Autumn at last. I hope the weather recognises this fact and gets its act into gear. I am so over the heat of the last few weeks. Today is St David's day, patron saint of Wales. I'm just marking the place here till I've had some breakfast etc, so will write more later.

Later...

When I woke up, the weather was beautiful, really autumny. The sky was a beautiful clear blue and the air felt crisp. That was a couple of hours ago. We now have some cloud, but it still feels as if we have turned the corner from summer. Every time I say something like this to my elderly mother, she reminds me that the night my brother was born in mid-March was the hottest night of the year! I think we still might have a few hot days ahead, but basically all that dreadful humidity and the days it reached 40° here near the coast are past for this year.

Here's a recipe which uses leeks. I've made it lots of times. I've also used onion when I didn't have leeks and I've used different herbs too. It's nice warm or cold and is good for picnics. I make it on a scone tray and I just press the dough into the tray. It could probably make something bigger if it was rolled. If you don't have a bread maker, put all ingredients for the dough into a bowl, mix well. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead till smooth. Put back into the bowl, cover and leave to rise for about an hour.

Now that it is cooler and my arthritis is quite good, I intend to get back into some exercise. I've even put my pedometer on this morning as some form of motivation and have also put joggers on instead of going shoeless. When I've done the second load of washing I intend to go for a walk. My feet have been quite good lately, so I will start easy. I find that sometimes on good days, I walk further than I intended. Then I have to spend the next two days recovering. Not only do I miss out on exercise on those days, but I feel bad too. So I will try and be more moderate so I can exercise more regularly. I've been making sure to include about a teaspoon of good oil in my diet most days and I think this has been heping my joints.

I'm off to hang out the first load of washing. If I don't make a start, I'll be at the computer all day, yet again! Lunch is planned and I'm going to have a BBQ for dinner. Potato for husband and some salad.

Later again...

I didn't go for my walk but I haven't been inactive. I've done quite a bit of housekeeping and several loads of washing. I've also got all the ironing up to date including the ironing from today's wash. Watered all the pots on the deck and done a few other things as well. So perhaps not as much movement as a walk, but definitely on the move most of the day.

Some time ago I bought quite a large tray of scotch fillet steak at a good price. I put all the pieces into separate bags and froze them. Tonight I used two pieces which I cooked in the frying pan in a tiny bit of avocado oil. I made lots of vegetables and used some gravy mix to make a gravy. I added a couple of teaspoons of green peppercorns from a jar I had in the cupboard. Everything was nice but I forgot to put the (ultra lite Pura) sour cream on the potatoes before the plates went to the table. Husband turned it around and read the label. Looked at it suspiciously and then sniffed it. It actually came in a tub and was quite thick and gluggy, didn't look or taste like the usual ultralite stuff at all. I finally managed to convince him to try it. He didn't say much, but I must remember to use it in the kitchen next time. I had less than half the potato he had and at the end of the meal was really full. I haven't eaten that much meat,(about 4-5 points), in a very long time. Next time I might give him half mine.

Tuesday, March 2

Another coolish morning. I've been enjoying actually needing some bedding on me at night. I've just started to use a cellular cotton blanket and it feels really nice to have something like that. Far too many nights with a sheet or less. Now I need to think about some autumn plants for the garden.

I'm planning on some sweet peas of course. I haven't had a great deal of success with them recently, but have been encouraged by the tomatoes, so will try sweet peas again. Many years ago, I had a garden down the southern side of the yard, enclosed by chicken wire to keep the dog and toddlers out. It faced north and got lots of sun. I had a whole fence full of fragrant sweet peas.

That vegetable garden has long since gone and the space is filled with other things. However, I'll try again. I also want some pansies and am planning on some broad beans too. If picked small enough, they don't need shelling or peeling at all. Not only that, but they are sweet and juicy too when tiny.

I went to check my pedometer when I went to bed last night. Disaster! It wasn't on my waist band even though it had been a firm fit. As I hadn't been out of the house or yard yesterday, I figured it had to be somewhere around, unless it had fallen in the toilet, (which has happened before.) I couldn't be bothered looking for it. I decided that if it had disappeared unnoticed, it would turn up the same way. And it did. I went into the bathroom to clean this morning and there it was, hiding in the dark behind the toilet bowl. It must have come off early in the day as it had only just under 2000 steps on it. I know from counting that walking to and from the newsagents takes nearly 1000 steps and I was a lot more active than just that. So it's back on, but on the front of my hip this time rather than the back. I think the back is more accurate, but it is still only a guide.

I have a fair bit planned for today so had better get busy.

I'm feelng fairly "blah" today as I didn't sleep well last night. My nose was stuffed up and I found it hard to breath. I was also out last night and had two cups of tea, so paid the consequences for that too. At least I didn't sample the TimTams, fruitcake and almond and syrup biscuits which accompanied the tea.

I was pleased when I looked at the pedometer last night. I know the optimum for weightloss and health is 10,000 steps but I have done almost no exercise for quite a while. It's been far too hot and sticky and the arthritis has made walking difficult too. So I was pleased when the reading was over 7,000 steps. I know the pedometer underestimates when it is on the front of my hip, but I didn't want it to come off as it had done the day before.

I walked up over the line in the morning to post a baby present for a young friend of mine. I don't see her often and wasn't sure what to get. In the end I setted for a cuddly, fleecy all in one suit for the winter. It was cute but can be thrown in the washing machine and doesn't need ironing. Then I went to Ashfield, walked around and bought almost nothing. I walked home and added a few thousand more steps to the reading.

I've put the pedometer on again this morning but think I will ride the bike instead of walking. It won't be an accurate reading, but I'll watch the time I am riding. It's very overcast and we have had some light drizzle. Rain and hearing aids are not a good mix, so I'll do my exercise indoors today. Hopefully, I will feel a bit more energised and awake when I have done it. For too long the pedometer has sat on my bedside table looking accusingly at me when I have dressed and gone barefoot instead of putting joggers on. Still, there are no ill effects from yesterday, so I'll see what I can do.

I made risotto again for dinner last night with some of the Hans 97% fat free bacon. It's just the eye of the slice with the fat down the edge removed. It was well cured and tasted nice, so I'll buy that again.

The exercise bike is calling and I'd better go while I can still hear it. LOL

Thursday 4th March

Well. The bike did keep calling me and I rode for quite a while. The result didn't show up on the pedometer, but that's OK. I know I did it. I felt better and more energetic for having done it too. I'm planning on walking down to Bunning's nursery near me today. It's not hot and is fairly cloudy. That's about 20 minutes each way. Small steps compared to what I used to do, but better than nothing. I don't know if I will buy anything but will have a look around.

Dinner tonight will be something with chicken. I might get some hokkien noodles and make a stirfry. I bought two large BBQ chooks last night in the Superbarn at Five Dock for $5 each. If I pull off the skin before my husband sees it, he might not miss it. A bit of soy sauce and perhaps some chilli etc and there's an easy meal. I'm going out for dinner tomorrow night and he is going to a friend's so there's a night I won't have to worry about.

I'm going to a meeting at Macquarie Uni with my friend who belongs to their Ancient History Association. I enjoy going and enjoy the people there. Yesterday in the mail I received notice of the annual conference on May 1. I have been going to these for several years now and also enjoy them although my brain suffers from overload at the end otf the day.

This Saturday I am minding Miss Three overnight. Tim has managed to surprise book a weekend away for the two of them so I have her. She's pretty good mostly and quite entertaining. Then next week I have three days at another son's. His wife has movie extra work for three days and I will be minding Tora who is 20 months. Someone else will take her big brother to school and collect him in the afternoon. Both parents will be home at night, so things should be OK.

I think my mind is gradually becoming more motivated about weight loss again. Perhaps the exercise is working on it too. LOL I always eat reasonably although the exercise has been sadly lacking for a couple of months. This morning I had some really fresh bread for breakfast, too nice to even think about toasting. I put a scrape of strawberry jam on it and it wasn't till I had almost finished that I realised I hadn't used any butter at all. Picking up old habits perhaps.

Friday, 5th March

It's a beautiful day here today but I really haven't made much use of it. I slept very badly last night and was awake from about 1:30 till almost 5:00am. At 4:30,I decided to go and have a shower, wash my hair, shave legs etc. It seemed to relax me so I lay back down and eventually drifted off to sleep some time after 5:00 only to be woken by husband saying goodbye as he left for work early. He had a course on at work but had other work which had to be done too today. I was NOT very happy, I can tell you.

when I woke up, I found that somehow I have badly ripped a finger nail without even noticing I had done it. The problem is that it is very well down the quick of the finger. Far too far to try trimming down to the horizontal crack. I've trimmed it a bit, and put some polish on it to try to hold it together. If that doesn't work, I'll have to put a bandaid on it to protect it while it grows out a bit.

I've been looking forward to dinner and drinks with friend tonight and a meeting at Macquarie Uni. I was riding the exercise bike when he rang to tell ne he was just home from the doctor's. He has a chest infection and needs to rest. I think he's been doing to much lately and has had a lot of stress with his elderly dad who is not very well.

So I've been mooching around in a bad mood, wishing there was something nice in the house I could eat. Not a normal reaction for me at all. Of course, there are always the bottles of goodies in my husband's study. Problem is, he buys stuff from the cheapy shops and they are not worth eating. At least I'm not tempted to have any of the yucky compound chocolate. I'd rather eat less good stuff and enjoy it.LOL

Perhaps I'll be in a better mood tomorrow. I hope I sleep better tonight because I have Mya for the weekend tomorrow.

I'll soon be heading off for my second stint of babysitting this week. I won't be back here till probably Friday. This time I am minding the other two grandchildren. actually during school hours it will only be one because Andrew is now at school. At least their parents will be thre at night and in the morning.

I had Miss Three all weekend and am still tired. I think I have some low grade infection and am hoping it will hang out till I have a doctor's appointment next Monday morning. However, I am tired from it and from the weekend too.

Well, I was away longer than I expected and certainly longer than I was told. Sam had more time as an extra than I thought. She was exhausted and so am I. She is 12 weeks pregnant and had to be in the city at 6:00am. Wasn't back home till just on 9:00pm and that was driving, not waiting for transport. I'm normally at church at this time, but was so tired I slept in till almost 10:00am.

The grandchildren were great but were getting quite clingy by the end of the week as they had not seen their mother since Monday evening. They were asleep when she returned and still asleep when she left. Little Victoria had a runny nose which she seems to have passed on to me. I'm so grateful, NOT.

Tuesday was a dreadful day, the second hottest March day on record. It was around 40° in the afternoon when I went out to take clothes off the line because it looked like a storm. Fortunately, both children came outside with me, because I had forgotten they have two latches on their door. I didn't snib the one that needs the key. There was a gust of wind and the door banged shut. We were trapped outside. This was about 3:45pm. I could have put Andrew over the side fence, but I had locked the screen door in case Tora opened it when I wasn't watching. I tried all the sliding windows out the back. All locked. Their garage has a roller shutter front and back and I knew the back one wasn't always locked because they have a big dog in the backyard. Not this time. I jiggled it but couldn't dislodge the lock. I was just glad that little Tora wasn't inside by herself. Andrew could have opened the door if he was inside.

They were hot and so was I. There wasn't anyone around, and I didn't know my son's phone number as he has just moved buildings and has a new one.

They have one of those plastic clam shells from KMart, the sort that are a pool and a sandpit. I got that down, rinsed it out and filled up one side with water. Took their clothes off and at least they could cool down.

Sometime later the man next door came out to mow the lawn. I climbed precariously up on the compost heap, leant over the fence and explained what happened. He lent me his mobile and I rang my husband, asking him to ring Mark. I even had to leave a message there. Finally someone came home at 6:45. We had been out there over three hours! Andrew had an idea that we could all climb up the frangipani tree and crawl over the roof to escape. How we were to get down the other side hadn't been considered. I suggested we were shipwrecked on a desert isle, but my illustration was years out of date. He thought our spaceship had crashed onto a planet where there were aliens!

I don't think I did too much damage there in the way of eating although I really wanted more fruit. They get paid monthly and this was the last few days before payday so things were tight.

Any how, I'm tired and looking for a quiet week. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning, but after that will be on my own as my hsband is going to Melbourne for the week. His plane leaves just after lunch. When we looked, Qantas was surprisingly cheaper than Virgin Blue on the days he needed to fly. By about $50 counting there and return.

I might go shoppping tomorrow afternoon for some seafood, perhaps some musels which he hates.

I'm having a quiet time here by myself. I haven't done anything special but have just enjoyed being home after the last hectic week. I had to go to the doctor for a prescription yesterday, but other than that have stayed home. I was able to sleep in after a very long day yeaterday. I was awake at 3:00 am, not a good move.

Today has been a mix of good and bad. Yoghurt and muesli for breakfast, chicken and salad for lunch and then Thai satay prawns from a very good Thai restaurant near here. It was wonderful, but probably sky high in points. It was good to catch up with my girlfriend who was on a high as she had just resigned her job. She'll be working for herself part time and doing some consulting. We had a good talk as we haven't seen each other for a couple of weeks.

I've had an ear/sinus infection flare again, but was able to get some antibiotics from the doctor yesterday. He doesn't give them out readily, which is one reason I like him. However, this certainly needs something.

Not much to say, so will close. Life is quiet here with my husband in Melbourne.

I've enjoyed my meals since he has been away. I haven't had anything fancy or fussy, but just things he doesn't like. Not only that, but I've eaten when I wanted to, not needing to wait for him. Tonight I wasn't very hungry so I microwaved three tiny chat potatoes and had a huge amount of mixed salad greens with a lot of baby spinach and rocket, all drizzled with some walnut oil. It was delicious and about an hour later I had some yoghurt.

I probably have more oil than a lot of other people, judging by what I read on the WeightWatchers Forum. My arthritis has generally been better since I have been having about 2 teaspoons daily, usually, walnut or macadamia oil, sometimes avocado. My skin has also looked better for it.And judging by what I read on that forum, they could use a moderator there. Some ridiculous posts in the last couple of days again. Fifi2 was a bit of a stirrer but funny, but some troll is just being revolting. I sent WW an email last night, supposedly the way to get their attention, but not surprisingly, they have not answered me or removed the offensive posts.

See you at the weekend.

Another week, another lot of meals. Right at the moment I am in that place - can't be bothered thinking about cooking. Something every night and so on. I'm sure we all get that way sometimes. I don't have to think about tonight as we have leftover lamb korma and vegetables, specifically made so it would do two meals. I even cooked extra rice to do twice. But Friday night is a different story. That's a family dinner night for my husband's birthday which was last Friday. At the moment I have no idea what I will make. Bec also rang and asked me to mind Mya that night. Tim minds her on Saturday when Bec is working, but he has a lot of important work to do himself. His company is moving a large number of servers from one location to another and he will be working till at least 4:00am on Saturday morning before being put up in a nearby hotel and starting again at 10:00am that same day.

I went to a trivia night on Saturday. Not really my cup of tea, but a fundraising thingy for a charity, so I went. They were selling cake and coffee for five dollars. I saw my husband with an absolutely enormous piece of carrot cake, but I didn't get anything, although the vanilla slices looked good. I took a bottle of water and sipped that all night. I wasn't uncharitable...I did buy some chips and lollies for the whole of the table.

Last night we had fish and chips near the river. I had 4 chips and didn't want any more. I had a BBQ'd fish kebab which is alwys good. It has a couple of squares of fish, a couple of prawns, some calamari and scallops and mussels. Dressed with a squeeze of fresh lemon and it was really nice. We managed to find a spot out of the breeze, in between showers.

I've been busy this morning chopping my homegrown chillies. I wear disposable rubber gloves, but the fumes are another thing. They did a good job of clearing my nose as I used my trusty little mezzaluna knife which you can see in the picture. I removed the seeds, the flesh is more than hot enough for my taste, and chopped them up finely. There are about eight chopped chillies in the jar and some olive oil. Homegrown produce to use in the winter.

I'm planning on Saturday to rip out the last of the tomato vines. I'm not sure what I'll plant for winter yet. Some more bulbs. I have broad bean seeds and may plant them too. I grew them years ago and really like them when they are tiny. I might try leeks again too. I used to have them for years, but somehow they died out.

I'll have some help on saturday. Mya will be spending the night with us as her dad has to work this weekend moving servers. He is overseeing powering down and restarting the operation. Well over one hundred servers will be relocated and the company is putting staff up in a nearby hotel to save travel time for them. He minds her on Saturday morning by himself as her mum works then.

I am going to try putting her and some books in the spare bed. Usually she shares with me. She sleeps, but I don't. She's a very restless sleeper and like many children sleeps across the bed, not up and down. Like her dad, she loves reading in bed before she falls asleep. Hopefully that will work. They will hopefully pick her up late in the afternoon.

Had a night out last night. I had prawns and salad and a small new potato. Rather spoilt then by a slice of homemade pavlova which I enjoyed. I haven't had it for a very long time. I suppose I could have said no to it, but really wasn't in a position socially to do so. Often I find it easy to avoid things like that, but last night was an exception.

Hopefully the pavlova was offset by the walking I had done in the morning. I'm about to walk to the top end of Burwood. It's a really nice day and it's about 15 minutes when I walk straight along by the railway.

Another lovely day here today. Really autumny, although it's quite warm outside. I wanted to go for a walk, but have a lot to do inside today. Lots of housework, so that's some exercise. I didn't walk yesterday, but I did ride the exercise bike for quite a while, so counted that instead.

When I weighed myself this morning, I was down a kilo. I was really surprised as I haven't been paying all that much attention to things. My ear infection made me feel quite yucky for well over a week and I just ate what I felt like. And three times this week, I have had homemade bread toasted with peanut butter for breakfast. Now if I can just turn that lost kilo into something like motivation, then I might lose some more.

I posted yesterday on the WW forums about peanut butter having sugar in it. I sort of sarcastically suggested that perhaps it should be counted as a sugar point. I did point out that I never counted them myself because I don't eat much sweet stuff and even used the words "anally obsessive" about such things. I also said that the peanut butter my husband brought home was YUK with the sugar in it. True to form, someone this morning has picked up on my post, pointing out that she uses natural peanut butter without sugar, but that it should be counted etc etc. I laughed to myself. She missed the point entirely and fell right into the trap I set.

Points are useful if you are just starting, perhaps. They are really just another way of counting fat or kilojoules, but it's probably easier to count to 18-23(or so) than add odd numbers in the hundreds. Portion sizes are good guides, but I know what's healthy for me and what's not. I know what makes me gain/lose. I know that output needs to be greater than input. I know I only have to look at a hash brown to gain a kilo.

And that's where I quarrel with points. One woman on the forum was complaining she couldn't eat all her points because she was having so much salad and low fat food she couldn't eat any more. Just because I want to lose weight doesn't mean I automatically eat "diet" food. I find artificially sweetened goods repulsive. They leave a bad taste in my mouth and diet coke gives me an instant migraine. I bought a diet jelly some months ago and even in its packet, it could be smelt all through the kitchen. I haven't had jelly for years. Why start now? I'd rather ration my cheese and have something decent than a slice of WW plastic. I do drink skim milk and find other milk too creamy now. I've had it for years. I use low fat butter rather than WW margarine. Butter is a much more natural product than any margarine. I sometimes use the oil spray and sometimes use oil. I actually have about a tablespoon of oil a day and find the arthritis is much more under control since I started doing that. Skin is improved too.

Points make me think constantly about food and the next meal or perhaps more correctly, mouthful. How will it fit in? What if I'm over by .5? This mindset isn't good for my head. I check up on points evry couple of days. Usually I'm pretty close to my quota, particularly if exercise is counted too.

True, I do need to be careful and balance things. If we go out, then I need to cut down on something at home. The other night I had pavlova. Lunch yesterday was a fairly plain salad to compensate.

I think we need to find what suits both our minds and lifestyles. Then we need to be honest with ourselves about what we eat and what we do. I can quite easily kid myself about activity. I fool only myself when I do this. And I'm the loser if I act like this.

Perhaps I'd better find a picture of a soapbox I can climb on. LOL

Later...found a soapbox.

Time flies along these days. It certainly doesn't seem to me at least, that it was last Thursday when I updated. Not only that, but tomorrow is the last day of March. I have a new page under way for April.

So where was I? We had a family dinner here for my husband's birthday on Friday evening. I hadn't asked his mother, but of course there was no show without Punch. She insists she just wants to go to bed early, but give her a chance to pig out and bed doesn't enter the picture.

I made Indian and also made some rather nice meatballs. Rice and some salad would have been plenty. But no, he bought a cake for her birthday. This was at the beginning of February and she was out with us three times in that week. Each time she thought that she was having a party for her. But no, he had to get her a cake. Or at least use her as an excuse to get one for himself.

He bought an enormous baked cheesecake from the cheesecake shop. Not only was it a cheesecake, but it had HUGE rosettes of cream and cherries on the top. Chocolate cream. Her eyes postively gleamed and she insisted on having a big piece. "They'll never know, they've tested me already," she said yet again. She cannot understand it is her body that is the problem and the way it reacts to such stuff.

Saturday we went on a picnic because it was the end of daylight saving. We went over to the water at Gladesville, down below the former mental hospital, or asylum as it was known when I was young. There's a lovely waterside park there, facilities for fishing, sitting, playing, BBQs etc. A plaque informed us that the punt across the river from Abbotsford used to stop in the middle of the river to take new patients from a ferry over to the hospital. The point is known as "Bedlam Point." I don't think the early settlers were known for tact! They would have trouble believing the degree of political correctness these days.

I went on Sunday evening to son's place to babysit yesterday. We had a BBQ with chops and my 5 year old grandson had two big helpings of chops and also potato bake. I think he's going through a growth spurt as he also had two large helpings of spaghetti last night. Both first helpings disappeared in no time flat.

His sister who is now 21 months was funny. Whenever I told Andrew to do something, she would hold up a finger, shake it at him and say, "Two." I'm sure this comes from his mother's habit of one, two, three as a warning when something has to be done. She was very cuddly and crept into my bed far too early yesterday morning. Fortunately she lay fairly still, and I was able to doze for a while further.

I find eating difficult there. Their fridge has different foods in it to mine and I don't quite know what is planned. Sam uses white bread and I find it just isn't satisfying. They don't have heaps of money to spare, so I don't like touching what they have. It's not that there isn't food. There's always plenty. It's more my attitude, I guess. If I was at eldest son's, I wouldn't have the same problem. He has heaps of money and wouldn't notice what I used. It just makes things awkward.

Wednesday, 31st March

Another beautiful day here today. Fairly chilly in the morning, but so nice to feel the need to pull a cotton blanket on top of the sheet for sleeping. I think it will be another cool evening tonight. We had a picnic out for dinner, even though daylight savings has finished. The sky was clear with a moon rising and the sunset was absolutely beautiful, deep gold, mauve shading to pink and grey, all reflected in the river. My husband was doing a course at work today and it finished early. We bought some BBQ chicken, coleslaw and a seedy roll each. I packed some cheese which went unused and a couple of bottles of drink, water for me and juice for him. We ate down near the point at Abbotsford. We had actually had dinner, sat and watched the ferries etc and returned home, all before he normally is even thinking of leaving work.

There's quite a lot of chicken left, so I think I might take it off the bones and freeze it. I have some kumara in the fridge and am planning on making some stock and using that to make a soup with some cumin and other spices. I bought a copy of the Slimming magazine today. I haven't had one for quite a while. I read that eating soup at lunchtime, even with a roll and/or salad leads to consuming several hundred fewer kilojoules than without the soup.

I went for the longest walk today in quite some time. I walked both to and from Burwood. I was hot and really sweaty when I returned home, but my hips and ankles feel quite reasonable. Might ride the bike tomorrow.

I wasn't planning on going there at all. I tried to pay the electricity bill with my credit card over the phone and it wouldn't accept it. I knew there was absolutely nothing wrong with the card, bill had been paid etc. etc. So I rang the bank. 30 minutes on hold and was finally answered. I was eventually told something that sounded odd to me but took the guy's word: this card was a replacement for mine which expired this month. I picked it up at the bank, signed for it and saw on the screen at the bank that it had been validated and would work. However I hadn't yet used it.

This fellow at the call centre told me that I would have to buy something in a shop and sign for it before I was able to use it to pay a bill over the phone. So I walked to Burwood, bought some stuff at Coles and also bought a new pair of New Balance shoes because the pair I had on was really fit only for the garbage bin, They've had a LOT of use. Myers, (Grace Bros), had them on 30% off, so I chose a cheapish pair and then had the discount off them.

Walked all the way home and tried the bill again. Still didn't work! Very cranky, I rang the Mastercard section at the bank again. This time I got onto a helpful girl, even though I still had 25 minutes on hold again. She suggested I fool the system and put the old expiry date through on the phone. She said she would make a note on the file of what she had told me just in case this didn't work as well. Fortunately success came on the third attempt and I can now turn on the light and know it will come on! I was so cranky with the first guy. The girl had no idea why he couldn't have told me this in the first place.

I was very sleepy this morning and thought it was a week since I weighed. Out of curiosity I weighed myself again and I had lost another .5 kg. My scales weigh only in 500gm increments. If I had waited till the proper day which was tomorrow, I might have lost another kilo! Of course, it all evens out in the end, but to lose a kilo two weeks running would have been very encouraging. At least that's another loss.

As Susan, a friend of mine, said, it almost seems that if we don't really mention weight loss, but go on eating sensibly etc, then suddenly our bodies co-operate. When we make a song and dance about it, then they shut up shop. I'm inclined to agree with her. Whatever works, I suppose.