Weight
It was time for the payback after the weekend of consumption. The scales told the full ugly story. I now weighted more that I have for a very long time. In fact, it was only 200 grams under the weight that triggered the whole “must lose some bulk” journey. This was very disappointing and I felt suitably guilty. It didn’t stop me enjoying my bacon omelette for breakfast though.
Book
I’ve been carrying a book in my bag for the last month with the intention of reading it on the train. Today I finally started it. It’s looking promising but books by this author rarely disappoint me, unless it is a collection of short stories that was disappointing.
Lunch
I’m back on the Couscous and fruit again. Not mixed together. I’ve prepared a week’s worth of couscous salad. It’s Couscous with peppers, spring onions and lemon pesto mixed into it. The lemon pesto is there to add a bit of flavour to an otherwise bland meal. It fills a hole and is reasonably tasty. This is good as I’m going to be having it for lunch for the next week.
Crisps
There was absolutely no excuse for the packet of crisps I ate whilst waiting for the train.
Tea
I didn’t want to eat too much for two reasons, the first and most obvious is that I was feeling a little bulky. The second was that I was intending to go for a swim later. I went for the cheese and biscuits option as it was easy and I had all the required components in the kitchen. The problem with cheese is that I like cheese, I like cheese a lot. I was hungry as well. Cheese availability and hunger should not in my case be mixed as they lead to fattening results
Swim
The swimming pool was almost empty when I arrived. They had finished the health and safety pause and a few people were ploughing up and down the lanes. I joined them for my usual Monday evening long repeats. I felt a bit sluggish in the water. I put this down to my expanded belly creating extra drag in the water. As I progressed though the set I felt myself getting slower and slower. It became a struggle to finish the last repeat. My watch showed a sorry saga. My repeat times were well down on previous sessions and the last repeat was substantially slower than the first. At least I’d been in the water.
Moon
Whilst drinking a cup of tea I decided that I needed to take pictures of the moon. It was big and bright and moving through clouds in a dramatic way. It took a while to set up but it was fun to do. Hopefully the pictures will be good.