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Day Seventy Four - slowing down
Weigh in day today and the scales gave their judgement. Beginning to think we may need to install some kind of CCTV for the weigh-ins...

Trig50ish
Mar 11, 2024
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Day Seventy Three - surprise on Mother's Day
Rained all day today on Mother's Day in London. Normally we'd get a takeaway or goto a nice restaurant and have a big nosh up with some...

Trig50ish
Mar 10, 2024
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Day Seventy - glamorous friends
As I've mentioned before, my partner goes out a lot more than I do. She's clearly a terrible mother as a result. But putting all that...

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Mar 7, 2024
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Day Sixty Nine - ancient music
There's usually about an hour or two between the moment Iulia conks out on the couch and the time when I'm ready for bed. I'm a bit like...

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Mar 6, 2024
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Day Sixty Eight - jealousy
I'm incredibly jealous when Iulia goes out in the evening for one of her fancy gigs. It's not my fear of her finding another bloke and...

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Mar 5, 2024
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Day Sixty Five - movie night
Trying to find a decent film to watch when you're a middle aged couple is a battle of wills between your inner complacency and the...

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Mar 2, 2024
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Day Sixty Three - pineapple
Old wives tales they call them. Received wisdom that underpins some natural remedy or non-medically approved treatment. Or some secret...

Trig50ish
Feb 29, 2024
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Day Sixty One - medical advice
At some point during all this sweating, passing out, feeling at death's door, etc, it seemed appropriate to see a doctor or two. Most...

Trig50ish
Feb 27, 2024
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Day Sixty - another weigh in
I had no idea how much sweating I've been doing these last few days. Jesus I can sweat. I've lost over 3 kilos of myself in water into my...

Trig50ish
Feb 26, 2024
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Day Fifty Nine - Chanel and onions
This flat is a place of mourning. We are all afflicted with this bug. The big question is whether it's helpful for weigh in tomorrow. Now...

Trig50ish
Feb 25, 2024
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Day Fifty Eight - head first
Been very sick today - passed out three times during the course of the day - the most dramatic one being the last where I prevented any...

Trig50ish
Feb 24, 2024
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Day Fifty Seven - mirrors
For a long time I've avoided looking at myself in mirrors. I particularly hate going into flashy shops with extravagant reflective...

Trig50ish
Feb 23, 2024
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Day Fifty Five - Timothy Spall
I used to be good with names. Not of people I knew, but of people I don't know, like Timothy Spall. Or Clint Eastwood. Or a truck load of...

Trig50ish
Feb 21, 2024
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Day Fifty Four - ski boots
There are signs that you're getting bigger. They pop up all over the place. On this ski trip one of the most obvious signals was revealed...

Trig50ish
Feb 20, 2024
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Day Fifty Three - more than one piece
My secretary asked me today 'are you back in one piece from the skiing?' to which I can only reply after standing on the scales...

Trig50ish
Feb 19, 2024
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Day Fifty Two - lacking nuance
Loki's reaction to skiing was unencumbered by the burden of nuance - as evidenced by him shouting at the top of his voice 'I don't like...

Trig50ish
Feb 18, 2024
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Day Fifty One - the man in black
Colours have the potential to make a big difference in how fat you look. This is something I discovered on this recent ski experience in...

Trig50ish
Feb 17, 2024
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Day Fifty - hello from Wengen
Ever had a dream that you've been left stranded having got off a bus in the middle of nowhere without a penny in your pocket, you're...

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Feb 16, 2024
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Day Forty Nine - miracle drugs
My periodically one-eyed mother, whom I refer to as the Cyclops, mentioned to me the other day a miracle new pill that if you get...

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Feb 14, 2024
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Day Forty Seven - responsibility
My eldest son Finn is studying Philosophy at university and so maybe he is closer to answering the question 'are we the same person...

Trig50ish
Feb 13, 2024
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