It's Official! I Have Lost Weight

Actually, it isn't official at all.

It's more like a case of staring at myself in the mirror for a few minutes after a shower, slowly spin around and try to remember what my body used to look like. I think I look slimmer, but I have absolutely no proof to back that up.

It may be the haircut.

Ever since the bestest ex-electorate officer now self-funded retiree and I decided to shave our heads in Koh Samui a few months back I think that may have created the look of weight loss.

And to be clear, if I have in fact lost weight it has nothing to do with my Fitness First regime, unless you include a workout session at FF to mean dropping by for 5 minutes, saying hello to the guard with the machine gun and seeing what movies I can hire for free on any given night. Seeing the money being drawn automatically each month from my credit card though does makes me feel a lot slimmer.

If I have lost weight, which I think I have, it is probably to due to a change of diet. Although I have taught Nerri to cook pasta, on most days we would eat soup and rice with some chicken and vegetables. Other than the cheeseburger I had at McDonald's a few weeks back, I haven't eaten any red meat since arriving last December.

I also think I eat a lot more here too, albeit smaller portions. That's very different to my Melbourne routine which consisted of three lattes during the day, maybe a bagel or a croissant on Chapel Street if La Camera or Sienna's had any fresh, and then a whopper (meaning 'big', not necessarily HJs) of a dinner late at night.

I'll keep you all posted. I am sure you will all be riveted with the results.

On a final note, we have been watching in horror the scenes on CNN, BBC and even Al Jazeera of the fires in Victoria. I received an email that a family many of us know lost their house to the fires a couple of days back and, as cliched and pointless as it sounds, I sincerely wish them the very best as they rebuild over the coming weeks, months and years. Thank God they were in Melbourne at the time.