Review, review.

Me
Going to Paris on Tuesday to have a look through the Louvre, back on Thursday morning. Might have a go at travelling fairly light again if I can manage it. My lack of French might be the biggest problem: dreading trying to order food. Still, I could always stick with Le Big Mac since it's just a couple of days.

Hopefully I'll also have time to stand with my arms out blocking the escalators, and leaf patiently through a guidebook while standing in the middle of doorways. Hah, your turn now.

Consumerism
Was stuck waiting in Starbucks yesterday, and managed to get one of the legendary short cappuccinos. Definitely tasted a lot stronger and nicer than their regular ones. Barman didn't seem to whisper it though, just called it out normally. Tried ordering one at a different branch a while back though, and the girl didn't seem to have heard of it

I have grotesquely wide feet, which makes shoe-buying a problem. New Balance seem to be the only trainer <USian>sneaker</USian> company that do wide fittings, but they're quite scarce in the UK, so I bought some online. I usually take UK size 9 in trainers, but they're in USian sizes so they only had 8 and a half or 9 and a half; so I took a chance on the 8 and halfs. Not sure about them. They feel too tight around the toes when I wear them for a while, but have worn them all day, covering a few miles, and haven't actually got any blisters or skin abrasions; so it might just be that I've gotten so used to ill-fitting shoes. Hmmm.

The other day I realised that everything I was wearing, including shoes and jacket, came from Marks and Spencers.

Mobile phone: haven't chased them up after they fucked me around for a week or so; telling me to call back and changing their minds about the prices they were offering and what they had in stock. Still have the SIM card in the old Ericsson R320, so I'm not phoneless though.

Operation Become Less Fat
CW: 11st 11
SW: 14st 4
Loss: 35 pounds
Weeks: 25
Loss per week: 1.4 pounds

Saturday 20 May 2006
Breakfast: 1 tea, steak pasty, large slice bread, 2 olives, corned beef.
Supper: Waitrose Chicken Pasanda (659kcal, 62.8g protein), brown rice. M&S "Count on Us" Chocolate Overload (175kcal, 5.5g protein).
Second supper: 2 corn on the cob, 1 piece bread, sardines.
Booze: None
Exercise: 5BX Chart 4 Level A+. Post-Marting Dumb-bells: light 6.5kg 3x10, medium 10kg 3x10, heavy 12.5kg 3x10.

Sunday 21 May 2006
Breakfast: 2 tea, 4 slices bread, 2 slices ham, tomato
Lunch: 162g fillet steak (311 kcal, 32g protein), 400g potatoes, 2 carrots, 95g mangetout peas. Greek yoghurt with honey.
Supper: 2 large slices bread, minestrone soup, 1 slice ham.
Snacks: 1 cappuccino, hot choc with splash whisky
Exercise: 5BX Chart 4 Level A+.

Monday 22 May 2006
Breakfast: 2 coffee, 2 slices toast, 1 slice roast beef, 1 tomato
Lunch: Chicken and salad wrap
Supper: 162g fillet steak (311 kcal, 32g protein), 400g potatoes, 2 carrots, 2 leeks. Choc and black cherry dessert
Second supper: 3 Ryvita, 1 slice roast beef
Booze: 2 whisky
Exercise: 5BX Chart 4 Level A+. 1.75 miles walking. Post-Marting Dumb-bells: light 6.5kg 3x10, medium 9kg 3x10, heavy 12.5kg 3x10.
Light: front raises, side raises, military press, wrist lifts, wrist flips
Medium : upright rows, horizontal flyes, two-hand overhead triceps extension
Heavy: concentration curls, lunges, shrugs, side sway, horizontal lifts

Tuesday 23 May 2006
Breakfast: 2 coffee, 2 slices toast, 2 slices roast beef, tomato.
Lunch: Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel
Supper: Chicken breast, brown rice, small portion mangetout peas. Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia frozen yoghurt. (169kcal,4g)
Snacks: One choc biscuit, 90kcal. Large mango.
Booze: 2 whisky
Exercise: 5BX Chart 4 Level A+ inc. 1.5901 miles in 13mins 51 secs. 3.5 miles walking

Wednesday 24 May 2006
Breakfast: 2 coffee, 43g ham, lentil and veg soup (210kcal, 10g protein), 2 small slices toast.
Lunch: Cornish pasty
Second supper: leftover rice, 2 Ryvita, 43g slice ham
Supper: 380g potatoes, 2 Waitrose beefburgers, 2 carrots, 2 leeks, small portion mangetout peas.
Booze: 1 beer, 1 whisky
Exercise: 5BX Chart 4 Level A+ inc. 1.7969 miles in 17.129 mins. 3.5 miles walking. Post-Marting Dumb-bells: light 6.5kg 3x10, medium 9kg 3x10, heavy 12.5kg 3x10.
Light: front raises, side raises, military press, wrist lifts, wrist flips, lying triceps extension
Medium : upright rows, horizontal flyes, two-hand overhead triceps extension, curls
Heavy: concentration curls, lunges, shrugs, side sway, horizontal lifts

Thursday 25 May 2006
Breakfast: 2 coffee, 2 Ryvita, 43g slice ham
Brunch: Small egg, sausage, bacon sandwich
Lunch: Chicken and sweetcorn soup
Supper: 160g spaghetti, meatballs. 35g cheese. Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia frozen yoghurt. (169kcal,4g)
Snacks: 1 apple, 1 orange
Booze:
Exercise: 5BX Chart 4 Level A+. 1.75 miles walking

Friday 26 May 2006
Breakfast: 2 coffee
Brunch: Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel
Lunch: Chicken soup, small chicken sandwich
Supper: 1 quarter chicken, chips, coleslaw
Second supper: 2 Ryvita, canned beans and sausages (194kcal, 11.3g protein). Milky bar
Booze: 4 beer, 1 whisky
Exercise: 5BX Chart 4 Level A+. Medium-weight dumb-bells only.