Hands up who thinks I’ve done any exercise since my last post?
If your hand is in the air you are a) wrong, and b) a bit simple for putting your hand up. Saturday night the missus and I found ourselves in a lovely restaurant overlooking Trevaunance Cove in St Agnes, Cornwall. After a very nice starter — squid and chorizo salad — my main course arrived; moules marinière with a side bowl of chips. There’s a rule (I don’t know if it’s true or not and frankly I don’t care, but it makes sense) that if a mussel hasn’t opened during cooking, you shouldn’t eat it. I found an unopened mussel and lifted it up. I shouldn’t eat that, I thought to myself. It might give me the shits. Hang on, that might help me lose weight… Read the rest of this entry »
A bit of good news today. I went for my weekly weigh-in and found I’d lost 2 pounds. I’m now 18st 6lbs (again), which is 117.1kg and the lightest I’ve been (by a whole 0.3kg) since I started my weight loss program. I’m still a couple of kgs off where I’d like to be but I’ve made some progress at least. Read the rest of this entry »
Two weeks ago I had a car accident. Nothing major — not for me, anyway (although maybe the motorcyclist who went tumbling from his bike might disagree) — but it did mean that last week I had to make do without my car while the motorbike-shaped dint in the passenger door was mended. I won’t describe the incident although I’ll let you know who the insurance companies decide was at fault if/when I get my £250 excess back. Read the rest of this entry »
A fairly healthy week this week. I’ve brought my own lunch (alternating between chowder and Moroccan chickpea soup—both homemade) to work every day (until today), and—apart from a great curry on Monday night—I’ve been pretty healthy in the evenings. I weighed myself at lunchtime today and I’ve lost a pound this week, which is half a stone overall. Read the rest of this entry »
Last week I decided to move my weigh-in day from Monday to Friday. There was some theory attached but to be honest it doesn’t stand up to much scrutiny. So on Friday I weighed myself and had lost another 2lbs since Monday. Overall I was down 6lbs, and had lost 8lbs in eleven days without resorting to drastic tactics (i.e. exercise). Read the rest of this entry »
