12/07/2009 11:31
Let's Catch Up
Hi strangers! Okay, so really, I'm the stranger. Let's see, what has happened in the past two weeks?
- D and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner for 35 folks, including a mixture of ex-pats and Europeans for whom it was their first turkey-day.
- 14.4 kilos of turkey later (that's 32 lbs!), I am thoroughly poultry-ed out, and only eating meat and fish until the new year. And fruits and vegetables of course. Hopefully not so many desserts . . .
- Despite all that gluttony, I've managed to maintain, which is promising.
- I've been on a plateau for nearly six months now. That's okay, I'm not too bothered, so long as I keep improving on the fitness front.
- Confession? I'm thoroughly lazy. Given the choice between snuggling on the couch or venturing out into the cold to go work out, I'll take the couch any day. I'd like to be able to say I enjoy working out for the sake of it, but that would be a blatant lie.
- I'm working on it.
- D is helping. He's become a serious gym-rat due to his relaxed schedule as a freelancer, and as such, he nags me about not working out. But in a helpful way. Yesterday, he spotted for me while I bench-pressed, and forced me not to wimp out. That was nice.
- It's a little over two weeks until we leave for our holiday. I can't wait! I should be a gym rat myself until we go, knowing it will be glorious summer once we hit Australia, and that means tank tops and bathing suits. Yikes!
- Tonight is our work Christmas party. I'm wearing this cool 1950s vintage cocktail dress which is white with strawberries printed on it, with my skyscraper tall red patent leather heels. I am, however, wearing it with my most-mega-spanx ever. I would like to be able to wear it spanx free some day . . . although the benefit of the mega-spanx is that I can't actually eat that much in them and still be able to breathe. Presto! Built-in portion control.