Long Weekend

After a cloudy few days in the Barossa I was looking forward to some time in the sun...  Foiled again. Spent all of Saturday prepping for a CWA Craft Day and on Sunday Clive was at Happy Valley Bowling Club 40th Birthday bash. I popped in for a while but not invited to lunch so made do with leftovers at home.


Finally got out for a while for a hotcross bun gin, lunch and coffee at McLaren Vale Visitors Centre on Monday. Missed a great sunset while stuck indoors...  again, bingeing TV. Getting quite Autumnal now.


Tuesday's class was a disaster. I'd prepped for at least 12. One came late and two more ambled in 40 minutes later. This was the final straw and I will probably be handing in my notice soon. Extremely pissed off for the rest of the day. At least I had some fun with Allsorts in the evening but still in a black mood.


Fast Start kick started my weight loss but the holiday meant a small gain which refuses to budge at the moment. I'm sure it works for many and the first three weeks were great but I'm a bit disappointed that I only lost less than 3 kilos in the first 10 weeks (I know I tell everyone else not to say 'only' and look for the positives but I'm struggling to find any). It seems even level 1 is too much for me with my current activity levels as I don't lose weight unless I go below 5000kj. The slack skin is not a pretty sight either.




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