Back from the Dead, Live from the UK

Ahoy people !

I know I haven't posted in a longtime, but I'm just like that. I can blog every day during 4 months, then not show up on your blog roll for 2 other months. I should be more disciplined, I apologise.

A lot of new things happened recently. I took about 2 months off Weight Watchers, just because it was driving me crazy. I need to start again, but I really feel like it's poisoning my life. I can't eat whatever I want in whatever quantity I want, I know it's just common sense, but still. I just felt like a prisoner. I am concentrating on eating healthy foods in reasonable quantities, because that's just common sense. And I know WW is common sense too, but I don't want to feel bound by it. I was 137 pounds when I stopped, I'm now 146, but have been maintaining for 3-4 weeks now. I need to make that last weight loss effort to get to 130, then start that maintenance.

Also, I quit my job at Air Canada Vacations. I was tired of being the "yelled at" person, was tired of not being able to go up the ladder. So I applied to be a project manager at a translation company, where one of my friends works, and yes, I got hired. I am starting on July 2nd, 3 days after I come back to Canada from the UK. (Because yes, I'm in the UK right now.)

So yeah, that's the news. Want to know more about what I have done so far since I'm the other side of the Atlantic ocean ? There will be another post about it shortly =) Got to go now, we're having a BBQ tonight !!!

James Bond is not that Bad.

I used to think that my dad’s tastes for movies were odd. James Bond ? Pfft. It’s only gunshots, stunts and women, actually, that’s what I thought until I watched Quantum of Solace. There was a story under the action, and a very good one on top of that !

Quantum raised the question of water availability in third world countries, in that movie, it was Bolivia as an example, but it could be any other country. Cost to get to water, people unable to afford it, monopoly of the water market…

Quantum also talks about government, dictatorships and money in exchange of power over a nation. Revenge, murder, love, name them. They’re all a part of the movie.

It was deeper than only gunshots, even though there was loads of them. I liked it !!!

The Pink Thing !!!

The Pink Thing !!!, originally uploaded by brindegazon.

Ok, so let me introduce you to... THE PINK THING ! I received it this morning...

I unwrapped it as soon as the delivery guy was gone. I was soooo excited ! So this is m gift to myself, for being able to loose like 25 pounds and being able to keep on going even though I'm struggling.

I also got my Wii and Wii Fit. Spent an hour having fun with my balance board in m living room. I probably looked like a retard, but I really did enjoy myself =)

EUREKA!

Ok, illumination.

I found out why I binge. Just like that, ouT of the blue, while talking to my husband.

It is frustration. Frustration related to food, to life, to work, but yeah. I'm a very frustrated person, if I look at how often and how much I binged during the last two weeks. Wheeee !

Now I have to find a way to canalize that frustration. A way that does not involve food, auto destruction and destruction of other people's goods.

I mostly binge during work days. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. I often have Monday off, and I practically never binge on Fridays. (Interesting...) I don't eat like a pig on week-ends either, even when I'm working. But I know the three middle days are the most stressful (and frustratiiiing !!!) days of the week in my department.

Now, let's look at when I DON'T eat.

-When I work as an independant beauty consultant for Mary Kay. Can't eat during presentations, can I ? =P
-When I work from home
-When I bead (Try stringing a necklace with sticky fingers...)
-When I am in my bed
-When I read
-...When I sleep =P

The bed. The bed is what made me click. I eat at the computer desk, on the sofa, on the coffee table, in front of the TV... Literally EVERYWHERE except at the table or in bed. Another thing that's going wrong here, but finding the problems often leads to finding a solution. Let's keep on going.

So I eat everywhere huh ? Even at work. I eat at my desk. So from now on, I will only eat at the table. Period. I need to break the habit, so computer desk of coffee table won't be associated with food anymore. So if I can break the circle of the food associated with every single place in the house/office, I might be halfway there.

So let's try the table rule when it comes to food.

And the Winner is.....

MISSSARAHLOU !!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations, you just won the earrings for this giveaway !!! Please get in touch with me by email, I need your address information so I can ship these out as soon as I can !

Thanks to everyone who participated and gave ideas. I forwarded the suggestions to my team leader, who was very pleased with them. Thank you, thank you, thank you !

There will be another giveaway in May, keep on reading, you might want to participate.