health
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That pleasing downward trend has turned into a less than pleasing upward trend. The reason – a series of unfortunate events. That is me catching covid, my wife and daughter catching covid, my son’s finger becoming infected, having to look after an entire family since my symptoms were mild as well as father’s day cake,…
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As you can see – I continue to make progress. What I like about this graph is that it describes a slow but consistent moving down in weight. This is good because it means that I will hang onto the muscle mass that I currently have. As a younger man, I have lost weight quickly…
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It’s the end of half term and I had the most epic evening of drinking on Saturday but that makes it sound good. In fact, it was terrible – I felt awful the following day and had terrible sleep (Sunday was a write off). The good thing though is it made me realise – partying…
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In 2005 Prince Harry did something that I am sure makes him cringe and want to hide under a duvet to this day. He dressed as a Nazi for a fancy dress party. If he had devoted any thought to his wardrobe on that fateful night, he would have worked out that this was a…
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In the series Breaking Bad after successfully gunning down the maniac Tuco, Hank gets given a promotion working in El Paso. This is where the real action is close to the cartels where extreme violence is commonplace. It’s a plum job and recognition of what a good officer Hank is. Unfortunately he gets made fun…
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Metaphors are useful in that they cram a lot of information into a small space. Also, if you pay close attention to the metaphors that people use you get to know the kind of worldview that the person using them has. In fitness – you are often encouraged in various ways to be tougher. “Feel…
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A lot of writers will wax lyrical about a romantic partner, nature, a cause they believe in, the moon, God, or whatever – I choose to wax lyrical about porridge. For one thing, it’s the ultimate example of convenience trumping all. However busy I am, I can quickly make a nutritious delicious meal with the…
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I’m sitting here in the morning with a cup of black coffee to report that things appear to be going pretty well. I say appear – since I will weigh myself tomorrow to see that things are moving in the right direction. A big bonus is the agonising back pain that I felt last week…
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Oh no…actual news to report rather than the same old “Things are going well. Go me!”. Yesterday I was in the garden and I was using a garden fork to turn the soil. I like this kind of job – it doesn’t require careful work and I can make a big difference in a short…
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There is a phrase in the UK that you hear from time to time, normally from people of an older generation after they’ve been told something obvious. “Well that comes under the realm of the bleedin’ obvious!” Normally, this is really good advice but it is also obvious common sense so obvious it feels a…