a propensity toward chubbiness

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I have a propensity toward chubbiness. Unfortunate, but that’s the way it is.

And when I went through my holiday photos last night and saw some pictures of my new look, I realised that it’s time to take some action! Before you go dashing off to keith’s images to take a peek, I should tell you I decided leave them out!

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When I was a kid I was like a stick insect! Well, fewer legs but you know what I mean. But since then I’ve gradually become more and more rotund as the years have passed.

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The other day I was studying my favourite belt – one I’ve had for years and wear almost daily. Well I remember that when my daughter gave it to me it was far too big. Eventually I ‘grew into’ the first hole, and since then the indentations show me that I have progressed to the forth hole. Now if that isn’t telling me something then I don’t know what is!

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And then alarm bells rang when I was sorting through my clothes for the up and coming summer season. All my trousers and shirts seemed to had shrunk, so I had to buy all new ones. I tried wearing one of my favourite shirts when I went out to a restaurant the other day, and when I took a deep breath there was a ping and button shot across the table and became embedded in my friends chicken tikka massala!

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So what am I doing wrong? Okay, I like a beer of two, but not to excess. I enjoy chockie bickies but I don’t normally keep loads at home. I don’t eat breakfast – I never have, in fact I only have one meal a day. I have to confess to a bit of a weakness for ice cream – you may remember a photo I posted from my trip to Mallorca last autumn which featured a giant chocolate extravaganza. And if I buy a pack of six choc ices I do find it difficult to stop eating them until the box is empty. But that’s normal – isn’t it?

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Being a chef doesn’t help I suppose. It is too easy to graze, particularly on spare fries and odd bits of cheese. But that’s called quality control. At least that’s what I call it.

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So this is what I’ve decided to do. Post one picture of me taken last week as an incentive to start a new trimming regime. It won’t be easy – I don’t have much in the way of food to cut out. I suppose a little gentle exercise could help. We’ll see. Then in a few weeks I’ll take another picture and we’ll look at the difference. And I promise I won’t use my photo imaging suite to alter the way I look! (crosses fingers behind him). By the way, if anyone dares to click on the picture to enlarge it I've set up an alarm which rings here and I'll be coming after you!

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By the way, the rest of my vacation photos are here!

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