It’s been a week since my last post.  I’ve been a bit too busy to post.  I’ve been up to quite a bit in the last week but I can’t be bothered writing about it all as it’s generally just the usual stuff – working out, going out, college, plans etc.

This is just a quick post to sort of keep me interested and keep the blog relevant.

TNA PPV tonight… haven’t spoken to Martin for him to try to get me to do a podcast with him regarding who we think will win etc. and to be honest, that’s probably a good thing as I haven’t bothered watching it for a while.  I’ll probably check the results and maybe watch a match or two.  We’ll see what happens.

Working out is still going well although the healthy eating was a bit off this week due to a couple of takeaways but nothing too bad – no gain, no loss.  I have gone down a “jean size” though.  I’ve been 38″ for ages, now wearing 36″.  Most of my 38″ jeans are still fine on me though so no need to starting spending loads of money for once.  Noticed that my arms have actually lost half an inch around the biceps but have gained some definition so I’m assuming it’s due to fat loss.  Hopefully that’s the case.

College work is actually taking up a bit of time at the moment… I’ve got a few assessments to do, the planning stage of my graded unit etc. I’m not too stressed but most of the deadlines are within the next 1-3 weeks which is the same sort of time period that all the event stuff will be coming to an end in.  Again, we’ll see what happens.

We’ve actually got the week off college so we’re planning on going to Edinburgh for a Valentine’s meal or maybe for the night depending on how much money we both have.  We’re planning on starting some decorating this week as well or at least some of the prepartion work.  I’ve never tried wallpapering so I’m not sure how comfortable I am with attempting it.  Might give it a go in a room that isn’t quite as “important” as the bedroom or livingroom before I move on to those.

Not much else to say… I’ll probably begin posting everyday again once I’ve got things a bit more organised.

Heather came back from work this morning so like always, we spent most of the morning together.  We tidied the bedroom again and I’ve found out that even more of my clothes are too big for me so I’m looking at another major clear out soon assuming I still keep losing weight.  Lost 3lbs this week so not doing too badly.  Hopefully I can keep it up for another month or two then re-evaluate my eating and workouts to see where I want to go.

Does anyone else find that a Sunday really is the most useless day of the week?  I always end up using it to do washing, tidy, organise, blah blah blah… nothing interesting ever happens.  I think the most interesting thing that happened today was watching Joey Essex try to chat someone up 10 minutes on The Only Way Is Essex.  I don’t really like the show anymore to be honest.  I liked it at first when it was Mark and just a few other people but now it’s just total bullshit and you can tell that so much of it is put on.  But yeah, Sundays… what’s the point in them?  I spent the entire day doing stuff I should have done during the week.

I did make a kiwi granita that we ate with some strawberries but that was about it apart from singing and dancing.  Heather apparently really likes it when I sing to her lol especially Kid Rock songs and stuff like that… she really liked it when I sand Down in Mexico.  If you don’t know the song, you’ll at least remember the lap dancing scene from Death Proof which was one of the shittest movies I have ever seen but at least it had a memorable scene.

College wasn’t bad at all yesterday.  We had a few moments that seemed a bit stressful but for the most part it was a pretty relaxed day.

I had white bread at every meal yesterday so I was feeling pretty shit last night, I’m not used to all that shit sitting inside me.  It isn’t nice, I don’t know how people can do that every day.  Thankfully it’s the weekend so I can get back to fill myself up with protein without having to grab something from a shop.  I’m pumping up the weight on my dumbbells.  I took it down to try and balance out the size of my arms and I was advised that that was the best way to do it but it just doesn’t feel right, I don’t feel any sort of resistance at all to be honest even doing 3 sets of 25 with each move.

On a similar sort of subject, I was saying to Heather the other day that I think there are people who will never be happy or comfortable with their size, no matter how much weight they lose or how good they look.  I’ve lost 6 – 7 stone now (84 – 98lbs – not quite sure of starting weight as I went between different scales and lost some weight before starting a proper routine) and I’m 1lb away from my original starting goal but I am nowhere near happy with the look of my body.  I’ve got the arms and legs I always wanted to have pretty much there already but no matter how I look at myself, I just can’t be happy with my progress.  I know that’s not healthy but I think it comes down to my whole “reach a goal then raise the bar” mentality.  I don’t ever want to be “skinny” but I’m worried that the more weight I lose, the more weight I’ll want to lose.  I’ve actually just worked out that I’ve lost a stone (14lbs) since boxing day – put weight on over Christmas – and most of it has been lost in the last 2/3 weeks.

Anyway, when we got home from college last night we were in a rush to get dinner out of the way so Heather could get ready for work.  I say we were in a rush but we weren’t, she was and for absolutely no reason as she got to sit watching tv for an hour before she had to leave.  Once she left, I listed 9 games for sale on play.com and watched the rest of the Departed before heading to bed.

We went to the Carrick (AGAIN) for lunch, I got another baked potato because it was lovely yesterday.  We then went down to Burton to try to arrange for them to come along to the event on the 28th and show off some of their wedding clothes.  Not too sure how that’s gonna go as they don’t deal directly with the wedding hire side of things and they seem to expect quite a lot from our event e.g. someone to model the clothes – they suggested me but I don’t think I’m built for modelling lol, got nice legs for a kilt though I suppose but it’s not gonna happen.  We then went down to Next and I managed to get a light jumper/hoody on sale for a tenner so can’t complain really as it looks alright.  Tried on some suit jackets as well.  It’s strange because I’ve lost inches from my waist but my chest has stayed the same size, if not increased.  46″ was fine on shoulders but far too loose in stomach area, 44″ was a bit too tight in the shoulders but find in the stomach.  I’m either gonna need to put up with it or the tightness in the shoulder or wait a while until I’m more comfortable with my size and get one tailored to fit.  Heather got a jacket from Next as well, in a size 12.  It looks good but not perfect so we’re assuming she’s a size 14 which is still great considering she started at an almost 20.  Either way, I’m really proud of her.

We browsed a few more shops but couldn’t find anything so just made our way home.  A clothes order was waiting for me when I got back – boots, jeans, long sleeved t-shirt and a jacket.  The jeans and boots are perfect, the t-shirt looks fine but the jacket was too big.  I’m gonna try to order a smaller size but I’m worried that a smaller size might be too small.  I seem to be at that between-size stage.

We had dinner, chilled a bit then went a walk.  Heather wanted to check out the local gym while we were out walking so we popped in.  It looked pretty good but the pricing is a bit shocking for what’s on offer.  We’re gonna shop around and find a better deal.

Just finished my squats and push-ups despite having a sore back from Heather pulling me off the bed into a chest of drawers.  Feeling pretty good apart from the pain, just glad I got them done.

Left college at lunch and went into Irvine.  We went down to Boots and I found out that Heather has bought me Gucci Guilty for Valentines day – she really is fucking awesome!  On top of that she bought me the shirt I tried on yesterday, in my new smaller size.  Went to the Carrick after that for lunch and had a baked potato for the first time in ages, it was lovely.  Had to get tuna on it though, can’t miss the protein!  Got the bus home, jumped off it at our stop and Heather realised she left my shirt on the bus so we jumped on another bus and waited 15 minutes at a bus stop for the original bus to come to get the shirt back.  It was lying, still in the bag, on the floor in the middle of the upper deck.  People had obviously just saw it and left it lying rather than handing it to the driver.  It’d make more sense even if they had taken the thing rather than just leaving it sitting.  Idiots.

Came back home, made dinner, read Men’s Health in the bath for 2 hours then watched Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.  Awesome film.  Not something I would go out of my way to watch but when it comes on TV, I won’t switch it over.  Heather thinks I’m most like Willy Wonka because I would quite happily let stupid kids and their parents get hurt out of sheer ignorance and arrogance.  All I can is… yeah, I would.  Fuck ‘em.

Also thinking about getting colonic irrigation… anyone got any thoughts on the matter?  Doubt it…

It’s not actually been a bad day really, I suppose.  Got up, had a nice breakfast, sat about reading about life and shit then decided I was bored enough to go into college to print some event stuff and find out if we’re actually in for classes tomorrow.  Big fucking mistake as I got different answers from every lecturer I asked and had to wait an hour and a half for a definitive answer.  Never again.  If they want me in next time, they can email or cry over my empty seat.

Anyway, after that I went to Burton to look for more clothes as I do all the time despite being broke.  Didn’t find anything but did find I’ve went down another size in shirts so that’s cool, made me happy for half an hour until I met up with Heather and discovered she was a moody bitch today lol… to be fair, she had just got off nightshift and had been for acupuncture so she was absolutely shattered.

After that, I came home, done some stuff that I can’t be bothered talking about, had chicken chop suey, spoke to people on facebook and not much else.  Got a bandage on my leg just now so no squats tonight, I’ll get the push-ups done in 5 minutes.  Oh, I do have a post to write about life and goal building etc. but really, yeah, just pfft…

Sometimes we need to just not give a fuck.

Finished my advanced database book so I can go on and do the assessment a month or so early, yay.  That’ll give me an extra half day off college each week so might have time to get some other, more personal, stuff done which I’ll let everyone know about when the time comes.  Still need to finish my Business, Culture and Strategy stuff but I’ve finally got all my notes together so I’m hoping I can get that done this week – and actually stick to that idea this time – and hand it in on Monday afternoon, do a bit of editing and that’ll be me finished that class 6 weeks or so early as well giving me Mondays entirely free and much more guilt-free free time.

Heather showed me something on YouTube that I’m pretty every fucking person in the world has already seen, apart from me.  Jenna Marbles.  Whatever anyone might say about her, she is fucking hilarious and I’m going to bore you with something you’ve already seen but probably watch every few weeks anyway.

Got that out the way.  Speaking of getting things out of the way, don’t you hate official spam?  By official spam, I mean all those fucking bullshit emails you get sent because you’ve bought something from a website at some point in the distant past, the emails Amazon send you because they think you want to read a book about a farmer boy saving the world from impending doom because you bought a book from them at Christmas, the emails from gambling websites you lost your cash on offering you incentives to play again etc. etc. etc. you get the fucking idea.  I read something the other day about taking 5 minutes out of your day to clear you inbox and unsubscribe from all the email newsletters you don’t want to receive.  Bullshit.  It took me 2 hours to clear my emails, unsubcribe from all the marketing stuff I’m about 90% sure I didn’t opt in for and to delete my Bebo account which I haven’t used in 2 years.  Speaking of Bebo, it supposedly closed today (any confirmation on this would be appreciated).  Weird that it should close on the day I delete mine, maybe I’m just that damn special.  Who knows?  I don’t but I’ll be sure to ask Heather.

Saw some WWE Royal Rumble today, Sheamus won.  Heather and I were really happy but apparently the internet are angry because Jericho didn’t take the win.  Fuck them, Sheamus is awesome.   The guy is funny and plays his part well as both a heel and a face although I much prefer him as a face as he actually comes across as quite a cheery, normal, Irish guy.

Well done him.  Hopefully WWE won’t do anything stupid with him.  I don’t actually watch wrestling that often but I do like at least knowing the results and seeing a couple of matches etc. a bit like UFC I suppose which I enjoy but also don’t watch regularly.  On the subject of wrestling though…

Martin done another show, discussing the whole Hogan vs Austin thing.  No comedy part to this time, but keep an eye on the pictures in the corners for a laugh.  Keep watching him so he keeps making them.  Also, visit the forum he’s talking about in the video so he sees I’m doing my bit.  Either way, enjoy.

Onto more serious issues.  The college strikes are really fucking confusing me rather than angering me now.  The strikes have apparently been suspended for 2 weeks which, naturally, makes it sound as though things will run as normal during that period of time whilst further discussions are ongoing etc. but apparently not.  We’ve been told that we’ve still not to go into college Tuesday – Thursday for the next 2 weeks.  This makes absolutely no sense to as strikes are suspended in order for things to carry on as normal so I have no idea what the fuck is going on especially as one of our lecturers has apparently told another student to come in on Wednesday morning for classes as normal.  There’s a severe lack of communication amongst staff and certainly amongst staff and students as we are offered conflicting information on an almost daily basis.  They really need to sort things out as, at the end of year, they’ll still have a job but students might not have their qualifications due to the lack of class time and tuition.

Yesterday was actually a pretty good day.  Heather and I sort of celebrated Chinese New Year a few days late by eating some Chinese food – that was the excuse anyway.  It’s not too bad as it wasn’t takeaway so I really don’t feel bad about it.  I also got the final graphic done for the ticket and poster re the event we’re hosting at college so I don’t have to worry about that anymore.  It’s not a bad thing to be doing, I just wish it was over though as I really don’t feel it’s adding much to what we learn through college.  I didn’t sign up to plan an event and if I had, I would have put more effort in.  I don’t think it’s even a core part of the course meaning that the college chose it for us instead of giving us a list of options.  That sort of pisses me off as reading the course material online makes it sound like there were numerous options available which might have been more appropriate or interesting.  Ah well, too late now and the event is only 4 weeks away so don’t have long to go.

Got Heather to watch The Departed last night!  I thought she’d hate it but when it came down to a choice between The Departed and Pulp Fiction, The Departed won.  I think it’s because I told her it was just full of violence, start to finish.  She loves some good violence lol, not a typical girl but that’s why she’s amazing (not being a typical girl rather than the violence thing which is a bit worrying haha).

I’ve made a decision that whenever I go out now, should I end up in a pub, I will order cranberry juice.  It’s what I used to order (before watching The Departed lol) – besides Irn Bru – when I wasn’t drinking for a couple of years so why shouldn’t I order it now just because people expect me to drink.  It might look a bit weird ordering a cranberry juice while I’m buying everyone else vodka, beer or cocktails but fuck it, it’s better for me and doesn’t make me look as cheap as ordering water which really gets on the nerves of some barmaids lol.  We’ll see how long it lasts…

Squats program is going pretty well; I’ve some leg pain but nothing too bad and usually at night/morning rather than when I’m active during the day.  I’m hopeful that I can reach the end of the 6 week plan without damaging myself and hopefully see some good results.  Same for the push-ups, I can feel them working when I wake up the morning after but it’s “good pain” rather than something trying to tell me that I’m hurting myself.  Again, hoping to see some good results especially with the added work with my dumbbells that is starting today after some green tea, eggs and getting rid of the head/throat problem which really isn’t as bad sitting here as it was when I was lying in bed.

Completed Dante’s Inferno!  I’m thinking about going for 1,000 gamerscore on it, not because it seems easy enough to get but just because the game is actually fucking awesome.  It ends with a “to be continued…” so I’m hoping for a sequel in the near future.  I found a trailer on YouTube but it’s just a few obscure-ish scenes from the original game which aren’t instantly recognisable mish-mashed together to make it look like a new game.  I don’t know why people waste their time on that sort of stuff, surely they don’t get any enjoyment out of it?  Strange people.

Spent a lot of today reading a book about Edinburgh attractions, hotels etc. as we’re planning on going there for a week/weekend, maybe for Valentine’s day.  There’s a few places I want to go, mainly Arthur’s Seat as the views look amazing and I like an excuse to walk.

Obviously, we’ll throw in some more romantic places to visit as well but Heather wants to visit the dungeons so I get to visit Arthur’s Seat.  Just a bit of give ‘n’ take really lol..

I’m not sure if the Thermobol is working or if it’s just down to the fact that I’ve probably eaten less carbs in the last couple of days than most people have in one meal but I’ve actually lost 5lbs in the 2 days since starting the pills.  I’ve obviously been eating a lot better and was ill yesterday which might be contributing to it along with my usual exercise which I still done last night despite the feeling of shitness but even if the pills are only producing a sort of placebo effect, that’s enough of an incentive to keep taking them especially as they don’t seem to be the cause of the bug I apparently had/have.  Time will tell how good they are as it really has only been 3 days now and that’s no time at all in which to make a decision.

Watched Hustle today… I have to say I was actually a bit disappointed in the lack of originality.  It was another “police are onto us, we’ll play with them” plotline which they seem to be using quite a lot in the last few seasons.  I’m still upset that it’s the last planned season but maybe a break will do it good and then, if it does come back, things might seem a bit fresher.

Skye Lourie is also in this episode, playing Kat.  I remember her from Pillars of Earth but had no idea she was actually 20-something and pretty hot.  During Pillars of Earth, I just assumed she was a young girl, who couldn’t act, but then again, I don’t suppose they could have let her rapist husband at her if she was as young as the character she was playing so I just wasn’t thinking.  Anyway, she’s pretty and seems like a good actress in the little time she actually had on screen.  Not much about her on the net but apparently she’s from New Zealand so I’m really impressed with her accent in this episode.

Got loads of stuff to get done for college… can’t be arsed at all if I’m honest but it needs to be done.  I’ve got a Business Information Management practice assessment, two parts of a Business, Culture & Strategy assessment to type up then turn into a report, posters and tickets to design to a printable stage for this event we’re organising, 3 sections of an Advanced Database booklet to finish and notes to read over for the Office Management class I finished.  I’m really not liking all these strikes days they’re having at the moment, it’s holding me back.  I suppose it’s holding everyone back but I hate having to be organised.

I had a lot of stuff to write about today but it has actually all gone right out my head.  I’ll leave you with some Staind.  Not amazing, but still good. I was listening to it quite a bit the other day.  Enjoy.