stress fractures

Had a very stressfull day today, had a meeting this morning which was a high stress situation and will mean BIG changes in my life, and not for the better.

After the meeting I went and did the grocery shopping. I was very surprised at how smells I'd previously ignored really played on me in my stressed frame of mind.

Walking past the pie shop started it off, wow, the smell was amazing. Being as it was the first such smell of the day it really hit me between the eyes, must admit it surprised me.

I kept wandering around, had to go to a few different shops, and then went to Coles. Going through the food court was interesting. It wasn't only the smells, it was the lure of sushi. I love sushi. Unfortunately there's not a whole lot of RICE on the Cohen Plan. :(

Usually stress would have resulted in eating or shopping. Silly shopping, I mean. I bought nothing today other than the Groceries. I was pretty pleased about that, at least.

After I finished at Coles, I had to go to the Fruit & Veg shop. That finished it was back to the car. Between the F&V and the exit was a lovely stall selling FRESHLY BAKED COOKIES.

AAAH THE SMELL.

The smell was magnificent. I think they were baking some sort of peanut butter cookies, or chocolate, or such, coz the smell was... was... um... droooooly. (I'm sure that's a word).

It was all I could do to get out of there.

Anyway, I got home and had Prawn and Salad for lunch. It was magic.

Tonight I cooked a batch of muffins and some cookies for the kids, they smell good, but nothing tempting.

The stress levels have gone down a bit.

Isn't it funny what an effect stress can play. I don't know if it heightens our senses, but it certainly lowers the defences.

Vale Steve.

I still can't believe it.

Steve Irwin's gone.

It's just awful.

Not only for Terri and the children, but also for the wildlife of Australia (and in fact, the world).

I wouldn't say I was a mega-fan, but I certainly liked and respected the guy, and was simply shattered when I heard he'd gone.

My kids are upset about it, especially my 12yo son, who still wears his "Croc Hunter" hat from when we went to the zoo a few years ago.

I still think I'm more upset than he is.

I dearly hope that his legacy survives him, but I really think Terri will hold the reins nicely.

Yeah, I know...

It's been a while since I posted, sorry, I've been busy.

Have spent time with Mum, and organising stuff.

Still, progress has been interesting over the last 2 weeks. Two weeks ago I didn't lose anything, in fact I gained a Kilo. It was really odd, coz I hadn't eaten anything untoward, but I guess these things happen, but this week I made up for it with a 4.3kg loss!

I've now lost 22.5kg on the Cohen programme, and this along with the 6kg prior makes pretty close to 30kg lost total. I'm looking forward to hitting the 25kg down mark! Then I'll be 1/3 of the way through the programme. YAY!

Tomorrow should be fun, I'm going to an Agricultural Show, so a big day of walking around looking at fun stuff like tractors and sawmills :D Looking forward to it.

I hope I don't miss out on seeing the woodchop.