It's my party and I'll gloat if I want to

I got a digital camera for my birthday! Yay! My mum, dad and stepmum got it for me. (It says a lot about my parents that despite the divorce they still get me joint presents sometimes - I wish everyone was that lucky)

My birthday comes with another celebration..my blog is 101 posts old! Hip hip hooray!

Sorry I've been gone for a while...my friends must be despairing of me by now, forgetting to return calls, not updating my blog and generally being a substandard friend.

I miss you guys, and as soon as I pull myself together you will be the first to know.

Verdict

So, it's official. I am a blob.

 

I sucked at everything on the test except for: cholesterol, bp, waist circumference and flexibility (Excellent!). I got a 'Fair' for push-ups but everything else was just a downer. My great scores on the other stuff dragged my overall score up to 'Acceptable'.

 

This stinks. I'm gonna go eat some candy...

Boot Camp - in an hour or less!

Yesterday D and I went for our first fitness assessment at the gym. Fun? Not so much. More a way of telling a person politely that their on again, off again attitude to gym simply won't cut it.

Basically the whole thing invloves step-tests, skin calipers, scales, flexibility tests, blood pressure check, situps and pushups. Kinda like a really short boot camp. We also had a cholesterol test (no more cheese for D-man!).

We get our results this afternoon. I'll keep you posted.

Other than that, I finally lay my hands on 'Open for Business' for The Sims 2. I wish I had time to play it but I have promised myself that nothing more will happen in my life until my studies are caught up. Speaking of which, I'm off to study Advanced Empathy (hehe, I kid you not).

Food glorious food

Went to see Ice Age 2 yesterday.

 

Best Bit: The possums. They just crack me up. Oh, and the vulture musical number.

 

Other than that, terrible day diet-wise. Why is this so hard for me lately?

Just how big a lump am I?

So life is definately on the up 'n up.

Went to gym yesterday and got back on the scale for the first time in weeks. I was terrified to be honest. I was so pleased to see that even with all the marshmallow easter eggs, KFC and other assorted nasties, I'm not that far behind. Current weight: 86.1kgs.

The walk on the treadmill was a different story altogether. My illness last week has definately taken it's toll on my fitness. I only managed a walk, no running. I was disgusted with myself, but I guess I can't hold myself too responsible. I think it may be a while before my fitness level is back up to where it was.

One step at a time, I guess...

Open Sesame

We were burgled yesterday (again!). We were very lucky, they didn't take a lot of stuff and after the last burglary I had already moved a number of our more valuable possessions to a safer location - so we only lost our DVD/VCR and a chunk of our window frame.

Strangely enough, I actually don't feel too distressed over this. I guess I'm just extremely optimistic these days. It wasn't that bad and I refuse to let my life revolve around it for days like last time. All in all I think I found the police response more disconcerting than the burglary itself. They took about 6 hours to respond, and I kid you not when I say that the officers that responded were functionally illiterate. The statement had to repeated 10 times or so before they got it straight and they didn't even take a walk around the house to assess damage. Shocking.

This unfortunate event did however throw me enough that the diet went out the window. The cops took so long that cooking wasn't really an option. I will try hard today to get back on track. I did make a whole day without Advil though, but I will admit I've already taken a painkiller already today...my teeth are hurting due to dry gums as a result of my blocked nose. (I think).

Another day, another pile of used tissues.

Made it through day 1 without any sugar! I'm expecting the withdrawal symptoms to kick in any moment now. The audit was easier than the sugar-thing, though I suspect it may take a few days for me to get used to the forms so that they don't take so long to fill in. Interesting discovery regarding yesterday's audit: I spent more time roleplaying than sleeping. I feel like such a geek.

Roleplaying was fun, but I am feeling rather guilty that I seem to have passed on my flu to Sean. Sorry Sean. Jude made a killer dinner (don't worry Jude, it was awesome even without the garlic and apricots) and it was nice to spend some time with Gerhi.

So, a good day then. I'm not so sure about today...I'm trying to do a drug-free day for the first time in over a week. Goodbye sweet, sweet Advil - how will I live without you?

Red Noses

It has been I LONG time since I last updated my blog. In all honesty, I just didn't feel like it. It has been a rough couple of weeks, motivation has been at an all time low and frankly, I've never really been one for sharing my misery.

In the time since I last wrote I have:

House-sat for my mother while she went on a church tour of Israel
Gone to see the circus
Avoided work
Abandoned my diet
Been very ill
Gone to Swissland Cheese for Jude's birthday
Started working on a decoupage box for my chess pieces
Bought a few books
Read the first two installments in the 'Left Behind' series (Armageddon from a Revelations point of view)
Played The Sims
Eaten huge amounts of marshmallow Easter eggs
Roleplayed
Bought 3 bookshelves
Got a new cellphone

As you can see, nothing very exciting.

My mum came back from Israel with a nasty case of 'Suicide-bomber flu' (Just when you least expect it - your nose explodes) and I promptly caught it from her. I am still feeling rather stuffy and it's been a week already! I haven't been this sick since I was 8. I took 2 days off work (Wednesday and Friday), and lay around in bed generally feeling sorry for myself. All that swooning around and being helpless has put me in touch with my inner girly-girl. I started reading Bridget Jones' Diary over the weekend. It's a riot. Other than that, it was a pretty sucky week, except for the bits where Darius' reaffirmed his position as Best Boyfriend on the Planet by being all caring and bringing me stuff. I love you, D!

As a souvenir of Plague Week I took this picture entitled "Bedside Table of the Damned"

Notice the rapidly dwindling supply of Advil, the tissues, the medicated lozenges - argh, makes me feel rubbish just looking at it.

Well, I'm back now, and with a brand new plan for whipping my butt back into gear after all this loafing.

THE AUDIT

I bought a copy of Caroline Righton's "The Life Audit" some weeks ago. It seemed like something I would enjoy, lots of form filling and over analyzing. I've decided to dedicate the next 28 days to doing Stage 1 of the audit. Basically it involves accounting for everything you do, say, eat, feel etc over a four week period. It's supposed to give you some kind of insight into 'the real you' or some such. I'm hoping that I'll simply start seeing how little time I actually spend on constructive activity and thus will start guilt-tripping myself into doing the things I know I should be.

I'm also taking this opportunity to start afresh with my diet / exercise / water drinking and all the other things I have neglected over the past few weeks. Oh, and I'm also giving up refined sugars for the 4 weeks (no candy, cookies etc.) in an attempt to kick the sugar habit. Go me!