A year of contraction

In my waistline that is. I had my annual self imposed weigh in this morning - I tipped the scales at 76.9kg a whopping 600 grams under the weight recorded this time last year if my memory serves me right. Obviously it's nice to have some sort of stability in my weight given the job and kids etc. However I did start to wonder what might be different on January 1st 2014. I think the major difference will be that I will have worked out how to really use all my new Garmin gadgets to the extent that I won't be monitoring or comparing just weight, but also things such as body fat, cardiac rhythm, average speed achieved on the bike etc. I don't think that I'll be measuring the number of strides per minute nor the power output of each, but I do think my Garmin inspired revolution of personal health data will continue. Long live technology! And maybe this is a better way to ensure I don't have to renew last year's New Year's resolutions which were, "So, for me, in 2012, I have decided to eat less (by refusing second helpings, which increases the importance of the first helping obviously, and eating no desserts in the evening), and to do 50 sit-ups and press-ups per day (on the clear understanding that if I manage to do this until the end of the first quarter then we can consider that resolution achieved)."...