May 7, 2012
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
It was back to the office today after a three day weekend. I can’t say I’ve gotten used to my full time work schedule yet (in fact, I don’t suspect I ever will) but there is a slight comfort in the knowledge that there are still quite some public holidays coming up in the next couple of weeks. Only after Pentecost, at the end of this month will each work week consist of five days (until Christmas) and even then I have already taken some days off, for example to go to London in June.
Weight-wise things continue to go well. Of course I weigh myself each morning, and I record everything in an app on my iPod as well as in a spreadsheet I keep on my work computer. There is still a steady decline of my weight and that’s a very comfortable feeling. A couple of times, people have told me that “it’ll become more and more difficult to lose those last kilograms” but so far that’s not noticeable. In the week before Queen’s Day I dropped below 90 kilograms for the first time, and despite a slight increase after Queen’s Day, I have not returned to the 90s anymore, with my weight this morning at 88.4. It’s funny how Mondays and Tuesday typically show the highest weights, with significant drops happening on Thursdays and Fridays. Let’s see what the rest of the week will show.
One of the reasons for my wight loss, apart from the swimming which I also did this morning again, is my diet. The yellow pepper in the picture above was cut in little pieces, together with a red and a green paper, and was put in a box that I keep in my fridge. Every morning I compose a salad, consisting of lettuce of various types and the contents of the plastic boxes in my fridge containing not just cut up pieces of peppers, but also boiled veggies (broccoli, carrots, beans) that can be eaten cold and tomatoes and other raw vegetables. Add some salt, pepper, some seeds perhaps, balsamic vinegar and olive oil and presto! A wonderful salad for my lunch break.
