Strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries. Blueberries, watermelon, basically all soft fruits are labelled super foods. Well if that’s the case, I should be as skinny as a rake! I eat a lot of soft fruit when they are in season and I have yet to have any personal evidence that eating the so called super foods, aids …
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This is me!
Without doubt, my favourite part of the week is Wednesday evening and every other Thursday morning. I sing in a choir – The Rock Choir. Rock Choir is the largest contemporary choir in the country, with officially 25,000 members. Although I think it has probably exceeded 30,000, as those figure go back several years. Singing …
Guilt!
For the last two nights, I have been unbelievably hungry. If I’m totally honest, I’m not sure whether it has been hunger or an uncontrollable desire to just eat. I think that it is the latter, because thinking about it I cannot be hungry. I have made sure that I have had a reasonable meal, …
Bariatric surgery or not continued….
Ok, well, not had a brilliant day, have struggled all day not to eat and what’s more, struggled not to eat crap! Woke up really hungry this morning, unusual for me as I normally dont eat in the morning. I had a bowl of malted shreddies for breakfast followed by a small banana. Strangely, that …
Bariatric surgery or not
Had a consultation this morning with a Mr James Byrne, a bariatric surgeon. The first thing that happened was I had to get on the dreaded scales and be weighed. I was dreading it as I know that the weight limit for bariatric surgery at this hospital is 28st, and I knew that I was …
The Story starts here
Where does one begin.? I’m 57 years old and I’m fat! Theres no getting away from it, I’m fat, in fact I think I’m gross, but that’s a matter of opinion. I hate the word obese, it’s a horrible word, and it has all sorts of stigma around it. Obese people are just greedy, they …
My First Blog Post
Those who matter dont mind, those who mind dont matter — Oscar Wilde.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
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Vince's weight loss and life as a survivor! 