I am almost over my flu, and I’m also weighing under 100kg! Given, it’s 99.9kg, and it’s probably jumping back up to 101kg tomorrow, but right now, I’m under, and I’m SO happy (the flu is a great diet, by the way 
). Especially considering that I have barely made a conscious effort to actually lose the weight. Essentially, the weight has come off due to a change in environment.
August 3rd, 2008, when we moved to Tasmania, I weighed in at 108kg (238lbs). I now weigh 99.9kg (220lbs). So in 12 months, without trying, that’s 8.1kg, or 17.8lbs. I’m pretty impressed with myself – I know I’ve been eating better here than I ever did in Melbourne (as much as I miss the food in Melbourne!). The funny thing is, my world revolves around food more than it ever did – and maybe this is the key. I actually think about what we’re doing for dinner, rather than making a last-minute decision (which normally ended up in pizza or takeaway of some description). I plan out what we’re going to eat, and I do tend to take note of what not only tastes good, but what is less fat and less sugar than something else.
It just goes to show – someone with a mostly sedentary lifestyle for the last 12 months (it’s only since June, since I started work that I’ve become more active), simply by eating better, not necessarily increasing physical activity, can lose weight. Yes, it has taken time, but imagine if I’d also included a regular exercise routine on top of that?!
Time to get back on the Wii Fit!
Firstly, I have the flu. Yup, it sucks, and I hate it because it probably means I’ll be taking tomorrow off work – something I definitely do NOT want to do, since I’ve had 6½ days off work already since I started on June 1st. Given, that’s like 6½ days out of 50, but I still feel really bad about it, like I’m giving the wrong impression as to how I feel about my work. I actually do enjoy my job; it’s something different every day, which keeps it interesting, and I normally don’t get this sick this often. We’ll see what happens I guess – no point stressing about it now, since it’ll probably keep me sick if i do.
In other news – the reception venue has been confirmed, and my wedding dress arrived on Thursday. I have tried it on and it’s perfect, but for obvious reasons, pictures of the dress shall not be posted online until after the wedding sorry to disappoint.
Invitations are half-done – just need to confirm addresses before I post them out – and then that’s about it in terms of the stuff I directly have to do – it’s all up to other people to get their shit together after that
Anyway, just a short update today – I feel too gross to type too much more.
I can’t believe it’s been nearly a month since I last blogged. I bought this shiny new domain and I don’t bloody use it – What the eff?!
So right now I’m in a fair bit of pain. I had all four wisdom teeth removed on Friday afternoon. The surgery itself went without a hitch and without any pain (thank you, numb-juice), but the pain afterwards has been somewhat terrible. Most of the time it’s just a dull ache, which is irritating but tolerable. But every now-and-then I get a sharp pain, particularly on the right side where he had to dig a little deeper to gain access to the teeth, and it’s not pleasant.
And just to make you feel even more sorry for me, here’s a photo:
![Still Swollen (by Terri [dotnu])](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3541/3779471233_0e3b85e972_m.jpg "Still Swollen (by Terri [dotnu])")
As you can see, the right side is really swollen bad. The left is quite fine – I can even chew, albeit carefully, on the left side.
But it is getting better; I can feel it healing, and I wonder if my bottom teeth might straighten out a little on their own now that they have room to shift. We’ll see what happens, anyway.
That’s my woe-is-me story this month. In other news, wedding plans are coming along slowly – I will get at least the interstate invites done over the next few days (while I have time off), so people who need to book flights and such are able to with time to spare, and then the others will need to go out once I get more paper for the invites. I also got my ring all paid for, so that’s in safe-keeping now 
Cheerio
