On the train from Mandalay

The search for the pink-headed duck is well underway
Click here to read the blog of the voyage.

Vacation Epiphany? No good can come of this

I'm going home tomorrow.

Now, as you are no doubt aware, if you taking some time out in a beautiful foreign country, all major decisions that you take during that vacations are just great decisions, you know....... Like

"That girl that I met on the beach, I'm gonna stay here and marry her......WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG WITH THAT?"

Or "I think I will invest in the property deal that the young man called Bubba told me about....I CANT LOSE"

But in my case, I've come to the conclusion that my current job is a massive, steaming pile of putrid crap, and when I get home, I'm gonna get a new one.......I hope.

I need another change in my life. You have all witnessed my dietary change, and I have succeeded in that part of my life.

JUST SAYIN'

TTFN Smoothie fans

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here I am in Spain with not a thing to report, other than a horrible trip over on a Ryanair sardine tin with a very big, moody Australian crushing me into the bulkhead.

One thing is, that the attitude towards veganism here on the continent leaves something to be desired. My friends, who are dedicated Vegans (is there such a thing as non-dedicated vegans) specifically asked for a vegan salad followed by a Vegan paella.

Easy enough, you might think...........

The salad came out with Tuna.....So they sent it back only to be presented with lattice, onions and shredded beetroot. The avocados for the salad came 10 minutes later.

Willing to let that one go, my Pals John and Pili, finished this lush repast, waiting for the next dish to come.

The vegetable Paella came and looked really nice. The only thing is, that once the servings had been transferred to the plate, they found a prawn's head and also that the dish had been made with fish stock......

The chef, of course denied everything.

ANYHOO

TTFN

HAPPY DAYS IN SPAIN

Costa bound

I'm off to Spain for a week.

I'll see if I can find some good smoothie ideas from my Spanish friends.




NERJA OR BUST

PINK HEADED DUCK

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TTFN

IJx 

its been too long

I know its been a while

I will write a new post soon.

let me know if you want me to write about a specific thing.

speak soon xx

Loop loop diet loop

O"THERE IS THE THEORY OF THE MOBIUS- A twist in the fabric of space, where time becomes a loop."

This is a quote from Mr Worf on Star trek.

A bit Geeky of me, you might think, and you might be correct, I probably am a geek, (I'm here to tell you that I've made peace with it).

The quote does describe the cycle that people get trapped in at this time of year, as we all try to keep a resolution that was made nearly two weeks ago, when the TV was flashing with the fireworks of excitement and our glasses sparkled with the bubbles of cheap and nasty prosecco.

It was at this very moment that we all promised that the hangover that we would be nursing on the 1st January would be the signal for us to improve our collective lifestyles. Most of us would do this by deciding to start a diet.

If you have done this, I congratulate you. But before you become too married to the idea of adding up points, counting calories and reading books and conversion charts, I urge you to consider the following.

COULD IT BE, THAT THROUGH NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN, YOU ARE BEING SET UP FOR FAILURE? Could it be that the diet companies WANT you to fail?

You think that I am being harsh. I'd respectfully disagree with you and I would like to have the opportunity to give you my reasons.

The big diet companies have spent millions developing their programmes, printing millions of recipe books and coming up with a way that you can get to your target weight, your dream waist measurement, and on the day that your goal has been reached, you can triumphantly shout from the rooftops that you have beaten your flabby demons.

Most of us would be happy with that, and quite rightly, but what happens next January, will you be content after you have gained weight again? Or will you go on another diet, paying your enrollment fee again, and then paying your meeting fees every week until you reach your target weight again?

This cycle seems wrong to me. It makes me think that is the diet companies that exacerbate this cycle and that is simply not advantageous to their business model to actually allow you to keep the weight off.

I am also dragged towards cynicism when I look at the nutritional information on their pre-prepared meals. They either tell us that food is fat free or sugar free. The only problem is that they are rarely both. If something is fat free, it's usually full of sugar (which will be converted to fat in your body. 

I WILL SAY IT AGAIN.......... THESE DIETS DO NOT WORK IN THE LONG TERM.

There are no short cuts, my friends. The only way to get slim is to be strong......cut out the fats, cut out the sugar, don't eat bread, try to cut dairy. 

In short, eat simple food, drink smoothies and do one thing everyday that gets you out of breath.......

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FELLOW SMOOTHIE MONSTERS and I'm sorry if this sounded a bit preachy but I just am not too keen on big business And as Worf would say "They are without Honour" ha ha 

TTFN

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Back to the bad old diet loop

"THERE IS THE THEORY OF THE MOBIUS- A twist in the fabric of space, where time becomes a loop."

This is a quote from Mr Worf on Star trek.

A bit Geeky of me, you might think, and you might be correct, I probably am a geek, (I'm here to tell you that I've made peace with it).

The quote does describe the cycle that people get trapped in at this time of year, as we all try to keep a resolution that was made nearly two weeks ago, when the TV was flashing with the fireworks of excitement and our glasses sparkled with the bubbles of cheap and nasty prosecco.

It was at this very moment that we all promised that the hangover that we would be nursing on the 1st January would be the signal for us to improve our collective lifestyles. Most of us would do this by deciding to start a diet.

If you have done this, I congratulate you. But before you become too married to the idea of adding up points, counting calories and reading books and conversion charts, I urge you to consider the following.

COULD IT BE, THAT THROUGH NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN, YOU ARE BEING SET UP FOR FAILURE? Could it be that the diet companies WANT you to fail?

You think that I am being harsh. I'd respectfully disagree with you and I would like to have the opportunity to give you my reasons.

The big diet companies have spent millions developing their programmes, printing millions of recipe books and coming up with a way that you can get to your target weight, your dream waist measurement, and on the day that your goal has been reached, you can triumphantly shout from the rooftops that you have beaten your flabby demons.

Most of us would be happy with that, and quite rightly, but what happens next January, will you be content after you have gained weight again? Or will you go on another diet, paying your enrollment fee again, and then paying your meeting fees every week until you reach your target weight again?

This cycle seems wrong to me. It makes me think that is the diet companies that exacerbate this cycle and that is simply not advantageous to their business model to actually allow you to keep the weight off.

I am also dragged towards cynicism when I look at the nutritional information on their pre-prepared meals. They either tell us that food is fat free or sugar free. The only problem is that they are rarely both. If something is fat free, it's usually full of sugar (which will be converted to fat in your body. 

I WILL SAY IT AGAIN.......... THESE DIETS DO NOT WORK IN THE LONG TERM.

There are no short cuts, my friends. The only way to get slim is to be strong......cut out the fats, cut out the sugar, don't eat bread, try to cut dairy. 

In short, eat simple food, drink smoothies and do one thing everyday that gets you out of breath.......

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FELLOW SMOOTHIE MONSTERS and I'm sorry if this sounded a bit preachy but I just am not too keen on big business And as Worf would say "They are without Honour" ha ha 

TTFN

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