Diet!

Lightly stepped on the scales yesterday morning and lo and behold, 1st time for probably a couple of years I've been below 20st stone, only by 1/2 a pound but it all counts.

Lost and Found

Happy Birthday Paul.

Bloody Cars

Not used to spending cash on my car nowadays (it used to cost a fortune when I was a taxi driver) my Omega failed it's MOT and cost me £240 just for tyres!!!!!!

My 1st attempt at a regular blog, most will remember my diaries from a few years ago on my website, they were all about fishing this will be a little more general.

Thursday March 25th. Ever since I gave up smoking over 25 years ago, I retired from playing rugby league at about the same time. I have piled on the weight from being a fit 15 stone prop forward, I am now a rather large gentleman, approaching 60, but have enjoyed every minute of the food and drink thats made me like this. When I returned from my sortie down south for the last week of the season I decided to weigh myself (I thought I had stayed around 19-20 stone) the scales creaked when I stood on them and went to 21stone!! It was a big shock and I decided to really make an effort to lose weight. I have tried quite a few diets over the years and I did get down to 18 stone a few years ago but my weight has crept up again. The BS "RunningWater" show is on the weekend of May 9th and I would like to get down to 19stone by then, my holidays are in August and I will try to be 18stone when we go to Scotland, in a years time maybe 16st if I try really hard..

I started dieting last tuesday (16th) I am cutting down my drinking, ( Stella was a very good friend every night, just 2/3 bottles but it adds up to a case a week). Cereal for breakfast and salad for tea and lots of fruit, I am not eating between meals.

I got weighed this morning and have lost 12lbs already so a good start must keep it up.







Tuesday March 23rd, I decided to move some boughs and branches from a 25ft tree I had cut down in my garden last autumn. The trailer was empty, so the power saw came out. A nice sunny afternoon (Ah! remember the Kinks), Sue was asleep on the settee (she's not too well at the moment).One trailer full to the tip, filling up again a 6ft bough twisted as I lobbed it in and hit me on the head knocked my glasses into my nose (blood everywhere) couldn't find my glasses and 2 bangs on my head. (clumsy old sod she said) seems right.





Monday March 22nd, had a phone call from Chris Lythe my new "Barbel Master" ready in 3 weeks, with special reel foot and non-standard ratchet.