down to just over 24 stone - going good with another working week coming up confident to be under that in a few days)

Ebay comics that didn't sell last time re listed

sorting out little room and got a pile of gaming stuff to go on ebay soon

Shifting board games from little room to closet and identified some for ebayage

Keeping some for old times sake but it looks like I don't really have a use for them anymore so they're gone

didn't get a vast amount done yeterday cause of sinus sbaotage but still got some done and lost weight

no got to get dressed, go shopping and catch up on paperwork

J

Ebay ran out today final tally

11 comica sold (2 of them to a guy in Austria)

about £24 plus 11 pounds postage which stays in paypal while I pay out of cash I have on this side for the postage

Paypal to be used to convert comics and games no longer needed into stuff I do want (probably an endless list of Doctor Who novels and CD's and then theres THE THREE!!!)

anyway next free listings weekend I'm going for the full 100 items

keep doing that until everythings gone or I get bored and I am Very Patient

J

I am a geek

Geeks are known usually by their interests

over the years I think I've tried to have too many so have to whittle them down a bit

RPGing stays forever

Boardgaming, well not done that in a while and not fussed these days still got some faves and some of them Iwant to play at some point again but hardly a priority anymore

Wargaming - going to try out Kings of War and Warpath see how that goes

CCG's - Never again

Stopping collecting comics and going to flog the ones I've got 'though it takes me a thousand years' and convert them into one of the others

still picking up the occasional graphic

Definately going to start doing the Doctor Who events, new friends and all that

going to hit some RPG cons same reason

although I've read lovecraft for years never deeply got into it so may try that CoC campaign as well

going to start going to gigs (I think the kids call them)

really just going to be more active and do different stuff

Think that covers it

ONWARD!!!!!!!!!

J

In recent years I've had a lot to think about, not going into too many details but the stuff I want to talk about is quite simple

Where do I go from here?

Got a place in Nottingham City Centre which I have failed to take proper advantage of (mostly down to the bad diet thing, causes loss of motivation apart from anything else)

Couldn't think about what to do with my life and started an OU course more because I thought thats what I wanted to do years ago and it seems to be the right thing to do generally in life... to do what get a better job? to buy a house? (not likely considering prices and my age)

To travel the world? I'm looking at events in Wales next year and getting excited

I have a theory

Robs favorite saying "to thine own self be true" wise words but I'm not sure what my own self is

So I'm thinking about what I was doing when I was really happy years ago before I met the Britt monster and before Rise Park.

I was thinner

I was funnier

I enjoyed things more

and I was a massive Doctor Who fan

They say you can't go back, they say your too old for things like Doctor Who ....... I think they're wrong

I'm getting thinner (slowly), my sense of humour is coming back, and I'm going to Who things up from here on out

My hair is getting longer, I'm growing my beard more (in a good non bushy way) I'm going to Doctor Who Events starting this September and I'm feeling great about all this

In a year or so I'm going to think about university and things of that nature (by that time I'm going to be thinner)

J

I'm going to do this weight loss thing and I'll tell you for why

As the time goes past for the most part I feel better.. much better than I have in years, seriously

I've wanted to do some conventions for some time and for the most part my closer friends don't wanna so I've not done them either - not blaming anyone just thats the way it has been

But now I feel better and I'm not overly stressed about the travelling alone thing anymore

so thats going to happen :)

but also I've been digging around on the Big Finish site and have decided to get one of the Subscriptions to the Dr WHo audios - it's £70 for 6 months or £140 for 12 months - new releases are £14.99 on subscription it works out at £11.66 each

Can't afford it this month as I'm improving my cooking facilities

someone at work pointed me in the direction of a group of Doctor Who fans based in the midlands called the Whoovers and they throw their own con called Whooverville with gusets and everything (this year has Leela, previous ones have had Colin Baker and Sylvester Mccoy) so con in Derby on September the 1st (keeping an eye on this)

want to go to a massive fantasy con in Brighton next year for a proper Holiday (expensive but I've not had a holiday in about 12 years)

SO the fact that all this is going to cost some capital means that if I stick to the diet I save money and the more weight I lose the better I feel

Onward!!!!

J

In about 7lbs I will be 24 stone which is what I weighed in January when I went into hospital and the lightest I've been this year

J

I love RPG's met most of my friends through RPG's and I still have a great time playing

Like Boardgaming as well but thats complicated at the moment but still mostly fun

Like online gaming as well tend to do it solo but still

Getting into Wargaming (Kngs of War rather than Warhammer for financial reasons only)

However I want something thats just mine something I can come home and just do so I'm going to gear up the Doctor WHo collecting thing (I know I've said this before) I'm flogging gear on Ebay to finance the thing for the most part (already got just short of 50 comics on with 2 being watched and 1 bid with 9 days to go) last time I did that I earnt twice the amount I paid for them in the first place

But this means my Warhammer stuff (things that I can't use for RPG scenery, monsters etc) so stacj of books and some 40k stuff is going on

It's like swapping out one collection for another

So it's the BBC books/Virgin books novels before the series relaunch

The BBC books released since the relaunch

And big finish Audio stuff (which I love)

I enjoy getting them nearly as much as I enjoy reading/listening to them it's great!!!

J

Day slower than expected

Morons on Glasshouse Street decided to start screaming at each other at just before 5am and got me up so started day ..... and was back in bed about 8ish woke up before 12 and there went the morning but shopping now done and the shifting to be done soon

since the fitness thing is up and running turning thought to other things

In august I've been in the flat for 2 years (last itme I lived on my own for this length of time I ended up an alcoholic basket case- doing somewhat better this time it has to be said) but the point is I ahve the option to buy the flat after 5 years.

I'm 42 (currently) out of shape and will be 45 by the time I could go for a mortgage - it's tempting to just rent and avoid the hassle but we'll see

I'm sorting kitchen appliances this month and shelving next month with carpeting as a sort of ongoing thing, a sort of keep an eye out and grab any opportunity that arises

Next year I'm branching out, wanting to go to Gen Con in the states but with prices being what they are may not be possible but as a back up theres games expo and Paizocon Uk which are weekend events and theres a new Doctor Who experience opening in Cardiff ... ooh the more I type the better this sounds - cool

Going to start shifting the entire comic collection onto ebay for whatever I can get for them those funds are going to be switched for maybe replacement graphics but definately Big Finish Audios cause they are really good and I love listening to them while I'm writing or painting or whatever - also going on is pretty much all my 3rd ed DND stuff and some ods and sods from  the games collection (streamlining)

SO weight loss, Flat modification, ebaying good times ahead

J

Okay from Monday 6am to 6am this morning I've lost about 9 and a half pounds

here we go into the weekend

tomorrow I expect another loss, normally Sunday it would be a gain but I ahve a plan

I have shelves at Robs that will come over and somepoint and will need to go up so the little room needs clearing, to do that I need to sort the closet and box/unbox/rebox a load of stuff

some furniture moving also is necessary (shoulder permitting)

So Friday Read new Kings of War rules and perhaps glue figs

Saturday do next weeks full shop early morning and spend the day sorting stuff and perhaps more figurey goodness in the evening

Sunday catch up on game type paperwork scan and experiment with printing floorplans on card and start notes on next dungeon for mine which may be coming back ssoner than expected - Sunday night rollup session for Dels new game

I expect some slippage but it's about damage reduction - besides if the weather keeps up I can swim to Basford

now for Soup

J

So far this week I've lost 7.92 pounds

Tuesday lunchtime had a bit of a crash but got over it and I substituted a cup o soup this morning instead of bread (ran out) and today I've been mostly fine

Just bought a swanky looking toaster and a load of bagels (just fancied bagles for some reason) so back to the bread in the morning with the fruit

modifying as I go along is working nicely and it suddenly struck me that for the first time for a while I'm sitting at home feeling okay after work it's cool

see how the rest of the week goes but cautiously optimistic

J

So heres the thing I have achieved very little in losing weight because of the bloody weekends of all things

I weigh myself every day only so I can keep track of the process and I discovered that even after a night out with the lads I lose weight and then because I drew a line somewhere between work and my personal life I do very little at the weekends and almost exactly wipe out any progress I've made

If you looked at my weight on a weekly basis it would look almost exactly like there is no progress at all

so plan - on Staurday morning as I get up bloody early anyway I'm going to walk to work like I do every weekday and then go shopping and stuff to try and keep active

On sunday just gonna go for a walk maybe Bugmans for lunch or something

anyway from Monday Morning to this morning I lost 2 kilos

Was okay most of the day but I was a bit wobbly for about 45 mins around lunchtime but I'll eat more fruit or something

If I can keep the momentum up I can do this

Still determined

And to think that I was worried about the beer being the issue

J