The post holiday weigh-in May 6, 2008

So… the holiday went well… The eating and drinking was semi-controlled but the exercise was nearly non-existent.   Consequently after 4 weeks off the ‘healthy lifestyle’ and into ‘holiday mode’ I’ve put on 1kg.   Not too bad considering I had a list as long as my arm of things I wanted to eat in New Zealand, this included:

- a chippie and vegemite sandwich
- New Zealand wine
- vegemite on toast
- Indian curry
- Hummus
- A peanut slab
- salt and vinegar chips
- fish and chips
- a box of jaffas at the movies
- a drunken cheeseburger from McDs

One of the things I really struggled with when eating out is that feeling that a salad is a ‘rip off’ and that it won’t leave me satisfied.    Consequently I never want to order a salad when I am out for a meal.    I feel like a meal out is a treat and that I should order something yummy, the problem is the yummy option is not often the healthy option!    Hmmm…Something to work on.

So… I am back in Bangkok for 1.5 weeks and I have to make an effort to get back to the healthy lifestyle and get back into exercise.   After that I am off to China for a week (work) and will need to keep up the exercise (I hope the hotel has a gym).   THEN… after that I am heading to New Zealand for a 3 month contract.   Oh boy, I am really looking forward to having that 3 months of routine!

The plan moving forward:

• Thailand/China (may) – focus on healthy eating and exercise, try to loose the weight I gained on holiday and another 1kg or 2.
• New Zealand (june, july, aug) - I am going to work really really really hard on building an exercise habit and try to shed at least another 5kg.  I want to finish my time in New Zealand looking lean and feeling fit and healthy. 

I am BACK! May 6, 2008

Ok… firstly… thanks for the kind comments and words of advice about the post I wrote following a fight with my sister that was pretty much a personal attack on me.  I was pretty shaken up after the fight but alas we did kiss and make up.    After writing the blog entry I felt I needed to do something… so I wrote her a card telling her exactly how I felt and to try and make peace.   We spent the next day at a health resort together and did some sister bonding.   We talked about the fight and the card - to be honest it didn’t really make me feel any better, she has her views and I have mine.  I don’t think she knows me as well as she thinks she does.  Fights like that will happen again (as they have happened in the past) so I just need to learn how to handle them better without getting so hurt.

The health spa thing was awesome…  We went there to get a massage and ended up having a ‘5 elements chart reading’ as well.  The chart reading came at an opportune time and gave us the chance to get to know how the other ticks a little better.   The woman who gave the reading gave some very useful advice on how to make my life more balanced from a cosmic feng-shui perspective.  It was very interesting and I got a lot from it.