipe my butt! And I have been bedridden with it - especially when I first herniated my disc about17 odd years ago so its something I always have to be wary of and manage.

Ah well hopefully my groovy new DKNY spectacles will give me a better view on life - pun intended!