There have been lots of heavy elements to the last few days.
Friday was an early start and a long drive across Denmark to Viborg for a quarterly company meeting and our company Christmas party. My idea of only drinking spirits actually turned out OK, I stuck to schnapps until about midnight and then moved onto mojitos without sugar. They were better than I expected and kept me going until 2:00 when I hit the sack.
5 hours later I got out of bed, had a little breakfast and got a ride to Ålborg airport to fly back to Copenhagen. Having 3 hours to kill before the next party started, I decided to walk the few miles to Dragør despite the snow and sub zero temperatures. The walk cleared my head and I was ready to get back into the schnapps with the Danish Finn Sailing club for another 7½ hours of drinking and eating.
The party was really good. I was the youngest person there and I would say that the average age was somewhere around 55, but they were very warm and welcoming and we had a good meal (sous vide cooked duck was the best I have ever eaten and rather a gourmet surprise). We drank and shot the breeze for a good while until I got a lift into town and took the train home. I also me the guy who built and owned my boat. He was glad to hear that it is still alive and they all seemed happy to have a new member or two. The other "new" guy last sailed a Finn in the first Danish championships 49 years ago and is planning a comeback next year!
Not surprisingly I took the opportunity to have a quiet day on Sunday whilst MK and the kids were out at football and making Christmas decorations with friends. I did shop for and cook a pretty good roast meal for supper so the day wasn't fully wasted.
It has snowed heavily for the last 48 hours so we are getting increasingly snowed in. Thankfully the world seems to continue turning here when it snows so we are just getting on with life.
The final heavy point was that when I weighed myself this morning, I was heavier than I have been in about 18 months. It's an odd time of the year to decide to try and lose weight, but that's what I'm doing.
What did you expect - I'm sure that it will drop off again with a couple of days fasting.
ReplyDeleteI've just sent aj a card, with an aj lookalike on the bathroom scales, saying "How can I have put on 5lb, it was only a 2lb box of chocolates!"
I can never understand that.
No doubt you can.
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every gram of carbohydrate is stored with 4 grams of water as glycogen in the muscle. Unless you don't need any more glycogen in your muscles (because you've been sitting on the sofa since your last meal) in which case it is converted to fat. I don't know how much fat you get from a 2lb box of chocolates though!
ReplyDeleteNeither do I, as the battery on the scales has died. I shall not replace it until after xmas. aj
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