A testing time for the Diet!
You may remember that at the moment I am on a sponsored diet to raise funds for PC Andy Whitehall’s boxing project for the young folk - The Right Stuff. It is my ambition to raise at least £250 by losing two stones in weight before the first of April. And I’m well on target. I’ve raised over £200 now and have lost 1 stone 3 lbs - so I’ve about five weeks to get rid of the last eleven pounds!
But this week has been a bit of a struggle! On Wednesday evening I was the guest speaker at a meeting of Stone Inner Wheel Club at the Stone House Hotel. I had been asked to speak about the Food and Drink Festival and invited to eat dinner with them beforehand! Thank goodness I was on a ‘red’ day! A good portion of very tender chicken and some well cooked fresh vegetables enabled me to stick more or less to my regime - but perhaps the delicious, rather thick and creamy soup beforehand is best not mentioned!
And then yesterday Janet and I were guests at the Annual Luncheon of the Midland’s branch of the Showmans Guild in Wolverhampton. What a do! Almost every Mayor and Local Authority Chairman in the Midlands was there - I’ve never seen so many chains in one room! We were guests of a good friend of Stone, Fred Warwick , who has been bringing his fair to Stone for forty years. What hospitality! I deliberately chose to be on another ‘red’ day and it was a shrewd move. Roast beef aplenty and a few vegetables ensured that I didn’t offend my host!
However the scales this morning are static! A hard few days ahead!
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