Trolley Race to Weigh

I gave myself a break from the computer yesterday – except to post my food plan – it was good.

This morning I am in a rush and tear – as normal I guess – dogs to get hair cut – me to dentist, pick up dog take them home to go out again for lunch, mega shop and *gasp, trolley mayhem – don’t you just hate mega shopping!

I think everyone who has need to be in charge of a shopping trolley/cart (hereafter referred to as ‘the trolley’)  should have a Certificate of Competence – to include such things a ‘Trolley Manners, Aisle sense, Suitable places to park your trolley when collecting items from the shelf, Emergency Stops,  Signalling,  you know the sort of thing.  There should be penalty points for misdemeanours, and on collection of enough penalty points you would be relegated to carrying a basket instead of the privilege of driving a trolley.  Major offences leading to instant banning from driving said vehicles should be the preserve of the Supermarket Manager…for such things as causing another driver to make an emergency stop, bashing the heels of the person in front, obstructing the flow of traffic, misplacing your trolley  and pinching someone else’s, and incorrect positioning  at checkout resulting in impeding the woman next to you – these major offences would entail a minimum 3 month ban, and require that your Trolley Driving Test be retaken.  We could even have ‘L’ plates for learners, and ‘P’ plates for provisional drivers  — ‘P’  plates being removed after one years incident free  driving.  — there – Mega shops and trolley mayhem  sorted in one easy lesson.

I was planning my food so that I could plan my shop….I have decided I hate planning food – just because I have to shop for it afterwards — waaaaaaaaaaa I loath shopping.  It was always made bearable by the thought of the really nice cafe that is part of my local Supermercado..where I could have a coffee — ‘oh that cake looks nice is that tomato and basil soup? can I have cream on that’  and the daily crossword while i supposedly wrote my shopping list made it not quite so bad.  Now that I don’t use the shop as an excuse to use the cafe, its not quite such a pleasant experience – it means doing it like others do — you know – you go to shop – to actually shop, not to eat.  Now i plan my food, and my shopping list before I even leave the house – I was going to say ‘how boring is that’ – but I guess it’s not so bad.  Would rather eat!! …..Okaaaaaaaaaay perhaps I wouldn’t!!!

It’s also weigh in day today.  The scale tell me that I have lost a pound this week – which is ok — it’s the trend that counts Blue – remind yourself its the trend that counts.  I was reading Sean’s blog (see link right) yesterday and he talks about how he can get a little disappointed in the scale in that he has a sneaking suspicion that he could have done better…and I can go along with that.  To lose a pound is good – I will take it over gaining one any day – but I know that two things have been different this week – and that was the meal out – which actually I could blame for it – but one meal does not stop weight loss — but coupled with the fact that I have been practically immobilized by my game leg will have done it.  If there is any lesson to be gained from only losing a pound its that it could have been a little more if I had actually moved my body a bit.  But I am not going to be hard on myself – my leg has been really crook – and with the best will in the world there is no way I would have been able to stand about on it – let alone exercise – so I will suck up the one pound and determine to try to get a bit more active next week.

Some of you may remember that at the beginning of the year I said that I would do the ‘Race for Life’ this year – I had quietly let it drop from my attention, till yesterday..when an email popped into my Inbox thanking me for booking my place on the June event — scuse meeeeee!! when did I do that!! I hadn’t — I noticed that I am doing it with my daughter and one of my girlfriends — Missy had signed all three of us up for it – ‘I know you would have forgotten otherwise Ma!’ — who would have kids.  So …all being well I have paid up to actually do it — how bad is that! waaaaaaaaaaaaaa but but I don’t wannaaaaaa.  I must be mad!  I did it two years ago in blistering heat – a lot lighter than I am now, and got blisters on my blisters, the scars of which are still visible today – but ………………..it’s for a good cause – and I might even burn a few calories — thats me putting on a  positive slant — (did you notice that Dawne? I hope you are taking notes!)

I best get going – time and tide and all that…

Blue~

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