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summer weight loss

by Sallyo on 19 Jan 2014, 22:26

Hello Blog, long time no hear, no write.

I have had an amazing string of weight losses to report. On the 31st of December I weighed 69.7kg. :
3rd Jan: 71.1
5th Jan: 69.9
7th Jan: 71.8
10th Jan: 70.4
14th Jan: 68.4
16th Jan: 69.1
17th Jan: 69
18th Jan : 67.8

I finally understand that my weight goes up and down from day to day. How much I weigh is not an exact figure. The general trend is down however and I trust that now.

It has been hot, so I think that helps. I don't know if it's scientific, but I reckon it doesn't even relate to how much you eat. I think your body wants to loose weight when it's hot. I know that's not scientific, but that doesn't mean it's not true. It could be hormones or some other mysterious, so far undiscovered and unexplained factors at work. Here in Tasmania we are fatter than people who live in hotter places and that's partly because it's cold, we eat more, but I think there may be other factors at work. Any way, the point is, it has been hot,and I have lost weight.

I have decided to nominate as a candidate for the State election. We needed 5 candidates and we had 4, 3 men and a woman. We needed another woman and I was thinking of asking this woman I know who has a background as an academic and science teacher and in practising permaculture. Every time I rang her she was either away, had visitors and I couldn't meet her to talk to her about it. I was rehearsing what I was going to say: you will be the 5th candidate; you won't have to do anything; you will just be a name on the voting ticket; we need a woman. etc etc. Finally the day before yesterday, I talked to her and she was about to go to South Africa for a month. Obviously there was no point in asking her. She had to be eliminated from our list. Then I starting thinking of who else we could ask. I thought of all the women in our branch. I said my speel to 3 other branch women and they said, yes, why not you? So there you have it. I'm going to nominate. I have my pre-selection interview this afternoon. I know all the questions because I was on the pre-selection panel.

I do feel very inadequate to the task. It's all very well saying I won't have to do anything. But i do have to know stuff. I have to be able to argue the Green position. I have to know what the party line is. It's a bit daunting. I am going to focus this week on honing up on my knowledge of the Pulp mill arguments. The whole forest question.

Meanwhile I have a job as the Field Coordinator for Braddon for the election, which has been called for March 15th. I am so enjoying doing that. I have to organise events, recruit volunteers, run training sessions. I feel all my lifetime of skills and experiences are coming together and I can do this really well. It's so good to feel you are good at your job. As a teacher in a school, I often got the feeling I wasn't good at my job and that's hard to live with.

SO onwards and downwards in weight and upwards with the election.

Katharina is my fasting buddy.
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Re: summer weight loss
20 Jan 2014, 16:08
Goodluck with your election. Sounds like this could be a huge growth experience for you. Well done for stepping up to the plate.

And thanks for sharing your weight numbers. Mine go up and down all the time too and on up days (like today) it can be a bit discouraging. It is good to see I'm not alone.
Re: summer weight loss
23 Jan 2014, 11:59
Thanks Carleneruns, We've got the campaign launch tomorrow. As you say, a huge growth experience!

It helped me to understand the way weight goes up and down by looking at other people's progress charts. Everyone goes up and down. No one just goes down. It's such a revelation.
Re: summer weight loss
23 Jan 2014, 21:22
From a fellow Green member, well done in stepping up! I haven't been that active. Only handing out for me on the 15th, but then in SA.
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