Well, there is one thing that jet lag is good for..... if you can't sleep you do all the things you have been putting off for a long time! Went to sleep at midnight, woke up at 2.30am, couldn't get back to sleep, finished my book, and then decided I was too wide awake so I sorted through all my clothes. I have gone from a size XL to an M. Tried on all sorts of clothes and just laughed. They will be making their way out the front door today. Amazing how good it feels. So whilst I haven't lost that much in kilogrammes, there is a huge difference in how I look and the size that I am. My husband is still convinced I must have lost about 10kg since starting PCP. Now it is actually 4kg as I reweighed this morning post all the effects of long haul flights. It is very cathartic to throw out clothes that remind you of what you used to be. I have enough better fitting clothes that I can now wear without feeling self conscious. I also have clothes I have been "saving" for the past 10 years and they also now fit. Oh happy days.
One negative thing about jet lag though, daughter #1 who slept 14 hours yesterday slept not at all last night so when I emerged from cleaning out my closet at 5.30am she bounced out of her room and since then has acted like she is on speed. Wow, I am exhausted listening to her.
Another good thing is that by 6.15am I had finished skipping and also had done my kung fu sit ups. Had to skip to a local park (with daughter waking up all the neighbours with her chatter) to find a monkey bar for the kung fu's. Wasn't able to do them in Scotland as there was absolutely nothing near me which would work. So this was a laugh. I liked Patrick's instructions that if you can't get your legs up just do a 90 degree lift. Ha! That's a joke, I couldn't even get to 90 degrees..... more like 85. But then again I have an incredibly weak core.... none at all it feels like. So keeping my legs up for one breath was totally out of the question.
7 x 9 incline pull ups. OMG!!!! that was hard. Nearly fell off the chairs on the last set of elevated tricep dips. It was good until then. Made myself some funky laminated flashcards to count the different sets. That was the only thing that helped me get through the incline pull ups.
Typhoon induced rain seems to have gone for good now and looks to be a lovely day in Tokyo. Wonderfully cool still.
I do want to know though when the cellulite on the back of my legs will disappear completely. That would be manna from heaven. That and the gut diminishing even more. It is slowly reducing. Slowly being the operative word.
Have been thinking seriously about what my indulgence will be (now that Kevin has clarified via Patrick that hitting the bottle last week doesn't count). On Tracey's recommendation, my husband and I are off on a hot date tonight to a lovely restaurant in Azabu Juban. The indulgence will be chocolate mousse. I am so excited, but also a little afraid in case I get ill as that seems to be the norm with chocolate. No mention of indulgence having to be before sundown, so looking forward very much to my dinner. Thank you Tracey.
