Coming Together
Things seem to be coming together a bit this week in ways both exciting and extraordinarily banal. On the work front, I have more meetings in my little compressed three-day pre-vacation week than I normally have in two normal weeks. My belief is that the universe is punishing me for going on my first vacation in a matter of years. Thankfully, I’m also learning a lot of new stuff about the way in which my office makes our applications, so the meetings aren’t a total wash. The only good meetings are ones in which I learn something new.
My weight loss is deliciously back on track this week. Once I got over the 120 kg hump, things started requiring a lot less dieting effort. Even with eating out for most of my meals, I’m again losing over a kilo per week. In fact, my chart looks something like this:
-1.06 kg/week with a daily calorie shortfall of -1363 kcal.
If you’d like a more interesting (and visual) way to keep track of my weight loss, watch this weight loss photo set over on my Flicker account. I’ll be taking a picture of myself once per week in that same Arsenal training shirt so I can see some sort of identifiable difference in my appearance. I have pictures from when I weighed nearly 140 kg (300 lb, for my American friends) and some when I was around 95, but I wasn’t really able to wear the same clothes anymore, rending any comparison difficult. By wearing the same shirt (that started out way too tight), I’ll be able to track my progress more effectively.
Preparations for our trip are going well. Allyson and I sort of tag-teamed the laundry last night and again this morning, so we should have all the clean clothes necessary for our trip to Boston and its surrounding areas. I need to figure out what sorts of fun diversions I’m going to take with me. Right now I’m banking on several magazines, The Zen Teachings of Jesus, and my Nintendo DS to keep me entertained between tourist destinations.
Finally, the camera sock is coming along nicely. It’s a sweet looking black with two orange micro-stripes near the bottom. I’m nearly done with the knitting portion, which means that tonight will be spent seaming and then weaving in all those loose ends in what I hope will be an artful manner. I might be short on sleep again tonight because I think it would behoove me to finish this project up tonight.