Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Yes one thousand sorrys. I am officially hopeless. Life has been a little crazy recently and as a result you my have noticed I’ve gone missing a little. But after what has been a whirlwind tour of news organisations, assignments, exams, events etc, etc, etc, I’ve finally jumped off the merry-go-round and come to a stop in sunny Canberra. Sunny and about ZERO bloody degrees I might add.
Yes I’m on my carer ‘tour de force’, and will call the retirement village home for the next week and a half or so. For those who are aware of my Dads health problems, I can happily report that he is on the mend. He is wheelchair bound at present but with time and a firm stick (to keep him off his damaged leg) he will hopefully recover well enough to walk again, at the very least with the aid of a frame. His mental health is reasonable, but as expected is deteriorating slowly but surely. It’s my first really close contact with dementia and it’s a real eye opener. In a nutshell he has little or no short term memory. This is a real problem because he forgets about his physical injuries and tries to walk etc if we aren’t watching him all the time. For this reason he’s staying in the dementia ward at nights and spends the days at home with Mum and yours truly.
So you’re probably saying about now, “stop crapping on and tell us if you’re still shrinking or not”. Well the truth is the last week and a half was pretty poor. I put on around 3-4kg from the last weigh in mostly thanks to a massive day on Saturday for the Brisbane Lions v Richmond game. As usual I was pretty heavily involved in the club functions on the day and MC’d an event for around 250 people prior to the game. I really enjoy this stuff and it gives me more experience at public speaking, something that is invaluable if I get into broadcasting at some point. I always have a couple of itty-bitty drinks prior to going on stage (I’ve nicknamed it liquid confidence) and I tend to perform better. However post-event, those drinks led to a thousand or so more followed by the traditional footy pies and hotdogs which in turn led to a less than perfect weigh in result.
“So what the bloody hell is the weigh in result”, I hear you scream.
Settle petal it’s on the way.
Current weight: 105.1kg Previous weight: 104.6kg Gain of 0.5kg
Current Gut: who knows Previous Gut: 108kg ?????????
I’m pretty bloody pleased with that result actually. I really thought I’d be around 107kg after the week that was so 105 is a big win. Considering I have the next week and a half here with Mum and Dad and I’ll have few other commitments outside of my role as “Chief wheelchair driver”, I think I can make a good dent in the scales from here as well. I’m planning to get in around 2 hrs of exercise a day while I’m here and I started well today with a marathon squash contest with a great mate of mine. I copped a 12 sets – 2 flogging but considering I’m still a somewhat fat bastard, definitely a crippled bastard and my opponent is a semi professional tennis player I’m happy enough with that result. I’ve got a lake loop ride planned on Saturday with my brother-in-law. He tells me it’s around 50km so that should keep me out of trouble for the weekend. I’m also hoping to ring in for my younger brother’s F grade basketball team next week. F Grade sounds like the perfect level for me these days.
On the Uni front, the semester is over and I’m awaiting the results from my 5 units. I’d be really happy if I could jag one HD, but I fear I’ll have to settle for Distinctions and credits thanks to the lack of time I actually spent on campus over the last 4 months. I’ve now got only 6 months left in my uni career unless of course I decide to take up the honours option that is being dangled in front of me. I think I’d only consider that if the job options dry up though as I’m dead keen to get a paycheque again.
I’m actively looking for work now and with any luck I’ll manage to position myself well before I graduate which hopefully will mean I’m gainfully employed by November/December. I’m not very picky with respect to the type of job I want. I’d be happy enough in any area of journalism and I’m chasing work in everything from print to online to broadcast. I am praying though I don’t feel I need to go to the dark side (PR) because I’m not quite ready to sell my soul just yet.
So as for the diet, I know it seems extreme but I’m still going to try to knock over that 100kg barrier by months end. I made the commitment at the beginning of the month and even if I fail I want to be as close as I can. With that in mind I plan to be very strict with myself from here on in and with any luck I can smash through that milestone in the very near future.
Thanks everyone for being so patient with me over the last month with this blog. I promise I’m still on track and now that my heavy commitment schedule is complete I’ll be on here more often again.
So until we next converse.
P
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