redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:50 pm
Fri 12th Jan - 86.0kg
Sat 9th Mar - 88.5kg
Not sure what gone on there. Entered a marathon and runnng more, cycling less (cos target is 63miles or nothing which on hindsight might be a bit silly!). Lots of food going in I guess or maybe the muscles are becoming more dense. Belly still looks a bit pronounced!
87.2kg this morn. Happy with that. Never guve up, giving up was my motto when trying to wuit smoking. Then the heart infection came and I was unable to breathe with anything more than half an inhalation. So I quit, thanks to God.
Then came the chest infections. Much worse than how they were when smoking or vaping, which at the time were little more than a smokers (constant) cough. Was just telling family today that since 2018 to early 2023 I had on average about 3 chest infections (IMO full on pneumonia but on the slightly easier side of things) a year. Allah tells us through his book and messenger that we must have hope as His Mercy overrules his punishment.
So I kept on trying my best to eat (albeit not little) good, lots of honey and as much exercise as I could afford. In 2022 Dec was my last pneumonia and the chest infection after lasted so long. About 3 months and in Feb of 2023 I told my wife that this looks to be my last...It just wasn't clearing over and I assumed the next step was death and meeting Allah.
Fast forward and March came of 2023. By April my chest was clear and this Dec of 2023, not only did I manage to ice (well, slush but alot of it) ride to London (used train to keep a bit safer, so ended up riding 150ish instead of the full 240). Usually after that annual ride I'd be struggling to get through the next chest infection, but this time the '2 weeks later' I was starting a 300 miler ride from Bristol to Cambridge and back.
Done that with hardly any sleep and, living to tell the tale. Don't give up giving up. Always look positive, don't lie to yourself and (at the risk of sounding annoying) remember that your Lord - the Creator of all things and the one that makes the sun/moon and universe go round with exact precision - is near. Most Merciful, Entirely Merciful...
Don't give up hope and keep seeking out the truth. Sorry for making it a tangent but some of the posts were sounding rather scarily pessimistic and borederline worrying. There's never a reason to give in/up. We got this (God Willing)!
