The difficult second post

Having found that the powers that be have a method of stopping posts being written at work, it has become a luxury to have the time to post. As a reult it is my policy that I will alternate between the good and the bad, too much of the ranting is never goodfor the soul.

So where is the good?

That has become a difficult search in this day and age. As a bloke I could look at the recent sport, but being English there is no hope....period. The weather isn't suitable, even for ducks, and 'nuff said about the news.

After casting around it would seem that I have no further to look than to myself. I apologise now if this seems to be something of a 'holier than thou' discussion of my health and well-being but I have a story to tell and this is my chance. It is exactly 2 years to the day that I gave up smoking, it was a long term addiction from the age of 14 and yet giving up was not difficult. All other attempts previously had been, by definition, unsuitable for me (or more likely I was too weak) and yet it was a purely psychological model that succeeded. It was an Allen Carr book that provided the solution; I will say that I did have some considerable inclination to give up when I started reading the book, but it provided the catalyst I needed.

I will not deny that there were times that the temptation was vast, but it was never insurmountable; however, I will always be an ex-smoker, it is not a label to be lost. Since then I feel that all I have done is eat, at least that's what my expanding waist line would suggest. So I have now entered a new phase. I weigh 14 stone which I estimate makes me 2.5 stone overweight for my build. Never one to stint on a challenge I am now training to lose weight, with the intention of completing my first triathlon to a decent standard by August and next year the Sherborne Ironman. It is a training goal that I will weekly update; my feelings, my weight, my accomplishments and my failures, all will be here. So till next time, but fear not the cynicism will return anon.... as will sopme good out there, on here.