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Month: May 2017

Fatman!

May 29, 2017 daveywankenobie

It often says more about the person making a judgement of someone else than it does about the person they’re judging. We’re all basically a complex set

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Towards the future

May 28, 2017 daveywankenobie

There’s nothing like an incentive to do something. I couldn’t help laughing when I visited a pub today – and sitting in the urinal was

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Burgers, salsas and fourteen stone

May 27, 2017 daveywankenobie

I’ve spent another day hacking away at my undergrowth and as of this afternoon (I’m writing the start of this post on Friday evening) I’ve practically finished

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Coombe Abbey

May 25, 2017 daveywankenobie

When I lived in Wales I was convinced that (maybe with the exception of Scotland) I was fortunate enough to hang my hat in one of

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Be kind to eachother

May 23, 2017 daveywankenobie

I’ve been trying (it’s almost impossible) to avoid the news reports today. The details that are slowly emerging of the suicide bombing in Manchester last

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Frogs and blue steel

May 21, 2017 daveywankenobie

I neglect my garden. There. I said it. I’m a bad bad boy – but I’m trying to change (slowly). My friend however is someone

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Too busy loving life

May 20, 2017 daveywankenobie

I was talking to a fellow slimmer this morning about the battle to stay positive – even when injured. I reflected on this afterwards and in

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Sea of velvet

May 19, 2017 daveywankenobie

My fingers are cold. Now I’m thinner I feel temperature drops in my hands a lot more than I used to and today they’re aching

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Stamping in puddles

May 17, 2017 daveywankenobie

At least in my neck of the woods the weather has been fairly awful this week. It’s been oddly humid as well as occasionally cold

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Fetishes and man jeggings

May 15, 2017 daveywankenobie

It’s been a soggy, grim, rainy, cold, humid and generally miserable looking grey day. However – I’ve enjoyed every sodden minute of it. Sure –

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44 inch victory!

May 14, 2017 daveywankenobie

I know now that everyone with cautionary comments about my weight and my plans for running may have been right. It was Thursday evening that I made my

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Good result

May 13, 2017 daveywankenobie

In space no one can hear you scream. However in the cinema people can definitely hear you s**t yourself – and given that I’m usually

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Advice

May 12, 2017 daveywankenobie

Well today everything muscular between my knees and my groin aches after yesterday’s attempt at jogging. The pain is identical to the post downhill cramps I

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Couch to 5K

May 12, 2017 daveywankenobie

It’s early evening on Thursday and I’ve done something I swore I’d never do. I’ve ignored the embarrassment, I’ve paid little attention to the discomfort

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62 seconds

May 11, 2017 daveywankenobie

It seems that for some reason I became the target of a spammer this week – who decided to pepper my blog with unwanted comments

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Tinkerbell 

May 7, 2017 daveywankenobie

Compared to yesterday the weather today is a riot of blue skies and sunshine. It’s frankly glorious and because of this I was genuinely torn between

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Iron clad sentinel

May 6, 2017 daveywankenobie

It’s been grey and drizzly all day long – and I’ve somehow (after a week totally on plan with plenty of exercise and also getting

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Starting point

May 3, 2017 daveywankenobie

Although I’ve had quite a few milestones over the last year I’ve hit another quite unexpectedly today. It’s not a ‘scale’ or a ‘non scale’ victory but instead an experience that’s

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Planker

May 2, 2017 daveywankenobie

I tried ‘planking’ last night.  For those of you outside of shadowy organisations like the CIA who have never tortured anyone (or tried to actively

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