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Fay: I think you are doing wonderfully. You look gorgeous.
Aw, bless you!
Thanks, love!
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Sometimes it's a little awkward to be the older, fat woman when the gym is filled with young men (about DS' age!), but I don't think they pay much attention to me anyway. After all I am the older, fat woman who could be their mother and sometimes that works in my favor! It'll be different for you though because you're obviously not their mother!!
Well, I don't know about the mother-son thing, but I definitely know how you feel! Ack! It really is quite rubbish having other people working out at the same time. But I've become used to it now. I prefer not to have company, but I don't have to cringe and want to flee any more.
I know I look a lot less dreadful than I did before, and also it's nice that I know I can run better than I used to be able to (I mean, I'm still an unhealthy fat lass, but I know that I'm better at this than I was. Lots better.) Plus I have NO excuse for not using the gym, because in addition to the one I've joined, we have a tiny wee gym here in my apartment block - so that's what I'm doing at the minute. And so far that's been four days in a row now of getting dressed and going down for half an hour on the treadmill (alternating 60 seconds at 10k with 90 seconds at 5k) first thing in the morning. My friend coming to visit really has kickstarted me into getting off my arse (although it's been great so far, 'cause I've managed to get up before she wakes & nip downstairs to the gym, then come upstairs, shower and start doing breakfasty things. Fabulous.)
Tomorrow we're flying to the island of Koh Samui to stay here for 3 nights:
http://www.samui-hotels.com/alsresort/
Then we're back to Bangkok, squeeze in a day trip to Ayutthaya:
http://www.bangkok.com/river-cruise-...randpearl.html
And then up to Chiang Mai for a couple of days, staying here:
http://www.chiangdao.com/chiangmai/shewewanaresort.htm
Wheeeeee!
We're doing a lot of wining and dining whilst she's here, 'cause - Thailand, baby! And much of the pleasure of visiting a place is sitting around eating yummy food and talking, imho. But the majority of my choices have been very on-plan. This evening, I confess, I strayed a bit - decided to have a glass of red wine with my meal, and also decided to have icecream.
This is only the second time I've had dessert (other than stuff I've made myself) since January, so I'm not feeling guilty. Home made icecream - one scoop (not American-size scoop - I actually do mean a single scoop) of coconut icecream, and one scoop of custard apple icecream.
And I can't find it in my heart to regret ordering it, even if I find that I don't lose this week either - because it was the perfect conclusion to an absolutely exquisite meal, and my lips were tingling from all the chili, and the thought of icecream at that point was just magical.
This is where we were:
http://www.blueelephant.com/bangkok/index.html
It's one of my favourite restaurants - gorgeous old Colonial-style house, lovely decor, wonderful service and FANTASTIC food. They greet you with a complimentary welcome drink (a shotglass of fresh exotic juice of one kind or another) and you also get a complimentary little mini taster plate before your meal - 3 bite-size morsels of examples of the dishes in the kitchen. Nom nom nom! Everything was scrumptious, but of particular note was the spicy salad of fresh tuna steak, finely chopped ginger and spring onions, lime juice, chili and cashews - you spoon some into a betel leaf, roll it up and munch gleefully.
(This would totally work with a lettuce leaf, and would be just as lovely with any different fish. Think I may have a crack at making it myself.)