free day

Today was Monday, and as such, the day that the office is closed.

First port of call: weight watchers. As well as being a pastor Roger is also a local weight watchers leader, something that I am very grateful for.

I've been following it for the last wee while but due to uni etc had to just follow the program (which I did a few years back) without going to meetings. Since for the past week and a bit I've been becoming initiated into the American points system (which is worked out differently than in the UK) I decided, when invited, to go check out the meetings here too. I don't have that much more weight to loose to reach my target but self-control has never been my strong point and new countries bring with them a menagerie of new temptations of the food variety. As such I went.

Meetings are a little less reserved here and far more interactive (but also more enthusiastic than the British-ness in me is used to) but it was good to get some accountability and objectivity.

Motivation, however, came during some post-meeting retail therapy where I fit into a pair of jeans a good two sizes smaller than I fit into in Feb.

Later I decided to go for a (very light, very short) run and walk. It felt great (despite the ridiculous heat) cos it's the first time I managed to do so since hurt my knee.

So this evening Roger and Gill are out babysitting and I'm chilling out with some fat free ice-cream, strawberries, a mug of coffee and a shamelessly vogue-inspired chick-flick on the TV.