Completed Task #3: Abstain

February 4, 2009 at 1:08 am | Posted in Completed tasks | Leave a comment

Well, that could have been worse. A total cessation of happy juice after a December of typically seasonal indulgence could have been a really bad idea, a piece of mental and physical shock therapy too far. The reality, however, presented no great challenge with the desire for a wee drink being easily displaced by the steely determination to stick to the task.

Now for a little audience participation. Pop into the kitchen and collect a sample of weighty foodstuffs like bags of rice, pasta, flour and blocks of butter or, if you’re that way inclined, lard. Assemble a quantity of these equalling 4 kg and lift. Now bear in mind that what you’re holding is how much smaller I am since the end of December. I would point out that a regime of running and cycling has certainly helped, but by ‘eck it makes you think.

It has been suggested that the task should be extended, but I feel the point has been made. The challenge was set, and the challenge was met. Besides I need to prepare for a bit of après-ski in the near future. And I started that preparation with one of these:

Start as you mean to go on...

Followed by a couple of these:

...and on

But before all that I had a weekend of sober toil, in which the final List stood up to be counted while the chaff dropped away. More on that in the next installment, but a sneak peak at The List page will give more than just a taster…Cheers, all.