The reason you've had no progress for the past month or so is because of guilt.
I thought a trip to the States would derail all my progress...I thought I would have to come back to you a broken man...I thought I'd be under the Smiling Assassin for years after a trip to Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co.
I thought wrong, I'm pleased to say.
The Bury Free Press Beat It appeal is at least £84 to the good from my pocket alone ... not only did I lose another half a stone in the US, but another half fell off somewhere else in the past month to take me sailing past the three stones mark.
Smiling Assassin thought I'd blob out while across the 'Pond' and I think it was as much as to prove her wrong as anything else.
So on we go - halfway to my 6 stone target.
It's back to the gym this week and I should check out their rather natty machines to see if they play movies (sorry, films).
While at Bubba Gump's, I had the rip taken out of somewhat mercilessly.
It transpires I'm not very well versed in the world of film. You see Bubba Gump is from the Forrest Gump film reference, which stars Tom Hanks, apparently. And I haven't seen the film. Cue laughter.
Neither have I seen any of the Star Wars films, Pulp Fiction, Mary Poppins or Schindler's List.
I'm up to date with my Rocky and my Die Hard. And James Bond could be my specialist subject on Mastermind. But I may need to get along to Orange Wednesdays more often to hit the classics.
Life's like a box of chocolates, as they say.
