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Remember where you were when you heard the news...!
2007-07-07 18:02:00 The pose is due to pure exhaustion but crikey, will you just look at them there shoes! Just as when John F Kennedy was shot (my father was in the bath when it was announced on the radio by the way if you're interested...), remember where you were when I started running. Yes, ladies and gentlemen your eyes are not on strike, I said 'WHEN I WENT A RUNNIN'!'These truly are the most momentous of times, I presently feel a mixture of elation, foreboding and utter 'knackered-ness' (mmm..., new word me thinks..) - really pleased as I have finally got off my ample backside and started the physical side of this journey, foreboding due to the frankly astonishingly, mind-bogglingly piss-poor level of my fitness (sorry, cat lovers but there really is no other term worthy of it) and finally finishing up with borderline respiratory failure for my trouble!So I have offically started my own 10 week fitness plan ( it's loosely based on the Couch to 5K programme) and its now full steam ahead...... More About: News , The News , Where , Were
Do not adjust your sets - Normal service is now resumed!
2007-07-06 13:17:00 Weight - 245.4lbs (-24.6lbs).Exercise - 8 minutes on the 'bike of doom'.Sorry but the last few days have given over to alot of navel-gazing contemplation and chin rubbing pondering (see below) about all sorts of non-weight related stuff. I've got it out of my system now...for a while anyway!I have been asked by Lizza at Weight Loss Tips to contribute an interview to their site. I will post the questions and my answers tonight to give you all (ha ha and thrice ha!) a sneak preview!Also, LISTEN UP Chris, the shoes are definitely getting used tomorrow - THE RUNNING WILL BEGIN! I may even post a picture just to prove it...I will also be dishing out some Thinking Blogger Awards over the weekend as I have neglected to pass the baton on passed to me some time ago by Karoline.The wife is out tonight which means I will be able to carryout some unfettered meandering through the blogosphere tonight. Expect a visit, so put the kettle on, tea - milk, no sugar would be nice. Ta! More About: Service , Sets , Adjust , Normal
Freedom of speech & the search for the ultimate truth.
2007-07-06 07:28:00 Alan Johnston was kidnapped in Gaza whilst reporting for the BBC News organization and held captive for 114 days - he is now thankfully free. One of his first instincts when released was to highlight the plight of fellow journalists around the world.The BBC understandably covered this resolution to the story extensively and as a consequence much media interest in the UK is focusing on Alans welcome release. Alan Johnston has also been awarded an Amnesty Media Award for his reporting of the situation in Gaza for the BBC dueing 2o06/7.At this happy time, it is easy to forget the extent to which many other journalists suffer to bring us the truth.In May each year there is a World Press Freedom Day. The following is harvested from the UNESCO website highlighting the 2007 event. 'The Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Barometer proves that countries involved in violent conflict are dangerous places for media professionals ? with 37 journalists killed in Iraq since the beginning of... More About: Truth , Search , Freedom of Speech , Ultimate
Making me think - a bit like a Tesco's Value version of Bread of Life..
2007-07-05 11:18:00 A welcome visitor to FBT HQ yesterday was Mrs Wibbs. She has a very interesting blog that got me thinking on many issues (anyone that can string together religion, disability and abortion in one post certainly qualifies as 'interesting'!)She inadvertently reminded me that this blog was never intended to be just about scale readings and calories and pretty pictures, it was a way of exploring the spiritual landscape in which I live (possibly for my benefit more than others) - part of that spiritual journey was to be the continual exploration and testing of my moral framework in a religious context. I may have neglected that side of it recently...I was born and raised Church of England - Anglican and relatively 'high church'. My profound love of music was formed through singing in a very well run church choir. Mrs Wibbs suggested that I might like to consider Christianity to solve some of my spiritual questions. To put my Buddhist leanings into context, this suggestion deserves som... More About: Life , Abortion , Buddhism , Bread , Like
Free at last...!
2007-07-04 07:03:00 Alan Johnston is free!'In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.' Noam Chomsky More About: Free , Alan Johnston , Free At Last
The Beef Wellington diet strikes again.....!
2007-07-03 19:50:00 Weight - 245.2 Lbs (-24.8)Exercise - mostly chewing and swallowing.....Well , back from France and feeling like Mr Creosote....After much soul-searching and navel gazing, I finally got the courage to weigh myself this morning. After a week of total dietary abuse of quite simply OLYMPIC proportions, I was staggered to find that I had only gotten 1.2lbs heavier - yes ladies and gentlemen, one point two pounds (i.e. less than a kilo if you happen to be French or something)!!!First thought, temporary cheese and wine induced blindness maybe? Re-weigh, once, twice, ...three times. Ummm...Second thought, call for back-up, wife requested to read the figures. Ummm...Third thought - Sabotage, those nasty 'Alkayeedah' boys have been messing with my 'scales of doom' (hey, it could happen...).Finally, the cloak of disbelief began to rise like the early morning dew and there was great joy throughout the land. Clearly blessed are the cheese-makers....(that ones for you Phil).So the question tha... More About: Diet , Beef Wellington , Beef , Wellington
Back in town...time to take stock.
2007-07-01 12:07:00 A whole week without posting - I never thought that would be possible! Many tales of wine, cheese and inappropriate use of wet-wipes to come (more of that later)....I haven't weighed myself for over a week and I have eaten anything that strayed into my field of vision (duh*) so I am dreading it! Tomorrow morning is day one of the rest of my weight loss journey.Did you miss me? Anyone..? Oh, come one, one of you??Stories and pictures later! More About: Time , Stock , Back , Town
The glory of technology!
More articles from this author:2007-06-22 13:28:00 I am on holiday in France for the next week so may be out of touch - I will try to post 'real-time' if I can.Hope everybody has a good week - keep losing and JoJo, just 'cause I'm not watching, that doesn't mean you can eat what you like!!! More About: Technology , Holiday , Ology , The G , Glory 1, 2 |
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