Month: June 2006

Via this post at Life Hacker I found out a whole bunch of people bloggers who have recently went on a diet. Some of them went as far as created a Flickr group (WARNING: scary stuff ahead!!!) where they post their before-after images.

While I haven’t joined this gang yet, I find it somewhat motivational to know that I am not alone in this. There are plenty of people who go on a diet and start excercising for so many different reasons.

Also, since I am on the subject, today I had another milestone in my progress. One of my neighbors, who I see approximately once a month, noticed that I lost weight. Last time he saw me was about two or three weeks ago and I never told him that I am going on a diet and to the gym. He’s also not reading this blog as far as I know (are you man?). So, I guess I am moving in the right direction.

For today’s trip to the mountains I had planned a lot of physical activites and some healthy food.

There is a trout farm and a fish tavern near Platres. And right from that tavern starts a trail to the waterfalls. It goes up through stones and roots of trees, with crossings of a water stream. I thought that I’d be going up with Maxim (read: 11+ kilograms) on my shoulders. I thought that I’d eat some barbequed trout afterwords and drink some water or juice.

Instead, we went for a walk at a totally different waterfalls. I carrid Maxim down for about 10 minutes. And someone else stole him from me on the way up. When we came to the tavern, I had a juicy and delicious pork chop. And some bread (because of all the dips). And a pint of beer.

As if that wasn’t enough, when we came back down to Limassol (about two hours after the meal), I layed for a second on the bed and fell asleep for about 4 hours! Now that’s what I call breaking all rules!

In order to calm down my conscience a bit, I went for a two hour walk along the sea in the evening. At least, I’ll sleep tonight. Gym and sauna are planned for tomorrow.

Today I’ve been at the beach for the first time this year. I didn’t go for a swim, but I spent about an hour in the water playing with Maxim. I have to say that water feels way warmer now than it did last year, even at the end of summer. Is it only me or does the heat wave has anything to do with it?