Candy, Support, and a Blogger Meet Up.

Yesterday was a fabulous day.  It ended in a perfect way – at Point View, overlooking the night lights of the city.  I LOVE cities at night and found the spot to be the perfect nature spot with a beautiful view.

Today was a lot more relaxed.  Basically we didn’t do much at all.  Went shopping for things to make guacamole and pizza tomorrow and watched some movies and such.  Nice chill kind of day.  Makes me think of what it would be like if *gasp* I were to live here.  (Not exactly because I’d be working during the day, but still, partly-sorta-close if I imagine the non-working hours of my days.)

FOOD!!  YES, I’M A COOKIE CANDY SUGAR MONSTER.

Yesterday I actually walked two miles for a more or less proper workout.  It makes me feel better to think about this when I remember that today I ate half a huge cookie and a candy bar.  It’s funny that at home I NEVER buy candy bars and never have a desire to.  It’s just not something I eat.  But here they have different ones so of course I want to try all the things I’ve never had before – candy bars included.  Tonight’s experience was a Crunchie and I also had some of Kepa’s Picnic.  Two candy bars down, a few to go.  Don’t ask me why I feel the need to know what these all taste like, but I do.  (Or if you ask me I’ll tell you it is because I have a sweet tooth and am a cookie candy sugar monster, om nom nom.)

YOU GET ME.  YOU REALLY GET ME.

I have to say, it’s been nice to have someone around who gets the issues I have with food and such.  I guess none of my family and friends ever had the same problems and they definitely didn’t talk about it with me if they did. So having Kepa around to discuss stuff with seems like it will be really helpful.  Support leads to success, or so they say, which in my case means I will keep on being successful. At the very least I won’t feel like no one gets what I’m struggling with.  That’s why I started blogging about all this weight loss stuff in the first place – it felt like no one I knew got what I was trying to do and why it was harder for me to do it.  That’s why I keep blogging and why I appreciate all the comments and emails and discussions in every form that I have with people online about this stuff.  I need to be understood to be supported to be successful, so it’s nice to know that y’all get me.

AUCKLAND HEALTHY LIVING (OR WHATEVER) BLOGGER MEETUP.

As it turns out, Kepa is not the only person I’ve met through blogging that lives in New Zealand.  There are actually a few more (AndrewENZ, Marshmallow, Gemfit) in the area that I’m planning to meet this Saturday.  We are going to have a blogger meetup in Auckland this Saturday at 2 oclock pm.  If you are another kiwi blogger or happen to be on this side of the world like I am, let me know and you can come too!  It’s going to be a freaking good time.  I’m super excited to meet a few more bloggers that I’ve been reading for a while.  Of course we will take pictures and you can see all the cool people that live over here.

WRAPPING IT UP.

So that’s it for now.  All my posts are a mix of things lately… I mean… candy, support, and a meet up?  Really?  It’s a crazy mix of things.  But they are important things… especially the element of support.  Not only from those closest to you but from new friends and online sources (a la bloggers).  Without support none of us would make it very far at all, so make sure you give others support as often as you recieve it or even more.

1. Pumpkin Carving, Memory Lane and CANDY
2. Did I Meet My Goals in 2008?
3. An Ongoing Success Story: Weight Loss Blogger Fat Lazy Guy

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