marc.vic.max.elliot

So welcome to the first day of my weight loss attempt (otherwise known as my diet ) I haven’t worked out a target weight yet but i’d like to lose at least 20 lbs.

Date……………………13 May

Weight………………..202 lbs

Loss/Gain week…..0 lbs

Loss/Gain Total……0 lbs

When I was weighing myself it reminded me of the annual weigh-in to play rugby when i was at boarding school (my god their website is crap!) We had this kid who was short for his age and, as the teams were picked on weight, he would always be picked to play with and against kids younger than him.  For the last few years he would go to the weigh-in with weights in his pockets and a dumbell held behind his back………….

all my clothes have shrunk!

but seriously i am officially “too fat !” by officially i mean too fat for my liking.  in the last six months i have become a right bloater and have decided I need to do something about it. i have not weighed myself but will do so on monday morning when i will try to start slimming world – not officially of course but vic has all the books and stuff from before our wedding so I?ll use those as a guide.

it’ll be tough methinks ‘cos i work from home 🙁 but i reckon if i get rid of all the crap food i should be ok.  this is purely due to the fact that i am too lazy to walk to the shop to buy food – crap food tastes great but it’s not worth leaving the house on a special trip for!

every monday morning i am going to weigh myself and post the results here.  hopefully the sheer embarrassment of having a bad week in front of everyone will keep me on track and make up for my extreme lack of self control and will power.  my hope is it?ll work kinda like the weekly weigh-ins they have at slimming world meetings.

on monday morning i will find out how much i weigh and set a target weight.

watch this space………………………………

woo hoo !  i’ve just entered my first photography club competition

a couple of weeks ago i joined a photography club and they have a Black and White print competition coming up – i entered these 4 pictures:

that i printed on my epson 750.  i’m just trying to get to grips with the whole printing thing so they weren’t as good as i was hoping.  as this is my first comp and the printing isn’t great i’m really not expecting too much but it’ll be nice to get some feedback from the pro that’s doing the judging and the other members as well.

prints in today and results on tuesday nite!

the end of another long bank holiday weekend that is 🙁

vic and i spent it with the rest of the super six at the wee village of thornham, suffolk. the village is on the coast in the east of england and is known for it’s bird sanctuaries.

claire had booked us into this cottage (the virtual tour is cute) and from the looks of it it was built in the 1700’s

the weather wasn’t much cop unfortunately so the weekend was spent playing PS2 (for the boys) and drinking (y’all must think all i do is drink!)

on saturday i was awake early and so went for a walk to the beach just before seven.  after living in the middle of london for four years it is always nice to get out into the country and this was no exception.  it was very strange to have birdsong as the only noise for about 30 minutes.  i took ALL my camera gear but only took about 12 frames the whole weekend due to the weather, most of them on this walk.

sunday we all went to sandringham.  this estate is one the queens estates and is in regular use by her and her family.  it was ok at best and the tour of the house only took in a few rooms.  all in all a bit disappointing for 6 quid really.

sunday nite was spent with vic drinking fluffy ducks and being the cutest i’ve seen her for a while and me making up random drinks with whatever was handy (bad move……)

and that was it!  another weekend spent with friends recovering from hectic weeks.

did anyone else do anything interesting?

a quick update

dad’s out of hospital and is feeling ok. the rat poison seems to have thinned his blood sufficiently, which is nice. he might need a bypass (not sure if it’s double, triple, quad) but has to go and see a specialist at some stage.

i wonder if this freaks him out? besides the physical side of it his mother died on the operating table while undergoing heart surgery.  that’s gotta be at the back of your mind!

my old man is ok

it seems he took himself to hosptial late on sunday night with a recurrence of an old problem – chest pains and falling asleep at the drop of a hat.

he’ll be in hospital for a few days and they are thinning his blood with a drug that is a derivative of rat poison (nice!)

so he’s just as unhealthy as he was before but at least no worse……….

MONDAY MISSION 2.17

1. When was the last time you pampered yourself? I honestly can’t remember 🙁 Sad maybe but it’s true….

2. When was the last time someone pampered you? Hmmm, let me think…………..

3. Describe the last time you recall really feeling loved (other than from children or pets). Yesterday – Vic and I looked at each other at exactly the same time and could tell that we were just looking becaused we loved the other person.  No words – just a look.

4. Has your use of the computer ever caused any arguments? What’s the story there?  Yep – often about Vic thinking I spend too much time with digital photo’s, website designing, surfing…….

5. What’s the most embarrassing thing your Mom ever did? Got hammered at a family party and danced around the lounge in her slip :emb:

6. I’ve met some adults who’ve never learned to swim, and others who never learned how to ride a bike.. Is there anything that you never learned as a child that you probably should have? Swim properly – I can swim but would like to feel comfortable in the water.

7. Someone once said, a picture is worth a thousand words. Post an image that says more than words. Or instead, describe a picture you recall which touched your heart. I really wouldn’t know where to start.  Most conflicts or disasters throw up amazing images – Auswitz, Oklahoma, WTC, Vietnam you name it.  The world of photojournalism is littered with iconic images that amaze, confuse, disgust, amuse, depress and give hope.

BONUS: What’s love got to do with it? Why, everything of course

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