Among the songs my mother would sing me was I Got The Sun In The Morning And The Moon At Night from the Broadway musical, Annie Get Your Gun.
Taking stock of what I have and what I haven't/What do I find?
The things I've got will keep me satisfied
Checking up on what I have and what I haven't/What do I find?
A healthy balance on the credit side.
New Year is a good time to express my thanks for my lot in life, for health, for happiness, family, friends, interesting work - and being in the right place at the right time.
Easter will be late this year - not until 24 April (the latest it can be is 25 April). Which means Lent starts late too (9 March). At this time of year, I start slowly adjusting to the coming time of fast. This year will be my 20th Lenten fast in a row. The hardest thing for me to give up is caffeine; once my current stock of Lavazza is used up, I will swap it as my breakfast beverage for instant coffee which will get progressively weaker until it goes altogether. Giving up caffeine suddenly leads to massive headaches.
This morning I weighed in at 71.5 kg (11 st 3lbs), and girth around the fattest part of my tum measured 97.5cm (38.4 inches). [Over 102cm /40 inches increases danger of heart disease.] My Body Mass Index* is currently 22.6, near the middle of the 'normal' range. A return to sit-ups (20 a day) and press-ups (ten a day) has begun with the New Year and will increase regularly, to be continued through to the end of Lent.
Looking back just two years, I see that I have slimmed down by 2.5cm (just under an inch) around the middle and I'm 3.5 kg (8 lb) lighter today than I was then, BMI is lower by a healthy 1.1. also in post-Christmas, pre-Lent condition. Regular cycling is certainly one contributing factor; I'm also sure that annual fasting for 46 days couldn't hurt.
[* To work out BMI, you need to know that I'm 5ft 10ins, or 1.78m tall.]
This time last year:
A walk in the wild winter woods
This time two years ago:
Now that's what I call winter vol. 12
This time three years ago:
When the day starts getting longer
3 comments:
All this sharing and you neglect to tell us how tall you are.
Dang, I hate it when I (slightly) outweigh men. One of the downsides of being tall, I guess.
I think sit-ups are in order, don't think I could survive another 8-week session of bootcamp.
I could NEVER give up coffee.
:)
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Did I miss your height info the first time 'round? Chyba mam jakas skleroze.
I'm 1.8 m, I guess that justifies the two-pound difference.
Maybe I should jump on the health conscious bandwagon as well (after tonight's huge turkey dinner, of course)
176cm and 86.4 KG. BMI of 25.6. The Shame. (Age: 27)
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