Special K Diet, The Week After

A week after my 2-week stint on the Special K Diet, I am still behaving myself remarkably well. I now weigh about 107 lbs., and exercise daily in the hope of flattening my stubborn stomach. Doug tells me that older women should expect to have some fat around the middle, but I don't believe it's true. It just seems to be really hard to get back in shape at 57. REALLY hard. I can see signs of improvement, but it has been a gradual process.

We took a bus tour of Powerscourt Gardens and Glendalough that I enjoyed a lot. All the flowers were in bloom, lots of tulips. That was on Good Friday, and I skipped my French lesson in order to go. Now I'm trying to motivate for this coming Friday, speaking French again ...

I talked to Ineke Voogd on the phone. Ineke's family hosted me in Holland when I was 16, and I haven't seen her in 40 years. She married her boyfriend that she was dating when she was 16! They've been married almost 40 years and their 2 late-20s sons live at home. Whoa.

Lindsay is in London, England for the week and I envy her being in town for the Royal Wedding of Prince William on April 29.

My Registry of Deeds volunteer work has kicked up a bit since the contributors found out that I actually live in Ireland. Now they're sending me lots of requests ...

Lots of other stuff going on. The weather has been kind of cool and windy, but I still walk every day. Exercise, exercise! The end of this week should represent a month that I've altered my eating habits/exercise habits. I don't think my problems will be solved by then, however. I am puzzled by the relationship of weight loss to "being in good shape" and having a good body. When I started this, I thought weight loss automatically solved body issues, but now I think weight loss is only a small part of the process. Live and learn.

Oh, yes, on the French front I've been reading "Correct Your French Blunders", and I think it's a great book. Now that I've been studying French for a while it helps to go back and correct all the things I continually do wrong, and this book is very well written.