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One Hundred and Twelve - bullying
When I started work 30 years ago, it was expected that you would be bullied. As a Gen X graduate, you assumed right from the start that...

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Apr 18, 2024
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One Hundred and Eleven - Iulia in Paris again
After Wednesday's exertions at work, and then evening with the two boys at home, I was wiped out so severely that the next day I was...

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Apr 17, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Ten - rational explanations
When you get a duff weigh-in, the temptation is to stand on the scales again the next day. Maybe a day's grace will take away the pain?...

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Apr 16, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Nine - quality time
There is very little time in the day at the moment. Lot of stuff going down. Having repercussions.... I've figured out that quality time...

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Apr 15, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Eight - sleeping beauty
Been a much better weekend than the few days beforehand, but I have strong doubts this will aid the weigh-in tomorrow. I'm counting on...

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Apr 14, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Seven - eyeballs
I think I dissected an eyeball at school as part of a biology lesson, but increasingly I’m beginning to doubt the reliability of my...

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Apr 13, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Six - fire water
Romanians are a very welcoming people. They have a great sense of humour underneath all that fatalism and history of unrelenting...

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Apr 12, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Five - ugly babies
I’m not great with compliments. Receiving them or giving them. To be honest, I don’t receive all that many, so this is a somewhat...

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Apr 11, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Four - diet coke
Fizzy drinks are supposed to be bad for diets. But I find you need some kind of sweetness to keep you going. Diet coke, in combination...

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Apr 10, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Three - zoos
Finn got to meet one of Loki's Hampstead nursery mums on Monday on a playdate. He made quite an impression so theoretically I could be in...

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Apr 8, 2024
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Day One Hundred and Two - spike ball
I still can't quite believe that I've lost the amount of weight I have. It doesn't really feel like I've been dieting that hard (and some...

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Apr 8, 2024
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Day One Hundred and One - shiver
This week Radio 6 has been playing an homage to Kurt Cobain, the long blonde haired lead singer of the 90's grunge rock band Nirvana, who...

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Apr 7, 2024
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Day One Hundred - free to air tv
One of the benefits of free to air tv is that you don't have a lot of choice. Not if you stick to the mainstream channels (in the UK the...

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Apr 6, 2024
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Day Ninety Nine - El Capitan
There's a guy I saw on social media who I swear would be the greatest person to have on hand if you needed someone to open a really tight...

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Apr 5, 2024
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Day Ninety Eight - 30 years today
Fourth of April 1994. Thirty years ago to the day, I started work in the firm I'm in now. Big celebration tonight of course. I sat at the...

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Apr 4, 2024
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Day Ninety Seven - lessons after 3 months
This cartoon strip is on the closing page of the first book describing my dieting journey. It seems an opportune time to summarise what I...

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Apr 3, 2024
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Day Ninety Six - April Fool
Yesterday was April 1 and I got up bright and early to get my April Fool's play in motion. I barked out loud to Iulia and Loki my prank,...

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Apr 1, 2024
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Day Ninety Five - Easter dining
Last weigh in for the quarter today - reads a little like a financial report that line doesn't it? But it's true - 3 months of dieting...

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Apr 1, 2024
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Day Ninety Four - Cookham
On Saturday we got in the car and went for a spin out of town, heading west towards the river, an old haunt of my parents who loved to...

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Mar 31, 2024
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Day Ninety Three - museum canteen food
Good Friday ended up being very good indeed. We took a turn to a location that my grandmother took me to when I was Loki's age, and in...

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Mar 30, 2024
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