Excuses excuses

Ok I know I'm late but please understand I have an excuse.

My dog ate my homework. No really. I've just been so insanely busy with the last week of Uni I haven't managed to get to the blog. But rest assured I'm here now armed with the weekly figures.

So here goes.

Previous weight: 107kg   Current weight: 105.8kg  Loss of 1.2kg
Previous gut: 110cm   Current gut:   109cm  Loss of 1cm

Finally, I'm heading in the right direction again. Not a huge loss I admit but based on the last couple of months I'll take it. I'm hoping to put an exclamation mark on it by dropping another kilo or two by next Saturday.

This week is all about career advancement (or more accurately beginning). I'm back at Brisbane's flagship daily paper and I'm hoping to secure some ongoing work until until the graduate intake at the end of this year. It may not happen but I've got my fingers in more pies than Little Jack Horner at the moment so hopefully one of them will work out.

As for the diet, well it's just all about concentration right now, oh and avoiding alcohol. Yep, the grog remains a big hurdle for me. It seems after 2-3 beers or similar I'm anyones. Particularly if that anyone is a pizza or similarly poor choice of food. I plan to mimic a person who has a real life this week and go to work, come home and cook a healthy dinner, then go to bed at a decent time. Novel idea I grant you but I think I'll give it a go for the week anyway. I can tell you, there's a 13-year-old living here who'll love the idea of her Dad actually cooking an evening meal for a change.

Exercise wise, I'm back into the swing of things. I ground out 44km on the bike on Saturday morning and had more than a few boxing bag sessions earlier in the week. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a road bike in a couple of weeks. I reckon I'll feel like bloody Cadel Evans when I finally get on a decent bike although I may have to invest in some long lycra for the chilly Canberra test rides.

As of next Friday I'll officially be one semester away from having a Uni degree. I must admit for most of my adult life I never thought I'd ever be able to say that. It feels great to have achieved what I have so far in both the Uni study and so far this year in the Fat Bastard Diary and it makes me pretty excited about what lies ahead for me in the next few years. I have no idea really where this whole thing is going to lead but these days I like surprises.

For those loyal Canberra readers of the Fatty Diary, I'll be in town for a blog tour from 20th June so let me know if you want to catch up in between my family responsibilities.

Thanks to Gail and Hayley for my virtual slaps last week, as requested I put them in the cupboard for future use but was forced to pull one out this morning after some over indulgence again last night. Fortunately the damage was minimal and I'm on track for another good week.

I promise to back up again on the blog tomorrow night and get a few credit points early this month so tune in again tomorrow for some more of my pearls of wisdom.

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