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I’ve weighed in 2 days early this week as I am away on conference for a couple of days.

For the last 4-5 days I’ve had a hell of a cold, and done little exercise but have kept the food under control. I was anxious about this weeks weigh in knowing this and expecting either an increase of 0.5 kilos or if I got lucky a decrease of 0.5 kilos.

What a great surprise, dropped another 1.2 kilos, now mak9ing a total of 28.8 kilos and getting me below the 130 kilo mark for the first time in years.

Clothes that haven’t been on me for the past decade years are now finding their way to the other side of the wardrobe, and more to come as the weight and size continues to fall.

I’ll post again sometime Friday night. Ciao for now.

As usual don’t forget to sponsor me if you haven’t already.

Week 14 and a half, aka week 15

So I am now 12 days in, I’ve resisted temptation, especially tonight wanting to join in the beer and pizza at work but I hung tough realising that for the small short term gain it would take too much effort to pay it back

A little disappointed, I was hoping for an extra kilo or so to come off, but 8.5 kilos in 12 days is pretty decent.

So here are the results of week 2;

• Weight 149.5kgs -3.3kgs
• Neck 45cms  -0.5cms
• Chest 129cms  -3.5cms
• Arm 34.5cms  -1cm
• Waist 150cms  -2cms
• Hips 139cms  -2cms
• Thighs 99cms  -5cms

I went to the funeral of a friend today.

At funerals I can’t help but personalise the experience and imagine if this was my funeral. Not so much about what they would or wouldn’t say, or who would or wouldn’t be there – maybe a little, but more about what sort imprint have I made in my life. Have I made a positive contribution to society? Have I given or just taken?

I don’t have the answer, I just don’t want my time to come too soon, there are too many things to do and experience. Of course that is what my friend wanted, what she would have given for just one more day with her family, another week or so to see Christmas and the smiles and happiness of loved ones being together.

While a sad occasion, it is a time to reflect on the good times and share them with others who I hadn’t seen for a long time and some I hadn’t seen since the last funeral. Surely we are too young to see more of our friends die too young. I am feeling remarkably flat tonight, hopefully tomorrow brings better feelings.

Parkesy, thanks for your friendship, rest in peace my friend.