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Here we go again...
Today is notable for two things: firstly it is my first working day of 2008; my fortnight’s Christmas and New Year holiday has evaporated like ice in the Sahara. Secondly, it is the first day of Furtle’s and my attempt to lose weight and get if not fitter, at least healthier.
The first order of business on the health front was to have a “proper” breakfast this morning and not buy sandwiches when I got to the office. So that was a coffee as usual, a bowl of cornflakes – must remember to get some sugar to sprinkle on it (not a lot, just a small sprinkle) and a banana. That was great at the time (or would have been with just a bit of sugar on the cornflakes), but I have been hungry ever since. I expect that I shall have eaten my computer by the time lunch time comes around.
I have bought some apples and bananas for this week’s lunches. I hope they work; I am not a great fan of fruit. I like the idea better than the reality. I can eat an apple, enjoy it and not feel the need for another for the next ten years. Bananas are a little different in that respect as I can happily eat them more frequently. Other fruits leave me cold: I like raspberries, but usually as an adjunct to something else. Ditto strawberries. Grapes are pretty much tasteless and unsatisfying, cherries more so. Pears are OK, but come under the same category as apples except that once every 15 years is quite sufficient. Oranges are good for juice.
Let’s face it, fruit and vegetables are dreary. Even the ones I like, I don’t like enough to eat them in quantity or on their own. I can see that this is going to take some effort and will power.
I can’t see me ditching the snus anytime soon. I don’t drink much and I’ve not smoked since the beginning of May. I need one vice, especially if I am going to do without most of the food I like.
The first order of business on the health front was to have a “proper” breakfast this morning and not buy sandwiches when I got to the office. So that was a coffee as usual, a bowl of cornflakes – must remember to get some sugar to sprinkle on it (not a lot, just a small sprinkle) and a banana. That was great at the time (or would have been with just a bit of sugar on the cornflakes), but I have been hungry ever since. I expect that I shall have eaten my computer by the time lunch time comes around.
I have bought some apples and bananas for this week’s lunches. I hope they work; I am not a great fan of fruit. I like the idea better than the reality. I can eat an apple, enjoy it and not feel the need for another for the next ten years. Bananas are a little different in that respect as I can happily eat them more frequently. Other fruits leave me cold: I like raspberries, but usually as an adjunct to something else. Ditto strawberries. Grapes are pretty much tasteless and unsatisfying, cherries more so. Pears are OK, but come under the same category as apples except that once every 15 years is quite sufficient. Oranges are good for juice.
Let’s face it, fruit and vegetables are dreary. Even the ones I like, I don’t like enough to eat them in quantity or on their own. I can see that this is going to take some effort and will power.
I can’t see me ditching the snus anytime soon. I don’t drink much and I’ve not smoked since the beginning of May. I need one vice, especially if I am going to do without most of the food I like.