Category: REFLECTIONS
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Sunset on 2020
My NYE was probably pretty typical of someone who turns 40 this year: a cheeseboard, better wine than normal, chatting (online) and snuggling with my cat (who’s being more “loving” than normal because of the cold weather đź). I also went out for a walk, discovering the nice field below…
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46th President of The United States
Dear America, Four years ago you broke the heart of all the worldâs educated and liberal people by electing a former reality TV host and psychopath to the office of President of the United States. 63,000,000 Americans went to the polls in 2016 and told the world that you were willing to hand the worldâs…
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Is it the end of days or is it just me?
Even the most sickeningly optimistic people would struggle to argue that 2020 has been a vintage year. At the end of 2019 I was happy to declare âgood riddanceâ to a crappy decade (see Brexit, Tory rule, âausterity,â Trump etc). It never occurred to me that 2020 would be so bad that the previous âlost…
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Diet reflections #5
I havenât written a âdiet reflectionsâ post since July, which speaks volumes about how my focus has drifted since then. In the last week I have started to re-focus upon weight loss intentions, although my instincts led me in the wrong direction at first. My first thought â a kneejerk reaction â was to do…
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Diet reflections #3
After 3 weeks of slow losses (1.8lbs, 1.8lbs, 1.6lbs) I have to accept that the current formula is under performing. It’s not rocket science it’s pretty simple: in the last three weeks my calorie burn has been seriously curtailed. My target is 32,000kcals burned per week whilst my actual has been 27,900, 29,400 and 28,100.…
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Backing myself: I WILL hit my weight loss goal by MID-SEPTEMBER
After 4 weeks of dieting and experimentation Iâm calling time on the âtest and learnâ phase. Hereâs a summary of key developments. After this length of time I donât think about dieting (asides analytically), I just do it. It is now clear that I can live with 1,700 calories on a standard day. Note: My…
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Life being predictably un-predictable
A picture speaks a thousand words as they say. In diet week #2 Vs week #3 I lost 4,200 calories less. The reason for this was that I found out last Tuesday that I had a job assessment this Monday (8th June). I wasnât planning on twiddling my thumbs Wednesday to Sunday waiting for something…
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Diet reflections #2
I havenât weighed myself so far this week, Iâm planning to do so tomorrow so that I know where I am likely to land on my official weigh-in day â Saturday. I have mixed emotions presently, on the one hand I feel lighter on my feet but on the other I am concerned. My calorie…
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Month of May: in retrospect
May is always a huge month, in part because the weather turns warm (if weâre lucky, which we have been) and the garden explodes into life. This imposes a core theme (âgardening monthâ) which comprises reseeding the lawn and refreshing the borders and shrubbery. Typically there are a fair few things that need to be…
Dr Martin James 