Birthing and Boozing

Another lovely weekend Chez Linzerello. Once again, a few too many beverages were consumed, but food didn't feature overly in abundance, so I guess it kind of balanced out. Without fail, I am joining SW this week, even if I have to trawl the county to find a class.

Friday night, was just the two of us at our local pub, a few drinks, a bit of food and then home early to watch TV. I'm getting too old to stay out late. On Saturday we met friends for lunch, which became very messy. Let's just say, these were involved...

Our friends have a daughter, so when they get a chance to go out - well they kind of make the most of it. Surprisingly, lunch was therefore the only meal consumed on Saturday and I was in bed by 8pm!

Sunday was another lunch with friends at our favourite restaurant, no breakfast consumed due to a lie in and no dinner required. Following lunch we headed home for a quick power nap before heading to the theatre to see Cirque du Ciel. This was brilliant - if it's anywhere near you, I would highly recommend seeing it.

Last night saw a first for me, I attended an NCT class. No, I am not pregnant, but I am very honoured to be a birthing partner for one of my best friends who is due to give birth in November. Her husband has a massive hospital phobia and is therefore likely to be more of a liability than any form of help. It was fascinating - having made the decision that children are not for me (and I am fairly sure seeing someone I love, give birth, will cement that sentiment), it was very enlightening.

It was also hilarious when we first arrived at the class to see everyone trying to work out how the hell I fitted into the equation - was I a single mother? (possibly pregnant or just fat), was I a lesbian lover? Anyway, I've 2 more classes before I am ready to assist in her labour. Eeeeek.

So other than that, not much to report from me. I've a fairly quiet week ahead, I'm venturing back to the gym and refocussing my diet attempts (although I've been pretty SW friendly anyway). I've more wedding dresses to try on at the weekend (more on that later) so if that doesn't kick me up the bum after my hatred of it the last time, to shed some lard, I've no hope.

Slimming World fail

So, I've spent all week preparing myself to join Slimming World - when I say preparing myself, this can be translated as eating a load of shit knowing I was about to make a commitment to this weight loss journey for approximately the 9000th time in my life. I feel ready to knuckle down, I'm sick of nothing looking good on me, I need to lose weight. Imagine my discontent when I rocked up at my local class last night to discover it was off.

Well, I presume it was off, the hall was empty with the exception of some street dance class in the room next door (not sure I am quite ready for that just yet) so I hung around like a saddo for 20 minutes before admitting defeat and heading back home in a proper huff. This huff was duly taken out on Matt, who upon his return from Germany for 3 days, dumped his stuff all over our freshly cleaned flat and proceeded to sit on the sofa watching irrelevant football having turned over what I had been watching (I actually can't remember what that was, but it was very important at the time).

He's still in the bad books having spent the night star shaped in the bed leaving not very svelte me to lie on the bed frame for most of the night. Consequently I feel like a bus has hit me and I cannot turn my head to the left.

However, I'm spurred on to be good with SW this week by the fact that I purchased some new boots from Evans only to find that one fits me perfectly, and the other I cannot fasten more than half way. I either have one much fatter calf or the boots are dodgy. Anyway, I love them, so I am keeping them and attempting to slim down my left calf :) Failing that, anyone know how to stretch leather??

Other than that, I am in a glorious mood today. Actually, I am not really that grumpy, the sun is shining and it's Friday. We've plans with friends tomorrow and Sunday and I am possibly going to venture into London tonight. The world is not so bad really.

Have a good weekend y'all.

The wanderer returns

So I am back from a fabulous 2 weeks in Vegas. Can't say I am overly happy to be back at work today, post holiday blues are most definitely in attendance. I'm also suffering a bit from Jet lag, so I was up from 3am yesterday, which made most of Sunday fairly painful. Thankfully, I slept a bit better last night so I don't feel too hideous today.

I've somehow managed to escape with just a 1lb gain. I was fairly mindful of what I ate and drank the whole time I was away and we walked a hell of a lot - at least 3 miles a day I would say. I also found myself unable to eat a lot most of the time, the portions were either far too big or the heat just made me not really want to eat much. A revelation I can tell you. Thankfully there were scales in the hotel room, so I could weigh myself most days to keep an eye on things. Americans also have a lot more healthy options available (as well as really bad ones too!) - Light beer (as in low calorie) is fairly standard, so I drank that or Gin and Slimline mostly. I tried to employ the basic principles of SW mainly and ate a lot of lean meat and Veg mostly.

The weather was brilliant most of the time (we had rain 3 times, unheard of) so there was a bit of sunbathing action, we saw a couple of shows - Cirque du Soleil and Mr. Matt Goss.... as a former Brosette, this was most exciting.

We went to some amazing restaurants, we shopped, we drank a fair amount, we explored the Strip. All in all, a wonderful holiday.

I look fairly massive in these photo's so it's made me even more determined to crack on with this weight loss business.

So, back to reality. I am joining a Slimming World class on Thursday and exercise is back on the menu. Having walked a lot while we were away, it's made me realise that it definitely helps. I am even considering a few personal training sessions to get me started once I work out my finances.

So, back on the diet today and Wii Zumba tonight. No more messing around.

Right, I'm off to wade through 1000+ emails and catch up with you all. Happy Monday people.

Vegas baby

I'm off. A friend's wedding tomorrow followed by a 2 week holiday to Vegas. The sun has kindly made an appearance today, so all is good with the world. 1 hour and 15 minutes til I am free. This week has felt like forever.

I'll be back in 2 weeks or so, no doubt a little bit heavier, but with less than a year til I get wed, operation fat shift will begin in earnest. 

Have fun y'all.