Oh my giddy aunt - what do you look like?

Blimey, here's something I wouldn't have considered five months ago! Only me wearing cycle shorts (and size medium at that I might add). Not totally sure about the slightly camp pose but luckily the picture is slightly out of focus - the camera evidently has a lens self-protection mode!

While on the biking info side I've managed to do an average of nine miles per ride this week and have over 54 miles on the clock with four days to go so well ahead of schedule.

Not been running tonight as I was late getting away from work. Hoping to get cracking again tomorrow. On the positive side my knees are getting a break which is nice for them!

Hoping the Garmin will arrive tomorrow.

Oh lordy, what have I done now?

Only gone and bought a jacket off Ebay cause I liked the colour! - am losing it I tell you! - must see my mate Jamesy and buy some duty-free ciggies off him before I start bidding on anything expensive!!!

Tell you what's good though - before I started food optimising the last jacket I bought was a dinner jacket from a special shop for big blokes (can't remember the name - will ask Janette, was in the Spot in Derby), anyway, I digress, the point is that jacket was a 50" chest, this one is a 42" chest and it'll fit - the dinner jacket I wore at the Slimming World do in June (see 16-06-2007 Slimming World Summer Ball 2007 )was a 42" and I've lost more weight since then. If Janette's still speaking to me when she finds out about the Garmin and this jacket I'll get her to take a picture of me in it when it comes - you'll see! Not only that - in October last year in Mallorca I had a pair of 42" black Jean I wore on a couple of days, on Saturday I was wearing 32" waist golfing trousers, and not only that, used to have 18.5 or 19 shirts, today was wearing a 16 at work - all good stuff, thank you very much Simming World.

Bargains Bargains - Charity Shops in Ashbourne

Went looking for a casual jacket today in the Charity shops of Ashbourne. Didn't get a jacket but got two great quality unworn Nike dri-fit top things for £8 - one of which looks ideal for cycling the other ideal for going to watch the might Derby County play in the premiership in as it's v similiar to last season's away strip!!!!

Went into Help The Aged - not very good, British Heat Foundation loads of stuff but quality not hot and full of folks, MIND was lastest and bestest got the Nike tops and have asked 'she who must be obeyed' to have a look at pastelly blue casual jacket next time she's up town.

What's great about my Slimming World journey so far is that rather than having to look for XXL sized clobber and not having a lot of choice I now have the problem of loads of choices and go through the racks and mentally say too big, too big, a little bit too big which is BRILLIANT!

Loads of books and cds, almost bought a Stevie Ray Vaughn cd as well but as I've got loads of stuff on the IPOD my boss kindly bought me at Chrimbo that I've not listened to I thought I'd better give it a miss.

New pastime for Saturday mornings that will keep me away from temptation of a food type for an hour or so!!