Looking up!

Today was my first nicotine free day!  No patches!

It really does feel fantastic to not be smoking, so much more space in my head for actual thoughts instead of cravings!  I'm not having much trouble getting back into excerising either, at least when it comes to cardio..  The aches and pains in my muscles are another matter!

Yes, that's right, I'm exercising again!

Still no caffeine, except the odd mouthful of coke or Pepsi, which is never as nice as you think it's going to be!  I'm still having two or three Caros each day, even though it's getting ripper hot!

I've made a concerted effort to stick to actual food, at meal times, in reasonable portion sizes which is already having an effect on the scales.  I am finally under 55kg - I've been dancing around above it for a couple of weeks now.

I've also got over the 'hump' in my uni work, with a result finally coming through!  I'm so stocked!  Being super busy makes reducing calories a lot easier as well!  Over 12000 steps from work!  So I'm ditching the gym tonight!

I don't want to wear myself out!

Composting

 

 

So before I start producing my own food, I need good soil.  The best way to get good soil, add compost!

 

I'd love to try hot composting but I don't have enough space, so I've gone with the usual compost bin.  

At $40, it's cheap and easy!  By the time I get usable compost, I'll probably have my block of land, but at least it will be well practised in the art of composting...

 

And be building some muscle trying to turn it!

 

I've also got out my old Bokashi bucket and bought a huge bag of Bokashi to keep it going.  I'm thinking I can get two to rotate so I can leave each one for a couple of weeks to degrade before throwing it into the big compost bin!

I've been surprised with just how much vegetable waste we have - mostly throwing out leftovers, but also stuff that never got used.  At least now it can get back into our little ecosystem!

In the meantime, I really need to pick up some more sugar cane mulch to curb that weed growth!