Today I was Granny for a day. My parents could not make it to Gabrielle's grandparents day so I filled in. It was great to see her Kindie, meet her teachers and friends and spend time with her showing me around. I managed to sit on the tiny chairs with ease and had one shot taken with her but i look massive as i was sitting on the tiny chairs with my legs doubled up so I was basically squatting. There is a lovely one of her climbing a tree. We coloured in and read books and i helped her jump on the trampoline and climb trees. The kids sang a lot of songs and played instruments. I dont think i have been inside a kindie since i left mine in about 1964. It hasnt changed much.

Saturdays weigh in was 106.4 which is a great loss from the week before - 2.1 kg to be exact. Just goes to show my suspicions about water retention were correct. I am finding it difficult at the moment mostly because i have gone into holiday mode I think! I have decided to just do my best until i start work in a week or so. I will be working 3 days a week which is excellent. I can work the other 2 days if i feel like it but maybe to start with i wont! I will be working with my lover/friend which will be interesting. The money is excellent so lets just hope i do a good job. It will all be new to me as this is an industry i dont really understand. My brother in law needs some financial help to expand his business so i will use some of my time for him. The rest will be spent on ME....getting fitter and doing things for myself.

Weird week weightwise. I started at 108.5, was 108.2 on sunday, 107.1 on Monday, 105.9 on Tues, 106.4 on Wed and 107.4 on Thus and 106.1 today... I had an antihistamine on Tuesday and look what it did! I am going to watch that in future! Hopefully my weigh in tomorrow will be under 105.9 - I hope so...I so want a loss!!!

Its thundering here and Lucy is trying to climb in my lap. Bit hard to type with a trembling 32.2kg dog in your lap and another trying to distract her by biting her head. Bloody hell!

I have decided that since nobody seems to be able to let me BE in terms of work then I may as well just agree to work and be done with it. So my decision is to take another week off and then work 3 days a week for a while. This is not sustainable in the long term financially but as i was not going to work at all till the end of October i guess i can afford to do this till the end of Nov or maybe even Xmas. Ideally i would like to work 4 days a week. I worked out I can afford to do this!

The cosmos did not seem happy for me to take a break. Even while I havent been working I have been taking many work calls a day, minding my friends 2 Samoyeds which means i am hamstrung feeding twice a day and walking them too. There is no rest for the wicked.

I am stupid. Truly stupid. You would think that after 20 months i would have learned something! Two weeks and 2.6kg heavier, I am smacking myself about the head. I think that some of it is due to hormonal fluid retention but I deserve at least half of it!

These are my sins.... I ate like a fat person this week. I had fish and chips once, several serves of gelato, pigged out on fathers day chinese, ate a date scone and had pizza for lunch once. I had a bit of alcohol but not much. Apart from all of this I ate just a bit much each day as I was continually hungry. I dont know why.... but i suspect it is stress and change.

Just shows what happens when you change your lifestyle. Two weeks ago the business i was working for sort of went into liquidation which means i dont have a job right now. I am totally out of routine, going out to lunch more often and not eating breakfast till late. My water intake has suffered somewhat as well. I have decided to take a break but most people seem intent on finding me work. It has been driving me nuts. Anyway I have work when I want it and hopefully will be paid out what i am still owed by the last company.

On monday I am re-starting the 8 week challenge in earnest and will have to think about my goals. I think I will try to get to 103.9kg this time. Thats a 2kg loss on my lightest of 105.9. Today I am back at 108.5kg...grrrr

I am STUPID!!!

This is me with eldest niece Prue who turned 21 on 15th August...isnt she a stunner!!! As usual I look constipated...always happens when i try to smile!!!

For those Myers Briggs followers here is my profile for what it is worth!