I am so bored...

My work is so boring at the moment. It's frustrating when you know you have so much to do, yet nothing can be done yet because you're waiting on other people!! Argh! So instead I procrastinate. Well, technically it's not procrastinating because I have nothing to do, so am not putting anything off just filling in time.

Oh well. I have started looking at and applying for jobs again. I can't wait forever to hear news re this position. And although I'd like to stay, it's more important that I am employed in August! *sigh* I hate job hunting. I don't want to take a backwards step, which means that if I go to a job I can't salary package in, I'll be looking for an enormous payrise or I'll be taking a paycut - I know that doesn't make sense, but it does if you understand salary packaging. Also, I currently have 5 weeks annual leave. If I go to a job with 4 weeks annual leave on the same pay I'm on at the moment it's a big step backwards. I hate job hunting. I am routinely overqualified for half of a position description and underqualified for the other. Why can't I find a job that perfectly fits my skillsets? It's not fair. So I'm not getting interviews for jobs I would excel at. I hate job hunting.

Anyway... Everything else is just fine! Food is good, scales are good, exercise is good.

I'm loving pilates! It's challenging, hard work and you certainly feel it the next day. It's also nice to know that the work I'd been doing on core stability has been working and I've got a certain level of strength there. Bellydancing has helped pilates and I'm sure it'll work the other way too. They're both really about core stability. Just you wait pregnancy, you'll be a breeze!

First WI as LTM

Well I trundled up the 5 flights of stairs back to WI this morning and weighed exactly what I did this time last month. Not a bad effort I'd reckon. I think I gained and lost about 1.5kg through the month, but I feel a whole lot more in control now.

I had a ball at bellydancing last night. I'm really enjoying the challenge. Maybe it's taken me 3 terms to get that, but I'm loving it. Pilates tonight after shopping so that should be good fun too.

It's been a while!

Well I thought I should post seeing as it's been a while. I no longer have the weekly weigh in reminder to post. My first LTM weigh in is tomorrow and I was hoping to be a kilo or so down. But I've been up and down through the month and will probably be around the same as I was last weigh in. Could definitely be worse!

I am still unable to run. Got a referral to an orthopaedic surgeon but couldn't get an appointment til September! And I used to work for him! Disgraceful. So I called another one and have an appointment in a couple of weeks instead. Fingers crossed he can tell me what's wrong with the stupid thing and help me fix it. I've been riding the bike instead. Set a goal to ride 50k last week which I did - plus some. Wound up riding 61.7 for the week. So I've set my goal to go 65ks this week. Did 14k this morning so that's a good start (10min warm up, 20min intervals, 10min cool down).

Food wise this month I was going a bit nuts for a while, just eating too much really. It was driving me crazy but I didn't seem to be able to stop eating. I seem to have brought that mostly under control and have dropped the weight I gained this month. WW's having monthly weigh ins is a great thing. For me, accountability is key. I've enjoyed the accountability thread on the WW boards - it really keeps me focused. I shall post tomorrow after WI.

I plan to learn to knit. I want to have a workshop at my aunt's place so she can teach me to cast on and cast off. Then I can at least make a scarf! This is a goal of mine for the next month. By the end of July I will know how to knit.

I would like to make my personal goal of below 70kg. And I will. But I think having no timeline on that is a positive thing. I'd like to lose between 0 and 0.5kg each month this year til I'm happy, and be healthy. I have no idea where I'd like to sit. I think 68 is reasonable, but there's part of me saying I'd never want to hit 80 again even when pregnant and 65 would give me a good buffer. Don't know if that's a good reason to lose another 6kg though. We'll see...

Part of the struggle

I know I should have all the answers by now (hah hah), but I struggle with after dinner eating. Part of the problem is that I know I'm not hungry and I get the munchies, another part of it (perhaps the cause) is boredom, inactivity etc. I don't know. All I know is that I need to stop it. I have decided to allow myself 3 suppers a week and see how I go with that. So I've had my three suppers already this week (working week), so tonight and Friday are supper free. I should be able to do that! I'll see how I go with losing a couple more kilos when I do that.

It's the anniversary of WW at Work on Monday, and I'm going to be chatting to people about how realistic it is, and how do-able it all is too. I am happy to do this, because I know it works! Well, if you follow the program...

The dreaded lergie

I have been stricken. Or should I say, I was struck a week ago and it remains! Damn lergie. It's been a cold that just won't come and go and insists on staying around. The runny nose started this morning, which is usually the beginning of the end for my colds :-) Yay!

So I haven't really exercised aside from indoor cricket and bellydancing this week - and I'm playing volleyball tonight. Nothing apart from that - lol! Food has been good, I'm getting it all back under control. I'd really like to be a kilo lighter for my weigh in this month though, and I want to do that around the time I joined WW - my anniversary :-) That's my plan for the month anyway, slow and steady wins the race though and there is no rush. I am healthy and happy - it's been a good week (aside from the lergie).

Dale and I went away on Saturday night for our first anniversary. Back to the hotel we had our reception at. It was nice, but has changed hands and I think the current owners are a bit more bottom line focused than they are facilities/services focused. It was still really nice, got a good night's sleep etc.

I still continue the job hunt, although news may come to hand re that fairly soon which is good. I remain tired, unwell and wanting to go home! But looking forward to a pilates assessment this arvo which should be a bit of fun.