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End of week 13 - 29th November

Starting weight - 12st 4lb

Last weight - 11st 3lb

New weight - 11st 2lb

Comments

* Back down to 11st 2lbs (and 1/4 stat fans), once again giving me comfort that this is becoming a sustainable weight. It will be a very special moment for me when I get on the scales and see my weight dip below 11st. Almost there.

* The week has been disrupted from an exercise sense but the change of routine has not been unwelcome, the respite keeping the routine fresh and hopefully ensuring that it does not become a chore.

* It was noted this week that my mood appeared better. This was interesting to me on two levels. 1) that other people notice my mood and 2) the fact that it was true. I think one of the key elements to the improvement has been the absence of pain, ironically just before my physio appointment falls due.

* One note of caution though is that my weekend mood remains noticeably poorer than my weekday mood. I have attributed this to the absence of structure, the sense of pressure to enjoy time with the kids. What I want to be a relaxing, fun time too often turns into two days of 'should' and 'must' statements. This is not a fixed state though. This is behaviour driven and therefore can be changed.

* I have commented before how I appear to have lost some interest in football, a concern given the huge role it has played in my life. Just this week, I spurned the chance to watch Liverpool and watched Gotham instead. I had attributed this to the demands of parenthood, with a side order of depression. There is another possible cause though. I discuss football with (selected) people at work and remain passionate and well read. I dipped back into Football Manager this week and enjoyed myself. So perhaps there is more going on. Perhaps in fact it is circumstantial. I am not consistently around people who follow football closely. I only really discuss it at length when see my brother or Jon. The absence of interaction has seen it fall down the priority list. That is fine in itself but if there is a desire for it to be re-elevated, and I believe there is, I will need to consider how I allocate my time.

* This week I published my third book, Sins Of The Father, a short story collection. I was thinking what I may do next, outside of the potential children's story collection, and wondered whether my Mental Healthy Eating blogs may make interesting enough reading to be worthy of publishing. To be honest, I haven't read them. I write and post, I very rarely revisit so I have little objective sense of how they might read to someone else. It is worth considering though. I guess the true value of something is how much someone is prepared to pay for it.