So here I am after the trip checking back in. A great holiday (more to come on that) but the key issue related to diet was that I gained 4 pounds. The food was wonderful and eating to the rules was difficult and also seemed a bit crazy with all that France offers.
Wownd the wugged wocks
So it may be the south of France but it's not hot and the bathing belles on the beach all have wet suits on. We are now in Biarritz and spent a day wandering the quiet (Easter Monday) streets, enjoying stumbling across little discoveries of shops, alleys, beaches and views. It's a great town with … Continue reading Wownd the wugged wocks
Dune du Pyla
The biggest sand dune in Europe...pretty astounding at approx 100 metres high at its peak, 500m wide and 2k long with a forest on one side and the Atlantic ocean on the other. The dune is slowly engulfing the edge of the forest as sand is driven out of the ocean into this giant heap. … Continue reading Dune du Pyla
Checkpoint
So 12 weeks in to my change of diet I am 24 pounds lighter than my starting point. My losses lately are slow and thats ok, as long as I am losing its worth it. However, this Saturday we left on a trip so the note above is a reminder of where I got to … Continue reading Checkpoint
More spring
Past their best but still quite incredible colours on a quiet Sunday morning...and yes the clock is wrong except for twice a day.TIOT
Noticed that…
...spring had arrived a couple of weeks ago but the blossom on the trees is amazing. Maybe I am older and so notice different things or the UK is warmer earlier but the colours are amazing. This doesn't do it justice but it's all I have got for now. More as I have it. TIOT
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House/Flat Hunting…
...is painful
5.40am
...woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head (with apols to The Beatles).Yep, the last few weeks my habit of a lifetime of being a late riser seems to have changed and, shockingly, I am really enjoying it.In an existence that is constant 'noise' and hurly burly it's really incredible to … Continue reading 5.40am
Check in
Four weeks in to the diet and I have lost 13 pounds. Rate of loss has dropped so I am tying to stay focussed. Allegedly between 4 and 6 weeks the rate of loss should pick up again. As yet this is pending, assumng it is the case.Per the book - The Four Hour Body … Continue reading Check in
Travel, Turmoil & Tom Foolery 