I just finished a mammoth wrapping session, I am seriously knackered now. 2 hours it’s just taken me to wrap about 10 items, plus I did an hour last weekend - I wish I could celebrate the fact that I am officially done, but I can’t because I haven’t, I still have 2 more things to wrap…once they arrive *looks at date* ….crap, I hope they arrive in time, it’s 2 ‘main’ pressies :g:

The thing is I wish I could proudly now show off my beautifully wrapped presents and make people go ‘Oooh’ and ‘Aaaah’ in wonder, but I am officially the worst present wrapper in the world, plus I hate it, I hate spending money on things I don’t have to spend it on - but I’d willingly pay someone to wrap all my Xmas pessies and make them pretty. I actually tried really hard as well, I wrapped most stuff in my usual unstylish manner, but I took the time and care to do one for each person ‘properly’ with uber shiny and sparkly paper, ribbon, tags, bows etc - they still look like they were wrapped by a 5 year old. Oh well, it’s the thought that counts, right? :laugh:

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I also did 55 minutes cardio tonight, which adds to the knackeredness. But it’s surprising how easy it’s become for me, when I first got my Elliptical a few months ago, I could handle about 20 minutes doing a gentle plod along before dieing and stopping before I pass out. Now I can do 55 minutes going at it hard, and only really stop because I am bored or I have pins and needles in my feet :biting: Don’t get me wrong, it’s not ‘easy’ - that’s a bad choice of words, I sweat like a betty, I grunt and groan, I wail that I want to diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeee, but It’s easy to stick at it rather than give up at the first opportunity!

I had a slight blip a few weeks ago, where I inexplicably gained 3lbs - but that’s come off again within the last 2 weeks (+1lb) so that’s OK, though it does mean I have buckleys chance of getting down to the (mini) goal I had set myself to be before Xmas, unless I some how manage to lose 3lbs in the next 4 days - which isn’t going to happen, given it takes me about a month to lose 3lbs!

Oh well, it’s still going in the right direction, I feel I am making progress at last, I feel healthier….I just need to be very careful to not allow myself to go crazy over Xmas and New Year & make sure I don’t use it as an excuse to ditch the working out.

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In other news, any Reality TV fans in the house? This American writers strike is a brilliant thing for us reality fans huh? The Biggest Loser 4 literally just finished on Thursday and already season 5 starts in 2 weeks. Big Brother is having an extra season this year that starts in February. We are getting an extra celebrity version of The Apprentice and Survivor China just finished last weekend (Yay Todd) but we only have to wait until February for Survivor Micronesia to begin. Happy days.

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Ok that’s all, should I not post again before the big day…which given my current posting frequency I probably won’t…a very Merry Christmas to all of my lovely visitors, hope you enjoy doing all your God stuff if you are that way inclined, and I hope you enjoy ripping open all your presents and spending time with loved ones if you are a dirty rotten heathen like me xxx

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