Day 30

Well I weighed myself this morning, and yes I've lost weight (AND am below 70 YAY), but I was hoping to be a bit lower ;) Fussy ain't I! I did feel as if I'd lost more weight than that. It is silly cause ordinarily if I got 1kg a week I'd be happy! But because I have a DUE DATE for weight loss it doesn't seem to be coming off quickly enough. AND even though I'm now in the 60s, it doesn't seem so long ago that my goal was always to get back into the 50s because the 60s were so high for me. As you may have guessed, my weight has just been creeping up and up and up over the years! The silly thing is, any other year I'd be more than happy to achieve my weight loss goals over the entire YEAR. I'd be rapt if I was at my goal weight by December! However, because of the old High School Reunion coming up on May 1st I feel the need to be a lot thinner by then. But now I think I'd be happy to be just not overweight by then!

Of course, I need to get to 56kg to be not overweight anymore, which is a little over 13kg...and I'd have to do that in less than 8 weeks! That seems like a lot ;) Impossible? I don't know! I do know that if I'm struggling by April 1st I'll be kicking everything up a notch with regards to exercise and eating. Of course, as the weather gets colder it will get harder and harder to get my exercise in, because while it's possible to ride in the rain... it's not always that pleasant (especially as I wear glasses!!!)

Speaking of riding and rain... even though it rained all long weekend... it seems to be raining again *sigh*. It's not heavy, but is coming down in little misty drops now. Visibility would be rather poor. GRRRR. I missed yesterday, and I didn't want to miss today as well! Well I will definitely do my EPOC exercises today, and I'll try to get in some hard housework as well! The sort that actually tires me out ;) And if it dries out later, I'll try and get a ride in. As long as it looks as if it won't rain for at least half an hour a ride should be possible! Not necessarily pleasant, but possible ;)

Anyway, I should be happy for the rain because of the drought! Several days of rain is a GOOD THING. It really is! It's just no so much fun when one has to go out in it ;) Apparently this year we've had over twice the average amount of rain for March and it's only the 9th, so that's pretty good ;) And it probably means that most of the rest of the month will be dry hehe. Of course, a year with more than average rain would be FANTASTIC! Anyhow, I was just looking at Weatherzone and this time last year we'd only had 10.6mm of rain ALL YEAR, and so far this year we've had 153mm which is more than average. The last couple of years the rain's always been below average. Hmm speaking of the rain, it's now looking wetter and yuckier. So for all that I'm happy about the rain, not so good when I want to go riding lol!

ARGH well I was cleaning up earlier and I found our family portrait had something spilled on it. As it was, it was sitting on top of the freestanding fireplace (which obviously hasn't been used in awhile) because the glass was broken at the front of it. Well, because it was broken, whatever was spilled went right through... and basically the picture's screwed! So, I called the photographers, and they still have the photos on disk so I should be able to get a reprint done, but obviously at some cost! Soo... I have to go there tomorrow afternoon (and it's some drive out of town because they no longer have a studio in town) which will take up a chunk of my Wednesday arvo.

And, to top it off I didn't get to go riding today. Well I did do my EPOC exercises (and I used the blue and red bands for all except the shoulder press of doom) so that's something. And I spent a good hour tidying up, before I found the photo and got distracted calling the photographers etc.

I haven't finished the book I was working on, but I am some way through it. I discovered a couple of sections that hadn't been written that I had to write as well! So I renumbered it on the manuscript, which took awhile, as well as doing the extra sections. Now I have to read through the whole darn thing for a final edit, and then re-read following the different story trails... that could take AGES!

*YAWN* Well it's bed time for me, and NO I didn't finish the final edit of the book! I do want to get it done ASAP... It's been dragging on far too long, but this stage always does take awhile. I really want to get started on my OWN writing! Of course, I also need to apply for more freelancing work so I can actually make some $$$ which of course is also very important.

Today I ate pretty well. I did eat the final Atkins bar, but apart from that all was good. I often get the feeling that I've eaten badly, even when I haven't. I don't know why! Today I had my normal breakfast smoothie, which is full of goodness. I had the Atkins bar at lunch (and I did a good EPOC workout), and for tea I had a green smoothie (banana, spinach and raw chocolate, just to get rid of that bananaish taste lol) and a vegie burger. I also had a cup of tea sweetened with Stevia (NO MORE HONEY!!). I am actually a little peckish! Hmm being honest I probably also had a couple of dates hehe. They are rather tasty little things! I do try not to eat too many though, as they're full of sugar.

Well, 11pm and bed time for me! I had a late one last night and was tired today, and I just can't work effectively when I'm overtired! Tomorrow I need to finish cleaning living area and wash and vacuum the floors of the living room (vac the rugs obviously). Probably the hallway too. I'd also like to clean up the old bathroom a bit!