We are a Medium
Medium is the new small
I bought a new belt, as do-it-yourself belt holes tend to be unsatisfactory. As of right now, I’m officially a Medium in belt sizes, not a Large. This is because I have dropped around 7kg (a stone… ish) since starting WeightWatchers (online) just under 6 weeks ago.
You don’t need to be a maths genius to work out that that’s about a kilo per week, or 2.2lb, which is actually more than is recommended. It sounds as if I’m starving myself, but I’m really not. I’m simply not comfort-eating to the extent I was. Last year was stressful, and in my family, stress = food. Also, celebration = food. Also, just-about-anything = food.
I have been warned by the online WeightWatchers software to slow down the rate of my weight loss, but there is in truth a long way to go, and things are bound to slow down (especially now that I’ve finished – for now – splitting logs). The weather is bound to be shite, and my occasional bike rides will become even more occasional — for health reasons, if nothing else. The last time I kept up the cycling through the winter was the last time I was properly ill with a long-term bronchial cough that was hard to shift. That was about five years ago.
I’m really not starving myself. Friday evening, for dinner, I ate a portion of fish, chips, and peas, followed by a yoghurt, and a 35g Green and Black’s choc bar. I also had a bottle of Cobra Free, and earlier had two slices of toast with peanut butter. Tonight I made pizza.
I’m holding off on the trouser buying until I’m closer to my target weight, but many of my trousers are already too loose, so a belt is a requirement, which is nice.
Meanwhile, I started a film club at my school. You order films a dozen at a time, but you don’t know which one will arrive first. By chance, my first film was Casino Royale, the not-David-Niven version. I got a good crowd for the first night, though we couldn’t offer popcorn because the school catering supplier has been unable to source any, apparently (are bio-fuels to blame?).
Anyway, what a boring film! I wanted to kill myself. Embarrassing product placements, too. I’ve never been a Bond fan (and in that genre, the Bourne films really show Bond up), and I hated Daniel Craig in the execrable Our Friends in the North, so I’m not impressed by him. I thought the script was utter cheese, the film was at least 30 minutes (probably 45 minutes) too long, an the yawnfest of a card game was a total waste of everyone’s time. Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish.
Next week, I’m showing Some Like It Hot.
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The only decent thing about the Bond films was the John Barry Music and the opening titles. I enjoyed the books as a teenager but I think they’re only suitable for teenage boys without any experience of talking to girls.
Not sure I’d be quite so down on Casino Royale (and I’m not a Daniel Craig fan even though I did admire OFITN) but great to hear that the film club has started up. And Some Like it Hot is a true classic so hope that goes well. Well done too on the slimming: my poor other half has been jogging most of the year and is as frustrated as hell that though he has lost no weight his trousers all now keep falling down! I think its the muscle / fat thing but aside of the comedy value of the story he’s well cross about this.
Part of the fun of a film club at a school is to look for a few participatory films. Casino Royale is actually one of them, with the ‘kerching’ moments every time a product placement occurs.
Obvious ones are Rocky Horror and (perhaps unsuitable) Withnail & I. Many musicals have potential.
With seasonal moments like Halloween and pre Christmas, there should be a couple of booster films with some kind of participatory aspect. Not sure whether you manage to get the posters too, but if so, then a ‘poster auction’ at the end of the season can be a bit of fun.
Rashbre, those are good suggestions, though I don’t think I could sit through Rocky Horror, even if it was suitable. Organising seasons is problematic, as I never know what order the films will arrive in. I ordered too many foreign, old or arty films to begin with, and I’m getting a lot of, “Bah! It’s in black and white! Black and white is rubbish!” comments. Philistines.
Poster auctions would be great, but I’m making my own, so nobody will want them.