Bang bang

So I have shot myself in the foot once again, so to speak. I called work back yesterday after they called me two weeks ago, and so now I’m working tomorrow. On the plus side, I could do with the money and I’m working for a guy I like. On the minus, I won’t get to sleep in or go to the gym. Oh well.

I’ve lost quite a bit of weight recently, which is good except for the fact that I bought a new pair of jeans a couple of weeks ago that are now way too big for me round the waist. I’m very pear-shaped and I lose weight most quickly from my stomach and gain it quickly on my upper arms and thighs. I’m not actually sure why I’m losing weight so quickly, it started about a month ago when I was working 19 hour days and drinking loads of energy drinks. I put it down to the fact that I was working much longer days than usual and yet not eating any additional food. Then I went through a phase after my exams/essays where I detoxed (apart from dairy), drinking nothing but water and eating lots of fresh food because I felt guilty for abusing my body with so much sugar and caffeine. Additionally, I was doing almost 2 hours of cardio in the gym regularly, burning around 600 calories a session, including walking to the gym and back. When you add that to playing Wii for several hours straight, it starts to build up.

Now, whilst I’m still going to the gym, I’ve been eating really bad things that I don’t tend to eat normally, like chocolate and Doritos and some cream cake things Alana bought yesterday. Damn my sweet tooth. The weird thing is, my sweet tooth has gone into decline now: I’m getting cravings for things like fruit and tuna, which is mildly strange. Maybe it’s a lifestyle change thing. More likely it’s just a temporary thing. My problem is what I call ‘goldfishing’ – I just eat whatever’s in front of me. I’m not particularly tempted by things in shops, and if something is packaged I usually check the fat/saturated fat/sodium/calories and will feel too guilty to eat it if it’s really bad, but put something unwrapped in front of me and I will eat it, even if I’m not hungry. I had some of my friends over a few days ago and I’m still finishing off the crap I bought for us to eat, so once that’s gone I’m not buying any more!!

For the fashion shoot thing I’m going to London with Sarah at the weekend. If I get some good pics, I’m gonna go all self-centred and maybe make a layout of moi, because I don’t think I’ve done that before. I’ve also tidied up some pages in the ‘You’ section, and I’ll be working on fixing the games shortly.

Today I showed a girl round the house as a potential tenant, because there is a spare room waiting to be filled for the next academic year. She seemed really nice and keen on the house, and she’s called Jen. I was pretty surprised to find out she was shorter than me (I’m 5’2 and a half), so I may end up being the tallest Jen in my house lol. She just needs to meet my other new housemate for next year at some point (who’s coming round later today), and hopefully things will be sorted. I have no idea how it will/would turn out though because we are all completely different. I’m crazy and hopelessly impractical except when it comes to computers, Reenu is a clean freak who is way into designer clothes, and Jen likes poker and fishing. It should be interesting anyway. My house is definitely going to be like Big Brother over the summer, because there will be a random combination of Alana, me, Reenu, Jen (theoretically), Richard and Tabi staying at varying times. I’m still praying it’s not all going to overlap, considering the house has 3 bedrooms. The temptation to put video cameras up BB style is pretty strong lol, especially as we are all completely different people and Richard and Tabi like playing strip Monopoly. There are going to be some legendary moments this summer, and I may well miss out on them!

Everyone is having BBQs at the moment, with varying success! I’ve got another 2 that I’m planning to go to, and a potential one of my own, if Hwan-Min finalises the details about having one for one of our friends whose birthday is in the summer. What with that and bars/clubbing at night, it’s a good way to catch up with everyone, because exams officially finished and most people are now free. Yay.