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Getting on for 3 stone lost (that 42 pounds to those over the pond). It’s been really easy, eat a bit less, watch what I am eating (hello lean ham and tuna!) and of course give up drinking. Ok, so the giving up drinking part was bloody difficult, but the weight loss was been a pleasant addition. Moved belt in about 5 notches!

I actually failed to notice I hadn’t had a drink for a month! Family funeral today, Great Uncle Doug. He reached a good age, so it wasn’t that dramatic. The wake was in a local pub. Seeing all my relatives drinking and me drinking orange juice meant I had to confess to my mother I had given up drinking. She comments that I had lost weight and that was about that…

For me the crucial part was deciding to give up forever rather than a day/week/month etc. The finalty just seemed to make it easier, ‘drinking? Oh that thing I used to do. I gave it a fair go, and now it’s time to move on to other things…’. Good luck everyone else, I’m tempted to move this to the completed section!

Very odd this bit, managed to walk past the World Rowing Championships… Nearly finished now :-)