Weigh in (85)

You know how I said it would be a dark day if I put on weight again this week? Well, it's looking distinctly bright out there! Yes, by George, by Jiminy and by Jingo, he's got it! Now weighing in at 15 stone 7.6 pounds. So rounding up to 8 pounds means a loss of four (count them with me......one....two.....buckle my shoe.....three.....FOUR... think I might lose some more!) pounds. Get in there!!

Happy? Yes...very. Relieved? Abso-flamin'-lutely! Now not only do I know I can do it, I know what I need to do to do it. A four pounds loss may be a bit extreme; but as the exercise distances increase so to does the need to have less load on the legs. Even I have to admit that the repeated exercise - particularly the endurance sessions - has made my pins extremely lean and looking good, but I still don't want to see them give way like the legs of a cartoon horse when a fat cowboy sits on top of him. Having so much less weight on them will be of huge benefit. Keep going at this rate and I'll be sub-fourteen stone before race-start!! Not likely, but it would be interesting to know how I would look and feel at that sort of weight (I suspect, 'good' and 'great' respectively!); it's secondary school - and early secondary school at that - when I was that lean.

It's going to be a busy weekend by all accounts (would you believe I have already done my packing for work on Monday morning?!!); off to see my ol' Mum tomorrow which is most of the day; then Sunday is a record-breaking (as opposed to record-equalling) run. I fear this weekend is going to race by and I will be typing my pre-return-to-work post before I know it. Looking forward to a Monday night off at the hotel; I send a bit of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Tax Inspector (that's right isn't it?) on DVD.

But, that's later. Tonight is a night for celebration; I confess that I might even treat myself to a Chinese Takeaway. I had one last week so I think I'm safe!

....58 days to go!!