Gap.

So there it was. I missed a week. I was playing Half Life 2 or cooking or something. Probably. It was even Easter and I had two extra days off.

Stone.

I have been a bit quiet on the diet news of late. To be honest, it was starting to get me down. I was getting bored of the food and then getting annoyed with myself for cheating and/or not pounding away on the treadmill as much as I should. I think it went something like this as the weeks went on - lost ½ pound, lost ½ pound, stayed the same, put on 1½ pounds and then all of sudden, two weeks ago I stepped on the scales 5 pounds lighter. Somewhere in amongst those weeks is a net loss and I was completely floored by it. Now, in a perfect world that made sense, I would simply photocopy my food/exercise diary for that week and repeat ad nauseum. Within scant few months, I would hit the 12 stone mark and life would be healthy and fabulous. Alas no, because this week I stayed the same. I ate much the same things and did less treadmilling. I think there’s a lesson in there for me.

Still, I mustn’t grumble. That 5 Stone loss takes me down to 15st 10lbs which is my lightest for a loooong time. The old round face is now distinctly oval and the trousers won’t stay up. I should point out that this is because my belts no longer have enough notches rather than it being a desperate cry for help.

Apart from the increasingly obvious, Slimming World has had an another affect on my life. Thursday (weigh-in day) is now that last day of my week and It’s also the day I go to the bank (all this weight loss costs money). Friday has turned into a sort of non-day and Monday has become “jesus-christ-it’s-almost-weigh-in-day-again”.

Jericho.

For the second entry running, I bring news of a US TV nature. Jericho was brill but it is no more. For those of you who remember “The Survivors”, a BBC TV series from the 70’s, it was similar to that. But not really. Post-apocalyptic science fiction is (obviously) not everyone’s cup of tea and it’s a shame that so many people will just see it as that. It managed one full season of 22 episodes and then was cancelled. Fans sent over 40 tonnes of nuts to CBS (”nuts” was a line used by one of the characters at a pivotal moment in the final episode) and the series was given a 7 episode reprieve. Unfortunately, fans’ eagerness for new material was probably the series’ undoing. The first 3 new episodes were “leaked” onto the internet and devoured weeks before the proposed TV premiere. Now, I am particularly suspicious of such “leaking”. The episodes that find their way onto the net in this fashion are usually broadcast quality and you have to wonder whether something else is going on. Subsequent episodes appeared online and the same eager fans (particularly those who live overseas) downloaded them.

The result? Almost everyone who really loved the series saw the new episodes in a manner that barely registered in the ratings and another example of well-written, well-made US TV bit the dust for a second and final time.

As a footnote, if you see the Season One boxset languishing in a bargain basket at Tesco’s for £10-£15 anytime soon, do yourself a favour and see what all my fuss is about. I guarantee you will watch every episode in about 3 days. It was that good. Every single one of the people I recommended it too last year agreed and so did every single person they recommended it to as well.

Just think of the shit that appears on british TV between 7pm and 10pm every night. Jericho was transmitted on the Hallmark channel on SKY and probably got a few hundred thousand viewers if it was lucky. Perhaps I am being too harsh though. After all, if we put trashy US imports like this on BBC1 or ITV, where would we put all those fine hospital/police/forensic/grumpy detective dramas featuring those fine actors making the difficult transition from soaps?

Easter.

Everyone have a good Easter? Cool. I had one Thornton’s Diabetic Egg that I stretched over 3 days. Nice but very much the next best thing. Of course, the wise people tell Diabetes sufferers to stay clear of Diabetic chocolate as it’s overpriced and has laxative side-effects. Have a nice apple instead.

Well they can just f**k off and eat their football sized creme eggs in smug silence for all I care. Then they can shove a nice apple up their own bottoms.

By the way, do all you smokers realise that it is bad for you? You do? I don’t understand. Why do you do it then? Are you stupid? irresponsible? inconsiderate? What do you mean you just f**king want one?

Selly Vee

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