Hello all, just checking in – I can’t believe our Christmas bus is nearing the end of its journey! The last 3 months have flown by, as has the whole year really.
DCT – I bought a small prelit Christmas tree this year, it only cost $7! It’s about 3ft high and would be dwarfed by the pile of presents around it if I hadn’t stood it on a box! We have coloured lights strung around the lounge room and it really looks quite magical at night 🙂
Jennie I hope you are feeling better, and Cathy hope you are going ok too, I can only imagine how busy you are! I’m booked in for my booster next Wednesday, as they’ve shortened the time frame from 6 months down to 5 months. I had thought of trying to get it this week, due to the rising case numbers but was worried about side effects making me feel unwell at Christmas, as I had a full on immune response with the first 2.
Diet wise I’m going ok-ish… calories are averaging around 1000-1200 and I’ve managed to avoid mince pies and other goodies – mainly by just not buying them! I have my online order coming tomorrow night. I just haven’t had the time (or inclination tbh) to do much meal planning or prepping, except for breakfast! I made a big batch of overnight oats and have been having that for breakfast with fresh berries. Last nights dinner was KFC (oh dear!) as I was out after work with my husband getting some last minute things. Tonight I’m making lentil curry though, so today will be a better day.
I doubt very much that I will be at goal by Friday (Christmas Eve), however my target was 88kg by the end of the year, so I’d be happy to just be in that range (88-88.9) by NYE. My plan is to be sensible over the next few days, have a few days off plan, then stick to 800-1000 calories and low carbs from Mon-Thur and there’s a chance I’ll make it!!
I’m still happy with the progress I made this year though – NYE last year I was 100.1kg…what brought it home was when I was getting our folding chairs out of storage last night and I noticed the weight limit is 100kg, I used to be wary sitting on them but at least this year I can sit on one knowing I’m well under the weight limit! I’ll definitely be on our next bus journey as in 2022 I’m planning on losing the rest of the weight I need to lose. MM’s new book is coming out 30 December here so I’ll definitely be buying it – I have all of his other ones 🙂 I guess it will be followed up with a recipe book too at some stage.
It’s weird as it’s only 3 days out from Christmas and we are getting higher and higher daily Covid case numbers – way higher than this time last year when the government brought in additional restrictions which meant we couldn’t see our eldest daughter, yet there’s no restrictions this year, the message is all about “personal responsibility”. There’s no mask mandate here but I’ve still been wearing one when I go out. On the news this morning they were saying that modelling is showing we could reach 200,000 new cases a day (they were saying 20,000 per day last week!)…. I never would have imagined this time last year that COVID would still be affecting Christmas!!
I hope that wherever everyone is they get to enjoy Christmas with their families x I’ll check in again on Christmas Eve 🙂