LOL you'd do better than me on the plant vs weed front! And yes it is the first garden I've owned. The outside of the house is a bit of a tip TBH, there's a short driveway, with two old sheds that will need demolishing before the area can be cleared - and then I'll just get it all paved and do things in pots. But that will have to wait for funds, maybe in a year or two. One of the sheds has an old asbestos roof, which collapsed after the heavy snow this year, so will need taking away by specialists!
Sounds like a good plan - I have loads of plants in pots because then it doesn't matter what the soil is like, plus it's easier for pest control. Just have to remember to water them all, which can be a bit of a pain in the rear when it gets warmer! Ouch at the asbestos.
My in-laws have asbestos in their garage roof but as it would cost an arm and a leg for specialist removal, they're leaving it where it is (it's not harmful provided you don't interfere with it). Hope this kind of service is cheaper in Italy than it is in Scotland!
Blimey O'Reilly on your detailed tracking Scrummie you really do know exactly what's going on with the cals - why not try the higher cal level and see how you go, because you know how to peg it back quickly if you do have any gains.
I am a total numbers nerd...can't deny it
It's like I'm my own science experiment or something
It's great in a way because it takes away the guesswork (I hate guesswork!), but I do miss being able to eat on impulse. I mean, I
can and I
do change my plans if necessary - nothing is completely set in stone - but I pretty much never eat something just because I
feel like it, if you know what I mean?
I guess that's just part of the price I'm paying for being a much smaller person than I was.
I'm doing my level best to ramp up my metabolism so that I get a goodly number of calories to play with every day, but even so, I always have limits. For example if my naturally skinny OH decides he wants ice cream, he gets it, has the amount he wants and thinks no more about it. If
I want ice cream, I have to plan in advance so that it fits my calorie totals, then carefully measure it and eat only that amount, whether it satisfies me or not
And if I want some unexpectedly and I don't have sufficient calories for it, I then have to decide whether it's worth borrowing calories from days to come, writing it off as a blip and drawing a line or just not bothering! Naturally slim people don't have to bargain with themselves endlessly over a helping of ice cream - and ironically, nor did I when I was eating my way up to 17 stone. The big-and-getting-bigger version of me just ate the ice cream and was done with it.
Happy days, lol!
Anyway, that's enough whinging.
Weight was down again this morning to 10st 8.4lbs, so I'm only 1.4lbs from my unofficial new target of 10st 7lbs
Thinking now I might aim for 10st 5lbs 1) because it would give me a bigger buffer zone within my healthy BMI range, and 2) because it would mean I've lost 100lbs in total since I started way back in November 2011, and I like round numbers, lol
Not making any plans beyond that, though - I'd be well chuffed if I could maintain there after all the problems I've had over the years.
Have a good weekend, folks!x
