Week 6

I have spent this week in the retirement house I have bought in Yorkshire – although my retirement still seems to be some way off – I do manage to work mornings from here about 12 weeks of the year. The big drawback about here is you relax and think you ar eon holiday – so a bit more alcohol than normal is drunk – avoiding that and not slipping into ‘holiday mode’ has not been without its challenges.

After Monday’s weigh in (reported last week at 15st 2lb) I went out for a walk (another draw back here – the commute is about 25 feet along the hallway from my bedroom to my study) and clocked up about 3.5 miles in a circular route around the der park where the house is situated, so that’s the same as my commute in Aberdeen. At noon we went out in the car with a picnic lunch, and after that had a walk of about another 3.5 miles.

Big highlight on Tuesday was my first zero WW point dinner. A nice piece of salmon baked in the oven (fan 180C) for 20 mins with ginger, spring onion and soy sauce wrapped up tight in aluminium foil. This was served with boiled carrots (my substitute for potatoes) and broccoli and cauliflower. Quite filling. To celebrate I had a glass of empty calories (red wine in this instance) which probably undid all the gains from the dinner. never mind life is for living is it not? Not much walking today, I have a new route in the morning that puts just over 4 miles on the clock – and it was a bit wet, so not the most enjoyable tramp.

Wednesday morning was a crisp start to the day, all the grass was white with frost, but not cold enough to freeze the water in puddles. there was a fantastic sunrise over the deer park and I thought, this is a great start to the day, downhill from here? I got my 4 miler in and…………. the central heating boiler packed in mid morning! Repair man came out, but we need to get a part.

I didn’t get any walking in on Thursday. Spent the time I would have gone walking getting a fire lit and trying to get the house warmed up.

Friday the temperature was rising outside, so managed the walk as well as getting a fire lit, the boiler is working sort off, it needs to be reset every other hour, and runs for about 70 – 90 mins, but generally the warmer weather the sort of working boiler and the fire in the lounge and we are snug enough. Snug enough to try and redecorate our en-suite, which I achieved over the coming three days, but little time for exercise.

Saturday saw us having the neighbours round for drinks and nibbles – and to have a quick dinner before hand I got in a ready made Lasagne – what a killer on the ww points the five hours from 5:30 through to 10:30 PM proved to be, never mind I am driving to Aberdeen on Sunday, so no real opportunity to snack whilst driving.

Weigh in on Monday the 5th November – all fireworks??

14st 12lbs. 24 pounds lighter than I was when I stood on the scales 6 weeks ago and a pound off the half way point to my losing 50lbs in total. Not sure why I did so well this week – last weeks weigh in was on different scales, so perhaps the loss was more evenly distributed over the two weeks than the figures show. But WW points – I had used up the weekly allowance by Sunday night, and walking was poorer than normal weeks. Anyway I will take the result and not analyse it too much – I am sure there will be weeks in the future when I am specially good, and have not a lot to show for it