Aug 18 2008
Day 58
It is the day before we go for a short holiday break.
I have spent most of the day in the garden pulling weeds, trimming plants and generally making sure that when I get back that the garden and the greenhouse are still relatively under control and manageable. I always have that saying at the back of my mind “One year of seed, seven years of weed”. Some of the weeds can grow from nowhere and go to flower in a matter of days at the moment so I have had to do my best to pull them all now.
It was also my oldest daughter’s sixth birthday today and she had a small party with some of her best friends. I made some balloon animals for them and they all had a great time. My wife Nicola was snacking on the party food but I had no inclination to do so. I was offered a slice of birthday cake and refused without a feeling of missing out. I have come to terms that we only eat cake on birthdays because we are socially conditioned to do so, it is not really out of choice.
The remainder of the day was spent packing and preparing for the trip. It was 11:00 pm by the time we had finished everything and there was no time for any exercise today. Having said that I had spent a lot of time doing low intensity physical work in the garden.
I have all of my raw snacks prepared for the boat trip tomorrow. We have to be up at about 5:30 am as the boat sails at 7:30 am. There are only two boats per day so we have little choice but to rise early. I have all of my healthy foods in a box ready to take with me and I will be buying lots of fresh foods from the local supermarkets wherever we are.
I will try my best to post over the coming week. I have prepared to do so but we will have to see how it all pans out. I think it will be difficult to lose more weight this week so I will be happy to retain my current stats come Sunday.
