As They Say....No Pain, No Gain

New year, so a new start.

Started running again after a break of almost 6 months. As expected, legs were aching for the next few days after that. Complete recovery only came after 1 week.

Started my swimming again as well, again after a break of about 6 months. Stamina was definitely lacking and shoulder pain was also there. Body aches (again as expected) for the next few days and only recovered fully after about a week too.

Started my first Aikido class after more than 10 years away. Good news is I still remember how to roll forwards and backwards, walk on my knees and generally did pretty ok. Really feels good to be back. :-) Of course, body aches came the following day and took about 4 days to fully recover.

Have also started watching my diet. No supper, fruits for meals, lots of water etc.... Most recent recorded weight was around 81.5kg. Target weight in 6 months or less is 75kg. Should be quite attainable. :-)

Christmas was the time of giving, and CNY is the time of eating. Looks like the rest of the yesr for me is gonna be a time of aching.... Ouch!