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I’ve decided to set myself a challenge for the month and it’s only for the month – July can look after itself.  I want to lose a bit of weigh, get a bit more active, and become more aware of my surroundings in the apartment (tidy up)

Coming into 2026, I decided I needed to lose a little bit of weight – not to change how I look, but simply so I can feel a bit more like myself – I’m not sure if that makes sense but it does in my head.
Coming into June, I decided I needed to lose a little bit of weight –  in order to get back to the starting point at the beginning of the year when I originally decided I needed to lose a little bit of weight😖.

I know I can do it – I’ve done it before (that’s not really something to boast about).  However, the thought of counting calories, points, sins etc for the rest of my life just felt like it was draining all the joy, so after a week or two I just say I can do this by myself – eat sensibly is the trick.  And it is a trick and that is why i have gained weight rather than losing it, and it’s a trap I almost fell into again.

As mentioned I want to try and get back to the 01/01/26 weight – and starting the month fresh off a plane from Paris meant there was a bit extra work to be done.  However pat-on-the-back to me I paid attention to what I was eating for the partial week and I was delighted with myself when I stood on the scales on Thursday morning (it’s a throwback to my diet week being fri-thurs). Friday morning arrived and I figured, I’d done so well in the last few days, that I don’t need to count calories!  Then I remembered it’s a trap!  I do need to count them – but I don’t have to count them for the rest of my life, I only have to do it for this month.  After that I can decide what direction I want to go in.

There’s 2nd branch is to get active – it’s the 6th of June and I have fallen down on that particular challenge.  I’m not a naturally active person.  Some people are but I don’t fall in to that category.  I think I’m going to have to be a bit more intentional about it.  The main thing I want to do is actually to get more stretches in – yes for me that counts as activity.  I need it for my joints – I’m getting to that age and I need to start maintaining my movement ability and even increase it before it starts to diminish.  I’ve other plans for this but I don’t want to say anything yet – I will come back and celebrate my effort of admit my defeat.

The last part of the challenge is the apartment.  It’s tidy and it’s grand – but sometimes I look around and I can’t believe the amount of clutter.  Take my hall for instance – I live alone – did I really need to have 10 coats and jackets hanging up in the hall??? No!  and just in case you were wondering – yes I do need the 10 coats.  So this week, I vacuum packed the heavy bulky ones, I cleared the top of the radiator cover that had been a resting place for hats and gloves.  Now the hall looks bright and airy – well not as enclosed as it had been.  I think the main idea is to try and clear surfaces – find the right home for everything – unless it’s an ornament, then it can stay on the shelf – but plugs and chargers – they have a home – put them away rather than having them out on the sofa – I know convenience is the reason why they are out and left out – but do I really use them (all things not just chargers) that often that I can’t just put them away???  Of course the next question is, if it doesn’t have a home, why?  do you really want to keep it?  the find it a home or put it in the bin.

I know that all three of these things are something that should be done all the time anyway – but being consistent is my down fall – I am, what can only be described as, hit-and-miss.  So I’m using this month to be consistent – if it takes then yay and if it doesn’t that’s ok too ’cause I’ll still have achieved something from my endeavours this month (The hall alone is a big win!)
Wish me luck