Phew, now to reply to others (so hard to on phone when you can only see a few posts at a time!)
Cheeky- I'll def try other insects in Cambodia I think! I could smell that these ants were weird before I tasted- so would know next time to avoid things with a dodgy smell! I want to try tarantulas though
*TRAVEL STUFF, SKIP IF UNINTERESTED*
So exciting that it's getting close, though it seems so unplanned!! We have the first part of the trip coming together now- sitting down and looking at the traveling between places the other day really helped get that moving along, so we've got our Japan - South Korea - China - Hong Kong stuff loosely planned now, then need to work out where to fly to from HK (Cambodia or Thailand). The end half of the trip is so up in the air though! We're not sure what countries we'll even be going to yet- after Thailand definitely Singapore (train through Malaysia so probably spend a day there) but then- Indonesia? Bali? Borneo?! Can we really do them all!? Lol
these ones we really want to look into more! At this point it sounds like we'll be spending the least time in Thailand probably- funny considering that was the main destination I was interested in like a month ago! But during that time of year a lot of the islands on the east get shut because of the weather/monsoon season... I was dead set on Phuket as there is SO much to do there, but apparently the Monsoon slows the whole place down and if we fork out a fortune for a tour that gets interrupted for hours because of the rain, it would suck! Apparently you can do most of the same things for cheaper in Krabi, which is on the mainland beside Phuket sort of, and more on the way, too.
So nervous about all the Vaccines stuff- particularly because it's so soon that we are going! Though first 2-3 weeks in Japan, then a week for South Korea/Beijing where we don't need jabs at all, so that buys us some time in that sense! Am so much less nervous now that you said I can have them in my thigh!!
Gutted that Eliza can't cat sit now, she said it's a 'maybe' but we have to assume 'no' and find someone else as we wont be able to find someone last minute. The lodger student who is staying at hers and helping with the kids is going to come over today and chat to us/see the place so fingers crossed about that! I would never pay someone full rates like you mentioned for cat sitting though- the cats are SO easy to look after, just feed them once a day, empty the litter tray once a day (or every other day) and they are fine; I'd like someone HERE who needs a place, can enjoy our place (it's going to cost me a fortune to run it while not here
so I feel like I'm kinda paying for someone to have a nice stay in a nice place they'd otherwise be paying probably £700 rent a month for + bills!)
If I had a dog then yeah, would pay
but cats are so easy, I just want to know they're not going to be lonely and that someone living here can give them a cuddle every now and again. I know it sounds douchey to say I wouldn't pay- I'd maybe pay a small amount for the whole time but couldn't afford like £100 a week for 3 months *gulp* on top of £250 a month for the bills. It's a nice enough place to themselves, big bedroom with super king sized bed and TV, lounge with PS3, Sky+, unlimited wifi, big TV, tons of dvds, imac, entertaining cats, sofa bed, they can have parties, it should be a nice thing for someone else if the timing is right for them...!
*BACK TO SW*
HexB portions for cereal are pretty stingy- but some of the lighter ones are better! Like the wheat puffs you can get (they're basically sugar puffs but without the sugar) they are so light that you get a whole big bowlful which is way more satisfying! And of course, syrup turns them into near sugar puffs
but yeah, the harder cereals like All Bran Crunch 'n stuff is just like a tiny mouthful allowance! I like a massive bowl full haha
Definitely need to get walking more but am sooo lazy. I really didn't struggle at all energy wise in Paris or Florida when we were on our feet ALL day, but my knee did struggle in Paris and on our travels we'll have heavy bags a lot of the time too! But yeah, I didn't get tired/out of breath or anything so that's a good thought... Not sure hiking up a mountain is realistically EVER going to happen though
I did a 7hr mountain hike (led my by 70 YO great aunt) with two friends when we were 18 in Switzerland and it nearly killed me- I was so bored too LOL! Views weren't worth it.
but I think my attitude would be different now... And that was a pretty boring walk (almost entirely through forest so not much to see)
CT - I'm not synning the ant LOL!! Damn... Didn't think about that
This weekend has nooot been good for syns, and * week is due, so tomorrow's WI will be a write off (I can blame it on the giant ant, right!?
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I just noticed you're out of the 20's - OMG
amazing! I desperately need to catch up with all your diaries! Will do so in a minute!
I'm surprised to hear people PM'd you about it :/ I guess because you mentioned you'd had an eating disorder before it would raise warning flags, but you're so open about things on here and we can see from your food diary that you're nourishing yourself properly!
Common for people to be skeptical about the idea of fasting but c'mon, everyone's doing it these days and it's really just an excuse to let ourselves splash out a bit more later really
MrsGinger- I still have a belly too, I dont think it'll ever go, and if it does it'll be all loose wrinkly skin like my mum's was after she had me I think! When I lie down I can see that loose skin thing when I pinch my tum a bit so am nervous about that! Sad that I'll never have a hot tonned tum but ah well
and yeah, arms are more on display so that's definitely more important to me! I definitely notice them most in photos and always have... I've always been lucky to have a waist that really dips to make my size less of a blob, but my arms always looked huge. They're much better now and I can see the difference from my recent efforts! But they dangle like never before now that they're less firm- def need that toned up for short sleeveless travel photos!!
Did do the mini arms work out yesterday but not yet today- will soon! And some weight lifting hopefully too... Might do some of the exercises from kettleworx that I felt work my arms most, but can't face the DVD just yet
it's great to try different routines and see what I get the most burn from though, I've got some other workouts taped to try, then can just choose what I've learnt to do the most effective 'free weights' stuff myself. I don't feel the exhaustion from weights at all, I could keep going until my arms dropped off! But the cardio stuff kills me
obviously it's great for the fitness side of things, but when I'm feeling lazy/low energy there's no way in hell I'm putting myself through it- where I COULD put myself through the weights easily and tone up my arms!!
