huge aubergine

gym again today. not at ten in the morning though. at one pm. that's cause we woke up at half ten. i'm not complaining, it's saturday after all.
i started with walking for 30 minutes and then decided to go on rowing machine. actually, i'm lying. i decided i'd go on the rowing machine before i went to the gym, i took my rings off too. so anyway, i set the resistance to 5 (as recommended to me by a gym instructor ages ago), set 30 minutes and started rowing. god was that hard work! but i kept on going and rowed at a steady pace - 27/28 rpm. afterwards i looked as if i pissed myself. but i finally felt like i had a challenging workout. i don't even want to imagine where i will hurt tomorrow (i'm guessing arms, back of the legs and maybe back). i think i normally do cross trainer and recumbent bike because they're easy. i don't think i've ever rowed for 30 minutes solid. so tomorrow i might try 30 minutes on a normal bike, i don't like them very much because they're hard work but i guess that's the whole point of working out. it's not supposed to be easy.
the highlight of the session however was not that i was able to row for 30 minutes. it was the football on tv. not that i'm a football fan, but manchester city was playing and obviously david james plays for them so that made it interesting. i told mark afterwards that i thought football players should play topless since they get grabbed by their t-shirts all the time but he told me i was a pervert. ah well.

also, i weighed myself today. i asked permission first. i just wanted to know how much i weighed. and it was 68.5 kg. not lost anything but not gained anything either. not thrilled but not disappointed either. i only went to the gym three times so i guess i can't expect wonders. well it's not changed anything, i'm determined to succeed. if i go to the gym every day and eat well and still lose only 2 kilos before the surgery then it's 2 kg lost. i will look and feel much better and i will be way fitter. if i lose more, then great but i won't beat myself with a stick if i don't. as long as i keep doing all i can.

i've been very good with eating today too. i had cereal with greek style yogurt with honey for breakfast, baby food (apple puree) after the workout and a huge stuffed aubergine for well i guess it was tea. it was lovely but it was so big! it was only half an aubergine stuffed with mushrooms and onions, but i felt really stuffed after i ate it. i admit, we bought a bigger aubergine than normal, but it didn't look that big when we bought it. well... it was tasty anyway ;)

i've also decided that most days i will only eat the greek style yogurt once a day. i know it's the tastiest stuff on the planet but it just contains too much fat. 100g a day is ok, it's only 8g of fat. but if i continue having cereal + yogurt for breakfast and pineapple + yogurt for tea, it won't be ok, it will be 16g of fat. if i want fruit with yogurt, i'll have to have it for breakfast or have cereal with milk for breakfast instead. not a rocket science.

i desperately need new workout trousers. my old ones have been falling apart for a few months now and now they're tearing on my arse. maybe i could get them as a reward for reaching 67 kg?