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jdaw1 wrote:I did not need to do it. I felt that an example had to be set — just couldn’t bark dieting orders whilst being a tub of lard myself.

Commendable. Thank you.

I am taller, started lighter, and have lost more. You need to reverse the direction of two of those comparisons. Without delay.

I was just able to run about 300 yards for a bus without collapsing. Does this mean I can postpone my diet?

djewesbury wrote:I was just able to run about 300 yards for a bus without collapsing. Does this mean I can postpone my diet?

My wife, reading over my shoulder, muttered some rubbish about 300 yards. I’m ignoring that. It’s dead impressive. You should celebrate with four pints and a bottle of Port.

“You can say that all you guys are so immature. … immature boy talk”. I reckon she fancies me.

She's quite right of course. Nobody should run this distance unsupervised. It's basically diving with death.

I am a smoker. I know that this is seriously bad for me, I understand that I am likely to die young in an unpleasant way. My family hate this, they love me and do not want me to go on smoking. And all that love and understanding does not carry enough weight to lift a cigarette.

I say this just to point out how extremely difficult it is to change behaviour and how bloody well Derek has done to shift that much weight, we salute you.

LGTrotter wrote:I say this just to point out how extremely difficult it is to change behaviour and how bloody well Derek has done to shift that much weight, we salute you.

Thank you. To complete the picture - I have done it with very dodgy knees that are preventing any sort of exercise. I know from a secret source that someone who claims to be doing better than me is partial to a daily bout of sit-ups. I accept that it might not be of his own volition.

Now then, Owen, seriously - STOP SMOKING!!

I am starting to feel a bit sorry for Andre, anyone looking at this thread would assume that good wishes continue to pour in from all corners of the port world but it is starting to look like intervention corner.

I think we should all have a good cry and then hug each other.

djewesbury wrote: diving with death.

I like this mental image.

Oops. I meant, of course, dicing with De'Ath.

djewesbury wrote:We've heard about the DRT diet. What is the JDAW diet?

Both of these diets seem worse than mine. DRT's forbids Port, at least some of the time. JDAW's restricts eating, which requires one to pay attention.

Mine: eat what you want. Afterwards, figure out how many miles you have to run in order to pay for it. Then go run said miles. Curse yourself for eating too much while running them. Perhaps that will discourage too much eating next time. Mostly likely not.

There was a rather large (15 lbs) bump in the road after I started working at Microsoft because of a) easy access to food/snacks all the time, and b) less time to run in order to pay off the debt. But I once again have it under control (or so it seems) and have lost 5 of the 15. If I can get back down to 185 I'll be very pleased, but 190 would be acceptable.

djewesbury wrote:I was just able to run about 300 yards for a bus without collapsing. Does this mean I can postpone my diet?

That depends, did you catch the bus?

Glenn E. wrote:

djewesbury wrote:I was just able to run about 300 yards for a bus without collapsing. Does this mean I can postpone my diet?

That depends, did you catch the bus?

The run was actually because I was stood at one bus stop when I realised that I had no money on me. Realising that the bus was imminent, and that if I missed it, the Sunday timetable would mean walking all the way in to town (pleasurable, on a day like today, but not great if you have somewhere to be at a certain time), I ran to the next stop so I could get some money out of the cash machine. Caught the bus easily.

LGTrotter wrote:I am starting to feel a bit sorry for Andre, anyone looking at this thread would assume that good wishes continue to pour in from all corners of the port world but it is starting to look like intervention corner.

Thanks for being so considerate. This thought has indeed crossed my mind.

AW77 wrote:

LGTrotter wrote:I am starting to feel a bit sorry for Andre, anyone looking at this thread would assume that good wishes continue to pour in from all corners of the port world but it is starting to look like intervention corner.

Thanks for being so considerate. This thought has indeed crossed my mind.

Apologies, Andre. Perhaps JDAW could spend some time today separating the drivel out from this thread into a new one whilst the rest of us go to work?

jdaw1 wrote:You should celebrate with four pints and a bottle of Port.

or four pints of port and a bottle (presumably a now-empty double-magnum; also known as "a Tuesday night" for jdaw )

djewesbury wrote:And when you eat, are you allowed to eat whatever you like, or just garnish?

This was Julian's 'garnish' for lunch today, made by his beloved wife. Poor man was "starving"!

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djewesbury wrote:And when you eat, are you allowed to eat whatever you like, or just garnish?

This was Julian's 'garnish' for lunch today, made by his beloved wife. Poor man was "starving"!

That looks delicious. I could run for, oh, yards on that!

My garnish was also delicious: some chicken with olives and preserved lemons that I rustled up last night along with some couscous, lettuce and tomatoes. Delicious. Apologies for not taking a picture of it.

Sadly, I had no garnish available. I was forced to make do with leftover tri-tip steak, and when that proved insufficient I had to scrounge for some leftover bbq brisket.

Woe is me.