I’m currently down in Coventry visiting my family. Since my father died a few years back, I’ve tried to get down to see my mother every 7 or 8 weeks or so. On these visits I was spending up to a week at a time not getting much exercise, and also eating lots of the [...]
Last night, a local cyclist contacted me on the CycleChat forum and suggested getting together for a ride some time. Martin (forum name goodspeed) lives in the village of Oxenhope which is only 6 miles from Hebden Bridge. That 6 miles consists of a big hill – 4.5 miles up from this side and 1.5 [...]
I started this year weighing 220.0 pounds (15 stone 10.0 pounds, 99.8 kg). Last week, I weighed 212.6 pounds (15 stone 2.6 pounds, 96.4 kg) and it hasn’t changed! Total weight loss so far is 7.4 pounds or 3.4 kg. My original waist measurement was 45″, last week it was 41.0″, this week it is [...]