Va va voom regained.

It just struck me the other week that I'd been blogging for two years and three months and during that time I never really had a break from my favourite hobby, apart from when I went away on holiday, so I thought it would be a good idea to take a little break away from the blogs for a couple of weeks.


I'd recommend that this is a very good idea to do this from time to time so I'll probably do it again in a couple of months.

Anyway I'm feeling more upbeat now after some personal difficulties - all sorted out now - and another of those bouts of fatigue which I get from time to time, again I'm getting over this and feeling better.

And then this week I found out that Salem will be playing in Gothenburg again next March, and my 'hyper-levels' just shot through the roof!! I'm determined to get over there to see him play again, of course it will all depend on flight availability/ticket availability/whether I can get time off/whether faithful travelling companion can get time off, blah blah blah.

Here we go again..!!!

I might as well face it, I'm addicted to hoops

Being the crispaholic that I am, this is always a stumbling block to my never-ending attempts to shed a few pounds. Due to some post-holiday personal traumas and other stuff, I gained 4 lbs in 4 weeks, and got very very down about it.

During my blog-break of the last two weeks I've actually managed to lose 2 lbs in 2 weeks, which may not sound like much but it's a superhuman effort for moi. Helped along by the fact that I've discovered a secret weapon which has now become my new obsession....

...Weight Watchers Salt and Vinegar Mini Hoops! 1 point per bag! Now I don't even like Hula Hoops, but these are very addictive indeed.

Here we go again.

So I've got my va-va-voom back, admittedly still a reduced version of it, but anyway it's summer and I'm loving these long, light nights. But there is just one thing I have to do.

Yes it's weight-watching time again. I've decided to return to the glory days of the "Gothenburg Plan" during which I lost half a stone in twelve weeks and felt wonderful. Of course I'm not going to Gothenburg (not for the foreseeable future anyway, sadly) but I will be heading somewhere (current destination unknown) with faithful travelling companion in September so I'll need to get into shape. For there has been post-Dusseldorf weight gain, coupled with a period of laziness and not much exercise, and now something must be done about it.

So here we go again....it's not going to be easy but I've got my determination back so here goes!

Updates to follow...here, every Friday, as usual.

Now I'm off to have a low-fat supper!!

Lost: va-va-voom

If you see it and you find it can you please return it to me?

I've been feeling a little down over the last few days, for some inexplicable reason. I haven't felt like that for a while as I've been on this incredible high for months but inevitably it had to come to an end. A few things over the last 4 weeks really messed me up emotionally, these are now sorted but it's still taken its toll nonetheless (oh the drama!). Also my mum hasn't been too well lately and I just want her to feel better again.

And I've gained weight, which always gets me down. And it's so hot that I can't exercise (which is usually a big factor in my losing weight). Not complaining about the good weather but a couple of degrees lower would have been nicer. Oh it's to end anyway, after tomorrow, so I will then go back to complaining about the weather being rubbish.

But anyway it's June, which I always love, it's one of my favourite months of the year, so I'm going to snap out of these blues very quickly!!

Summer (continued)

Day 3 of the heatwave, 24 degrees, dry, sunny, hot (getting unbearably hot now indoors at EuropeCrazy HQ, trying not to complain as these are very rare occasions and they don't last).

I don't 'do' sunbathing, but something very strange happened yesterday as I decided 'if you can't beat them, join them' and so I took my chair outside, applied and re-applied the factor 35 sun cream. On with the iPod and away we go. It didn't last. I got bored. But yay for the factor 35 as I still resemble a milk bottle. But you know what? I don't care. I'd rather be a milk bottle than a 'sun protection? no thanks' lobster anyday, and believe me I saw plenty of them in town today :)

I still don't 'do' sunbathing and don't really understand the appeal of it. When I go on holiday I can't sit still for any length of time, so to lie on a sun lounger for me would be the definition of boredom, not to mention a very dangerous pursuit with my fair skin...

(But I'm a big believer in each to their own, so if sunbathing is your 'bag' then I'm ok with that, but as long as you remember to stay safe and put on lots of high factor sun cream!)