The Daily Drumroll

It's my first day back at work today after being off sick the whole of last week with the Chicken Pox, which was not fun. Anyway, I can't say I'm delighted to be back, it's always a drag getting back into the boring old work routine after some time off.

To be honest I'm feeling a bit lazy to write this blog too. It's just an obligation since I didn't do one for a week and some weekends and I got plenty to say, I just don't feel like it right now. But sometime in the course of the week I'll do an in-depth account of what the chicken pox experience is like at the ripe old age of 35. Just in case anybody was wondering and considering it as an excuse to get off work or other responsibilities for a few days. Trust me, it's not worth it! It's is a horrid experience!

Just a quick update on the health mission - I'm still working at it... This past weekend I reached the 1 month mark since starting the lifestyle change and in that month I lost 13kg. Unfortunately we went out to a party on Saturday night which featured a lamb spit braai. That meat was just so fantastically delicious that I ate huge quantities of it, throughout the night as I could fit it into my stomach, washed down with the majority of a bottle of whiskey. So anyway I packed on another 0.8kg by this morning that I need to now drop again. Of course my graph went haywire and my estimated target date to reach 80kg (calculated my an automated exponential forecast trendline) moved further along by 2 days from the 19th to the 21st December. But it's ok, at this time of year we're bound to take a knock once in a while, it just means working harder in between.

Tonight I'll be back at gym again for the first time since the dreaded pox struck me down over a week ago. Back on the squash court, and I think dinner will be a portion of my diet protein shake. Got to get that graph back down!

So much for not saying much. Below is my graph as of today.