Weight loss

Mmmmmm...... things arn't going too well on the weight loss front - only 1/2lb this week, really need to look at my diet and exercise regime.

I do walk at least 10,000 steps a day as i am taking part in the Global Corporate Challange (a virtual walk around the world - and the commitment is a minimum of 10,000 steps a day). Most morning i am walking Willen Lakes before work - approx 3.5 miles. Anyway today is Thursday which is walking group day - with Climb Your Mountain a local charity - and we are walking Caldecotte Lake - approx 4 miles, but unfortunatly i missed my morning walk today as i was at the opticians getting my contact lenses sorted :)

I'm currently reading Borkmann's Point by Hakan Nesser (36% of the way through - I love my Kindle :) ) I am really into the scandinavian thrillers at the moment and i am a huge fan of Steig' Larssons The Girl trilogy.

101 Books

This post will list the books i have finished (and the date finished)


1. Bombsites and Lollipops: My 1950s East End Childhood by Jacky Hyams - an autobiography of a child growing up in Londons East End after the war. - 9 August 2011

2. How I caused the Credit Crunch - Tetsuya Ishikawa

3. The Ice Princess - Camilla Lackberg

4. Menage - Emma Holly

5. Stand and Deliver - Adam Ant

6. Borkmann's Point - Hakan Nesser

7. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

8. Snow White : Rose Red - Saffina Desforges

9. My Best Freind's Girl - Dorothy Koomson

10. Peony in Love - Lisa See

11. Dear Coca-Cola - Terry Ravenscroft

12. Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday

13. Killer in High Heels - Gemma Halliday

14. The Suffragette - Janet MacLeod Trotter

15. Headhunters - Jo Nesbo

16. Clutter-Free Home Living - Eugenia Orr

17. Stairlift to Heaven - Terry Ravenscroft

101 things 1001 days

Well today i start on the 101 things to do in 1001 days (DayZeroProject) and i thought i would like this blog so that i can update progress and keep a diary of where i am :)


So far the list stands at

1. Visit the Grand Canyon
2. Decorate spare room
3. Decorate Living room
4. Visit Italy
5. Read 101 Books
6. MK Midnight Moo 2012
7. London to Brighton bike ride
8. Loose 3 stone
9. Finish a cross stitch
10. Pay off credit cards
11. Complete GCC in 2012 & achieve av. steps of 17k
12. Climb Snowdon
13. Climb Ben Nevis
14. Walk part of the Pembrokshire Coast
15. Get Passport
16. Raise £2,650 sponsership money for Climb Your Mountain

17. Find 100 Geocaches

18. Sort out all the family history documents and file in some sort of order so that others can decipher it.

19. Sort out photo driving licence
20. Try a dangerous sport
21. Run 5k race
22. Learn 101 new words
23. Go to the Zoo
24. Get a tattoo
25. Bake Bread
26. Make Jam
27. Make a recipe book of my 101 favorite recepies
28. Visit Scotland
29. Sort out remortgage
30. Take a picture of a rainbow
31. Go to the Cinema every month for a year
32. Spend a week without electricity
33. Visit Stonehenge
34. Keep a blog for the 101 in 1001 day challenge
35. List 1001 items on Ebay
36. Parachute Jump
37. Create a budget & stick to it
38. Go a month without chocolate
39. Write my will
40. Buy a DSLR camera
41. Grow some vegtables
42. Get a psychic reading



So this blog is to expand some of the points and also to keep track of progress.

So far i have a greed to do a Grand Canyon trek in 2012 - just need to raise £2500 in sponsorship eek!