Not Very Organised

Well, after joining (rejoining) WW four weeks ago I haven't been back. But I'm going to jump up and down and declare it's not my fault. It is, but my excuses are actually really good ones.

The first week I got on the bus in time to get to the meeting (trains on my line were replaced by buses that week). The bus trip which should have been 50 minutes ended up taking two hours. So, I'm not going to blame myself for that one, I was bloody lucky to get to work on time.

The next week I had to start work early and the last two weeks I wasn't even in town - I was out at woop-woop enjoying my fellas 40th birthday festivities.

So yeah, a crap start but life goes on. I actually entertained the idea of just saying "stuff it" and not going back at all, but even I realised how stupid that was. So NEXT Thursday I'll be able to rock up.

During to the 40th birthday festivities and the past month in general, I have barely given a thought to eating better. There has been so much beer and food around that, although I haven't gone nuts, I'd guarantee nothing like a loss.

But yesterday on the last day of frivolity, I felt very old and tired and fat. It was a combination of squashing my fat arse into a a dress circle seat at the Princess Theatre and popping into Myer for a new shirt turning into a disappointing purchase of a nice but kind of matronly black top in size 20. This morning the fella even said "I've got to lose some weight" so even he was feeling a bit gross after our winter season of sloth.

I'm really happy to be feeling excited about getting back into WW now, whereas a month ago I joined because I knew I had to and was hoping to create a little wave of enthusiasm based on having "done the right thing". It now feels like the timing is right.

So today I had a facial, got a haircut, bought a couple of t-shirts at Target (bless Target for having some non-matronly gear) and started to feel excited.

Tomorrow is shopping day which means stocking up on fresh goodies. I've lost enthusiasm for cooking over the past months and have been relying on the old standby of pasta or fritters for dinner which is not nutritionally ideal. Staying enthusiastic about cooking is hard, but being organised helps a lot. I might even write a shopping list.