Good times

What a lovely treat it was on Saturday, to finally have a bloggers' lunch. I've met a few of you individually, but en masse was quite different.

I've got to say (quite modestly, of course) that we really are a lovely bunch of women. Everyone was so happy and welcoming and it was great to meet the kids too.

I was struck again by what an odd sort of situation this is. We think know so much about each other, but it's only the words we read on the screen - there is so much more behind that. One thing I particularly noticed is how kind and caring you all are - and how much you all love to smile and laugh. Those great big smiles, that light up your whole face.

I'm feeling my way through my first week of this new programme. My first upper body resistance workout on Saturday was great and I felt it for a couple of days afterward. Cardio is fine too, pushing myself harder than usual. Made a bit of a hash of my first lower body workout. I set most of my weights too low and didn't really have to work hard enough, but I'll just learn from that and make it harder next time.

Food-wise I'm finding it quite a change. It's back to the six small meals a day concept - and I struggle to fit those in when you're supposed to wait two and a half to three hours between meals. Eating protein at every meal is a big change too. Yesterday I stuffed it all up by letting myself get too hungry before dinner and eating too much. So I made that my free day for the week and had a bowl of ice cream as well!

I am feeling tired, but it's hard to tell if that's caused by the change to the eating/exercising routine. Daylight saving started on Sunday and that always takes me a week or so to get used to. So that could be causing the tiredness - or could just be the fact I've been working quite hard!

My fully fledged geekdom is enjoying filling in spreadsheets every day (made easy by the fact my laptop is my constant companion) and I have been writing comments about how each day has gone - a step closer to the dreaded self-analysis I always shy away from.

So, going quite well for now. Let's see how it goes when the euphoria of something new wears off.
Oh, and I've decided to have a completely alcohol-free month for October.

There were eight women at the lunch. Between us we have lost 285kg. We rock!