On Saturday I went to Takapuna beach and had a swim with Vic, Marieke & Valentino (with Pam watching). The water is quite cool, it catches your breath until the first buoy or so, but after a while it is just cool. The sea was a bit lumpy and I found navigation a bit of a challenge. It also took a while to adjust to the different way of swimming in the sea, but in general it was a nice swim with some good people.
We (the family) then travelled down to Hamilton as it was Alison's birthday on Sunday and my mum has just turned 70. My sister was there cooking up a storm (Emily was there too) and Paul, Jenny & Sam were there so there were plenty of people to keep everyone busy. We did a roast lamb for dinner and I even had
some.I started on a 'liver cleansing diet' after taking to one of my colleagues and Alison agreed to join me. However 2 weeks into it a BBC program on food stated that 'cleansing' diets were a load of hogwash which put a bit of a kybosh on the plans. However, I have decided to continue in the spirit of it in order to loose some weight, my goal is 74kg and I am now at 76.5 from a starting point of 81-83. But I am avoiding red meat and dairy products until then. I'll blog an update when I make the goal.
On Sunday Dad, Duncan and I went to the Hamilton Botanical Gardens and took some photos, here's a link to some of them. This is one of my favourites. We returned to Auckland on Sunday.
On Monday (the public holiday) I went swimming again. The sea was calmer and I enjoyed this swim even more, I was able to get into a much better rythm. We're planning to do a mid-winter swim on June 24th, we'll see how that goes.
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