tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15504562084417756992012-02-05T14:49:15.012+09:00... and my continual efforts to shut it.Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-70871319155711487562008-05-04T23:38:00.002+09:002008-05-04T23:46:41.367+09:00

After a long time with things not really working I've had a cyber clean out in the hopes that the breath of fresh air will help me out. The new link is http://debiggering.blogspot.com, hopefully I'll see you folks there!

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-49112122308937195562008-04-25T12:47:00.003+09:002008-04-25T12:57:30.355+09:00

The last few days have had me retaining water like crazy for no reason at all. As in my legs have felt really 'tight' and my ankles have been swollen. I have no idea why, but will up the water in an attempt to compensate.I need to exercise. I know I do. I rode the bike to school once, but then we had a load of rain so I didn't want to bike in it, and if I'm going to be honest it was a lot harder

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-63239770824524603402008-04-16T00:28:00.003+09:002008-04-16T00:44:19.548+09:00

I bought a bike - rawr! But I have been too embarrassed to get on it in case my students see me - doh!Seriously, I'm so dumb.The thing is, everyone uses bikes here. Outside the stations there are veritable forests of them. It would make my life easier if I had one, and being surrounded by them seduced me, kind of like when I got my iPod, only I actually like my iPod. I've had it for nearly a week

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-82219939369749148562008-04-04T10:00:00.003+09:002008-04-04T10:28:21.738+09:00

Things have not been good at apato Cakehole. First I was sick and then I was struck down with a major case of can't-be-arsed-itis.Piece by piece things are coming back together. My apartment got into a Terrible State, from which I am still trying to rescue it. I'm working on the theory of cleaning one room a day, and hoping that by the time the whole place is finished the first room won't be

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-83922806718477368292008-03-16T17:04:00.005+09:002008-03-16T17:44:45.688+09:00

Welcome to Sick Town, Sickmusshire, Sickonia. Population: Me.I'm over the main hump of it now I think, but I'm still having serious issues with what I guess must be my sinuses (bad pressure around my nose/eyes area) and feeling really weak. The weakness could be a result of my body deciding 'she 'aint doin' the food thing with me no more'. I've been drinking as much water as I can to try and

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-60789029245858415732008-03-12T14:52:00.003+09:002008-03-12T15:11:56.197+09:00

Things have been extremely busy for the last few days. Last Friday I took a day off work and had a jaunt down to Nagoya, and Saturday I met up with my friend and we went to see the ume (plum) blossoms that have just started to bloom. After that we went to see her brother and his family (with the cutest little two and three year old!), and on Sunday it was off to Toba to see the aquarium

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-10945926675943240182008-03-05T13:28:00.006+09:002008-03-05T13:54:56.688+09:00

...Having your new multi-region DVD player arrive and setting it up with no problem, meaning you can now watch all your DVDs on your TV instead of hunched over your desk.Logging your food for the first time in nearly a month and a half.Happiness is not:Realising that since you abandoned you blog (and quite possibly your sanity), you have gained a stone.The other English teacher (she's Canadian,

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-65157510373471981382008-03-03T16:21:00.003+09:002008-03-03T16:24:57.241+09:00

Spending the day at 'work' IMing one of your best friends about the trip to Kyoto your planning for the long weekend at the end of March,Sneaking out of work an hour early,Walking home in the sun,Stopping by the supermarket on the way home to find almost everything you wanted is reduced,Forgetting that you did a Big Clean on Sunday and being surprised by a spotless apartment when you open the

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-17418301057015296982008-03-01T21:11:00.001+09:002008-03-01T21:14:34.382+09:00

"Silence is pouring into this play like water into a sinking ship"I feel like that sometimes, like I'm just sitting here waiting for Godot. Like there's nothing to be done and I'll be doing it for a while longer. But the silence must be avoided at all costs, let us eat, sleep, talk, argue, make up, sing, play games, exercise, swap hats, contemplate suicide, anything but let the silence break

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-85023988930276732492008-02-03T13:54:00.000+09:002008-02-03T16:49:13.808+09:00

I woke up this morning feeling like I should take the plunge and face the amount of damage I've done in the past two weeks (wow, time flies). I weighed in this morning at 102.6. It was better than I thought it would be, worse than I'd hoped. It's possible that some of that may be water weight as I haven't been getting my water in at all, but I have a feeling most of it is the real stuff.(Small)

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-79423649880828128912008-01-30T14:56:00.000+09:002008-01-30T15:04:30.065+09:00

Suffice to say I do not get my exercise badge this week.And I haven't eaten anything naturally occurring on this Earth in a week.And I have 28387634134 queued up blog posts to read on google reader because when things go wrong I don't just avoid my own blog, I avoid all the others too.Don't worry, I'll get it back, I'll get it back.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-67419891693581490072008-01-23T08:35:00.000+09:002008-01-23T09:07:49.052+09:00

Down 1 kilo (2.2 pounds). Less than I would have liked for two weeks, but it's a loss, and I'd be the first to admit that my eating has been quite hit and miss this week. Even so, I was on plan with exercise, and the loss pushed me over the line for a 5lb lost badge, so all is good with the world. I like being able to fiddle with all the things on my blog, keeping them all updated. I have

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-50059259332224452762008-01-21T09:46:00.000+09:002008-01-21T12:14:44.477+09:00

When will I learn to make my lunch the night before? I never want to because it gets cold in my kitchen, and once I've warmed up I don't want to leave my heated living room. I always think 'I'll do it in the morning' and then I never do because I'm running late and need to leave. This morning I didn't have time to make my tuna salad so I grabbed the fresh pineapple from the fridge and loped off

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-41683655876764294742008-01-19T12:30:00.000+09:002008-01-19T21:19:34.732+09:00

Excuse the temporary break if you please, I was busy the last couple of days with extra evening lessons. Unfortunately they've also mean that I didn't get my exercise the last couple of days. My goal was to exercise 5 days a week, which is now impossible as the most I would be able to manage would be 4.If I were to exercise five times this week, rather than five days, do you think I could still

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-1640369035565067892008-01-17T10:35:00.000+09:002008-01-17T11:06:44.425+09:00

Went grocery shopping last night for supplies, but came home with a bag load of junk along with the healthy stuff and just went completely off the rails. I was fine when I left the house (or so I thought), had a bowl of cereal so I wouldn't be hungry going around the store, and then just went nuts. I'd love to blame this on my period, but looking back on it today I think I know what caused it (

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-42552681796158313882008-01-16T23:52:00.000+09:002008-01-16T23:57:52.749+09:00

I saw a trailer for this movie when I went to the cinema in Bangkok and it looks awesome. As soon as it comes out on dvd it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine. I just hope the dvd has English subtitles. Until then I'm going to keep my ear to the interwebs and see if any groups out there are going to fansub it.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-68273791870737063012008-01-16T15:09:00.000+09:002008-01-16T15:20:16.162+09:00

I've just ordered the WATP 4 mile DVD from eBay. I was looking for something to do after my 3 mile gets too comfortable and figured that if I'm liking her, then why not just stick with it. I'm doing her older routines (I think she has a 'walk for life' set or something similar out now) so I can buy them quite cheaply, which is good because I'm trying to pay down my credit card. All of her

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-49655790637837182152008-01-15T21:56:00.000+09:002008-01-15T22:04:37.096+09:00

This week I did my Walk Away the Pounds DVD every day, totalling 16 miles.I had a couple of difficult days eating because of being out of usual routine and not having my own food available, but other than that I did fine. I haven't got an official weigh in because of TOM, but unofficially I was down a kilo this morning even though it was my first day of his visit. I like being able to fill in

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-11364970721288851832008-01-15T09:46:00.000+09:002008-01-15T18:03:13.042+09:00

Good news and bad news at casa de Cakehole. The bad (well, not exactly bad, more like 'meh') news is that there will be no official weigh in tomorrow owing to TOM's timely visit this morning. The good news is that despite the arrival I was a kilo down (on my heaviest day!) when I stepped on the scale this morning, which (if I can keep it together this week) bodes very well for my weigh in next

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-24665136914775618152008-01-14T17:57:00.000+09:002008-01-14T18:02:52.419+09:00

I just did a load of laundry and forgot to check the pockets of my trousers. After a little post-wash cycle drum archeology, I found the pieces of a watch I bought in Bangkok. Don't worry, it was just a cheap thing I picked up in one of the markets to offset the frustration of not having my phone so I could check the clock, and there was a 50-50 chance the rash on my wrist wasn't from the heat,

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-76990564226392162032008-01-14T11:46:00.000+09:002008-01-14T11:50:49.438+09:00

10 consecutive days logging fitness!If I just got 10 days logging fitness, why don't I have my 10 days logging food?

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-90761220440361374452008-01-13T20:18:00.000+09:002008-01-13T20:58:22.367+09:00

(sorry)Anon (who are you? leave me a web addy in the comments!) asked me in the comments of my last post What is your secret for not being bored out of your gourd when you do Walk Away the Pounds? I have the DVD and it's so boring to me... I just can't bring myself to do itThe truth is I like the simplicity of it. I've bought dance and jazz DVDs before because the routines look so cool, only to

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-25233059177332677332008-01-12T19:07:00.000+09:002008-01-12T19:31:16.645+09:00

I've been seeing buttons for Scale Junkie's Healthy You 2008 Challenge everywhere, but was putting off joining. The last challenge I tried was last year, and the weekly weigh in everyone posted had me focusing on numbers (already an inclination of mine) way too hard. There was nothing wrong with the challenge, it was meant as a support network, but it put me in a position where I was either

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-7536116887094756422008-01-12T14:51:00.000+09:002008-01-12T15:10:06.869+09:00

The conference is over and I can get back into my regular routine, I'm very happy about it. Having to eat at the buffet lunch was having a domino effect on my choices at dinner and I didn't like the pattern. Fortunately once I had logged all the food I didn't go over calories as bad as I thought I had, thanks to the exercise wiggle room, but it really wasn't nutritionally balanced at all, and

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-38648863177579085472008-01-10T18:53:00.000+09:002008-01-10T19:05:27.771+09:00

Remember yesterday when I was talking about how sensible and careful I was going to try to be today? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, didn't happen. As my dinner of an ham and cheese pastry, two doughnuts, and a hot chocolate can attest to.I actually started out really well, managed to get a skinny latte (me: "non-fat-o"), but from lunch it just went downhill. Actually no, lunch was okay, the

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-45640373857082361482008-01-09T19:41:00.000+09:002008-01-09T19:57:59.534+09:00

I decided to delete my short whiny post and replace it with a more verbose whiny post - hurrah!I have a two day meeting in a nearby city starting from tomorrow. I'll get the train back so I won't be staying overnight, but I'm worried about what will be available to eat for lunch. Japanese food has a way of looking like it would be fine but actually having a gazillion calories, it's tricksy that

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-78286928687532343272008-01-09T06:42:00.001+09:002008-01-09T06:46:37.868+09:00

Okay, so the final result was 101.8kg, which is 224lbs, so I've lost 2.2kg/4.8lbs this week. I'm happy with that, the loss was bigger than I expected. Now we'll see if I can keep this up and exercise my way through this blasted holding pattern I've been in for the last 6 months.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-30544360954212836692008-01-08T21:01:00.000+09:002008-01-08T21:30:45.667+09:00

I have about 5-10 minutes after I finish a workout in which the cold in my apartment cannot touch me. Rosy cheeked, I need not fear the opening of my living room door into the chilled depths of my kitchen beyond. I've got quite a good routine going at the moment. It's too cold to do anything in the morning except layer up your clothes and whisper a small prayer before you go make breakfast, so

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-27363608264866976342008-01-07T19:15:00.001+09:002008-01-07T19:40:41.496+09:00

Google Reader, where have you been all my life? I'm now hooked up to this nifty little program and have all my regular reads set up. It will rob me of the need to compulsively refresh pages while doing nothing at work, but I suppose these are the sacrifices we make for progress.I did end up doing my workout when I got back in, but I really, really didn't want to. I was planning on having salmon

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-58558808984300524572008-01-07T10:48:00.000+09:002008-01-07T10:59:31.456+09:00

My attempt to get up to do my DVD this morning was laughable. It consisted of me waking up at 5:30, knocking over the glass of water trying to hit my alarm clock, cursing when I remembered that my alarm clock was a cellphone so I couldn't hit it to make it shut up, begrudgingly cracking open an eyelid to reset it for later, rolling over and going back to sleep.I foresaw this being a problem.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-71584569493545099452008-01-06T16:12:00.000+09:002008-01-06T16:41:51.046+09:00

I did the 3 mile WATP routine a few hours ago and it sort of kicked my ass. Yesterday I also did 3 miles, but I did the 1 mile and then the two mile later, so it wasn't so bad. I figured that if I could do 3 miles total and not feel terrible, why not just do it together so that I don't have to scrounge up the motivation to do two workouts a day, after all, same difference right? Not right.It

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-19052624098208361182008-01-06T12:19:00.000+09:002008-01-06T12:34:05.474+09:00

I woke up with a feeling around my waist. I say 'feeling' because it's not a soreness or pain, but I'm not used to feeling my muscles when I twist. It's not exactly my waist, but the area between my waist and hip. Apparently the workout(s) yesterday did their job. This is also apparent in my scale reading this morning which showed a 1.2kg loss! Sign from God that this is what my routine has been

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-32838998695333273002008-01-05T14:27:00.000+09:002008-01-05T23:54:03.650+09:00

No, seriously, I hate exercise.The thing is though, it's kind of important.Edit: Will wonders never cease? I was dancing around my living room to my iTunes music and thought 'if I want to move so much, why not just try the two mile? so I did! Don't expect these two workout days to come fast and thick here at the Chez Cakehole, but knowing how easily I lose my motivation for such activities I

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-37328826706979058932008-01-04T15:40:00.000+09:002008-01-04T17:46:05.668+09:00

Edited to add picturesMy mother sent me some stock cubes with my Christmas present, the closest thing I'd been able to find here were cubes to make soup and frankly that didn't wash with me. I never thought I'd be so excited to get a package full of bras, underwear, and stock cubes in all my life. It's funny how that changes, when you're a kid the presents that feel like cloth are disappointing (

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-50896618444648798452008-01-02T22:37:00.001+09:002008-01-02T22:37:51.251+09:00

Bangkok is a city of contradictions. The ultra-modern lines of the mega malls rise above the cities, attached by the sky train the people are enclosed away from the dirty, broken streets below, protected from the noise and pollution of the never ending expressways. It's easy to play Eloi in these monuments to modern architecture. The levels are all encompassing, rising from the aquarium of the

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-58367813347608622192007-12-20T23:08:00.000+09:002007-12-20T23:29:30.527+09:00

Okay, I know I haven't been around much, thank you all for your well wishes. I'm going to Bangkok for Christmas and New Year, so this week has been a little hectic trying to get everything sorted. I will be back and (hopefully) in full force after the new year though.I was chatting to a friend the other day about things I missed from home that signified the holidays for me, and one of the things

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-71486212833265516132007-12-09T15:11:00.000+09:002007-12-09T15:34:47.986+09:00

A couple of months ago I bought a little digital scale with the intention of doing something vaguely productive when it comes to my portion sizes. Turns out they don't work by osmosis. Come to think of it that may be why I'm not learning Japanese, despite the number of books on the subject I have in my apartment.So today I finally cracked them open and started, you know, weighing stuff. I

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-89896325370475041382007-12-05T14:56:00.000+09:002007-12-05T15:43:55.541+09:00

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agleyThe mojo, it is gone.It went a few weeks ago, but I didn't want to admit it, so I tried to distract you all with pictures. That could have gone on for some time (there is plenty of blog picture fodder here, believe me), but it would have done nothing to stop the growth of my ever-increasing ass.Things are not good. I got to the point where I was

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-56629459736246090192007-12-03T11:59:00.000+09:002007-12-03T12:02:44.102+09:00

I suppose I could just admit that this whole food malarky isn't working and just take up smoking instead:I'd never know the difference, right?

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-20341990042656636662007-11-29T13:22:00.000+09:002007-11-29T14:20:14.462+09:00

I've had a few pictures on my phone that I've been meaning to post so I figured I'd get them all up now.Have I mentioned the giant fruit? Like, size-of-a-small-child's-head giant fruit? It seems to be the fresh produce of choice here. It's difficult for you to fully appreciate the scope of these gargantuan growths from my crappy cell phone pictures, but I'll try anyhow.I have quite small hands

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-65750871244556555112007-11-25T10:22:00.000+09:002007-11-25T11:35:00.602+09:00

I got a lovely comment from Megan on my last entry that left me wracked with guilt that I hadn't 'come clean' with you all a week ago.Things have been very, very bad, and I'm a little depressed. Possibly (now I look at it) not in that order.If any of you have lived abroad for an extended period of time, you'll know exactly where I am. That point where the honeymoon is over, and everything that

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-7498856204568671722007-11-16T18:23:00.001+09:002007-11-16T21:04:10.098+09:00

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-57640196167055844482007-11-14T19:49:00.000+09:002007-11-14T20:16:32.381+09:00

Oh, things have not been good at Chez Me.The scale was banished to the naughty corner last Thursday and hasn't seen the light of day since. This may be a sign that I'm not yet ready for children. I haven't weighed myself since, and I toying with the idea of just not weighing in tomorrow and abandoning the challenge. I'm not sure if that way lies madness or salvation. Yes I know that people swear

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-90945160498333931482007-11-11T16:39:00.000+09:002007-11-11T17:09:03.386+09:00

I have been meaning to clean out my junk/spare room and figure out something to do with it for a while. It just seemed like such a waste of space in a small apartment you know? It was a daunting prospect; my predecessor had used it for storing suitcases/boxes and drying laundry, just as I have been since I got here. I got restless Friday night and decided to actually do something about it instead

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-28002538818384576822007-11-08T08:51:00.000+09:002007-11-08T09:32:41.832+09:00

My hatred for you burns with the fire of a thousand sunsNo LoveMe(I was under 215 on saturday! UNDER 215! The bastard).

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-79873653749218497922007-11-07T13:08:00.000+09:002007-11-07T13:43:45.059+09:00

I think you and I need to have a little chat. How are you? I ask because you seem to be having a few mood swings recently and they're beginning to worry me a little bit. Is it your job? Are you bored of the tedium of day to day life? Is the abuse you're forced to endure getting you down? It's just that we were doing so well earlier this week, the days running hand in hand through a field of

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-8083050908197662192007-11-06T13:14:00.000+09:002007-11-06T14:08:37.880+09:00

I understand chocolate flavoured bread. Not all chocolate bread, the white sliced loaves with chocolate swirls that seem readily available here don't really appeal to me, but I get it as a concept. A chocolate croissant is delicious, a thing of beauty, and (did it not contain enough calories to make my gut explode) I would include them in my daily diet accompanied with a smug sense of self

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-36764610262962135612007-11-05T11:23:00.000+09:002007-11-05T12:17:27.143+09:00

I woke up to a rather indifferent scale this morning. Given how nice it was to me over the weekend I can only assume the poor dear needs a rest and a cup of cocoa to stop it's head spinning with the new numbers. I'm totally making it sound like I've lost more than I have, but they were new numbers, all.A question to the sodium minded, how much is enough? A quick perusal of Google came up with

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-62585120279847638242007-11-03T18:22:00.000+09:002007-11-03T20:36:06.064+09:00

The scale showed me something nice this morning so now I've just got to focus and try and build on that. I'm not going to give a set number until next Wednesday's weigh inI've said it a few times now but it's nice to finally see some movement. No, not movement, progress. I had so much time where I just went up and down the same few pounds, and then those months during The Big Move when I stayed

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-43209075032323685692007-11-02T19:12:00.000+09:002007-11-02T20:11:32.868+09:00

or: Reasons I don't miss AmericaI get Hungry Girl alerts sent to my inbox, a throwback to when I lived in Florida. I quite enjoy reading them so I never bothered to cancel when I moved away. In my newsletter today were some nutritional info details from Chili's.So, say you split an order of the new 'Texas Cheese Fries with Jalapeño-Ranch Dressing' with a friend. The starter was a little heavy so

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-51628734214654651062007-11-01T08:41:00.000+09:002007-11-01T09:08:36.101+09:00

So it's November 1st and Challenge WI day, don't you just love it when things arrange themselves conveniently like that?After some thought I have decided to label last week 'TOM' as I bounced up and... well, up, a lot that week so have no idea how much I actually weighed.The final result this morning was 99kg. This isn't huge loss but I'll take it and run thankyouverymuch. A nice little treat for

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-81655397810251555462007-10-31T11:58:00.000+09:002007-10-31T12:12:52.299+09:00

I didn't realise until I got to work, but in my rush to leave the house this morning (I woke up late again - bad teacher, no treat) I stupidly left my laptop power cable still plugged into the wall at home. It left me no recourse but to ration my computer time to conserve battery life, and (somewhat begrudgingly) embrace productivity and mark my books. Thankfully it's now lunch time, so I've

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-31729013326383928772007-10-29T19:16:00.000+09:002007-10-29T19:33:54.797+09:00

You know, it's impossible to stay sad with a good day of eating behind you, a non-inflated scale number, and The Fratellis queued up in iTunes. It just doesn't happen.I'm a huge advocate of letting my iTunes help to dictate my mood. I put in an upbeat track or some good shout-y lyrics then nothing can stop me dancing around the living room with a smile. Thankfully my single status means I have no

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-60926786417663762462007-10-28T02:15:00.000+09:002007-10-28T02:15:54.292+09:00

This a post I was hoping I wouldn't have to write.'I did it. I'm not proud, and a little sick, but I did it'I've been eating myself to near sickness for the last few days. I had a lot of fragments of posts floating around my head, wanting to write something invigorating and poignant to show that I get the Big Picture.But no. Instead I'm looking through my posts from the last few days about how

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-58027377938969858872007-10-24T22:01:00.001+09:002007-10-24T22:03:06.199+09:00

Ok, it's not a real weigh in this week because TOM has come to visit, so I'm going with 99.2, which is what I saw before my period gain. That means I've only lost about half a pound, but I will amend that as soon as I have the real number.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-33896406589713775972007-10-24T08:54:00.000+09:002007-10-24T09:08:29.253+09:00

My ovaries and I, we compromised.I bought a 100 calorie bag of Oreo mini bites instead of a full sized, double row pack, and they stop trying to kill me. At dinner I chose a beef/onion/peppers/rice bowl instead of my chicken/shrimp rice bowl, it was more calories but delicious. It only occurred to me as I was eating it that it's only the second time I've had red meat since coming to Japan.So

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-11690781253853757382007-10-22T14:15:00.000+09:002007-10-22T15:52:02.055+09:00

I have an English thing at another school over in Watari tomorrow. They've arranged for a load of ALTs from all over Mie to come to this school for a day of special English activities. It sounds fun.I am a tad concerned as to where my brain wanders when I think about it though. I have to pack a lunch and take it with me, which means I have to go to the supermarket tonight to get some stuff as I

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-41149614894345461512007-10-20T21:08:00.000+09:002007-10-20T21:09:40.660+09:00

I have yet to decide if this addition is a good or bad thing, but when I get closer to my goal I will probably be happy that I have photographic evidence.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-33559125962564371592007-10-20T14:45:00.000+09:002007-10-20T15:11:54.331+09:00

Back down again today, obviously it was just a random fluctuation. It's funny because I always tell people not to worry about them, but when they happen to me I just can't follow my own advice. While I fluctuate a lot during the day, my mornings tend to be fairly stable, I stay the same or go down. I think the change may have been because I ate my main meal slightly later than I usually do (I'm

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-22445386959385903692007-10-19T09:05:00.000+09:002007-10-19T09:13:09.150+09:00

I stepped on the scale this morning to see 100.4.Huh?My first thoughts were one of moderate self-loathing for going out to dinner last night, but I was very restrained and kept an eye on how many calories everything was. The thing I ordered was 564, which coupled with the other stuff I had eaten that day was totally fine. Then I saw that I also have a bit of a breakout on my chin, so after

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-3541830628338405202007-10-19T00:25:00.000+09:002007-10-19T00:27:35.286+09:00

or: I Never Want to Cut and Paste Again!My gift to you Mir; I hope this is easier to read.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-28463770757954328082007-10-17T12:24:00.000+09:002007-10-18T08:45:15.224+09:00

Edit: Just need to add my Challenge WI. I finally saw a good result and am down to 99.5KG (218.9 lbs).I is still sick, and have now added a hacking cough to my symptoms (nice huh?). It keeps me awake at night. That annoys me because I don't get an accurate scale reading in the morning when I haven't slept well, which is actually kind of pitiful because what should be annoying me is my being

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-80738995444807181632007-10-15T15:48:00.000+09:002007-10-15T15:57:30.628+09:00

Seriously, my link list is sadly bereft of new posts, and has been for what I consider to be an unreasonable amount of time. If this goes on any longer I may have to do something drastic like.. you know.. actually mark the students English compositions or something, and that's just not going to lead anywhere good for anyone involved.Okay. Aside from Lauren and Tully (who have passes for updating

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-41938917583750050092007-10-14T10:37:00.000+09:002007-10-14T10:49:05.901+09:00

I saw 99.9.It was a close close close thing. I weighed in at the lightest possible time of day and it changed to 100.0 several times before finally settling on 99.9. And I haven't been able to replicate it since I had my breakfast.But still! I am of the happy!I am going to use the next few days to strengthen my somewhat fragile grip on the 90s so that I can be sure of it for the next challenge

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-663437789323199902007-10-13T20:09:00.000+09:002007-10-14T00:24:34.965+09:00

The scale showed 100.6 again this morning. It improved my mood slightly.I am so ready to get under 100kg/220lbs already! I managed it very briefly before I got to Japan but it didn't stick and I've been moving up and down the same 5lbs for ages now. I just have to not screw it up for myself again, I've been here before.I went to the supermarket and managed to come out with tuna, mussels, and cold

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-57514435748466164022007-10-12T17:39:00.000+09:002007-10-12T17:42:34.704+09:00

I is sick. And asthmatic. And insanely busy this week.And I've gained weight.The combination has made me cranky.Also, gaining weight on the challenge? Not the way this is supposed to work.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-21060298681054522242007-10-07T18:12:00.000+09:002007-10-07T21:41:54.507+09:00

Now is the moment you decide to lose weight.When you look back, you'll think of the time you went above 200 (250, 300, whatever number broke your brain), or of the time you couldn't fit into your favourite clothes, or your aeroplane seat. The time you stopped being able to ignore the white elephant in the corner. That was important, it was the moment you realised, but the decision is more than

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-68985142730865271062007-10-06T12:12:00.000+09:002007-10-06T12:25:54.087+09:00

I feel like I've been neglecting this blog a little, but it's been a busy week.I didn't end up doing an official weigh in for the last challenge check in. I've been a little sick and it's making it really difficult to sleep, which is having all sorts of knock on effects. Either I'm so rushed because I've overslept I've had to run straight out the door to get to work on time, or I've slept so

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-65142914111122710072007-10-03T12:22:00.000+09:002007-10-04T11:42:49.552+09:00

I was going to write 'a brainwave' but that implies intelligence rather than the extremely stupid thing I may have done.So, everyone remember that recipe I posted with my last Challenge WI? It's a great dish and very healthy, but mine turned out badly because of (what I thought was) mad-salty, store-bought broth that gave it a weird (almost burning?) flavour.I bought some kimich from the konbini

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-13997407902293518082007-10-03T08:39:00.000+09:002007-10-03T08:42:08.921+09:00

Argh, where did the time go?I overslept this morning so forgot to get my weigh in. Lest anyone get too excited, I'm fairly certain that I've gained (but I'm hoping not to go over my start weight). I'll weigh myself tomorrow morning regardless and find out.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-9653518000007225982007-10-01T11:27:00.000+09:002007-10-01T11:45:19.787+09:00

Sadly no, because when I start avoiding my blog it's a sure sign that things aren't going well.There have been several cookie/chocolate incidents in the last few days. One full out binge night before last, one lesser one last night. During the day I've been absolutely fine and have eaten really well, but the night... the cruel, cruel night.The upshot of this is that I now weigh 101.4 again. This

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-76660052365026179962007-09-28T14:12:00.000+09:002007-09-28T14:33:04.632+09:00

When I ran into my house a few minutes ago to grab my laptop power cable, I quickly nipped to the loo. After all, never pass up the chance to use a western toilet here, the chance may not present itself again. Upon the discovery that the universe had decided that this was to be my 'special time', my first instinct was to praise whatever holy being is currently controlling said universe. Long time

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-3349496060105673492007-09-26T14:38:00.000+09:002007-09-26T15:32:46.863+09:00

Thankfully I got the scale moving on the weekend so I saw a small change. I was hoping to start the challenge with a big loss, but I'll take what I can. It turns out the lack of movement was either too much sodium or not enough drinking. I'm actually leaning towards the latter as I didn't drink very much after my WI yesterday (I take my Tuesday morning reading as the 'official' one) and sadly my

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-9944076950678805712007-09-24T18:52:00.001+09:002007-09-24T19:40:49.077+09:00

I didn't occur to me until after I'd eaten 2 (well, OK, 3) snack-size milky way bars and 6 gourmet cheese and onion pringles that perhaps the trip to Ise foreign food store wasn't the smartest move I made today. Yeah, I'm a little slow on the uptake, and my brain was fogged with images of all the good stuff I was going to eat before I 'started again' tomorrow. My God I bought a lot of junk.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-72636201687626082522007-09-23T20:55:00.000+09:002007-09-23T21:21:04.117+09:00

I've just had a great day. No, seriously, great. Considering how the day went I probably shouldn't be so happy about it, but I just had a fun time. I woke up this morning to see a loss (finally!), and then went and ruined it by eating a burger, fries, and chocolate cake for lunch. Except I didn't ruin it. The burger/fries/cake combo was definitely not on the agenda when I woke up, but my friend

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-60875808364402279262007-09-23T10:24:00.000+09:002007-09-23T10:29:42.770+09:00

Movement! Glorious, glorious movement!Though I'm not sure if it was salt or not. It was definitely me retaining water, but now that I think of it I haven't been drinking much water at all. It's been really hot here so my water intake should have been higher than usual, but it's been lower. I'll have to experiment with my mystery sauce, see what it does to the scale reading.I woke up this morning

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-8539893931522518762007-09-22T12:10:00.000+09:002007-09-22T12:59:29.852+09:00

Thank you to the commenter's on my last post. After considering your insight I am going to be really careful this weekend in terms of salt intake. I suspect that Mir may be right in blaming my beloved Mystery Sauce as a possible Trojan salt horse in my current eating. I really, really hope that it's not the culprit and I'm actually salt-licking in my sleep, because it's such an easy dish. That

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-24875989976454415962007-09-21T09:00:00.000+09:002007-09-21T09:21:43.697+09:00

Scale remains unmoved, in any sense of the word, by my valiant efforts and perfect eating. I am baffled (aside from that old standby - Sod's Law) as to why number changes (in any direction!) have suddenly stopped.I want to up my water intake. I drink a reasonable amount but with how hot it is here (compared with England) I'm thinking I may need more. The problem is (and this may be a little TMI

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-53823375195272408582007-09-20T15:16:00.000+09:002007-09-20T18:11:26.397+09:00

Why isn't the scale moving? Because of the stupid, delicious Japanese food, that's why! Tonight I plan to make this:This is マボドフ (mabodofu), it's a kind of spicy tofu dish with minced pork. Recipezaar has a listing for it here, though I will be taking the lazy route and making it from a packet sauce as I have flower arranging club tonight.I am looking forward to it.Edit: OMFG, it was nice. Like a

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-71623169809605983202007-09-20T08:54:00.000+09:002007-09-20T09:07:01.518+09:00

(I'm talking to you Scale!)Scale is steadfast refusing to budge. I was like it said 'ohhhhh, you're on a challenge are you? A weekly weigh in you say? Right'. *nails feet to the floor*'Yeah, these numbers aren't going anywhere'Logically speaking I know if I keep going and keep eating right then the scale will have to move eventually, I know that. I also know that I lost about a kilo right before

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-25422951395121784182007-09-19T10:07:00.000+09:002007-09-19T10:16:44.217+09:00

I'm going to Bangkok for New Year! Originally I wanted to go home, but prices will be quite high and I just can't face the 14 hour flight coupled with the inevitable bitch of a jet lag. My friend wanted to try Thailand and hotels.com had some really cheap rooms available. It's only a short flight so the prices aren't too high (even though they spike a little that close to holidays) and I get to

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-9025847315057851302007-09-18T08:31:00.000+09:002007-09-18T14:11:29.134+09:00

It's Tuesday here in oh so (damned) sunny Matsusaka, which means that it's time for my first Challenge weigh in! Survey says: 101.4 kg (223.08lbs).So. You all signed up for the challenge right? Right?Today being Tuesday also means that I eat out for lunch and dinner. Lunch is no problem, a sandwich and a yogurt, but dinner will be had in a restaurant before class so wish me luck in making good

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-51797855736529659922007-09-17T12:37:00.000+09:002007-09-17T12:48:43.103+09:00

Look what's going on over at Tales from the Scales! Excitement. I think I'm going to participate; I'm feeling a lot more in control of myself and it seems like a good way to keep on track. Although, with the time difference I have a feeling I will always be posting slightly early!For those of you who can't be bothered to do the clicky clicky, here is the basic breakdown (further details on site):

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-14037745418906777522007-09-16T10:49:00.001+09:002007-09-16T11:41:28.233+09:00

I've had a couple of good days (a rarity for me nowadays), but I've had to work damn hard to keep them that way. I've had to go back to basics and just clear the house of anything I shouldn't eat because it seems the force is not with me when it comes to resisting cravings. Let's focus on the good though.That feeling that I'm falling, that I'm failing, is starting to dissipate. This weekend not

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-33451268503949473022007-09-14T18:44:00.000+09:002007-09-14T19:06:07.446+09:00

I've just finished eating a lovely dinner. I buy a stir fry sauce from my supermarket, as I can't read the kanji I have no idea what it is, but I live off the stuff. So here you go (because pictures are always fun).Cabbage, asparagus, thinly sliced pork, broccoli, spring onion:Mystery sauce:Chop up the asparagus and cook with a little olive oil in a hot pan until then soften. Add a little water

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-50681694700095815482007-09-12T17:53:00.000+09:002007-09-12T17:55:13.005+09:00

She came up and introduced herself when I was packing my bag in Okuwa the other day. A first I thought I had either met her before or she was a friend of my pred, as I couldn't account for her being so happy to see me. Turns out that no, she's a Jehovah’s witness and wants to visit. Religion not really being my bag I smile, give a vague answer when she asks if I live close, and say my

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-88827648759695582402007-09-10T11:40:00.000+09:002007-09-10T11:49:33.985+09:00

September 10th and my scale still isn't budging. Last night I finally said 'fuck it' and hit the pastry counter of my supermarket. An hour later I was not feeling good. Also, my focus on the delicious pastry treat caused me to forget the toilet paper that I actually made the trip to the supermarket for, so now I'm on rationed peeing until I can go again tonight.I am justly punished.I have my

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-63991489826758933662007-09-05T14:52:00.001+09:002007-09-05T14:52:58.352+09:00

The school is abuzz with preparations for the school festival; predictions of a typhoon be dammed! There are a small army of students painting enormous banners and shoving food tickets for me to buy at every corner. They've got quite a racket going. Of course, all this excitement means no classes for me! It will change next week I think, but until then I will enjoy the freedom.I went to the

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-63037457158654021872007-09-03T12:56:00.000+09:002007-09-03T13:08:24.792+09:00

I don't know how I get blindsided by this every time, but my little monthly visitor has come back to see me.Maybe that's the reason one of the reasons I weighed in so heavy yesterday? Or is my wishful thinking progressing into full out delusions?I couldn't stop eating yesterday. Given my little friend has come to stay I can now understand why, but seriously, if I ever eat anything fried ever

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-90784405117984932007-09-01T18:39:00.001+09:002007-09-01T18:56:03.425+09:00

I lost a piffling amount this month, but that wasn't entirely unexpected. I actually got down to 100.8kg at one point after I arrived but it didn't stick. Given all the stuff I've been eating I'm not surprised. Let's call this month a new beginning shall we?My clothes are fitting a little better, I think the walk to/from school everyday had definitely helped in that department.I am currently

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-32541611040317780162007-08-31T13:49:00.000+09:002007-08-31T14:14:11.550+09:00

I am continuing my torrid affair with Japanese food.This first one is me eating okanomiyaki. It's a kind of pancake thing where you order what you want in it (in this case pork and cabbage) and you get a bowl with the ingredients and batter mix in. You then cook it on the hot table in front of you. It's extremely good!It never fails to impress me how beautifully the traditional food is presented

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-1769826239606630932007-08-26T22:36:00.000+09:002007-08-26T22:57:45.856+09:00

Yesterday I ate a bag of crisps (chips) the size of my torso. And then felt (deservedly) sick. Usually I'm not a savoury snack kind of person, but there's a weird thing here that makes you buy anything western you see, as if it were coated in gold leaf and contained your salvation. I went to Nagoya to get a reentry permit put on my passport and bought a big bag's worth of western food from the

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-52438139340841576172007-08-21T16:29:00.000+09:002007-08-21T16:30:27.069+09:00

Hurray! I'm back. Internet has been installed in my apartment as of about half an hour ago so expect much more regular updates from now on. Speaking of being connected, have a look at the picture below and tell me if you notice anything absolutely awesome...

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-55751228104378010352007-08-13T16:01:00.000+09:002007-08-13T16:11:56.945+09:00

Though my Internet is limited to school only at the moment.I figured I'd give you all a quick run through of what's going on now, else I'll have to do a post with too much in it and end up not saying anything at all.I feel very stupid here. Without any Japanese I don't seem to be able to function by myself for the most basic of things, but it's different because I can't just guess, or even look

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-48706670866641898212007-08-04T08:55:00.001+09:002007-08-04T09:01:40.973+09:00

I'm leaving in less than 24 hours, have just got back from my mum's (who lives 3 hours away), haven't finished packing (well, I have, but I haven't finished the weigh-cry-unpack-repack-repeat portion of my evening), my baggage is overweight and so am I.Oh, and I didn't weight in. Tough cookies kids - I could do it right now but I'm not. When I get a new scale sorted in Japan I'll get back to it,

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-77905417947353522142007-07-28T10:54:00.000+09:002007-07-28T11:14:20.273+09:00

I feel a bit of a fraud, writing in a diet blog when I haven't actually been dieting. I finish work tomorrow and fly next week and there are so many things I want to eat before I go because rather than just thinking I won't be able to eat them again (oh the mental pitfall of so many a diet!), I actually won't be able to, so I've pretty much been eating whatever looked good and was chocolate

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-76638715123187492252007-07-22T14:32:00.000+09:002007-07-22T14:33:38.966+09:00

Go buy it.Right now.

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-76765854737478086492007-07-21T22:59:00.000+09:002007-07-21T23:03:38.804+09:00

Sorry children, time seems to have run away with me again. I'm still here, still going, still not really seeing much of a difference on the scale. I really think it might be just because I'm stressing so much about it (with me leaving in two weeks) that it's just not coming off. I'm just going to keep going and try to not gain anything, even if it means I don't really lose much.Sadly, that leaves

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-88465377805311964002007-07-17T06:40:00.001+09:002007-07-17T07:02:19.421+09:00

The WOD is getting desperate, it knows I've just started my last fortnight at work and can smell the scent of my victory perfuming the air. After several close calls I've been forced to adapt my strategy and stop taking money to work. No change = no food, zero willpower necessary. My brain doesn't thank me for it but I think the rest of me will in the long run. Other than that things are going

Thursday's Childnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550456208441775699.post-6860317462635589912007-07-13T05:43:00.000+09:002007-07-13T07:30:16.956+09:00

221 this morning and complete break out all over my face. I'm hoping this is a sign that TOM is coming to visit rather than anything else. (edit: yep, Aunty Flo turned up on my door-step about an hour ago)I was sorting through a load of junk we got down from the attic and found a pair of my old jeans. They're a UK size 20 (US 18) and are a little tight, but do up and zip with no problems. I'm

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