DAY 44 - pleasing side effect!

Well obviously the best side effect is all the weight I'm losing.. but also my nails seem to be growing faster and stronger than usual.

I still bite them from time to time, but I might have a go at knocking that on the head as I do like pretty nails.  I had been thinking that when I'm thin I'll go and get them done.  I used to get them done with acrylic and they look GORGEOUS.. but it's expensive to keep doing. 

Just off to Superdrug to see if you can get that nasty stuff you paint on nails to stop you biting them and some of that "hard as nails stuff". 

Also decided I'm going to knit this with some left over yarn I've got.  I knitted a REALLY nice sweatshirt this year - and basically made it loads bigger than the pattern so I'd fit into it.  Well I've got some left over yarn and this time I'm going to knit loads smaller so I'll fit into it next summer!

Not sure what size to knit it though.  I was a size 14 when I was last slim, but I'd quite like to be a 12.  Not sure what that equates to in terms of these measurements:

Ribcage: 26-30[32-36] inches
Cup size: A-B [C-D, DD ]

I was always a B cup before - but I will knit the cups large to provide more chest coverage I think (which is an option on the pattern - I want to be skinny not kerb-crawled on Brixton Hill!! )

Anyway it knits up as small/medium/large.. so I guess I'll go for the medium.

Happy me!

holiday workout challenge?

Hey there,

Been following your blog for a while, thought I'd stop by and invite you to a Holiday Activity Points challenge some of us are doing!

Here's the deets:

• 6 week challenge, right smack dab in the middle of the holidays! Start on Mon, 11/20 to Sun, 12/31.
• Send me your weekly points every Sunday, and I will post up the totals on Monday
  
• Try to achieve the following AP range per week/overall (based on # of points you currently consume):
• 20 - 25 pts/day: 95 - 105 APs total, 15 - 17.5 APs per week
• 26 - 30 pts/day: 145 - 160 APs total, 24 - 26.5 APs per week
• 31 - 34 pts/day: 180 - 210 APs total, 30 - 35 APs per week
• The APs are flexible, which means that if you don't hit your target each week, you can make them up the next, as long as you get them all in the end!
• For extra motivation, we'll buddy up with one or two others with a shared AP goal per week.  If you already have a buddy, let me know - otherwise, we'll just assign randomly.