The ka-fatty kid

Wax on, Wax off!

This article, or something very much like it, appeared in Sunday's Times.

How the heck can a parent let their child get into such a state? Any parent wants what's best for their offspring, but feeding them Crap, just because they can't be bothered to eat veg does NOT class as doing them any favours. Sure, they get the 10 seconds enjoyment as they swallow it, but how about the humiliation of being 3 times your recommended weight? Especially considering they have to go to school and face other kids 5 times a week *at least*.

It's not as if no help was given- they repeatedly skipped obesity clinics appointments!

Bah! I hope the child DOES go into care- despite the supposed trauma it causes, I think it's preferable to the trauma of not being able to walk to the toilet to take a crap.

I always saw myself as a fat kid. I stumbled across a couple of photos from my childhood last week. I wasn't actually fat. Yet I was always told so. Who by? The other kids. And I believed it.
And believing it, I got upset. And being upset, I ate tons of crap. And eating tons of crap made me fat.

Behold the self-fulfilling prophecy!

I hold those people accountable for the last 10 yrs of being overweight, and however many years it will take me to get it off again. Sure, I forgive you- but you're part of the cause and that won't change.

Dedicated to Andrew

Andrew is my fitness guru friend. While not in the gym, he spends his time in the tanning salon and economics lectures. Want to know what the latest opinion on fasted cardio is? Ask Andrew. Want to know what Arnold Schwarzenegger's pec size is? Ask Andrew.

Now, due to snow (here come the excuses) I skipped a few gym sessions last week, as well as Tai Chi. Now this wouldn't be so bad if I felt less tired in work. Bah! I felt even MORE tired somehow! I've also gone back to eating MOUNTAINS of crap over the past 2-3 days... that's going to stop. Feeling sick in work because of it.

Feeling abdominal pains- not gym related, obviously. Think it may be positional.

Found inexpensive Sushi in Tesco's! Will be eating that for lunch from now on.

I apologize for the clipped sentences. Will edit them later. Think of this as a draft copy that you may read. :)

Gym o'clock in the Morning

I got up and walked down to the gymnasium at 6:30 am on Friday. Why? Because if I don't go first thing in the day I'm going to end up putting it off and putting it off and putting it off until it's too late to go. It's surprisingly busy at that time in the morning. The entrance to the gym (it's only a small one) is *in front* of all the cardio machines, where everyone seems to be- so everyone can see you walk in. The free weights are right at the front, so it's like having an audience. I don't see myself using those any time soon, at least not with some kind of gym buddy (and where am I going to find someone to go to the gym with me at that time in the morning?)
Made a bee-line for the backroom- no jokes please- where the weight-lifting gimmicky machines are. Great workout- sweaty, pushed myself as far as I could go, then finished off on cross-trainer.
The locker room was empty (hahaha!) so I decided to have a shower. After all, I still had a whole day's work ahead of me. So there I am, showering (I apologize for any mental trauma) when this old woman walks in, and beings cleaning the showers WHILE I AM STILL IN THERE!



Anyway, dealt with that embarassing incident with the pervy old woman and walked to work- had a reasonably good day energy wise. A bit tired, but that's because I'm not used to waking up so early any more.
Come 7 O'clock I'm back down at the fitness centre, in a Tai Chi class. All I'm going to say is that I need to work on my balance and co-ordination, and that my knees were aching all day saturday.

Free Day today, food-wise. Last night was an alcohol and wordgames night at one of our neighbours' houses- had a lot of fun. Tomorrow (or even this evening) I'm going to be careful about what I'm eating again. I'm getting frankly sick of crisps (americans read: chips)- the salty taste on the tongue, the feeling that they're not really giving anything useful to your body...I don't really know why the hell I eat them in the first place but it's unlikely I'm going to eat them again any time soon.